Round 15 · 2026

Azerbaijan Grand Prix

Baku, Azerbaijan24–26 Sept

Practice 1
Thu 08:30
Data published
track 51° ·air 29° ·64% hum ·3.6 km/h wind
Practice 2
Thu 12:00
Data published
track 45° ·air 29° ·56% hum ·4.3 km/h wind
Practice 3
Fri 08:30
Data published
track 45° ·air 25° ·66% hum ·6.5 km/h wind
Qualifying
Fri 12:00
Data published
track 39° ·air 25° ·69% hum ·5.8 km/h wind
Fantasy lock
Grand Prix
Sat 11:00
Data published
track 44° ·air 26° ·58% hum ·4.3 km/h wind

Times in UTC

Grand Prix result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Moved	Time / gap	Pts
1	RUS	Mercedes	—	—	1:38:02.143	25
2	VER	Red Bull Racing	—	—	+0.196	18
3	HAD	Red Bull Racing	—	—	+10.704	15
4	LEC	Ferrari	—	—	+14.136	12
5	ANT	Mercedes	—	—	+14.512	10
6	HAM	Ferrari	—	—	+22.382	8
7	LIN	Racing Bulls	—	—	+31.159	6
8	OCO	Haas F1 Team	—	—	+31.189	4
9	BEA	Haas F1 Team	—	—	+31.929	2
10	SAI	Williams	—	—	+32.415	1
11	HUL	Audi	—	—	+33.231
12	LAW	Racing Bulls	—	—	+34.013
13	PIA	McLaren	—	—	+36.401
14	PER	Cadillac	—	—	+41.400
15	BOR	Audi	—	—	+44.230
16	BOT	Cadillac	—	—	Did not finish
—	NOR	McLaren	—	—	Did not finish
—	GAS	Alpine	—	—	Did not finish
—	ALO	Aston Martin	—	—	Did not finish
—	STR	Aston Martin	—	—	Did not finish
—	ALB	Williams	—	—	Did not finish
—	COL	Alpine	—	—	Did not finish

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	RUS	1:43.615	1:43.462	1:42.526
2	LEC	1:44.360	1:43.780	1:43.363	+0.837
3	PIA	1:45.014	1:43.814	1:43.364	+0.838
4	HAD	1:44.161	1:43.880	1:43.500	+0.974
5	NOR	1:44.571	1:44.020	1:43.672	+1.146
6	HAM	1:44.260	1:44.037	1:43.858	+1.332
7	GAS	1:44.489	1:44.106	1:44.047	+1.521
8	VER	1:44.041	1:43.706	1:44.081	+1.555
9	SAI	1:45.104	1:44.629	1:44.566	+2.040
10	COL	1:45.106	1:44.683	1:44.963	+2.437
11	BEA	1:45.228	1:44.775	—	+2.249
12	LAW	1:45.535	1:44.860	—	+2.334
13	ALB	1:45.031	1:45.001	—	+2.475
14	OCO	1:45.039	1:45.016	—	+2.490
15	LIN	1:45.381	1:45.106	—	+2.580
16	ANT	1:45.504	—	—	+2.978
17	BOR	1:45.799	—	—	+3.273
18	HUL	1:45.920	—	—	+3.394
19	ALO	1:46.593	—	—	+4.067
20	PER	1:46.658	—	—	+4.132
21	STR	1:47.337	—	—	+4.811
22	BOT	1:48.290	—	—	+5.764

