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2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Index

Welcome to our index page of the 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. From here you will find links to all our latest reports, pictures and results from Baku.

Session Reports

FP1: Verstappen edges Leclerc in single Baku practice session

Qualifying: Leclerc snatches pole position for Sunday's Azerbaijan GP

Sprint Showdown: Leclerc tops sprint qualifying despite late crash

Sprint Race: Perez picks up sprint win from Leclerc in Baku

Grand Prix: Perez too quick for Verstappen to handle in Baku

Photos

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

Gallery: All the pictures from qualifying day in Baku

Gallery: All the pictures from sprint 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	1:42.315s		22
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:42.352s	+ 0.037s	21
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:42.454s	+ 0.139s	22
4	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:42.899s	+ 0.584s	23
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:43.125s	+ 0.810s	22
6	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	1:43.414s	+ 1.099s	24
7	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:43.455s	+ 1.140s	23
8	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:43.560s	+ 1.245s	20
9	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:43.628s	+ 1.313s	25
10	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:43.748s	+ 1.433s	23
11	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:43.798s	+ 1.483s	21
12	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:43.980s	+ 1.665s	23
13	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:44.010s	+ 1.695s	23
14	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:44.137s	+ 1.822s	18
15	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	1:44.323s	+ 2.008s	21
16	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:44.900s	+ 2.585s	16
17	George Russell	Mercedes	1:45.082s	+ 2.767s	20
18	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:45.955s	+ 3.640s	8
19	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:46.321s	+ 4.006s	7
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:47.498s	+ 5.183s	8

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:41.269s	1:41.037s	1:40.203s
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:41.398s	1:40.822s	1:40.391s
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:41.756s	1:41.131s	1:40.495s
4	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:42.197s	1:41.369s	1:41.016s
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:42.113s	1:41.650s	1:41.177s
6	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:41.720s	1:41.370s	1:41.253s
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:42.154s	1:41.485s	1:41.281s
8	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:42.234s	1:41.569s	1:41.581s
9	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:42.524s	1:41.576s	1:41.611s
10	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:42.455s	1:41.636s	1:41.611s
11	George Russell	Mercedes	1:42.073s	1:41.654s
12	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:42.622s	1:41.798s
13	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:42.171s	1:41.818s
14	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:42.582s	1:42.259s
15	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:42.242s	1:42.395s
16	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:42.642s
17	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	1:42.755s
18	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:43.417s
19	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:44.853s
20	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	1:55.282s

Sprint Showdown results

Pos	Driver	Team	SQ1	SQ2	SQ3
1	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:42.820s	1:42.500s	1:41.697s
2	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:43.858s	1:42.925s	1:41.844s
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:43.288s	1:42.417s	1:41.987s
4	George Russell	Mercedes	1:43.763s	1:43.112s	1:42.252s
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:43.622s	1:42.909s	1:42.287s
6	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:43.561s	1:43.061s	1:42.502s
7	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:43.987s	1:43.376s	1:42.846s
8	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:43.789s	1:42.976s	1:43.010s
9	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:43.879s	1:43.375s	1:43.064s
10	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:43.938s	1:43.395s
11	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:44.179s	1:43.427s
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	1:44.843s	1:43.806s
13	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:44.433s	1:44.088s
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:44.101s	1:44.332s
15	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:44.042s
16	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:45.177s
17	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:45.352s
18	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:45.436s
19	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:46.951s
20	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	1:48.180s

Sprint Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	17 laps - 33:17.667s	0
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 4.463s	0
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+ 5.065s	0
4	George Russell	Mercedes	+ 8.532s	0
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+ 10.388s	0
6	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+ 11.613s	0
7	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 16.503s	0
8	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+ 18.417s	0
9	Alexander Albon	Williams	+ 21.757s	0
10	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+ 22.851s	0
11	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 27.990s	0
12	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	+ 34.602s	0
13	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+ 36.918s	0
14	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	+ 41.626s	0
15	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	+ 48.587s	0
16	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	+ 49.917s	0
17	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 51.104s	1
18	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+ 60.621s	2
	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	DNF	0
	Logan Sargeant	Williams	DNS	0

Grand Prix results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	51 laps - 1:32:42.436s	1
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+ 2.137s	1
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 21.217s	1
4	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+ 22.024s	1
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+ 45.491s	1
6	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 46.145s	1
7	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+ 51.617s	1
8	George Russell	Mercedes	+ 74.240s	2
9	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 80.376s	1
10	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	+ 83.862s	1
11	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+ 86.501s	1
12	Alexander Albon	Williams	+ 88.623s	1
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 89.729s	1
14	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+ 91.332s	2
15	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+ 97.794s	1
16	Logan Sargeant	Williams	+ 100.943s	1
17	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	+ 1 lap	1
18	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	+ 1 lap	3
	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	DNF	2
	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	DNF	0

Drivers championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Max Verstappen	93
2	Sergio Pérez	87
3	Fernando Alonso	60
4	Lewis Hamilton	48
5	Carlos Sainz	34
6	Charles Leclerc	28
7	George Russell	28
8	Lance Stroll	27
9	Lando Norris	10
10	Nico Hülkenberg	6
11	Oscar Piastri	4
12	Valtteri Bottas	4
13	Esteban Ocon	4
14	Pierre Gasly	4
15	Zhou Guanyu	2
16	Yuki Tsunoda	2
17	Alexander Albon	1
18	Kevin Magnussen	1
19	Logan Sargeant	0
20	Nyck de Vries	0

Constructors championship standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	Red Bull	180
2	Aston Martin	87
3	Mercedes	76
4	Ferrari	62
5	McLaren	14
6	Alpine	8
7	Haas	7
8	Alfa Romeo	6
9	AlphaTauri	2
10	Williams	1

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