Round 17 · 2025

Azerbaijan Grand Prix

Baku, Azerbaijan19–21 Sept

Practice 1
Fri 08:30
Data published
track 36° ·air 26° ·66% hum ·2.5 km/h wind
Practice 2
Fri 12:00
Data published
track 32° ·air 25° ·67% hum ·2.9 km/h wind
Practice 3
Sat 08:30
Data published
track 33° ·air 22° ·57% hum ·6.8 km/h wind
Qualifying
Sat 12:00
Data published
track 27° ·air 21° ·60% hum ·7.6 km/h windwet
Fantasy lock
Grand Prix
Sun 11:00
Data published
track 26° ·air 21° ·60% hum ·5.2 km/h wind

Times in UTC

Grand Prix result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Moved	Time / gap	Pts
1	VER	Red Bull Racing	1	—	1:33:26.408	25
2	RUS	Mercedes	5	3	+14.609	18
3	SAI	Williams	2	1	+19.199	15
4	ANT	Mercedes	4	—	+21.760	12
5	LAW	Racing Bulls	3	2	+33.290	10
6	TSU	Red Bull Racing	6	—	+33.808	8
7	NOR	McLaren	7	—	+34.227	6
8	HAM	Ferrari	12	4	+36.310	4
9	LEC	Ferrari	10	1	+36.774	2
10	HAD	Racing Bulls	8	2	+38.982	1
11	BOR	Kick Sauber	13	2	+67.606
12	BEA	Haas F1 Team	15	3	+68.262
13	ALB	Williams	19	6	+72.870
14	OCO	Haas F1 Team	20	6	+77.580
15	ALO	Aston Martin	11	4	+78.707
16	HUL	Kick Sauber	17	1	+80.237
17	STR	Aston Martin	14	3	+96.392
18	GAS	Alpine	18	—	+3.865
19	COL	Alpine	16	3	+6.325
20	PIA	McLaren	9	11	Retired

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	VER	1:41.331	1:41.255	1:41.117
2	SAI	1:42.635	1:41.675	1:41.595	+0.478
3	LAW	1:42.257	1:41.537	1:41.707	+0.590
4	ANT	1:42.247	1:41.464	1:41.717	+0.600
5	RUS	1:41.646	1:41.455	1:42.070	+0.953
6	TSU	1:42.347	1:41.788	1:42.143	+1.026
7	NOR	1:41.322	1:41.396	1:42.239	+1.122
8	HAD	1:41.656	1:41.647	1:42.372	+1.255
9	PIA	1:41.839	1:41.414	—	+0.297
10	LEC	1:41.458	1:41.519	—	+0.402
11	ALO	1:42.211	1:41.857	—	+0.740
12	HAM	1:41.821	1:42.183	—	+1.066
13	BOR	1:42.511	1:42.277	—	+1.160
14	STR	1:42.101	1:43.061	—	+1.944
15	BEA	1:42.666	—	—	+1.549
16	COL	1:42.779	—	—	+1.662
17	HUL	1:42.916	—	—	+1.799
18	GAS	1:43.139	—	—	+2.022
19	ALB	1:43.778	—	—	+2.661
20	OCO	—	—	—

How the weekend has moved

Practice 11:42.704

Practice 21:41.293−1.411run 1:47.489

Practice 31:41.223−0.070

Qualifying1:41.117−0.106

Grand Prix1:43.388+2.271run 1:46.667

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

20251:41.223run 1:47.489

20241:42.514+1.291run 1:50.419

20231:42.315+1.092run 1:46.197

20221:43.170+1.947run 1:50.135

20211:42.115+0.892run 1:48.428

20191:41.604+0.381run 1:47.416

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 19 Sept, 08:30 UTCFastestNOR1:42.704

