Round 15 · Baku · 26 September 2026
Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2026
Race analysis
George Russell won by 0.2 seconds. 14 of 15 finishers made 2 stops.
- Winner
- George Russell
- Mercedes
- Winning margin
- 0.196 s
- to Max Verstappen
- Most common strategy
- Two-stop
- 14 of 15 finishers
- Longest stint
- 32 laps
- Nico Hulkenberg, Medium
Conditions
Dry race. Track temperature 40–46 °C.
- Air
- 26–27 °C
- Track
- 40–46 °C
- Humidity
- 57 %
- Rain
- None
Source: OpenF1 weather station data, averaged per lap of the race winner. Wind on average 1.2 m/s.
How the race unfolded
Running order after every lap. Biggest climber: Kimi Antonelli, from P17 after lap 1 to P5. Hover or tap a driver to highlight.
- Driver 1
- Teammate
- Pit stop
- Safety car / VSC
Source: OpenF1 · Chart: paddockcharts.com
Order on track at the end of each lap; the last point is the official result, including penalties. ✕ = retired.
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| Driver | After lap 1 | Best | Result | +/− | Pit laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George RUSSELL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31, 36 |
| Max VERSTAPPEN | 7 | 2 | 2 | +5 | 31, 36 |
| Isack HADJAR | 5 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 31, 36 |
| Charles LECLERC | 3 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 31, 36 |
| Kimi ANTONELLI | 17 | 5 | 5 | +12 | 30, 36 |
| Lewis HAMILTON | 6 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 31, 36 |
| Arvid LINDBLAD | 14 | 7 | 7 | +7 | 30, 36 |
| Esteban OCON | 13 | 7 | 8 | +5 | 30, 36 |
| Oliver BEARMAN | 12 | 8 | 9 | +3 | 30, 36 |
| Carlos SAINZ | 15 | 10 | 10 | +5 | 20, 30, 36 |
| Nico HULKENBERG | 16 | 10 | 11 | +5 | 32, 36 |
| Liam LAWSON | 10 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 31, 36 |
| Oscar PIASTRI | 2 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 31, 36 |
| Sergio PEREZ | 19 | 13 | 14 | +5 | 30, 36 |
| Gabriel BORTOLETO | 18 | 13 | 15 | +3 | 30, 36 |
| Valtteri BOTTAS | 21 | 16 | 16 | +5 | 26, 36 |
| Franco COLAPINTO | 9 | 9 | DNF | – | 30 |
| Lando NORRIS | 4 | 4 | DNF | – | 30 |
| Pierre GASLY | 8 | 7 | DNF | – | 30 |
| Alexander ALBON | 11 | 11 | DNF | – | – |
| Fernando ALONSO | 20 | 20 | DNF | – | – |
| Lance STROLL | 22 | 22 | DNF | – | – |
Gap to the leader
Seconds behind the leader at the end of each lap, top 10 finishers. The gap between the top two peaked at 12.6 s on lap 30.
- Driver 1
- Teammate
- Safety car / VSC
Source: OpenF1 · Chart: paddockcharts.com
Measured when each driver crosses the line. Gaps shrink behind a safety car; pit stops show as sudden jumps.
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| Driver | Lap 10 | Lap 20 | Lap 30 | Lap 40 | Lap 50 | Lap 51 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George RUSSELL | Leader | Leader | Leader | Leader | Leader | +0.0 |
| Max VERSTAPPEN | +5.5 | +9.6 | +12.6 | +0.6 | +0.7 | Leader |
| Isack HADJAR | +6.7 | +10.2 | +13.2 | +3.3 | +10.0 | +10.6 |
| Charles LECLERC | +9.5 | +13.5 | +18.5 | +4.2 | +12.4 | +13.9 |
| Kimi ANTONELLI | +23.0 | +30.2 | +50.1 | +5.6 | +13.5 | +14.3 |
| Lewis HAMILTON | +12.3 | +18.9 | +31.8 | +5.3 | +19.7 | +22.2 |
| Arvid LINDBLAD | +28.2 | +44.7 | +89.0 | +8.5 | +29.9 | +31.0 |
| Esteban OCON | +25.2 | +41.4 | +80.4 | +7.5 | +29.3 | +31.0 |
| Oliver BEARMAN | +20.8 | +34.8 | +70.1 | +8.3 | +30.6 | +31.7 |
| Carlos SAINZ | +31.6 | +57.8 | +127.6 | +11.0 | +31.1 | +32.2 |
Tyre strategy by finishing position
Each bar is one set of tyres; the number is the stint length in laps. Hover a bar for details.
- SSoft
- MMedium
Source: OpenF1 · Chart: paddockcharts.com
DNF = did not finish. Lapped drivers end before the final lap.
