Azerbaijan Grand Prix Free Practice 1 - Results

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24/09/2026 at 10:4124/09/2026 at 10:53 40 SHARES Share on.. Share on.. Share on.. Full results from Free Practice 1 for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku, round 15 of the 2026 Formula 1 World Championship. 2026... More »

Oscar Piastri will start third in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix - right behind pole-sitter George Russell. More »

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25/09/2026 at 19:1525/09/2026 at 21:45 40 SHARES Share on.. Share on.. Share on.. Baku delivered a qualifying day of sharp contrasts: George Russell soared to a commanding pole, Charles Leclerc and Oscar Piastri... More »

The FIA has announced a grid penalty for Sergio Perez after an incident involving McLaren's Oscar Piastri at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. More »

Amended starting grid for the Qatar Airways Azerbaijan Grand Prix after penalties applied. Pos Driver Team 1 Russell Mercedes 2 Leclerc Ferrari 3 Piastri McLaren 4 Hadjar Red Bull 5 Norris McLaren 6 Hamilton Ferrari 7 Gasly Alpine 8 Verstappen Red... More »

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Max Verstappen has opened up on his frustrations during qualifying for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. More »

Charles Leclerc admitted the size of George Russell’s advantage took some shine off securing a front-row start for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. More »

From title challengers to being off the pace of Mercedes by over 1.3 seconds. That's the brutal reality that Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari faced at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Friday afternoon. More »

Check out the full starting grid for the 2026 F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku! More »

McLaren emerged from a difficult Azerbaijan Grand Prix Qualifying firmly in the podium hunt, with Oscar Piastri P3 and Lando Norris P5, but braced for a "compliacted" race More »

Liam Lawson endured a frustrating qualifying session in Baku and will start Saturday's grand prix from outside the top 10. More »

Lewis Hamilton deems the tyres used in Formula 1 Qualifying at the Azerbaijan GP 'a pain in the arse' after finishing P6.
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Carlos Sainz has been dealt an Azerbaijan Grand Prix blow after being hit with a grid penalty on a bittersweet Friday for Williams. More »

Parc Ferme Interviews - Conducted by Alex Brundle. George Russell, an absolutely thrilling lap. A gap of eight tenths of a second. Mr Saturday returns on Friday. That was a pretty special one, wasn't it?George Russell: Yeah, it's been a while. It's... More »

Max Verstappen appeared the only driver capable of challenging Mercedes for the front row in Azerbaijan Grand Prix Qualifying. But it did not happen. More »

Isack Hadjar could hardly have scripted a better return to F1, qualifying P4 for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix and beating Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen. More »

George Russell delivered possibly the greatest Qualifying lap of his career to demolish his rivals and claim pole for the 2026 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. More »

Check out the top 10 biggest pole margins across the last decade in F1 following George Russell's stunning Azerbaijan GP qualifying performance. More »

©McLaren Phillip van Osten
25/09/2026 at 18:02 40 SHARES Share on.. Share on.. Share on.. Oscar Piastri emerged from McLaren's rather subdued practice session in Baku to claim a place on the second row for Saturday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix, but... More »

Andrea Kimi Antonelli suffered a disastrous crash in Formula 1 qualifying in Azerbaijan, ending his hopes of pole in Q1. The Championship leader clipped the wall in Turn 1, damaging his front-left suspension and taking him out of the session.... More »

Tim Goss - Chief Technical Officer: 'It has been a challenging weekend for us through the Practice and Qualifying sessions this weekend, and we have definitely lacked some of our usual competitiveness. 'Overnight we made some good improvements on... More »

George Russell capitalised on a rare but costly Kimi Antonelli mistake to claim a jaw-dropping pole position for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, doing so by the biggest margin since Max Verstappen at the 2023 Canadian Grand Prix!Antonelli hit the wall... More »

Carlos Sainz and Sergio Perez have both been handed grid penalties for separate incidents during Azerbaijan Grand Prix Qualifying in Baku. More »

Max Verstappen vented his frustration with Red Bull's qualifying engine in Baku, after ending Q3 eighth on the grid for the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Verstappen looked like a potential polesitter after taking top spot in FP3 earlier in the... More »

Ferrari star Lewis Hamilton has revealed that he is not expecting to have to take an engine penalty later this season, despite currently being at the limit of all of his power unit components. More »

Max Verstappen saw Red Bull's encouraging pace disappear in a "disaster" qualifying in Baku, where he will start from eighth on the grid for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

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25/09/2026 at 16:4225/09/2026 at 16:37 40 SHARES Share on.. Share on.. Share on.. Max Verstappen looked like a serious threat to George Russell's pole bid at the start of qualifying on Friday in Baku. But the... More »

Esteban Ocon was left to rue his wretched luck in Baku on Friday, after narrowly missing out on a Q3 appearance for the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix due to a yellow flag forcing an abortion of his final flying lap.
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A disappointing end to the day for Sainz, who has been issued a grid penalty for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix More »