VERSTAPPEN NEARLY WINS BUT MISSES PODIUM AGAIN

Original: Verstappen wins fan vote after narrowly missing Baku victory

Max Verstappen finishes second at the Azerbaijan GP, coming within 0.196 seconds of victory while remaining winless in 2026, and wins a fan vote.

He's still not won a race in 2026, but Max Verstappen could not have come closer in Baku, taking the chequered flag just 0.196s behind polesitter and victor George Russell.