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| Pos | Driver | Team | Stops | Stints (laps) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George RUSSELL | Mercedes | 2 | Medium 31 → Soft 5 → Soft 15 |
| 2 | Max VERSTAPPEN | Red Bull Racing | 2 | Medium 31 → Soft 5 → Soft 15 |
| 3 | Isack HADJAR | Red Bull Racing | 2 | Soft 31 → Medium 5 → Medium 15 |
| 4 | Charles LECLERC | Ferrari | 2 | Soft 31 → Medium 5 → Medium 15 |
| 5 | Kimi ANTONELLI | Mercedes | 2 | Medium 30 → Soft 6 → Soft 15 |
| 6 | Lewis HAMILTON | Ferrari | 2 | Soft 31 → Medium 5 → Medium 15 |
| 7 | Arvid LINDBLAD | Racing Bulls | 2 | Medium 30 → Soft 6 → Soft 15 |
| 8 | Esteban OCON | Haas F1 Team | 2 | Soft 30 → Medium 6 → Medium 15 |
| 9 | Oliver BEARMAN | Haas F1 Team | 2 | Soft 30 → Medium 6 → Medium 15 |
| 10 | Carlos SAINZ | Williams | 3 | Medium 20 → Soft 10 → Soft 6 → Soft 15 |
| 11 | Nico HULKENBERG | Audi | 2 | Medium 32 → Soft 4 → Soft 15 |
| 12 | Liam LAWSON | Racing Bulls | 2 | Soft 31 → Medium 5 → Soft 15 |
| 13 | Oscar PIASTRI | McLaren | 2 | Soft 31 → Medium 5 → Medium 15 |
| 14 | Sergio PEREZ | Cadillac | 2 | Medium 30 → Soft 6 → Soft 15 |
| 15 | Gabriel BORTOLETO | Audi | 2 | Medium 30 → Soft 6 → Soft 15 |
| 16 | Valtteri BOTTAS | Cadillac | 2 | Medium 26 → Soft 10 → Soft 13 |
| DNF | Franco COLAPINTO | Alpine | 1 | Medium 30 → Soft 6 |
| DNF | Lando NORRIS | McLaren | 1 | Medium 30 → Soft 5 |
| DNF | Pierre GASLY | Alpine | 1 | Medium 30 → Soft 5 |
| DNF | Alexander ALBON | Williams | 0 | Soft 29 |
| DNF | Fernando ALONSO | Aston Martin | 0 | Soft 20 |
| DNF | Lance STROLL | Aston Martin | 0 | Soft 7 |
Who was quickest in the pits?
Time from pit entry to pit exit for every stop. Cadillac had the fastest median; the quickest single stop was Valtteri Bottas on lap 36 (15.0 s).
- One pit stop
- Team median
Source: OpenF1 · Chart: paddockcharts.com
Pit lane time includes driving through the pit lane, so compare stops within a race, not across circuits. Unusually long stops not shown: LAW lap 36 (23.6 s), BOT lap 26 (23.0 s), PER lap 30 (22.2 s) and 8 more.
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| Driver | Team | Lap | Pit lane time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valtteri BOTTAS | Cadillac | 36 | 15.0 s |
| George RUSSELL | Mercedes | 36 | 15.1 s |
| Oscar PIASTRI | McLaren | 36 | 15.1 s |
| Max VERSTAPPEN | Red Bull Racing | 36 | 15.2 s |
| Isack HADJAR | Red Bull Racing | 36 | 15.2 s |
| Gabriel BORTOLETO | Audi | 36 | 15.2 s |
| Sergio PEREZ | Cadillac | 36 | 15.3 s |
| Nico HULKENBERG | Audi | 36 | 15.3 s |
| Charles LECLERC | Ferrari | 36 | 15.5 s |
| Carlos SAINZ | Williams | 36 | 15.9 s |
| Arvid LINDBLAD | Racing Bulls | 36 | 16.0 s |
| Esteban OCON | Haas F1 Team | 36 | 16.1 s |
| Oliver BEARMAN | Haas F1 Team | 36 | 16.3 s |
| Kimi ANTONELLI | Mercedes | 36 | 16.3 s |
| Lewis HAMILTON | Ferrari | 36 | 16.5 s |
| Nico HULKENBERG | Audi | 32 | 20.1 s |
| Gabriel BORTOLETO | Audi | 30 | 20.3 s |
| Oscar PIASTRI | McLaren | 31 | 20.5 s |
| Carlos SAINZ | Williams | 20 | 20.6 s |
| George RUSSELL | Mercedes | 31 | 20.6 s |
| Kimi ANTONELLI | Mercedes | 30 | 20.7 s |
| Pierre GASLY | Alpine | 30 | 20.7 s |
| Franco COLAPINTO | Alpine | 30 | 20.7 s |
| Max VERSTAPPEN | Red Bull Racing | 31 | 20.8 s |
| Lando NORRIS | McLaren | 30 | 20.8 s |
| Oliver BEARMAN | Haas F1 Team | 30 | 21.2 sunusually long |
| Esteban OCON | Haas F1 Team | 30 | 21.4 sunusually long |
| Carlos SAINZ | Williams | 30 | 21.4 sunusually long |
| Liam LAWSON | Racing Bulls | 31 | 21.7 sunusually long |
| Isack HADJAR | Red Bull Racing | 31 | 21.9 sunusually long |
| Charles LECLERC | Ferrari | 31 | 22.0 sunusually long |
| Arvid LINDBLAD | Racing Bulls | 30 | 22.1 sunusually long |
| Lewis HAMILTON | Ferrari | 31 | 22.1 sunusually long |
| Sergio PEREZ | Cadillac | 30 | 22.2 sunusually long |
| Valtteri BOTTAS | Cadillac | 26 | 23.0 sunusually long |
| Liam LAWSON | Racing Bulls | 36 | 23.6 sunusually long |
Which tyre held up best?
