George Russell scorched to a third consecutive Formula 1 VirtualGP victory at Baku to take the championship lead from a non-scoring Charles Leclerc. Russell-who started from pole-managed to get off the line well to consolidate his leading position into Turn 1 ahead of fellow front row starter and Brazil Virtual GP victor Alex Albon. The Williams racer proceeded to bang in a strong first tour to open up an eight-tenth advantage over the Red Bull, before breaking out of DRS detection range by the end of the second lap. ADVERTISEMENT Russell continued to edge away across the first phase of the race before Albon pitted on lap six to trade his used soft-compound tyres for a brand new set of...
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