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(Reuters) – Double Formula One world champion Max Verstappen found the silver lining in finishing second to Red Bull team mate Sergio Perez in Azerbaijan on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The team’s third one-two finish in four races this season left Verstappen six points clear of the Mexican in a two-horse title battle.<\/p>\n

The Dutch driver started on the front row in Baku, taking the lead from Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc on lap four but pitting just before the safety car was deployed.<\/p>\n

Perez, yet to pit and able to do so without losing position, made the most of his good fortune.<\/p>\n

Verstappen said he had been experimenting all race with steering wheel settings, looking for a better balance in the car.<\/p>\n

“I actually think that I found a good compromise towards the end of the race because I think my last 10 laps were a lot stronger. And I felt a lot happier with the car, how everything was behaving,” he told reporters. <\/p>\n

“So I think all in all, I can be quite pleased with second,” added last year’s race winner.<\/p>\n

“I mean, of course you always want to win, right? But I think sometimes you need these kinds of weekends to learn and have a better understanding of the car, of what the car needs to go faster. <\/p>\n

“And sometimes on the street circuit like this, it really comes out. Sometimes these kinds of things might get a bit masked on a normal track because of downforce and just the general behaviour of a car. <\/p>\n

“So, maybe this was a good day, you know, to go forward.”<\/p>\n

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(Reporting by Alan Baldwin in London, editing by Toby Davis)<\/p>\n

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