Sergio Perez believes his former team-mate Max Verstappen will finish the job and take the 2025 Formula 1 drivers' championship this year, adding that the Red Bull star "deserves" it after his form so far this season.

Charles Leclerc was runner-up for Ferrari, 30.3 seconds behind Norris, while Red Bull's reigning champion Max Verstappen took his sixth successive podium in third place after a nailbiting finish just 0.7 behind the Monegasque.

Max Verstappen has argued that his crash with George Russell at the Spanish Grand Prix earlier this season ‘might have been a good thing that happened’, despite costing the four-time world champion priceless points in his World Championship fight.

Red Bull chief engineer Paul Monaghan says the team's competitive renaissance has been boosted by Max Verstappen's energy outside the car as well as in it

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