ROUND 17: 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan

FORMULA 1 QATAR AIRWAYS AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX 2025

Circuit stats

  • Circuit name: Baku City Circuit
  • First Grand Prix: 2016
  • Number of laps: 51
  • Circuit Length: 6.003 km
  • Race Distance: 306.049 km
  • Lap record: 1:43.009 Charles Leclerc (2019)
  • 2024 winner: Oscar Piastri

Track Map

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    • Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.socialEnglish
      5·
      6 days ago

      Not that bad actually since lando bottled his race.

      It was only a 6 point swing, equally as bad as him giving the position back in the previous race

      • matele@piefed.socialEnglish
        2·
        6 days ago

        It was less of a swing than if they’d finished 1-2

        Lucky Oscar, my fingers are crossed he’s gotten all his bad luck and skill errors out in one race weekend.

  • LCP@lemmy.world
    11·
    6 days ago

    Commanding drive by Verstappen.

    Sainz smooooooooth operation. He won Driver of the Day but it was Russell for me.

    • Microw@piefed.zipEnglish
      6·
      6 days ago

      Yeah Russell really did well. You can say Sainz, Lawson did well to hold up there in what are typically worse cars, but Russell actually is one of the few who moved forward

      • partial_accumen@lemmy.world
        2·
        6 days ago

        You can say Sainz, Lawson did well to hold up there in what are typically worse cars, but Russell actually is one of the few who moved forward

        Warning, incoming Williams fanboying:

        I would not have guessed but Baku seemed to be the ideal conditions for the Williams FW47 car. Sainz provisional pole in qualifying, but still ending up at P2 at the end of qualifying is one example. The other during the race Albon starting at 19th on the grid and moving up eight places to end the race at P11 (but with a penalty).

        The other possibility (which I don’t even dare to hope), is that the Williams team have cracked the code on the FW47 to get Merc like performance out of it that we might see in future races. I don’t think this likely, but a man can dream.

        • Microw@piefed.zipEnglish
          1·
          6 days ago

          Yeah, Williams seemed to be doing great here. Thanks for pointing out Albon, I didn’t notice that he made so many positions.

          Could very much be that this track lent itself to Williams and the Racing Bulls, and the next ones will look different. If Williams really took a step forward as a whole that would be quite something (especially as no one is bringing upgrades for this year anymore at this stage).

          • partial_accumen@lemmy.world
            2·
            6 days ago

            If Williams really took a step forward as a whole that would be quite something

            It would, but its unlikely. Even Sainz in the post-race interview did not seem hopeful about a repeat performance with the races remaining.

            (especially as no one is bringing upgrades for this year anymore at this stage).

            And we know with Williams they never really did upgrades for FW47 (as its essentially their 2024 car) deciding instead to save their development budget for the post-rule-change 2026 Williams car.

    • Coelacanth@feddit.nu
      2·
      6 days ago

      Two races in a row where Max looks untouchable and wins by 15-20 seconds. Shades of 2023. If he does well at Singapore too (a completely different profile track) we might need to consider him a very alive threat for the WDC. He’ll need to take 10 points per race on Piastri to win, but one more McLaren fumble and…

  • Coelacanth@feddit.nu
    10·
    7 days ago

    Cold temps and Merc look solid, it’s a tale as old as time (or at least, as old as these regs).

  • Microw@piefed.zipEnglish
    5·
    7 days ago

    Baku should be a track with plenty of overtaking possibilities, for some reason it’s harder to plow through the field than expected

  • Microw@piefed.zipEnglish
    5·
    7 days ago

    Austrian commentary just said that Marko had a meeting with Lawson today. Apparently either him or Tsunoda will be out of Red Bull’s F1 program next year, as they need to make room for Arvin Lindblad.

    • Coelacanth@feddit.nu
      5·
      7 days ago

      Very curious to see how he does. I know Marko really rates him but his performances in F2 so far hasn’t really been those of a generational golden boy.

      • Microw@piefed.zipEnglish
        4·
        7 days ago

        Yeah IMO the way better play would be to keep Lindblad in F2 for another season, he’s not winning the championship this season anyways

        • partial_accumen@lemmy.world
          2·
          6 days ago

          They could even do that, but told Lawson and Tsunoda to light a fire under them to see who could out-compete the other. Neither team is close to winning the Constructors championship, so the risk of losing points from being over competitive (crashing) isn’t that big of a deal. Sounds like a great opportunity to really test the mettle of both drivers in real world conditions with low risk to the teams.

          • Microw@piefed.zipEnglish
            2·
            6 days ago

            Marko said after the race that the decision for the seats will be made end of October. Until then I guess it’s what you say: lighting a fire under them.