Azerbaijan Grand Prix

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Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2026 Results

George Russell won the 2026 Azerbaijan Grand Prix for Mercedes, finishing 0.196s ahead of Max Verstappen. Isack Hadjar completed the podium. George Russell took pole position with a 1:42.526. Kimi Antonelli made up the most ground, gaining 11 places from the grid.

Race winner · Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2026

George Russell

Mercedes

Max Verstappen

Second

Red Bull Racing

Isack Hadjar

Third

Red Bull Racing

George Russell

Pole

1:42.526

+11

Biggest gain

Kimi Antonelli

How the race unfolded

Start and finish position, highest and lowest position held, and on-track passes for every driver.
Driver	Team	Start	Finish	+/-	Highest	Lowest	Passes made	Passes lost
George Russell	Mercedes	1	1	=	1	1	0	0
Max Verstappen	Red Bull	8	2	+6	2	7	4	0
Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	4	3	+1	3	5	3	1
Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	2	4	−2	3	5	1	2
Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	16	5	+11	5	17	10	0
Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	6	6	=	5	7	2	2
Arvid Lindblad	RB F1 Team	15	7	+8	7	15	3	1
Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	13	8	+5	7	14	1	2
Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	10	9	+1	8	12	3	2
Carlos Sainz	Williams	14	10	+4	10	19	2	3
Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	18	11	+7	10	17	2	3
Liam Lawson	RB F1 Team	11	12	−1	10	15	3	2
Oscar Piastri	McLaren	3	13	−10	2	15	1	12
Sergio Pérez	Cadillac F1 Team	20	14	+6	13	19	2	3
Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	17	15	+2	13	18	4	2
Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac F1 Team	19	16	+3	16	21	2	1
Pierre Gasly	Alpine F1 Team	7	DNF	—	7	8	0	0
Lando Norris	McLaren	5	DNF	—	4	9	0	3
Alexander Albon	Williams	12	DNF	—	11	13	0	2
Franco Colapinto	Alpine F1 Team	9	DNF	—	9	17	0	1
Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	21	DNF	—	20	21	1	2
Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	22	DNF	—	22	22	0	0

Race pace

Who was actually quickest on Sunday — not who won. Each driver’s median lap, with the opening lap, pit in-laps/out-laps and anything 7%+ off their own pace stripped out to clear away safety cars and traffic.

#	Driver	Team	Median lap	Gap	Clean laps
1	George Russell	Mercedes	1:47.364	—	42
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:47.614	+0.251	42
3	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	1:47.805	+0.442	42
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:47.815	+0.451	42
5	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:47.838	+0.474	41
6	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:47.901	+0.538	41
7	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:48.077	+0.713	42
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:48.418	+1.055	28
9	Pierre Gasly	Alpine F1 Team	1:48.547	+1.183	28
10	Franco Colapinto	Alpine F1 Team	1:48.912	+1.549	28
11	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	1:48.925	+1.561	41
12	Liam Lawson	RB F1 Team	1:48.929	+1.566	41
13	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	1:48.978	+1.615	41
14	Arvid Lindblad	RB F1 Team	1:49.224	+1.860	41
15	Carlos Sainz	Williams	1:49.228	+1.865	39
16	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:49.284	+1.920	28
17	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	1:49.338	+1.974	41
18	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	1:49.530	+2.166	41
19	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac F1 Team	1:49.710	+2.347	41
20	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac F1 Team	1:51.772	+4.408	39
21	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:52.117	+4.754	6
22	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:52.144	+4.781	19

Race

Pos	Driver	Team	Time / Gap	+/-	Pts
1	George Russell	Mercedes	1:38:02.143	=	25
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	+0.196s	+6	18
3	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing	+10.704s	+1	15
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+14.136s	−2	12
5	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	+14.512s	+11	10
6	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	+22.382s	=	8
7	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	+31.159s	+8	6
8	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	+31.189s	+6	4
9	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	+31.929s	+2	2
10	Carlos Sainz	Williams	+32.416s	−1	1
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	+33.231s	+7	—
12	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	+34.013s	=	—
13	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+36.401s	−10	—
14	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	+41.400s	+6	—
15	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	+44.230s	+2	—
16	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	DNF	+6	—
NC	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	DNF	—	—
NC	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	DNF	—	—
NC	Lando Norris	McLaren	DNF	—	—
NC	Alexander Albon	Williams	DNF	—	—
NC	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	DNF	—	—
NC	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	DNF	—	—

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	George Russell	Mercedes	1:42.526	26
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:43.363	23
3	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:43.364	22
4	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing	1:43.500	21
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:43.672	21
6	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:43.858	22
7	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:44.047	20
8	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:44.081	24
9	Carlos Sainz	Williams	1:44.566	25
10	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	1:44.963	21
11	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	1:44.775	17
12	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	1:44.860	18
13	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:45.001	17
14	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	1:45.016	18
15	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	1:45.106	16
16	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:45.504	5
17	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	1:45.799	10
18	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	1:45.920	10
19	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:46.593	9
20	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	1:46.658	9
21	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:47.337	9
22	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	1:48.290	10

