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Debris dodging started Leclerc's Baku decline

Charles Leclerc was one of the drivers forced to avoid some debris on the track in Baku, and his Azerbaijan GP went backwards from there. The Ferrari driver made it back-to-back poles by topping qualifying in Baku, and after actually being able to take the start this time, he retained P1 off the line. For the opening couple of laps Leclerc kept Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen at bay, but a piece of debris on the track then spooked the leaders into some corner cutting. And while Leclerc said that this was not the reason why he ultimately finished P4, it was the debris which caused him to fall back into the clutches of Hamilton, Verstappen and Sergio Perez. 'That wasn't great, I had no...
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