Round 4 of the season · 30 April 2023Official result

Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2023

Baku City Circuit · Baku · Sprint weekend

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Relive the race

Lap – / 510:00:00

Events Race
Time	Lap	Event
0:00:00		Start
0:05:26	3	Verstappen overtakes Leclerc – P1
0:17:19	10	Retirement de Vries
0:17:56	10	Pérez overtakes Verstappen – P1
0:18:20	11	Safety Car
0:26:01	13	Safety Car coming in
1:07:51	37	Retirement Zhou
1:32:42		Chequered flag

Lap – / 170:00:00

Events Sprint
Time	Lap	Event
0:00:00		Start
0:02:54	2	Virtual Safety Car (VSC)
0:06:07	3	Safety Car
0:09:32	5	Retirement Tsunoda
0:12:26	5	Safety Car coming in
0:33:18		Chequered flag

Data: OpenF1 (positions twice per second, movement in between calculated; telemetry of the selected car 4 times per second including revs; race control messages; safety car position approximated). Reconstruction from measured data, not a broadcast.

Schedule · UK time (BST)

✓Free Practice 1Live
Fri 28 Apr · 10:30
Local time 13:30
✓QualifyingLive
Fri 28 Apr · 14:00
Local time 17:00
✓Sprint QualifyingLive
Sat 29 Apr · 09:30
Local time 12:30
✓SprintLive
Sat 29 Apr · 14:30
Local time 17:30
✓RaceLive
Sun 30 Apr · 12:00
Local time 15:00

Other time zones

Session	US Eastern (ET)	US Pacific (PT)	Australia (Sydney)	India (IST)	Local time
Free Practice 1	5:30 am	2:30 am	19:30	15:00	13:30
Qualifying	9:00 am	6:00 am	23:00	18:30	17:00
Sprint Qualifying	4:30 am	1:30 am	18:30	14:00	12:30
Sprint	9:30 am	6:30 am	23:30	19:00	17:30
Race	7:00 am	4:00 am	21:00	16:30	15:00

Result

Race

Race result
Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / gap	Points
1	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	3	51	1:32:42.436	25
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	2	51	+2.137s	18
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1	51	+21.217s	15
4	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	6	51	+22.024s	12
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	4	51	+45.491s	10
6	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	5	51	+46.145s	8
7	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	9	51	+51.617s	6
8	George RussellFastest lap	Mercedes	11	51	+74.240s	5
9	Lando Norris	McLaren	7	51	+80.376s	2
10	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	8	51	+83.862s	1
11	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	10	51	+86.501s	0
12	Alexander Albon	Williams	12	51	+88.623s	0
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	16	51	+89.729s	0
14	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	17	51	+91.332s	0
15	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	19	51	+97.794s	0
16	Logan Sargeant	Williams	14	51	+100.943s	0
17	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	20	50	+9.937s	0
18	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	13	50	+19.098s	0
19	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	15	36	Retired	0
20	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	18	9	Retired	0

Sprint

Sprint result
Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / gap	Points
1	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	2	17	33:17.667	8
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1	17	+4.463s	7
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	3	17	+5.065s	6
4	George Russell	Mercedes	4	17	+3.467s	5
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	5	17	+10.388s	4
6	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	8	17	+11.613s	3
7	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	6	17	+4.890s	2
8	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	9	17	+18.417s	1
9	Alexander Albon	Williams	7	17	+21.757s	0
10	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	11	17	+22.851s	0
11	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	13	17	+27.990s	0
12	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	14	17	+34.602s	0
13	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	17	17	+36.918s	0
14	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	18	17	+41.626s	0
15	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	12	17	+48.587s	0
16	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	15	17	+49.917s	0
17	Lando Norris	McLaren	10	17	+51.104s	0
18	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	Pit	17	+60.621s	0
19	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	16	2	Retired: Collision damage	0
20	Logan Sargeant	Williams	Pit	0	Retired: Accident	0

Qualifying

Qualifying result
Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Eliminated in
1	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:41.269	1:41.037	1:40.203
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:41.398	1:40.822	1:40.391
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	1:41.756	1:41.131	1:40.495
4	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:42.197	1:41.369	1:41.016
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:42.113	1:41.650	1:41.177
6	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:41.720	1:41.370	1:41.253
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:42.154	1:41.485	1:41.281
8	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:42.234	1:41.569	1:41.581
9	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:42.524	1:41.576	1:41.611
10	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:42.455	1:41.636	1:41.611
11	George Russell	Mercedes	1:42.073	1:41.654	–	Q2
12	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:42.622	1:41.798	–	Q2
13	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:42.171	1:41.818	–	Q2
14	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:42.582	1:42.259	–	Q2
15	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:42.242	1:42.395	–	Q2
16	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:42.642	–	–	Q1
17	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	1:42.755	–	–	Q1
18	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:43.417	–	–	Q1
19	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:44.853	–	–	Q1
20	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	1:55.282	–	–	Q1

