Heading into the 2025 F1 Azerbaijan GP weekend, Haas’ Ollie Bearman reflected on his Monza penalty and acknowledged the looming threat of a potential race-ban coming his way. The 20 year-old endured a tough Italian GP, where a 10-second time penalty for an incident with Carlos Sainz proved costly as he crossed the line to…
Before the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix was given its name, the Baku City Circuit hosted its maiden F1 race in 2016 under the name the F1 European Grand Prix. The 2016 European GP marked the eighth round of the Formula 1 World Championship and remains the most recent race to carry the European GP…
Pierre Gasly has labelled his performance in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as one of his best in his racing career. The 28-year-old had been disqualified on Saturday for a fuel mass flow breach, leaving him at the back of the grid when the race got going. He cleared the Saubers and Daniel Ricciardo, and he…
Sauber’s rocky 2024 season continued at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix and showed little sign of improvement. Their ongoing technical stagnation and lack of upgrades left drivers Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu battling in the lower midfield. The team, which has been dealing with internal changes and an upcoming Audi takeover, remains the only one yet…
The tide didn’t turn in Nico Hülkenberg’s favour at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, as he fell short of yet another points-scoring finish. After being outqualified by his super sub teammate Bearman, the German driver started the race from twelfth on the grid, following Gasly’s disqualification and Hamilton’s pit lane start. While his decent pace on…
Formula 1 wouldn’t be Formula 1 if it wasn’t spiced up with some controversy from time to time, and on multiple occasions in the previous years the controversy stemmed from the so-called “flexi wings”, i.e. flexible wings. During the epic 2021 season there was a kerfuffle surrounding the wings of both Red Bull Racing and…
After lining up in fifth on the grid and losing a place off the line, George Russell’s hopes of scoring a podium were understandably low. However, the W15’s excellent pace on the hard compound tyres allowed him to retake the position from Max Verstappen. As an unexpected bonus, the shocking collision between Carlos Sainz and…
Coming into the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Aston Martin needed a confidence booster following a poor showing at the Italian Grand Prix where neither driver scored points, with Fernando Alonso only managing 11th, while Lance Stroll finished 19th. In Azerbaijan, Alonso’s side of the garage bounced back and scored a strong sixth-place finish thanks to a…
It was a mixed day for Lewis Hamilton, who brought back home from Baku only two points following a recovery race. The Mercedes driver was supposed to start from P7, but a last minute power unit change forced the seven times World Champion to start from the pit lane with Esteban Ocon. Hamilton was able…
Despite starting on pole for the fourth year in a row, victory at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix remained elusive for Charles Leclerc. While a clean getaway and decent pace on the mediums allowed him to build a six-second lead over Oscar Piastri, the advantage disappeared quickly after the first round of pit stops as the…
