RUSSELL HITS STRIDE TOO LATE IN AZERBAIJAN

Original: Has George Russell hit his stride too late? 'With this form I would have been in the fight'

George Russell achieves a pole-to-flag victory at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, demonstrating that Mercedes is gaining competitive form late in the season.

A pole-to-flag victory in the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix provided further evidence that Mercedes is starting to unlock the best version of George Russell - but is it too little, too late? The 28-year-old took his eighth grand prix victory and his first career grand slam in Baku, by leading ever