Single-lap pace

NOR1:42.704—19 laps

PIA1:43.014+0.31014 laps

LEC1:43.256+0.55217 laps

RUS1:43.257+0.55316 laps

ALB1:43.563+0.85917 laps

TSU1:43.738+1.03416 laps

VER1:43.790+1.08615 laps

SAI1:43.859+1.15517 laps

LAW1:43.903+1.19917 laps

HAD1:43.975+1.27117 laps

ANT1:43.985+1.28117 laps

HUL1:43.986+1.28218 laps

HAM1:44.087+1.38314 laps

BOR1:44.087+1.38318 laps

ALO1:44.139+1.43515 laps

BEA1:44.151+1.44717 laps

STR1:44.329+1.62515 laps

OCO1:44.439+1.73515 laps

COL1:45.299+2.59514 laps

GAS1:45.418+2.71417 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
NOR	36.104	41.699	24.878	1:42.681	1:42.704	0.023
PIA	36.203	41.906	24.855	1:42.964	1:43.014	0.050
LEC	36.425	41.928	24.700	1:43.053	1:43.256	0.203
RUS	36.465	41.792	24.821	1:43.078	1:43.257	0.179
VER	36.218	42.166	25.037	1:43.421	1:43.790	0.369
ALB	36.324	42.390	24.849	1:43.563	1:43.563	0.000
BEA	36.581	42.056	24.960	1:43.597	1:44.151	0.554
TSU	36.494	42.245	24.950	1:43.689	1:43.738	0.049
SAI	36.744	42.141	24.816	1:43.701	1:43.859	0.158
ANT	36.663	42.390	24.769	1:43.822	1:43.985	0.163
LAW	36.644	42.508	24.693	1:43.845	1:43.903	0.058
BOR	36.721	42.272	24.892	1:43.885	1:44.087	0.202
HAD	36.516	42.587	24.872	1:43.975	1:43.975	0.000
HUL	36.699	42.438	24.849	1:43.986	1:43.986	0.000
ALO	36.615	42.271	25.201	1:44.087	1:44.139	0.052
HAM	36.615	42.528	24.944	1:44.087	1:44.087	0.000
OCO	36.771	42.426	25.006	1:44.203	1:44.439	0.236
STR	36.722	42.493	25.038	1:44.253	1:44.329	0.076
COL	37.285	42.982	24.962	1:45.229	1:45.299	0.070
GAS	37.188	43.141	25.089	1:45.418	1:45.418	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

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

McLarenNORahead of PIA+0.310

FerrariLECahead of HAM+0.831

MercedesRUSahead of ANT+0.728

WilliamsALBahead of SAI+0.296

Red Bull RacingTSUahead of VER+0.052

Racing BullsLAWahead of HAD+0.072

Kick SauberHULahead of BOR+0.101

Aston MartinALOahead of STR+0.190

Haas F1 TeamBEAahead of OCO+0.288

AlpineCOLahead of GAS+0.119

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

Stints and compounds

NOR15211

PIA266

LEC539

RUS5335

ALB548

TSU637

VER636

SAI566

LAW638

HAD638

ANT4139

HUL639

HAM545

BOR6534

ALO456

BEA638

STR456

OCO636

COL1148

GAS548

SSoft

Practice 2

Fri 19 Sept, 12:00 UTCFastestHAM1:41.293

Single-lap pace

HAM1:41.293—21 laps

LEC1:41.367+0.07423 laps

RUS1:41.770+0.47719 laps

ANT1:41.779+0.48622 laps

BEA1:41.891+0.59823 laps

VER1:41.902+0.60922 laps

LAW1:41.989+0.69622 laps

OCO1:42.167+0.87423 laps

ALB1:42.177+0.88424 laps

NOR1:42.199+0.9067 laps

SAI1:42.255+0.96224 laps

PIA1:42.295+1.00223 laps

HAD1:42.443+1.15023 laps

TSU1:42.444+1.15122 laps

BOR1:42.561+1.26822 laps

GAS1:42.674+1.38122 laps

STR1:42.771+1.47824 laps

HUL1:42.820+1.52722 laps

ALO1:42.967+1.67424 laps

COL1:43.322+2.02922 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
SAI	M	6*	1:46.918	—	±0.203	—
LAW	M	5*	1:47.351	+0.433	±0.248	—
HUL	M	6*	1:47.626	+0.708	±0.382	—
COL	M	5*	1:48.432	+1.514	±0.479	—

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
HAM	35.517	41.073	24.486	1:41.076	1:41.293	0.217
LEC	35.567	41.174	24.504	1:41.245	1:41.367	0.122
VER	35.687	41.354	24.705	1:41.746	1:41.902	0.156
RUS	35.744	41.364	24.662	1:41.770	1:41.770	0.000
ANT	35.894	41.353	24.532	1:41.779	1:41.779	0.000
BEA	35.797	41.631	24.463	1:41.891	1:41.891	0.000
ALB	35.897	41.450	24.592	1:41.939	1:42.177	0.238
LAW	36.039	41.586	24.364	1:41.989	1:41.989	0.000
SAI	36.005	41.365	24.738	1:42.108	1:42.255	0.147
OCO	35.835	41.673	24.659	1:42.167	1:42.167	0.000
PIA	35.918	41.463	24.801	1:42.182	1:42.295	0.113
NOR	35.879	41.510	24.810	1:42.199	1:42.199	0.000
HAD	36.005	41.780	24.558	1:42.343	1:42.443	0.100
TSU	35.934	41.865	24.644	1:42.443	1:42.444	0.001
BOR	36.183	41.736	24.590	1:42.509	1:42.561	0.052
GAS	36.225	41.786	24.663	1:42.674	1:42.674	0.000
HUL	36.173	41.810	24.698	1:42.681	1:42.820	0.139
STR	36.124	41.985	24.662	1:42.771	1:42.771	0.000
ALO	36.170	42.043	24.754	1:42.967	1:42.967	0.000
COL	36.367	42.134	24.529	1:43.030	1:43.322	0.292