Sprint Qualifying

Sprint Qualifying result
Pos	Driver	Team	SQ1	SQ2	SQ3	Eliminated in
1	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:42.820	1:42.500	1:41.697
2	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	1:43.858	1:42.925	1:41.844
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:43.288	1:42.417	1:41.987
4	George Russell	Mercedes	1:43.763	1:43.112	1:42.252
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:43.622	1:42.909	1:42.287
6	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:43.561	1:43.061	1:42.502
7	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:43.987	1:43.376	1:42.846
8	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:43.789	1:42.976	1:43.010
9	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:43.879	1:43.375	1:43.064
10	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:43.938	1:43.395	–
11	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:44.179	1:43.427	–	SQ2
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	1:44.843	1:43.806	–	SQ2
13	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:44.433	1:44.088	–	SQ2
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:44.101	1:44.332	–	SQ2
15	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:44.042	–	–	SQ2
16	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:45.177	–	–	SQ1
17	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:45.352	–	–	SQ1
18	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:45.436	–	–	SQ1
19	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:46.951	–	–	SQ1
20	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	1:48.180	–	–	SQ1

Free Practice 1

Free Practice 1 result
Pos	Driver	Team	Best time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:42.315		22
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:42.352	+0.037s	21
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	1:42.454	+0.139s	22
4	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:42.899	+0.584s	23
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:43.125	+0.810s	22
6	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	1:43.414	+1.099s	24
7	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:43.455	+1.140s	23
8	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:43.560	+1.245s	20
9	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:43.628	+1.313s	25
10	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:43.748	+1.433s	23
11	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:43.798	+1.483s	21
12	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:43.980	+1.665s	23
13	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:44.010	+1.695s	23
14	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:44.137	+1.822s	18
15	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	1:44.323	+2.008s	21
16	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:44.900	+2.585s	16
17	George Russell	Mercedes	1:45.082	+2.767s	20
18	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:45.955	+3.640s	8
19	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:46.321	+4.006s	7
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:47.498	+5.183s	8

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Watch the pole lap

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Throttle

Brake

0:00.0000,00 km

Corner data for the lap
Corner	Charles Leclerc (1:40.203)	Max Verstappen (1:40.391)
The first corner: slow left-hander	braking from 285 · 125 km/h · gear 4	braking from 340 · 125 km/h · gear 3
The second corner: slow left-hander	braking from 225 · 100 km/h · gear 3	braking from 230 · 105 km/h · gear 3
The third corner: slow left-hander	105 km/h · gear 3	braking from 320 · 100 km/h · gear 3
The fourth corner: left-right chicane	braking from 215 · 100 km/h · gear 3	braking from 210 · 95 km/h · gear 3
The fifth corner: left-right chicane	braking from 115 · 95 km/h · gear 3	95 km/h · gear 3
The sixth corner: slight left kink	braking from 115 · 95 km/h · gear 3	95 km/h · gear 3
The seventh corner: right-left chicane	braking from 250 · 100 km/h · gear 2	braking from 240 · 90 km/h · gear 2
The eighth corner: right-left chicane	90 km/h · gear 3	braking from 145 · 95 km/h · gear 3
The ninth corner: fast left-hander	275 km/h · gear 7	270 km/h · gear 7
The tenth corner: slight left kink	295 km/h · gear 8	290 km/h · gear 7
The eleventh corner: right-left chicane	braking from 295 · 95 km/h · gear 3	braking from 285 · 95 km/h · gear 3
The twelfth corner: left-right chicane	braking from 240 · 135 km/h · gear 4	braking from 260 · 130 km/h · gear 4
The thirteenth corner: fast left-hander	285 km/h · gear 7	290 km/h · gear 7
The fourteenth corner: fast right-hander	300 km/h · gear 8	295 km/h · gear 8
The fifteenth corner: slight right kink	310 km/h · gear 8	310 km/h · gear 8

Data: OpenF1 (telemetry, approx. 4 data points per second, movement in between calculated).

Starting grid

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

The race in numbers

Pole position

1:40.203

Charles Leclerc

Fastest lap

1:43.370

George Russell

pit stops

across the whole field

Safety Car period

no Virtual Safety Car

Weather at the start

25 °C

Air · track 44 °C

Tyres

Hard · Medium · Soft

compounds used

Standings after this race

1
Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing
93 points
Leader
2
Sergio PérezRed Bull Racing
87 points
−6
3
Fernando AlonsoAston Martin
60 points
−33
4
Lewis HamiltonMercedes
48 points
−45
5
Carlos SainzFerrari
34 points
−59
6
Charles LeclercFerrari
28 points
−65 ▲4
7
George RussellMercedes
28 points
−65
8
Lance StrollAston Martin
27 points
−66 ▼2
9
Lando NorrisMcLaren
10 points
−83 ▼1
10
Nico HülkenbergHaas F1 Team
6 points
−87 ▼1

1
Red Bull RacingKonstrukteure
180 points
Leader
2
Aston MartinKonstrukteure
87 points
−93
3
MercedesKonstrukteure
76 points
−104
4
FerrariKonstrukteure
62 points
−118
5
McLarenKonstrukteure
14 points
−166

Full standings →

Baku City Circuit

Length

approx. 5.95 km

Lap record

1:43.370

Safety car rate

75 %

Win from pole

40 %

Full throttle

69.7 %

Top speed

331 km/h

A lap of Baku City Circuit →Go to circuit page →

Frequently asked questions

Who won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2023?

Sergio Pérez (Red Bull Racing) won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2023.

Who was on pole position?

Charles Leclerc started from pole position.