How the weekend has moved

Practice 11:45.387run 1:50.771

Practice 21:43.759−1.628run 1:49.594

Practice 31:43.922+0.163

Qualifying1:42.526−1.396

Grand Prix1:44.916+2.390run 1:49.974

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

20261:43.759run 1:50.071

20251:41.223−2.536run 1:47.489

20241:42.514−1.245run 1:50.419

20231:42.315−1.444run 1:46.197

20221:43.170−0.589run 1:50.135

20211:42.115−1.644run 1:48.428

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

Thu 24 Sept, 08:30 UTCFastestRUS1:45.387

Single-lap pace

RUS1:45.387—24 laps

VER1:45.787+0.40022 laps

LEC1:45.791+0.40425 laps

HAM1:45.824+0.43724 laps

ANT1:46.265+0.8789 laps

PIA1:46.398+1.01117 laps

LAW1:46.440+1.05326 laps

LIN1:46.601+1.21423 laps

OCO1:46.624+1.23719 laps

BOR1:46.688+1.30121 laps

HUL1:46.871+1.48422 laps

SAI1:46.893+1.50622 laps

ALB1:46.939+1.55229 laps

NOR1:46.981+1.59414 laps

BEA1:46.994+1.60722 laps

GAS1:47.043+1.65622 laps

PER1:47.253+1.86624 laps

COL1:47.523+2.13623 laps

ALO1:47.835+2.44824 laps

HAD1:47.873+2.4867 laps

STR1:48.547+3.16022 laps

BOT1:49.315+3.92822 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	H	5*	1:49.775	—	±0.472	—
HUL	S	5*	1:50.771	+0.996	±0.647	—
COL	M	6*	1:51.160	+1.385	±0.354	—

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
RUS	37.336	43.319	24.732	1:45.387	1:45.387	0.000
LEC	37.151	43.429	24.928	1:45.508	1:45.791	0.283
HAM	37.279	43.358	25.151	1:45.788	1:45.824	0.036
VER	37.565	43.446	25.045	1:46.056	1:46.512	0.456
LAW	37.704	43.580	24.792	1:46.076	1:46.440	0.364
PIA	37.607	43.311	25.331	1:46.249	1:46.398	0.149
HUL	37.839	43.394	25.204	1:46.437	1:46.871	0.434
LIN	37.699	43.733	25.054	1:46.486	1:46.601	0.115
OCO	37.695	43.675	25.254	1:46.624	1:46.624	0.000
BOR	38.030	43.353	25.305	1:46.688	1:46.688	0.000
NOR	37.529	43.525	25.754	1:46.808	1:46.981	0.173
SAI	37.996	43.433	25.380	1:46.809	1:46.893	0.084
ALB	38.011	43.723	25.205	1:46.939	1:46.939	0.000
BEA	37.858	43.893	25.243	1:46.994	1:46.994	0.000
GAS	37.888	43.809	25.298	1:46.995	1:47.043	0.048
PER	37.930	43.985	25.338	1:47.253	1:47.253	0.000
ANT	38.182	43.916	25.277	1:47.375	1:47.375	0.000
COL	38.086	44.167	25.270	1:47.523	1:47.523	0.000
ALO	37.880	44.167	25.647	1:47.694	1:47.835	0.141
HAD	38.266	44.452	25.155	1:47.873	1:47.873	0.000
STR	38.339	44.239	25.969	1:48.547	1:48.547	0.000
BOT	38.516	44.746	25.866	1:49.128	1:49.315	0.187

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 — referenceH+1.355(3 drivers ran both)Monly 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

