Audi Racing Director Allan McNish believes the team showed stronger race pace than its qualifying result suggested at the Formula 1 (F1) Azerbaijan GP, despite a challenging weekend in Baku. The team struggled to maximise its performance over one lap on Friday before showing improved pace during Saturday’s race. However, tyre performance and the challenge…
Four laps from the chequered flag, Nico Hülkenberg sat P10 and Audi held a point at the 2026 F1 Azerbaijan GP. Then, Carlos Sainz swept past on the long straight at the beginning of the 49th tour, and the German dropped to P11. That move seemed to sum up the Azerbaijan GP weekend of the…
Aston Martin’s season continues to go from bad to worse, and Baku was ultimately another representation of that shift; the 2026 F1 Azerbaijan GP marked another disappointing weekend for Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso — both drivers with a DNF. For Stroll, this marks his fourth retirement in a row, leaving him as the only…
Nikola Tsolov described his recovery to second place in Feature Race 2 at the 2026 F2 Azerbaijan GP as “more than a win” after bouncing back in Baku from a difficult run of races. The Campos Racing driver started the final race of the weekend from 11th on the grid but worked his way through…
Valtteri Bottas’ F1 Azerbaijan GP ended against the barrier at Turn 15 on the final lap. The Cadillac driver started 19th on Saturday and ran near the back of the field. Yellow flags then appeared just as George Russell held off Max Verstappen by 0.196 seconds. Bottas still finished 16th in the classification because he…
For the first time since Monaco, Esteban Ocon scored points with a fine drive to finish P8 in the 2026 F1 Azerbaijan GP. After qualifying in 14th, before Carlos Sainz was handed a grid penalty to move up a spot, the Frenchman was fuming at the bad luck because of yellow flags at the end…
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,…
Rafael Câmara has strengthened his position at the top of the 2026 FIA Formula 2 (F2) Drivers’ Championship following Feature Race 2 at the Azerbaijan GP, leaving Baku seven points ahead of Nikola Tsolov. Câmara entered the final race of the weekend with a one-point advantage following Feature Race 1. The Invicta Racing driver finished…
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…
