Mercedes Deputy Team Principal Bradley Lord was full of praise for George Russell after the latter’s dominant performance during the 2026 F1 Azerbaijan GP. After a strong start to the 2026 F1 season at the Australian GP, Mercedes driver George Russell experienced a series of setbacks marked by mechanical issues and difficulties getting on top…
Charles Leclerc had a quiet but good performance at the 2026 F1 Azerbaijan GP as the driver from Monaco finished P4. Ferrari clearly lacked the pace of Red Bull and Mercedes around Baku, with McLaren driver Oscar Piastri also ahead of the 28-year-old and Lewis Hamilton throughout the race. Starting on the front row following…
Lewis Hamilton attributed his P6 finish at the 2026 F1 Azerbaijan GP to persistent tyre struggles, admitting he never “really got the tyres to switch on.” The Ferrari driver kicked off the Baku weekend with P4 in FP1 and P5 in FP3 before making changes to his SF-26 and improving to P3 in FP3. However,…
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen finished in second place at the 2026 F1 Azerbaijan GP, just a mere 0,196s behind race winner George Russell, after a close dash to the line on the final lap of the grand prix. The Dutchman had endured a difficult weekend in Baku up until that point, with the promising pace…
After sitting out of three consecitive races due to a wrist injury, Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar made his return to racing at the 2026 F1 Azerbaijan GP. It was a very positive return for the Frenchman who placed himself P4 on the starting grid in qualifying. This was also his best qualifying result since the…
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…
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…
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…
