Round 06 · 2021

Azerbaijan Grand Prix

Baku, Azerbaijan4–6 Jun

Practice 1
Fri 08:30
Data published
track 49° ·air 27° ·41% hum ·1.1 km/h wind
Practice 2
Fri 12:00
Data published
track 47° ·air 27° ·49% hum ·1.1 km/h wind
Practice 3
Sat 09:00
Data published
track 54° ·air 28° ·37% hum ·1.1 km/h wind
Qualifying
Sat 12:00
Data published
track 47° ·air 26° ·48% hum ·1.1 km/h wind
Fantasy lock
Grand Prix
Sun 12:00
Data published
track 38° ·air 24° ·56% hum ·1.1 km/h wind

Times in UTC

Grand Prix result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Moved	Time / gap	Pts
1	PER	Red Bull Racing	6	5	2:13:36.410	25
2	VET	Aston Martin	11	9	+1.385	18
3	GAS	AlphaTauri	4	1	+2.762	15
4	LEC	Ferrari	1	3	+3.828	12
5	NOR	McLaren	9	4	+4.754	10
6	ALO	Alpine	8	2	+6.382	8
7	TSU	AlphaTauri	7	—	+6.624	6
8	SAI	Ferrari	5	3	+7.709	4
9	RIC	McLaren	13	4	+8.874	2
10	RAI	Alfa Romeo Racing	14	4	+9.576	1
11	GIO	Alfa Romeo Racing	20	9	+10.254
12	BOT	Mercedes	10	2	+11.264
13	MSC	Haas F1 Team	17	4	+14.241
14	MAZ	Haas F1 Team	18	4	+14.315
15	HAM	Mercedes	2	13	+17.668
16	LAT	Williams	16	—	+43.379
17	RUS	Williams	15	2	Gearbox
18	VER	Red Bull Racing	3	15	Accident
19	STR	Aston Martin	19	—	Accident
20	OCO	Alpine	12	8	Turbo

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	LEC	1:42.241	1:41.659	1:41.218
2	HAM	1:41.545	1:41.634	1:41.450	+0.232
3	VER	1:41.760	1:41.625	1:41.563	+0.345
4	GAS	1:42.288	1:41.932	1:41.565	+0.347
5	SAI	1:42.121	1:41.740	1:41.576	+0.358
6	NOR	1:42.167	1:41.813	1:41.747	+0.529
7	PER	1:41.968	1:41.630	1:41.917	+0.699
8	TSU	1:42.521	1:41.654	1:42.211	+0.993
9	ALO	1:42.934	1:42.195	1:42.327	+1.109
10	BOT	1:42.701	1:42.106	1:42.659	+1.441
11	VET	1:42.460	1:42.224	—	+1.006
12	OCO	1:42.426	1:42.273	—	+1.055
13	RIC	1:42.304	1:42.558	—	+1.340
14	RAI	1:42.923	1:42.587	—	+1.369
15	RUS	1:42.728	1:42.758	—	+1.540
16	LAT	1:43.128	—	—	+1.910
17	MSC	1:44.158	—	—	+2.940
18	MAZ	1:44.238	—	—	+3.020
19	STR	—	—	—
20	GIO	—	—	—

How the weekend has moved

Practice 11:43.184run 1:48.076

Practice 21:42.115−1.069run 1:48.437

Practice 31:42.251+0.136

Qualifying1:41.218−1.033

Grand Prix1:44.481+3.263run 1:47.590

Fastest lap of each session, the change from the session before, and the midfield's median fuel-corrected long run. Times normally tumble as the track rubbers in.

Baku in earlier seasons

20211:42.115run 1:48.428

20191:41.604−0.511run 1:47.416

20181:42.795+0.680run 1:48.636

Fastest practice lap per season at this circuit. Layout changes, resurfacing and weather all move these numbers, so read them as context rather than a like-for-like comparison.