FP3

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:43.922	21
2	George Russell	Mercedes	+0.099s	21
3	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	+0.111s	18
4	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	+0.351s	21
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+0.622s	22
6	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+0.715s	20
7	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+0.824s	20
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	+0.977s	20
9	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing	+1.254s	22
10	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	+1.670s	20
11	Carlos Sainz	Williams	+1.683s	24
12	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	+1.770s	25
13	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	+1.932s	18
14	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	+1.996s	21
15	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	+2.076s	18
16	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	+2.082s	19
17	Alexander Albon	Williams	+2.154s	24
18	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	+2.300s	23
19	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	+2.349s	22
20	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+2.590s	19
21	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	+4.665s	19
22	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+5.357s	9

FP2

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	George Russell	Mercedes	1:43.347	24
2	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	+0.552s	16
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	+0.827s	23
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+1.126s	24
5	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	+1.318s	23
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	+1.484s	22
7	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+1.496s	23
8	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+1.510s	22
9	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing	+1.521s	21
10	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	+1.943s	25
11	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	+2.132s	23
12	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	+2.334s	25
13	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	+2.413s	23
14	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	+2.447s	24
15	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	+2.507s	20
16	Alexander Albon	Williams	+2.776s	24
17	Carlos Sainz	Williams	+2.874s	22
18	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	+3.044s	4
19	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	+3.390s	26
20	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	+3.454s	10
21	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+4.056s	24
22	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+4.542s	9

FP1

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	George Russell	Mercedes	1:45.387	24
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	+0.400s	22
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+0.404s	25
4	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	+0.437s	25
5	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	+0.878s	9
6	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+1.011s	17
7	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	+1.053s	26
8	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	+1.214s	23
9	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	+1.237s	19
10	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	+1.301s	21
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	+1.484s	22
12	Carlos Sainz	Williams	+1.506s	22
13	Alexander Albon	Williams	+1.552s	29
14	Lando Norris	McLaren	+1.594s	14
15	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	+1.607s	22
16	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+1.656s	22
17	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	+1.866s	24
18	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	+2.136s	23
19	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+2.448s	24
20	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing	+2.486s	8
21	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+3.160s	22
22	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	+3.928s	22

Every round this season

Round	Winner	Team	Second	Third
Azerbaijan Grand Prix	George Russell	Mercedes	Max Verstappen	Isack Hadjar
spain	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	Max Verstappen	Lando Norris	Full results
italy	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	George Russell	Max Verstappen	Full results
Dutch Grand Prix	Lando Norris	McLaren	Kimi Antonelli	George Russell	Full results
Hungarian Grand Prix	Lando Norris	McLaren	Max Verstappen	Kimi Antonelli	Full results
Belgian Grand Prix	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	Charles Leclerc	Max Verstappen	Full results
British Grand Prix	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	George Russell	Lewis Hamilton	Full results
Austrian Grand Prix	George Russell	Mercedes	Max Verstappen	Kimi Antonelli	Full results
Grand Prix de Barcelona-Catalunya	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	George Russell	Lando Norris	Full results
Monaco Grand Prix	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	Lewis Hamilton	Isack Hadjar	Full results
Canadian Grand Prix	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	Lewis Hamilton	Max Verstappen	Full results
Miami Grand Prix	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	Lando Norris	Oscar Piastri	Full results
Japanese Grand Prix	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	Oscar Piastri	Charles Leclerc	Full results
Chinese Grand Prix	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	George Russell	Lewis Hamilton	Full results
Australian Grand Prix	George Russell	Mercedes	Kimi Antonelli	Charles Leclerc	Full results

About these results

Classifications come from official Formula 1 timing and are re-checked after every session, so post-race penalties and reinstated positions show up here without waiting for the next round.

+/-is places gained or lost between the qualifying classification and the finish. It’s worked out here by joining the two tables on this page - official results publish finishing order only, so a driver who recovered from a bad grid slot looks the same as one who qualified there. Drivers who retired show a dash rather than an invented loss.

Passes made and lostare counted from lap-by-lap positions: a driver was behind someone at the end of one lap and ahead of them at the end of the next. The first lap is excluded, because a standing start isn’t overtaking, and so is any change where either car was on an in-lap or out-lap, because that’s the pit stop rather than a pass. Places inherited when a car retires aren’t counted either. Positions are published once per lap, so a pass and an immediate re-pass on the same lap cancel out — treat these as a floor, not a broadcast count.

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