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Late drama hands Hamilton Azerbaijan F1 victory

Lewis Hamilton lit the blue-touch paper on his Formula 1 title defence by snatching a dramatic victory in Sunday's Azerbaijan Grand Prix, cashing in from a dramatic final 15 laps to pick up his first win of the season. Hamilton was running more than 20 seconds back from race-leader Valtteri Bottas with 15 laps to go, only for a collision between Red Bull teammates Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen to kick-start a dramatic sequence of events that swung the race in the Briton's favour. Sebastian Vettel appeared to have the race under control for Ferrari, but he could only finish fourth after a late mistake as Sergio Perez took Force India's first podium since 2016, while Valtteri Bottas...
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