Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2025 Race Completed

2025 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Race

Baku 21 Sept 2025, 15:00 local

Max Verstappen won the 2025 Azerbaijan Grand Prix at Baku. Russell finished second and Sainz third. Verstappen led from pole position. The race ran in dry conditions, with track temperatures around 26°C.

Session: Race
Date: 21 Sept 2025
Start: 15:00 local
Winner: Max Verstappen
Pole: Max Verstappen
Fastest lap: 1:43.388

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / gap	Pts
1	1 Max Verstappen VER FL	Red Bull Racing	1	51	1:33:26.408	25
2	63 George Russell RUS	Mercedes	5 +3	51	+14.609	18
3	55 Carlos Sainz SAI	Williams	2 -1	51	+19.199	15
4	12 Kimi Antonelli ANT	Mercedes	4	51	+21.760	12
5	30 Liam Lawson LAW	Racing Bulls	3 -2	51	+33.290	10
6	22 Yuki Tsunoda TSU	Red Bull Racing	6	51	+33.808	8
7	4 Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	7	51	+34.227	6
8	44 Lewis Hamilton HAM	Ferrari	12 +4	51	+36.310	4
9	16 Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	10 +1	51	+36.774	2
10	6 Isack Hadjar HAD	Racing Bulls	8 -2	51	+38.982	1
11	5 Gabriel Bortoleto BOR	Kick Sauber	13 +2	51	+67.606	—
12	87 Oliver Bearman BEA	Haas F1 Team	15 +3	51	+68.262	—
13	23 Alexander Albon ALB	Williams	19 +6	51	+72.870	—
14	31 Esteban Ocon OCO	Haas F1 Team	20 +6	51	+77.580	—
15	14 Fernando Alonso ALO	Aston Martin	11 -4	51	+78.707	—
16	27 Nico Hulkenberg HUL	Kick Sauber	17 +1	51	+80.237	—
17	18 Lance Stroll STR	Aston Martin	14 -3	51	+96.392	—
18	10 Pierre Gasly GAS	Alpine	18	50	+1 lap	—
19	43 Franco Colapinto COL	Alpine	16 -3	50	+1 lap	—
DNF	81 Oscar Piastri PIA	McLaren	9	0	DNF	—

Race replay

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Speed Lap 1 0:00

Analysis

Lap times, sectors, top speed and tyre strategy - pick drivers to compare

Cleaned laps for the top ten finishers. Pit-out laps are omitted.

Median sector times for the top ten finishers, stacked into a representative lap.

Median speed-trap reading (km/h) for the top ten finishers.

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Soft Medium Hard Intermediate Wet

Stint compounds across the race, ordered by finishing position.

Race report

The story of the race, read from the timing data

Winner Max Verstappen From P1 on the grid

Pole position Max Verstappen Started P1

Fastest lap Max Verstappen 1:43.388 on lap 50

Winning margin 14.609s Over George Russell

Top speed 333 km/h Oliver Bearman

Fastest pit stop 19.81s George Russell

Biggest mover Alexander Albon Gained 6 places

Safety cars 1

Max Verstappen won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix from pole position at Baku. The winning margin was 14.609 seconds over George Russell, with Carlos Sainz completing the podium.

Max Verstappen set the fastest lap of the race, a 1:43.388 on lap 50. Oliver Bearman recorded the highest speed-trap reading at 333 km/h.

Most of the grid started on the medium compound, the field made 21 pit stops in total, the quickest of them belonging to George Russell at 19.81 seconds. There was one safety-car period.

Alexander Albon was the biggest mover, climbing 6 places to finish P13. 1 car retired (Oscar Piastri).