Round 15 of 23 · 26 September 2026

Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2026

Baku City Circuit, Baku, Azerbaijan. 51 laps of 6.003 km (306.2 km).

George Russell won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2026 for Mercedes, ahead of Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar. Pole position: George Russell. Fastest lap: George Russell, 1:44.916 on lap 49. Held on a Saturday. Russell held Verstappen off by 0.196s; 7 retirements.

Race classification

51 laps

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time / retired	Grid	Pts
1	63	George Russell	Mercedes	51	1:38:02.143	1	25
2	3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	51	+0.196s	8	18
3	6	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing	51	+10.704s	4	15
4	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	51	+14.136s	2	12
5	12	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	51	+14.512s	16	10
6	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	51	+22.382s	6	8
7	41	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	51	+31.159s	15	6
8	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	51	+31.189s	13	4
9	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	51	+31.929s	10	2
10	55	Carlos Sainz	Williams	51	+32.416s	14	1
11	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	51	+33.231s	18	0
12	30	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	51	+34.013s	11	0
13	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	51	+36.401s	3	0
14	11	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	51	+41.400s	20	0
15	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	51	+44.230s	17	0
16	77	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	49	DNF	19	0
Ret	43	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	36	DNF	9	0
Ret	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	35	DNF	7	0
Ret	1	Lando Norris	McLaren	35	DNF	5	0
Ret	23	Alexander Albon	Williams	29	DNF	12	0
Ret	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	20	DNF	21	0
Ret	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	7	DNF	22	0

Starting grid

Penalties and pit lane starts

Alonso (30 places) and Stroll (20 places): power unit penalties. Sainz: 5 places for not slowing for yellow flags. Pérez: 3 places for impeding.

Qualifying

Q1 · Q2 · Q3

Pos	No	Driver	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	63	George Russell	1:43.615	1:43.462	1:42.526
2	16	Charles Leclerc	1:44.360	1:43.780	1:43.363
3	81	Oscar Piastri	1:45.014	1:43.814	1:43.364
4	6	Isack Hadjar	1:44.161	1:43.880	1:43.500
5	1	Lando Norris	1:44.571	1:44.020	1:43.672
6	44	Lewis Hamilton	1:44.260	1:44.037	1:43.858
7	10	Pierre Gasly	1:44.489	1:44.106	1:44.047
8	3	Max Verstappen	1:44.041	1:43.706	1:44.081
9	55	Carlos Sainz	1:45.104	1:44.629	1:44.566
10	43	Franco Colapinto	1:45.106	1:44.683	1:44.963
11	87	Oliver Bearman	1:45.228	1:44.775
12	30	Liam Lawson	1:45.535	1:44.860
13	23	Alexander Albon	1:45.031	1:45.001
14	31	Esteban Ocon	1:45.039	1:45.016
15	41	Arvid Lindblad	1:45.381	1:45.106
16	12	Kimi Antonelli	1:45.504
17	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	1:45.799
18	27	Nico Hulkenberg	1:45.920
19	14	Fernando Alonso	1:46.593
20	11	Sergio Perez	1:46.658
21	18	Lance Stroll	1:47.337
22	77	Valtteri Bottas	1:48.290

Practice 1

Best lap per driver

Pos	No	Driver	Time / gap	Laps
1	63	George Russell	1:45.387	24
2	3	Max Verstappen	+0.400s	22
3	16	Charles Leclerc	+0.404s	25
4	44	Lewis Hamilton	+0.437s	25
5	12	Kimi Antonelli	+0.878s	9
6	81	Oscar Piastri	+1.011s	17
7	30	Liam Lawson	+1.053s	26
8	41	Arvid Lindblad	+1.214s	23
9	31	Esteban Ocon	+1.237s	19
10	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	+1.301s	21
11	27	Nico Hulkenberg	+1.484s	22
12	55	Carlos Sainz	+1.506s	22
13	23	Alexander Albon	+1.552s	29
14	1	Lando Norris	+1.594s	14
15	87	Oliver Bearman	+1.607s	22
16	10	Pierre Gasly	+1.656s	22
17	11	Sergio Perez	+1.866s	24
18	43	Franco Colapinto	+2.136s	23
19	14	Fernando Alonso	+2.448s	24
20	6	Isack Hadjar	+2.486s	8
21	18	Lance Stroll	+3.160s	22
22	77	Valtteri Bottas	+3.928s	22

Practice 2

Best lap per driver

Pos	No	Driver	Time / gap	Laps
1	63	George Russell	1:43.347	24
2	12	Kimi Antonelli	+0.552s	16
3	3	Max Verstappen	+0.827s	23
4	16	Charles Leclerc	+1.126s	24
5	44	Lewis Hamilton	+1.318s	23
6	1	Lando Norris	+1.484s	22
7	10	Pierre Gasly	+1.496s	23
8	81	Oscar Piastri	+1.510s	22
9	6	Isack Hadjar	+1.521s	21
10	31	Esteban Ocon	+1.943s	25
11	43	Franco Colapinto	+2.132s	23
12	30	Liam Lawson	+2.334s	25
13	11	Sergio Perez	+2.413s	23
14	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	+2.447s	24
15	27	Nico Hulkenberg	+2.507s	20
16	23	Alexander Albon	+2.776s	24
17	55	Carlos Sainz	+2.874s	22
18	41	Arvid Lindblad	+3.044s	4
19	77	Valtteri Bottas	+3.390s	26
20	87	Oliver Bearman	+3.454s	10
21	18	Lance Stroll	+4.056s	24
22	14	Fernando Alonso	+4.542s	9

Practice 3

Best lap per driver

Pos	No	Driver	Time / gap	Laps
1	3	Max Verstappen	1:43.922	21
2	63	George Russell	+0.099s	21
3	44	Lewis Hamilton	+0.111s	18
4	12	Kimi Antonelli	+0.351s	21
5	16	Charles Leclerc	+0.622s	22
6	10	Pierre Gasly	+0.715s	20
7	81	Oscar Piastri	+0.824s	20
8	1	Lando Norris	+0.977s	20
9	6	Isack Hadjar	+1.254s	22
10	43	Franco Colapinto	+1.670s	20
11	55	Carlos Sainz	+1.683s	24
12	87	Oliver Bearman	+1.770s	25
13	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	+1.932s	18
14	31	Esteban Ocon	+1.996s	21
15	27	Nico Hulkenberg	+2.076s	18
16	11	Sergio Perez	+2.082s	19
17	23	Alexander Albon	+2.154s	24
18	30	Liam Lawson	+2.300s	23
19	41	Arvid Lindblad	+2.349s	22
20	14	Fernando Alonso	+2.590s	19
21	77	Valtteri Bottas	+4.665s	19
22	18	Lance Stroll	+5.357s	9

Tyres

Pirelli compounds: C3 (hard), C4 (medium), C5 (soft).

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