What the tyres are worth here

SSoft — referenceM−0.256(10 drivers ran both)Honly 1 driver ran both — too few to price

Team-mates, head to head

FerrariHAMahead of LEC+0.074

MercedesRUSahead of ANT+0.009

Haas F1 TeamBEAahead of OCO+0.276

Red Bull RacingVERahead of TSU+0.542

Racing BullsLAWahead of HAD+0.454

WilliamsALBahead of SAI+0.078

McLarenNORahead of PIA+0.096

Kick SauberBORahead of HUL+0.259

AlpineGASahead of COL+0.648

Aston MartinSTRahead of ALO+0.196

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

Stints and compounds

HAM8436

LEC9527

RUS6328

ANT7438

BEA7610

VER769

LAW33511

OCO7610

ALB8511

NOR52

SAI7512

PIA332348

HAD7610

TSU769

BOR859

GAS796

STR533310

HUL7411

ALO969

COL6511

SSoftMMediumHHard

Practice 3

Sat 20 Sept, 08:30 UTCFastestNOR1:41.223

Single-lap pace

NOR1:41.223—19 laps

VER1:41.445+0.22219 laps

PIA1:41.477+0.25421 laps

HAM1:41.499+0.27618 laps

ANT1:41.876+0.65317 laps

RUS1:41.964+0.74117 laps

ALB1:41.983+0.76019 laps

BEA1:41.985+0.76223 laps

LAW1:42.146+0.92321 laps

LEC1:42.209+0.98619 laps

HAD1:42.267+1.04422 laps

HUL1:42.428+1.20517 laps

SAI1:42.486+1.26317 laps

ALO1:42.591+1.36817 laps

COL1:42.789+1.56619 laps

TSU1:42.840+1.61718 laps

OCO1:42.868+1.64520 laps

BOR1:43.060+1.83716 laps

GAS1:43.322+2.09921 laps

STR1:43.350+2.12717 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
NOR	35.596	40.759	24.868	1:41.223	1:41.223	0.000
PIA	35.491	41.036	24.710	1:41.237	1:41.477	0.240
VER	35.501	41.052	24.844	1:41.397	1:41.445	0.048
HAM	35.480	41.133	24.841	1:41.454	1:41.499	0.045
ANT	35.906	40.987	24.714	1:41.607	1:41.876	0.269
RUS	36.000	40.989	24.773	1:41.762	1:41.964	0.202
BEA	35.788	41.151	24.869	1:41.808	1:41.985	0.177
LEC	35.588	41.287	24.966	1:41.841	1:42.209	0.368
ALB	35.774	40.997	25.212	1:41.983	1:41.983	0.000
LAW	35.825	41.440	24.881	1:42.146	1:42.146	0.000
SAI	35.859	41.278	25.069	1:42.206	1:42.486	0.280
HAD	35.968	41.314	24.970	1:42.252	1:42.267	0.015
ALO	36.116	41.528	24.728	1:42.372	1:42.591	0.219
HUL	36.114	41.380	24.934	1:42.428	1:42.428	0.000
TSU	35.884	41.679	25.048	1:42.611	1:42.840	0.229
OCO	36.264	41.619	24.868	1:42.751	1:42.868	0.117
COL	36.181	41.656	24.952	1:42.789	1:42.789	0.000
BOR	36.033	41.894	25.133	1:43.060	1:43.060	0.000
STR	36.500	41.997	24.753	1:43.250	1:43.350	0.100
GAS	36.229	42.035	24.993	1:43.257	1:43.322	0.065

What the tyres are worth here

SSoft — referenceH+0.913(6 drivers ran both)Monly 1 driver ran both — too few to price

Team-mates, head to head

McLarenNORahead of PIA+0.254

Red Bull RacingVERahead of TSU+1.395

FerrariHAMahead of LEC+0.710

MercedesANTahead of RUS+0.088

WilliamsALBahead of SAI+0.503

Haas F1 TeamBEAahead of OCO+0.883

Racing BullsLAWahead of HAD+0.121

Kick SauberHULahead of BOR+0.632

Aston MartinALOahead of STR+0.759

AlpineCOLahead of GAS+0.533

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

Stints and compounds

NOR1153

VER109

PIA129

HAM7137

ANT3536

RUS737

ALB910

BEA8510

LAW1848

LEC5338

HAD11110

HUL953

SAI98

ALO836

COL109

TSU837

OCO1118

BOR3535

GAS1110

STR7343

SSoftMMediumHHard