Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo won a chaotic Azerbaijan Grand Prix today, with Formula One championship leader Sebastian Vettel finishing fourth after being penalised for swerving into rival Lewis Hamilton who came home in fifth.

Hamilton's Mercedes team mate Valtteri Bottas finished second after overcoming a first-lap collision with Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen which had put him last.

Canadian teenager Lance Stroll came home third, the Williams driver's first podium, after being overhauled by Bottas on the line.

Ferrari's Vettel, who seemed infuriated with Hamilton after the British driver slowed on the exit of Turn 15 under safety car conditions after a red-flag stoppage, appeared to drive into the triple world champion's Mercedes and was hit was a 10-second stop-go penalty, which saw him drop from second to ninth.

Hamilton was denied the opportunity to prevent Vettel from extending his championship advantage when he was forced to cede his lead after pitting due to a loose head rest.

Australian Ricciardo's victory was his first since he won the Malaysian Grand Prix last year and the victory lifted him up to fourth in the standings on 92 points, behind Vettel on 153 and Hamilton on 139.

The result

1. Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) Red Bull - TAG Heuer 2:03:55.573
2. Valtteri Bottas (Finland) Mercedes +00:03.904
3. Lance Stroll (Canada) Williams-Mercedes 00:04.009
4. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Ferrari 00:05.976
5. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) Mercedes 00:06.188
6. Esteban Ocon (France) Force India - Mercedes 00:30.298
7. Kevin Magnussen (Denmark) Haas - Ferrari 00:41.753
8. Carlos Sainz Jr (Spain) Toro Rosso - Renault 00:49.400
9. Fernando Alonso (Spain) McLaren 00:59.551
10. Pascal Wehrlein (Germany) Sauber - Ferrari 01:29.093
11. Marcus Ericsson (Sweden) Sauber - Ferrari 01:31.794
12. Stoffel Vandoorne (Belgium) McLaren 01:32.160
13. Romain Grosjean (France) Haas - Ferrari 1 lap
14r. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari 5 laps
r. Sergio Perez (Mexico) Force India - Mercedes 12 laps
r. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Williams-Mercedes 26 laps
r. Nico Huelkenberg (Germany) Renault 27 laps
r. Max Verstappen (Netherlands) Red Bull - TAG Heuer 40 laps
r. Daniil Kvyat (Russia) Toro Rosso - Renault 42 laps
r. Jolyon Palmer (Britain) Renault 45 laps

Fernando Alonso came in ninth and won the first points for McLaren, although they are still bottom of the table. 

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