Azerbaijan F1 Grand Prix 2022 Results: Max Verstappen Wins Race; Charles Leclerc DNF

After a long, exhausting dry spell of exactly one race, Max Verstappen is back to his winning ways.

Verstappen earned his fifth win of the 2022 Formula One season at Sunday's Azerbaijan Grand Prix, further extending his lead in the points standings as he blazes a path toward a second straight championship.

Sergio Perez now sits in second place behind Verstappen in the standings after a second-place finish at the Baku City Circuit. George Russell, Lewis Hamilton and Pierre Gasly rounded out the top five finishers.

Charles Leclerc, who entered the race just nine points behind Verstappen, did not finish for the second time in three races and has fallen to third in the standings.

Leclerc started the race on the pole and was in the lead when his power unit went out on Lap 21. Both Ferrari cars suffered power issues in Sunday's race, with Carlos Sainz not even making it 10 laps into the race when his car failed.

Ferrari will have to take a long, hard look at its cars after suffering mechanical issues in Spain and Azerbaijan. Those failures have caused Leclerc to go from points leader to 34 points behind the red-hot Verstappen.

Hamilton, the sport's most famous driver, remains in a frustrating spot as he stands winless eight races into the 2022 season. The seven-time champion has done no better than third in a race this season; Sunday's result was his second-best performance of the year and came despite his car porpoising throughout the race.

Mercedes has struggled all season to field cars worthy of Hamilton's status. This is the longest he's gone without a victory in a season since 2013—his first win in that campaign came in the 10th race of the year. He's on pace to finish outside the top five in points for the first time ever.