Round 4 · 2023

Azerbaijan Grand Prix

Baku, Azerbaijan · 30 Apr 2023

The main event. Most laps wins; points go to the top 10.

How the race went

Sergio Perez won the race from P3, finishing 2.137s ahead of Max Verstappen.

The Safety Car came out once.
Esteban Ocon was the big mover, climbing from P19 to P15.
George Russell set the fastest lap: 1:43.370 on lap 51.
Sergio Perez's tyres: Medium → Hard.
2 drivers didn't finish: Nyck De Vries and Guanyu Zhou.
A dry race, with the track around 41°C.
177 overtakes recorded.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Time / gap	Pts
1	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	3 ▲2	1:32:42.436	25
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	2	+2.137s	18
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1 ▼2	+21.217s	15
4	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	6 ▲2	+22.024s	12
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	4 ▼1	+45.491s	10
6	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	5 ▼1	+46.145s	8
7	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	9 ▲2	+51.617s	6
8	George Russell	Mercedes	11 ▲3	+74.24s	5
9	Lando Norris	McLaren	7 ▼2	+80.376s	2
10	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	8 ▼2	+83.862s	1
11	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	10 ▼1	+86.501s	0
12	Alexander Albon	Williams	12	+88.623s	0
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	16 ▲3	+89.729s	0
14	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	17 ▲3	+91.332s	0
15	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	19 ▲4	+97.794s	0
16	Logan Sargeant	Williams	14 ▼2	+100.943s	0
17	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas F1 Team	20 ▲3	+1 LAP	0
18	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	13 ▼5	+1 LAP	0
–	Nyck De Vries	AlphaTauri	18	DNF	0
–	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	15	DNF	0

Reading this table

Grid is where the driver started. ▲ means they gained places during the race, ▼ means they lost places. DNF = did not finish, DNS = did not start, DSQ = disqualified. The winner's time is the total race time; everyone else is shown as the gap behind the winner.