Red Bull's Sergio Perez won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix sprint race on Saturday and secured his first-ever career sprint victory, Ednews reports citing Sky Sport.
In the qualifying, Ferrari's Charles Leclerc finished second, followed by Perez's teammate Max Verstappen who took third place. Mercedes driver George Russell and Ferrari's Carlos Sainz respectively secured fourth and fifth place for tomorrow's main event.
"It was good, with these tricky sessions it’s been a lot of pressure on us, our team, our engineers, mechanics and drivers, so to get away with maximum points today was the main objective but obviously we know that tomorrow is the main race," Perez said.