Oscar Piastri offered Lando Norris a route back into the World Championship fight after crashing out of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on the opening lap. The Australian, who entered the weekend with a 31-point buffer to his McLaren team-mate, came a cropper at Turn Five.
Piastri started the race from ninth on the grid after crashing into the Turn Four barrier during his second Q3 run on Saturday. When the lights went out, the 24-year-old jumped the start before slowing to a crawl, allowing the entire field to pass him in the first sequence of corners. Then, at Turn Five, he went deep on the brakes, locked up and crashed hard into the outside wall.
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