McLaren Racing Formula One driver Oscar Piastri crashed out in the opening lap of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix at the Baku City Circuit. Before the incident, the Australian driver jumped the start, for which he received a five-second penalty. However, he won't need to serve that in the next race in Singapore.

The 51-lap race in Baku was expected to be a chaotic one, given the six red flag incidents during qualifying on Saturday. Piastri, too, crashed out in qualifying, which led him to start the Grand Prix from ninth place.

Following the jump start, Piastri stopped again while the others set off, as he had to respond to the anti-stall on his MCL39. As soon as he set off, he was eager to recover places. But his race ended when he slid into the barriers at Turn 5.

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