Practice 1

Fri 4 Jun, 08:30 UTCFastestVER1:43.184

Single-lap pace

VER1:43.184—19 laps

LEC1:43.227+0.04320 laps

SAI1:43.521+0.33720 laps

PER1:43.630+0.44617 laps

RIC1:43.732+0.54825 laps

GAS1:43.757+0.57323 laps

HAM1:43.893+0.70920 laps

NOR1:43.996+0.81220 laps

ALO1:44.777+1.59325 laps

BOT1:44.891+1.70720 laps

RAI1:44.943+1.75918 laps

GIO1:45.092+1.90820 laps

STR1:45.234+2.05023 laps

TSU1:45.384+2.20025 laps

VET1:45.415+2.23124 laps

OCO1:45.446+2.26223 laps

RUS1:45.452+2.26824 laps

LAT1:45.774+2.59022 laps

MSC1:46.899+3.71520 laps

MAZ1:46.945+3.76118 laps

Best lap regardless of fuel load or compound — a sighting shot, not a form guide.

Long runs, fuel-corrected

Driver	Tyre	Laps	Fuel-corrected	Gap	Spread	Deg / lap
OCO	H	6*	1:48.076	—	±0.933	—

Each driver's longest clean stint, using green-flag laps only. Cool-down laps go first (anything more than 7% slower than that stint's best), then laps sitting well above the stint's own trend — traffic and mistakes — and a stint is discarded entirely if what remains isn't one continuous run. Times are corrected for fuel burn at 60 ms per lap, measured from 2024 race stints rather than assumed. Runs under eight laps (marked *) get no degradation figure, because a trend through so few laps is noise. Teams don't publish fuel loads, and 15 kg is worth about 0.4s a lap, so read these as driver groupings rather than exact gaps, and compare runs on the same compound.

Sectors and the lap they could have done

Driver	S1	S2	S3	Ideal lap	Best lap	Left out
VER	36.081	41.287	25.587	1:42.955	1:43.184	0.229
LEC	36.247	41.249	25.644	1:43.140	1:43.227	0.087
SAI	36.393	41.464	25.627	1:43.484	1:43.521	0.037
HAM	36.106	42.052	25.387	1:43.545	1:43.893	0.348
PER	36.470	41.584	25.576	1:43.630	1:43.630	0.000
GAS	36.361	41.399	25.901	1:43.661	1:43.757	0.096
RIC	36.426	42.217	25.089	1:43.732	1:43.732	0.000
NOR	36.565	41.907	25.524	1:43.996	1:43.996	0.000
ALO	36.847	42.327	25.488	1:44.662	1:44.777	0.115
GIO	37.012	42.260	25.461	1:44.733	1:45.092	0.359
VET	37.072	42.308	25.359	1:44.739	1:45.415	0.676
RAI	36.879	42.330	25.674	1:44.883	1:44.943	0.060
BOT	36.934	42.569	25.388	1:44.891	1:44.891	0.000
STR	37.263	42.425	25.546	1:45.234	1:45.234	0.000
TSU	36.682	42.677	25.890	1:45.249	1:45.384	0.135
RUS	37.264	42.555	25.548	1:45.367	1:45.452	0.085
OCO	37.132	42.697	25.609	1:45.438	1:45.446	0.008
LAT	36.936	42.691	25.955	1:45.582	1:45.774	0.192
MSC	37.632	43.152	26.100	1:46.884	1:46.899	0.015
MAZ	37.712	43.166	26.067	1:46.945	1:46.945	0.000

Best sector times are usually set on different laps, so their sum — the ideal lap — is quicker than anyone's actual best. The last column is the time left out there. Purple marks the session's fastest sector.

What the tyres are worth here

SSoft — referenceM+1.640(8 drivers ran both)Honly 1 driver ran both — too few to price

Measured within each driver — only drivers who set a representative time on both compounds count — then averaged, so this isn't distorted by who happened to run which tyre. A lap counts only if it is within 2% of that driver's own best of the session, which keeps genuine runs on a slower tyre while dropping in-laps and aborted runs that would otherwise masquerade as a compound's best. A compound fewer than three drivers tried is listed but not priced. Even so, these laps aren't all qualifying simulations, so read this as the order of the compounds rather than an exact price.

Team-mates, head to head

Red Bull RacingVERahead of PER+0.446

FerrariLECahead of SAI+0.294

McLarenRICahead of NOR+0.264

AlphaTauriGASahead of TSU+1.627

MercedesHAMahead of BOT+0.998

AlpineALOahead of OCO+0.669

Alfa Romeo RacingRAIahead of GIO+0.149

Aston MartinSTRahead of VET+0.181

WilliamsRUSahead of LAT+0.322

Haas F1 TeamMSCahead of MAZ+0.046

Same car, so the gap on their best lap is the clearest read on the driver available.