MercedesRUSahead of ANT+0.878

Red Bull RacingVERahead of HAD+2.086

FerrariLECahead of HAM+0.033

McLarenPIAahead of NOR+0.583

Racing BullsLAWahead of LIN+0.161

Haas F1 TeamOCOahead of BEA+0.370

AudiBORahead of HUL+0.183

WilliamsSAIahead of ALB+0.046

AlpineGASahead of COL+0.480

CadillacPERahead of BOT+2.062

Aston MartinALOahead of STR+0.712

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

Stints and compounds

RUS879

VER7510

LEC997

HAM10914

ANT81

PIA8144

LAW8513

LIN22109

OCO531253

BOR111108

HUL967

SAI5134

ALB12413

NOR833

BEA5674

GAS2137

PER712743

COL5513

ALO101013

HAD7

STR589

BOT11119

SSoftMMediumHHard

Practice 2

Thu 24 Sept, 12:00 UTCFastestRUS1:43.759

Single-lap pace

RUS1:43.759—24 laps

ANT1:43.899+0.14016 laps

VER1:44.174+0.41523 laps

LEC1:44.473+0.71424 laps

HAM1:44.665+0.90623 laps

NOR1:44.831+1.07222 laps

GAS1:44.843+1.08423 laps

PIA1:44.857+1.09822 laps

HAD1:44.868+1.10921 laps

OCO1:45.290+1.53125 laps

COL1:45.479+1.72023 laps

LAW1:45.681+1.92225 laps

PER1:45.760+2.00123 laps

BOR1:45.794+2.03524 laps

HUL1:45.854+2.09520 laps

ALB1:46.123+2.36424 laps

SAI1:46.221+2.46222 laps

LIN1:46.391+2.6324 laps

BOT1:46.737+2.97826 laps

BEA1:46.801+3.04210 laps

STR1:47.403+3.64424 laps

ALO1:47.889+4.1309 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
PIA	S	5*	1:48.776	—	±0.633	—
NOR	S	5*	1:49.118	+0.342	±0.434	—
ALB	S	5*	1:50.071	+1.295	±0.462	—
LAW	M	5*	1:50.476	+1.700	±0.406	—

Sectors and the lap they could have done

Driver	S1	S2	S3	Ideal lap	Best lap	Left out
RUS	36.815	42.329	24.615	1:43.759	1:43.759	0.000
ANT	36.556	42.724	24.619	1:43.899	1:43.899	0.000
VER	36.723	42.675	24.776	1:44.174	1:44.174	0.000
LEC	36.758	42.715	24.772	1:44.245	1:44.473	0.228
NOR	36.510	42.535	25.228	1:44.273	1:44.831	0.558
HAM	36.845	42.695	24.988	1:44.528	1:44.665	0.137
PIA	36.730	42.588	25.248	1:44.566	1:44.857	0.291
HAD	36.913	43.096	24.782	1:44.791	1:44.868	0.077
GAS	37.144	42.722	24.977	1:44.843	1:44.843	0.000
OCO	37.086	43.045	25.159	1:45.290	1:45.290	0.000
COL	37.516	42.867	25.034	1:45.417	1:45.479	0.062
LAW	37.343	43.184	24.924	1:45.451	1:45.681	0.230
BOR	37.391	43.017	25.210	1:45.618	1:45.794	0.176
ALB	37.408	43.233	25.023	1:45.664	1:46.123	0.459
HUL	37.562	42.956	25.173	1:45.691	1:45.854	0.163
PER	37.376	43.441	24.943	1:45.760	1:45.760	0.000
SAI	37.495	43.213	25.316	1:46.024	1:46.221	0.197
LIN	37.952	43.601	24.838	1:46.391	1:46.391	0.000
BEA	37.764	43.610	25.321	1:46.695	1:46.801	0.106
BOT	37.801	43.626	25.310	1:46.737	1:46.737	0.000
ALO	37.585	43.565	25.790	1:46.940	1:47.889	0.949
STR	37.765	43.900	25.738	1:47.403	1:47.403	0.000

What the tyres are worth here

SSoft — referenceM+0.965(13 drivers ran both)H+0.926(3 drivers ran both)