Lap time trend by tyre age, relative to the start of each stint. Soft held up best; Medium lost 0.01 s per lap more as it aged.
- SSoft
- MMedium
Source: OpenF1 · Chart: paddockcharts.com
Median of all clean laps at each tyre age (excludes in/out laps, safety car and outliers; lightly smoothed; tyre ages reached by few stints hidden). Not fuel-corrected: cars get lighter as fuel burns, which hides part of the wear, so compare compounds with each other rather than reading absolute values. Below zero means fuel burn-off outweighed tyre wear.
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| Compound | Stints | Trend per lap | Oldest tyre age shown |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 20 | −0.072 s/lap | 29 laps |
| Medium | 18 | −0.060 s/lap | 29 laps |
Who had the best race pace?
George Russell was quickest on clean laps (median 1:47.364), 0.291 s per lap ahead of Max Verstappen.
- Median lap
- Middle 50% of laps
Source: OpenF1 · Chart: paddockcharts.com
Clean laps only: excludes lap 1, in- and out-laps, safety car/VSC laps (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39) and laps slower than 107% of the field median. Not corrected for fuel load or tyre age.
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| # | Driver | Median lap | Gap | Middle 50% | Clean laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George RUSSELL | 1:47.364 | – | 1:46.039 – 1:47.869 | 41 |
| 2 | Max VERSTAPPEN | 1:47.655 | +0.291 s | 1:46.196 – 1:48.001 | 41 |
| 3 | Oscar PIASTRI | 1:47.800 | +0.436 s | 1:47.371 – 1:48.103 | 40 |
| 4 | Isack HADJAR | 1:47.805 | +0.441 s | 1:46.628 – 1:48.143 | 41 |
| 5 | Charles LECLERC | 1:47.810 | +0.446 s | 1:47.043 – 1:48.380 | 41 |
| 6 | Kimi ANTONELLI | 1:47.900 | +0.536 s | 1:47.279 – 1:48.366 | 40 |
| 7 | Lewis HAMILTON | 1:48.069 | +0.705 s | 1:47.558 – 1:48.708 | 41 |
| 8 | Lando NORRIS | 1:48.418 | +1.054 s | 1:48.154 – 1:48.963 | 28 |
| 9 | Pierre GASLY | 1:48.547 | +1.183 s | 1:48.227 – 1:48.943 | 28 |
| 10 | Franco COLAPINTO | 1:48.912 | +1.548 s | 1:48.802 – 1:49.348 | 28 |
| 11 | Liam LAWSON | 1:48.928 | +1.564 s | 1:47.934 – 1:49.589 | 40 |
| 12 | Oliver BEARMAN | 1:48.969 | +1.605 s | 1:48.430 – 1:49.207 | 40 |
| 13 | Esteban OCON | 1:48.970 | +1.606 s | 1:47.981 – 1:49.554 | 40 |
| 14 | Carlos SAINZ | 1:49.077 | +1.713 s | 1:47.881 – 1:50.010 | 38 |
| 15 | Arvid LINDBLAD | 1:49.198 | +1.834 s | 1:48.224 – 1:49.538 | 40 |
| 16 | Alexander ALBON | 1:49.284 | +1.920 s | 1:48.894 – 1:49.733 | 28 |
| 17 | Gabriel BORTOLETO | 1:49.302 | +1.938 s | 1:47.961 – 1:49.877 | 40 |
| 18 | Nico HULKENBERG | 1:49.510 | +2.146 s | 1:48.262 – 1:49.834 | 40 |
| 19 | Sergio PEREZ | 1:49.707 | +2.343 s | 1:48.878 – 1:50.086 | 40 |
| 20 | Valtteri BOTTAS | 1:51.772 | +4.408 s | 1:50.581 – 1:52.056 | 35 |
| 21 | Fernando ALONSO | 1:52.130 | +4.766 s | 1:51.485 – 1:52.502 | 18 |