THE AZERBAIJAN GP IN 3 KEY MOMENTS
1 Mercedes execution trumps Ferrari pace yet again
Once again, Ferrari’s pre-race potential evaporated in a torrent of what-might-have-beens when it really mattered. As Valtteri Bottas led Lewis Hamilton home by the slimmest of margins for a fourth consecutive Mercedes 1-2, the Scuderia could only draw succour from the fact Sebastian Vettel avoided being mugged by Red Bull’s Max Verstappen for third place, and that Charles Leclerc managed to snatch the bonus point for fastest lap.
The damage was inflicted in qualifying as Bottas and Hamilton performed what Mercedes boss Toto Wolff described as a “double whammy” on a Ferrari outfit that already appeared to
