At the end of what can only be described as 51 chaotic laps around the Baku City Circuit on Sunday evening, Red Bull 's Daniel Ricciardo emerged triumphant, claiming his first win since Malaysia last year.
Starting tenth on the grid after an accident in qualifying, Ricciardo soon dropped through the field to be in 17th place on lap 6, due to debris in one of his brake ducts that caused him to come in for an unscheduled pitstop to remove it.
From there he kept his head through all the madness, three safety cars, debris all the circuit, a red flag, controversy and more accidents than anyone can count, to cross the line in first place.
Mercedes driver, Valtteri Bottas, who collided with Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari on the opening lap and ended up a lap down on lap 2, crossed the line in second by a fraction of a second taking the Williams of Lance Stroll at the line. Stroll was then classified third, his first ever podium finish in the F1 series in his debut season and Williams first podium since Bottas in Canada last year.
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