Stints and compounds

VER6571

LEC62714

SAI62714

PER11744

RIC1069

GAS68711

HAM965

NOR848

ALO6811

BOT875

RAI17154

GIO18110

STR1067

TSU1411

VET1077

OCO5117

RUS978

LAT976

MSC686

MAZ666

SSoftMMediumHHard

Practice 2

Fri 4 Jun, 12:00 UTCFastestPER1:42.115

Single-lap pace

PER1:42.115—22 laps

VER1:42.216+0.10123 laps

SAI1:42.243+0.12824 laps

LEC1:42.436+0.32122 laps

GAS1:42.534+0.41926 laps

ALO1:42.693+0.57824 laps

GIO1:42.941+0.82625 laps

NOR1:43.018+0.90324 laps

OCO1:43.020+0.90523 laps

TSU1:43.130+1.01525 laps

HAM1:43.156+1.04124 laps

RAI1:43.220+1.10523 laps

RIC1:43.298+1.18323 laps

STR1:43.812+1.69721 laps

VET1:43.881+1.76622 laps

BOT1:44.184+2.06923 laps

RUS1:44.557+2.44224 laps

MAZ1:45.563+3.44823 laps

MSC1:46.095+3.98012 laps

LAT1:46.983+4.8685 laps

Best lap regardless of fuel load or compound — a sighting shot, not a form guide.

Long runs, fuel-corrected

Driver	Tyre	Laps	Fuel-corrected	Gap	Spread	Deg / lap
VER	S	5*	1:47.050	—	±0.108	—
PER	S	6*	1:47.156	+0.106	±0.295	—
HAM	M	6*	1:47.426	+0.376	±0.345	—
ALO	S	6*	1:48.105	+1.055	±0.838	—
NOR	S	7*	1:48.154	+1.104	±1.128	—
STR	S	6*	1:48.428	+1.378	±0.310	—
RAI	M	5*	1:48.445	+1.395	±0.270	—
GAS	S	5*	1:48.786	+1.736	±1.306	—
OCO	M	6*	1:48.795	+1.745	±0.433	—
GIO	S	6*	1:49.125	+2.075	±0.701	—
RUS	M	5*	1:49.574	+2.524	±0.607	—
MAZ	H	7*	1:49.921	+2.871	±0.877	—

Sectors and the lap they could have done

Driver	S1	S2	S3	Ideal lap	Best lap	Left out
PER	35.892	41.249	24.974	1:42.115	1:42.115	0.000
VER	35.826	41.078	25.215	1:42.119	1:42.216	0.097
SAI	36.105	41.247	24.891	1:42.243	1:42.243	0.000
GAS	36.016	41.133	25.150	1:42.299	1:42.534	0.235
LEC	36.025	41.290	25.121	1:42.436	1:42.436	0.000
ALO	36.110	41.456	25.014	1:42.580	1:42.693	0.113
GIO	36.324	41.631	24.749	1:42.704	1:42.941	0.237
NOR	36.267	41.521	25.126	1:42.914	1:43.018	0.104
TSU	36.043	41.643	25.244	1:42.930	1:43.130	0.200
HAM	36.102	41.676	25.225	1:43.003	1:43.156	0.153
OCO	36.268	41.941	24.811	1:43.020	1:43.020	0.000
RIC	36.279	41.618	25.126	1:43.023	1:43.298	0.275
RAI	36.301	41.711	25.208	1:43.220	1:43.220	0.000
VET	36.512	41.966	25.187	1:43.665	1:43.881	0.216
STR	36.563	42.030	25.219	1:43.812	1:43.812	0.000
BOT	36.567	42.089	25.208	1:43.864	1:44.184	0.320
RUS	36.721	42.438	24.950	1:44.109	1:44.557	0.448
MAZ	37.153	42.527	25.690	1:45.370	1:45.563	0.193
MSC	37.293	42.958	25.844	1:46.095	1:46.095	0.000
LAT	37.891	43.514	25.578	1:46.983	1:46.983	0.000

What the tyres are worth here

SSoft — referenceM+1.039(13 drivers ran both)Honly 2 drivers ran both — too few to price

Team-mates, head to head

Red Bull RacingPERahead of VER+0.101

FerrariSAIahead of LEC+0.193

AlphaTauriGASahead of TSU+0.596

AlpineALOahead of OCO+0.327

Alfa Romeo RacingGIOahead of RAI+0.279

McLarenNORahead of RIC+0.280

MercedesHAMahead of BOT+1.028

Aston MartinSTRahead of VET+0.069

WilliamsRUSahead of LAT+2.426

Haas F1 TeamMAZahead of MSC+0.532

Same car, so the gap on their best lap is the clearest read on the driver available.

