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George Russell had looked dominant all weekend at the Azerbaijan GP, but had to hold off a charging Max Verstappen on the run to the flag to win his third race of the 2026 F1 season, beating the four-time world champion by just 0.196 seconds over the line. In a race that was primarily defined…
The 2026 F1 Azerbaijan GP weekend was one to forget for Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli. The Italian’s crash on a push lap in Q1 had him starting P16, and he was able to deliver a decent recovery drive to finish P5. Nonetheless, reflecting on the weekend as a whole, Antonelli shared that the 2026 F1 Azerbaijan…
The Azerbaijan GP reserved high flowing emotions for all drivers involved, and especially for Racing Bulls F1 drivers Arvid Lindblad and Liam Lawson. As it is often the case around the Baku street circuit, drama, crashes, and teammate rivalries are always right behind the corner. Such crashes can entail deep consequences, especially when teammates have…
Alpine’s Franco Colapinto locked up in the restart at the F1 2026 Azerbaijan GP and missed his braking point in Turn 1; he hit teammate Pierre Gasly, who in turn took out McLaren’s Lando Norris. It was a stable race in Baku from the start to the halfway mark. On lap 30, Williams’ Alex Albon…
Round 15 of the 2026 F1 season has been completed at the Azerbaijan GP, view the full race report here. Mercedes driver George Russell started on pole position as he took P1 by over 0.8s in qualifying on Saturday. Points leader Kimi Antonelli crashed in Q1, leaving him down in 16th on the grid. It…
Round 15 of the F1 2026 season has been completed at the Baku City Circuit, view the full Azerbaijan GP race results here. The starting grid was led by Mercedes, with George Russell on pole ahead of Charles Leclerc and Oscar Piastri. Isack Hadjar, Lando Norris, Lewis Hamilton, Pierre Gasly, Max Verstappen, Carlos Sainz and…
Scuderia Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton had to settle for qualifying P6 for the 2026 F1 Azerbaijan GP. Hamilton was unable to get a tow on the long final straight, which, by his figuring, was at least the 0.498 second difference between him and Charles Leclerc in 2nd. In FP3, he had a monster tow from three…
Power unit issues thwarted Max Verstappen’s qualifying session at the 2026 F1 Azerbaijan GP. Despite leading FP3 earlier in the day, the Red Bull driver will line up 8th for the race on Saturday. Teammate Isack Hadjar impressed with P4. Speaking in the print media pen after qualifying, the four-time World Champion explained how he was…
Kimi Antonelli was left disappointed after suffering an “unnecessary” crash in qualifying at the 2026 F1 Azerbaijan GP, leaving him P16 on the grid. The Mercedes driver has had a challenging start to his Baku weekend after facing a hydraulic issue that forced him to miss most of FP1 and FP2. Despite the disrupted track…
After securing P3 in qualifying for the 2026 F1 Azerbaijan GP, Oscar Piastri was satisfied with the result, given McLaren’s difficult start to the weekend. McLaren brought an upgrade package to Baku, but the team struggled with inconsistent performance across practice sessions on a track not well suited to the strengths of their car. Despite the…