Team-mates, head to head

MercedesRUSahead of ANT+0.140

Red Bull RacingVERahead of HAD+0.694

FerrariLECahead of HAM+0.192

McLarenNORahead of PIA+0.026

AlpineGASahead of COL+0.636

Haas F1 TeamOCOahead of BEA+1.511

Racing BullsLAWahead of LIN+0.710

CadillacPERahead of BOT+0.977

AudiBORahead of HUL+0.060

WilliamsALBahead of SAI+0.098

Aston MartinSTRahead of ALO+0.486

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

Stints and compounds

RUS7179

ANT88

VER7511

LEC879

HAM869

NOR6511

GAS779

PIA6511

HAD6510

OCO9511

COL779

LAW9511

PER6611

BOR969

HUL3557

ALB8511

SAI5710

LIN4

BOT8612

BEA91

STR879

ALO9

SSoftMMediumHHard

Practice 3

Fri 25 Sept, 08:30 UTCFastestVER1:43.922

Single-lap pace

VER1:43.922—21 laps

RUS1:44.021+0.09921 laps

HAM1:44.033+0.11118 laps

ANT1:44.273+0.35121 laps

LEC1:44.544+0.62222 laps

GAS1:44.637+0.71520 laps

PIA1:44.746+0.82420 laps

NOR1:44.899+0.97720 laps

HAD1:45.227+1.30522 laps

COL1:45.592+1.67020 laps

SAI1:45.605+1.68324 laps

BEA1:45.692+1.77025 laps

OCO1:45.918+1.99621 laps

HUL1:45.998+2.07618 laps

PER1:46.004+2.08219 laps

ALB1:46.076+2.15424 laps

LAW1:46.222+2.30023 laps

LIN1:46.271+2.34922 laps

BOR1:46.293+2.37118 laps

ALO1:46.512+2.59019 laps

BOT1:48.587+4.66519 laps

STR1:49.279+5.3579 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
VER	36.536	42.053	25.132	1:43.721	1:43.922	0.201
RUS	36.570	42.053	25.226	1:43.849	1:44.021	0.172
HAM	36.592	42.506	24.935	1:44.033	1:44.033	0.000
ANT	36.687	42.259	25.171	1:44.117	1:44.273	0.156
PIA	36.667	42.451	25.393	1:44.511	1:44.746	0.235
LEC	36.483	42.628	25.405	1:44.516	1:44.544	0.028
NOR	36.563	42.474	25.549	1:44.586	1:44.899	0.313
GAS	37.231	42.722	24.654	1:44.607	1:44.637	0.030
HAD	36.910	42.545	25.520	1:44.975	1:45.227	0.252
BEA	37.211	42.886	25.334	1:45.431	1:45.692	0.261
COL	37.295	42.878	25.360	1:45.533	1:45.592	0.059
ALB	37.406	43.205	24.980	1:45.591	1:46.076	0.485
SAI	37.167	43.153	25.282	1:45.602	1:45.605	0.003
PER	37.164	43.004	25.577	1:45.745	1:46.004	0.259
OCO	37.308	43.028	25.441	1:45.777	1:45.918	0.141
HUL	37.456	42.821	25.502	1:45.779	1:45.998	0.219
LIN	37.576	43.114	25.399	1:46.089	1:46.271	0.182
LAW	37.457	42.983	25.720	1:46.160	1:46.222	0.062
BOR	37.319	43.332	25.642	1:46.293	1:46.293	0.000
ALO	37.252	43.103	26.088	1:46.443	1:46.512	0.069
BOT	38.210	44.140	25.895	1:48.245	1:48.587	0.342
STR	38.768	44.278	26.233	1:49.279	1:49.279	0.000

What the tyres are worth here

SSoft — referenceM+1.011(11 drivers ran both)

Team-mates, head to head

Red Bull RacingVERahead of HAD+1.305

MercedesRUSahead of ANT+0.252

FerrariHAMahead of LEC+0.511

AlpineGASahead of COL+0.955

McLarenPIAahead of NOR+0.153

WilliamsSAIahead of ALB+0.471

Haas F1 TeamBEAahead of OCO+0.226

AudiHULahead of BOR+0.295

CadillacPERahead of BOT+2.583

Racing BullsLAWahead of LIN+0.049

Aston MartinALOahead of STR+2.767

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

Stints and compounds

VER813

RUS2793

HAM117

ANT2793

LEC1210

GAS857

PIA911

NOR1910

HAD1111

COL578

SAI1059

BEA1411

OCO1110

HUL963

PER118

ALB969

LAW7511

LIN949

BOR963

ALO109

BOT388

STR9

SSoftMMedium