Stints and compounds

PER65110

VER6710

SAI661173

LEC64147

GAS76175

ALO6711

GIO6910

NOR64104

OCO5711

TSU61072

HAM6810

RAI64310

RIC6773

STR6510

VET6772

BOT6764

RUS56211

MAZ5711

MSC435

LAT5

SSoftMMediumHHard

Practice 3

Sat 5 Jun, 09:00 UTCFastestGAS1:42.251

Single-lap pace

GAS1:42.251—16 laps

PER1:42.595+0.34419 laps

HAM1:42.697+0.44616 laps

LEC1:42.778+0.52716 laps

SAI1:43.006+0.75517 laps

NOR1:43.011+0.76015 laps

ALO1:43.080+0.82915 laps

TSU1:43.244+0.99319 laps

OCO1:43.294+1.04315 laps

RIC1:43.557+1.30617 laps

VET1:43.585+1.33413 laps

STR1:43.682+1.43113 laps

BOT1:43.745+1.49416 laps

RAI1:43.826+1.57517 laps

VER1:43.984+1.7336 laps

LAT1:44.054+1.80317 laps

GIO1:44.113+1.86211 laps

RUS1:44.434+2.18312 laps

MSC1:45.282+3.03117 laps

MAZ1:45.711+3.46012 laps

Best lap regardless of fuel load or compound — a sighting shot, not a form guide.

Sectors and the lap they could have done

Driver	S1	S2	S3	Ideal lap	Best lap	Left out
GAS	35.785	40.884	25.436	1:42.105	1:42.251	0.146
LEC	35.861	41.162	25.409	1:42.432	1:42.778	0.346
SAI	35.889	41.187	25.384	1:42.460	1:43.006	0.546
PER	35.854	41.406	25.335	1:42.595	1:42.595	0.000
HAM	36.060	41.483	25.154	1:42.697	1:42.697	0.000
TSU	36.075	41.420	25.303	1:42.798	1:43.244	0.446
NOR	36.057	41.102	25.761	1:42.920	1:43.011	0.091
ALO	36.004	41.635	25.441	1:43.080	1:43.080	0.000
OCO	36.039	41.777	25.478	1:43.294	1:43.294	0.000
STR	36.532	41.562	25.270	1:43.364	1:43.682	0.318
RAI	36.100	42.157	25.169	1:43.426	1:43.826	0.400
RIC	36.361	41.820	25.361	1:43.542	1:43.557	0.015
VET	36.420	41.595	25.570	1:43.585	1:43.585	0.000
GIO	36.284	42.095	25.287	1:43.666	1:44.113	0.447
BOT	36.180	41.780	25.785	1:43.745	1:43.745	0.000
VER	36.704	41.800	25.480	1:43.984	1:43.984	0.000
LAT	36.672	41.948	25.434	1:44.054	1:44.054	0.000
RUS	36.704	42.243	25.487	1:44.434	1:44.434	0.000
MSC	36.967	42.239	26.076	1:45.282	1:45.282	0.000
MAZ	37.082	42.761	25.658	1:45.501	1:45.711	0.210

What the tyres are worth here

SSoft — referenceM+1.336(6 drivers ran both)H+1.094(3 drivers ran both)

Team-mates, head to head

AlphaTauriGASahead of TSU+0.993

Red Bull RacingPERahead of VER+1.389

MercedesHAMahead of BOT+1.048

FerrariLECahead of SAI+0.228

McLarenNORahead of RIC+0.546

AlpineALOahead of OCO+0.214

Aston MartinVETahead of STR+0.097

Alfa Romeo RacingRAIahead of GIO+0.287

WilliamsLATahead of RUS+0.380

Haas F1 TeamMSCahead of MAZ+0.429

Same car, so the gap on their best lap is the clearest read on the driver available.

Stints and compounds

GAS781

PER955

HAM646

LEC763

SAI4355

NOR645

ALO43611

TSU8911

OCO6711

RIC971

VET436

STR346

BOT646

RAI3563

VER6

LAT7712

GIO33131

RUS5115

MSC61271

MAZ7122

SSoftMMediumHHard