DRIVER OF THE DAY: Unstoppable Perez gets your vote after Baku win

Fortuitous safety car timing may have helped him get ahead of his Red Bull team mate, but from then on Sergio Perez drove an imperious race in Baku to hold off Max Verstappen and narrow the gap at the top of the championship table. You were duly impressed - here’s how the voting broke down…
Sergio Perez - 29.1%
Fernando Alonso - 14.3%
Charles Leclerc - 11.4%
Lewis Hamilton - 9.1%
Max Verstappen - 6.6%
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