Team Principal Laurent Mekies shared his thoughts on Max Verstappen’s chances of securing a win with a cleaner qualifying and why they decided not to swap positions between the Dutchman and Isack Hadjar following Red Bull’s double F1 podium at the 2026 Azerbaijan GP on Saturday. What went down in Baku With the internal combustion…
Williams driver Carlos Sainz managed to score his first points finish since May at the 2026 F1 Azerbaijan GP. The Grove-based team brought an upgraded package to Baku, meant to reduce the FW48’s excess weight. The upgrades appeared to work during Qualifying, with Sainz achieving Williams’ first Q3 appearance for the 2026 F1 season. However,…
Ollie Bearman celebrated Haas’ first double points finish of the 2026 season at the F1 Azerbaijan GP. The young British driver showed strong performance across the weekend, narrowly missing Q3 during Qualifying. After Sainz’s grid penalty, Bearman started the race from P10. Both Bearman and teammate Esteban Ocon narrowly avoided the massive pile-up caused by…
For the first time since Monaco, Esteban Ocon scored points with a fine drive to finish P8 in the 2026 F1 Azerbaijan GP. After qualifying in 14th, before Carlos Sainz was handed a grid penalty to move up a spot, the Frenchman was fuming at the bad luck because of yellow flags at the end…
The 2026 F1 Azerbaijan GP didn’t reserve a positive day for Williams’ Alex Albon. While the season isn’t particularly smiling to the Grove-based team, a tiny spark of hope presented overall with his teammate Carlos Sainz’s P10 finish, which brought some respite ahead of the upcoming Malaysian round. Albon had an eventful Saturday at the…
Mercedes Deputy Team Principal Bradley Lord was full of praise for George Russell after the latter’s dominant performance during the 2026 F1 Azerbaijan GP. After a strong start to the 2026 F1 season at the Australian GP, Mercedes driver George Russell experienced a series of setbacks marked by mechanical issues and difficulties getting on top…
After the 2026 F1 Azerbaijan GP, McLaren driver Oscar Piastri discussed the race-defining lock-up into Turn 1, positive takeaways, and valuable lessons from a rollercoaster weekend. Starting the 2026 F1 Azerbaijan GP from P3 on the grid. Piastri was off to a great start to when he overtook Leclerc to claim P2 off the line….
Charles Leclerc had a quiet but good performance at the 2026 F1 Azerbaijan GP as the driver from Monaco finished P4. Ferrari clearly lacked the pace of Red Bull and Mercedes around Baku, with McLaren driver Oscar Piastri also ahead of the 28-year-old and Lewis Hamilton throughout the race. Starting on the front row following…
Lewis Hamilton attributed his P6 finish at the 2026 F1 Azerbaijan GP to persistent tyre struggles, admitting he never “really got the tyres to switch on.” The Ferrari driver kicked off the Baku weekend with P4 in FP1 and P5 in FP3 before making changes to his SF-26 and improving to P3 in FP3. However,…
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen finished in second place at the 2026 F1 Azerbaijan GP, just a mere 0,196s behind race winner George Russell, after a close dash to the line on the final lap of the grand prix. The Dutchman had endured a difficult weekend in Baku up until that point, with the promising pace…
