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Ewan Gale

F1's top 10 closest finishes after George Russell holds off Max Verstappen's late Baku challenge

For those watching the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, many would agree that George Russell delivered a dominant drive to take a lights-to-flag Formula 1 victory from Red Bull's Max Verstappen.

Yet dominance isn't a word often used when the margin of victory is as small as the gap separating the duo when the chequered flag flew at the end of 51 laps of the Baku City Circuit, four-time champion Verstappen just 0.196s down on the Mercedes driver having launched a late attack following two safety car interventions.

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