2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Index

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Welcome to our index page of the 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. From here you will be able to find links to all our latest reports, pictures and results from Baku.

Session Reports

FP1: Verstappen leads Ferrari duo in first practice in Baku

FP2: Perez and Verstappen on top in second practice – Mercedes falls back

FP3: Gasly tops final practice from Perez as Verstappen crashes

Qualifying: Leclerc wins pole, Hamilton on front row as red flags fly

Race: Perez wins Baku shoot-out after Verstappen disaster

Photos

Gallery: All the pictures from Thursday's build-up in Baku

Gallery: All the pictures from practice day in Baku

Gallery: All the pictures from qualifying day in Baku

Gallery: All the pictures from race day in Baku

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:43.184s		19
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:43.227s	+ 0.043s	20
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:43.521s	+ 0.337s	20
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:43.630s	+ 0.446s	17
5	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:43.732s	+ 0.548s	25
6	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:43.757s	+ 0.573s	23
7	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:43.893s	+ 0.709s	20
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:43.996s	+ 0.812s	20
9	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:44.777s	+ 1.593s	25
10	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:44.891s	+ 1.707s	20
11	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:44.943s	+ 1.759s	18
12	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:45.092s	+ 1.908s	20
13	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:45.234s	+ 2.050s	23
14	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:45.384s	+ 2.200s	25
15	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:45.415s	+ 2.231s	24
16	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:45.446s	+ 2.262s	23
17	George Russell	Williams	1:45.452s	+ 2.268s	24
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:45.774s	+ 2.590s	22
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:46.899s	+ 3.715s	20
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:46.945s	+ 3.761s	18

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:42.115s		22
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:42.216s	+ 0.101s	23
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:42.243s	+ 0.128s	24
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:42.436s	+ 0.321s	22
5	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:42.534s	+ 0.419s	26
6	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:42.693s	+ 0.578s	24
7	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:42.941s	+ 0.826s	25
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:43.018s	+ 0.903s	24
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:43.020s	+ 0.905s	23
10	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:43.130s	+ 1.015s	25
11	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:43.156s	+ 1.041s	24
12	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:43.220s	+ 1.105s	23
13	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:43.298s	+ 1.183s	23
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:43.812s	+ 1.697s	21
15	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:43.881s	+ 1.766s	22
16	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:44.184s	+ 2.069s	23
17	George Russell	Williams	1:44.557s	+ 2.442s	24
18	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:45.563s	+ 3.448s	23
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:46.095s	+ 3.980s	12
20	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:46.983s	+ 4.868s	5

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:42.251s		16
2	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:42.595s	+ 0.344s	19
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:42.697s	+ 0.446s	16
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:42.778s	+ 0.527s	16
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:43.006s	+ 0.755s	17
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:43.011s	+ 0.760s	15
7	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:43.080s	+ 0.829s	15
8	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:43.244s	+ 0.993s	19
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:43.294s	+ 1.043s	15
10	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:43.557s	+ 1.306s	17
11	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:43.585s	+ 1.334s	13
12	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:43.682s	+ 1.431s	13
13	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:43.745s	+ 1.494s	16
14	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:43.826s	+ 1.575s	17
15	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:43.984s	+ 1.733s	6
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:44.054s	+ 1.803s	17
17	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:44.113s	+ 1.862s	11
18	George Russell	Williams	1:44.434s	+ 2.183s	12
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:45.282s	+ 3.031s	17
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:45.711s	+ 3.460s	12

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:42.241s	1:41.659s	1:41.218s
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:41.545s	1:41.634s	1:41.450s
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:41.760s	1:41.625s	1:41.563s
4	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:42.288s	1:41.932s	1:41.565s
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:42.121s	1:41.740s	1:41.576s
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:42.167s	1:41.813s	1:41.747s
7	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:41.968s	1:41.630s	1:41.917s
8	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:42.521s	1:41.654s	1:42.211s
9	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:42.934s	1:42.195s	1:42.327s
10	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:42.701s	1:42.106s	1:42.659s
11	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:42.460s	1:42.224s
12	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:42.426s	1:42.273s
13	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:42.304s	1:42.558s
14	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:42.923s	1:42.587s
15	George Russell	Williams	1:42.728s	1:42.758s
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:43.128s
17	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:44.158s
18	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:44.238s
19	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin
20	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	51 laps - 3:33.686s	3
2	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	+ 1.385s	3
3	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	+ 2.762s	3
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 3.828s	3
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 4.754s	3
6	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	+ 6.382s	4
7	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	+ 6.624s	3
8	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+ 7.709s	3
9	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	+ 8.874s	3
10	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	+ 9.576s	3
11	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	+ 10.254s	4
12	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	+ 11.264s	3
13	Mick Schumacher	Haas	+ 14.241s	5
14	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	+ 14.315s	6
15	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 17.668s	3
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	+ 42.379s	2
17	George Russell	Williams	DNF	4
18	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	DNF	1
19	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	DNF	1
20	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	DNF	1

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