Round 17 · 2025

Azerbaijan Grand Prix

Baku, Azerbaijan · 21 Sept 2025

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

How the race went

Max Verstappen won the race from pole, finishing 14.609s ahead of George Russell.

The Safety Car came out once.
Alexander Albon was the big mover, climbing from P19 to P13.
Max Verstappen set the fastest lap: 1:43.388 on lap 50.
21 pit stops in total; most drivers stopped once. Quickest stop: Isack Hadjar, 2.2s.
Max Verstappen's tyres: Hard → Medium.
1 driver didn't finish: Oscar Piastri.
A dry race, with the track around 26°C.
158 overtakes recorded.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Time / gap	Pts
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1	1:33:26.408	25
2	George Russell	Mercedes	5 ▲3	+14.609s	18
3	Carlos Sainz	Williams	2 ▼1	+19.199s	15
4	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	4	+21.76s	12
5	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	3 ▼2	+33.29s	10
6	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull Racing	6	+33.808s	8
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	7	+34.227s	6
8	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	12 ▲4	+36.31s	4
9	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	10 ▲1	+36.774s	2
10	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls	8 ▼2	+38.982s	1
11	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	13 ▲2	+67.606s	0
12	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	15 ▲3	+68.262s	0
13	Alexander Albon	Williams	19 ▲6	+72.87s	0
14	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	20 ▲6	+77.58s	0
15	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	11 ▼4	+78.707s	0
16	Nico Hulkenberg	Kick Sauber	17 ▲1	+80.237s	0
17	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	14 ▼3	+96.392s	0
18	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	18	+1 LAP	0
19	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	16 ▼3	+1 LAP	0
–	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	9	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.