June 04-06 FORMULA 1 AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX 2021
Track:
Baku City Circuit
Track History | Locate | Weather
Where to Watch
Race start: June 06, 2021, 7:55a EST
T.V.: ESPN
online: ESPN.com
AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX
Past Winners
2021 Sergio Perez/Red Bull Racing
2020 No race held.
2019 Valtteri Bottas/Mercedes-AMG
2018 Lewis Hamilton/Mercedes-AMG
PODIUM
2021
1. Sergio Perez/Red Bull Racing
2. Sebastian Vettel/Aston Martin
3. Pierre Gasly/Alphatauri Honda
*Also earned fastest lap of the race point
Final Race Results
FORMULA 1 AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX 2021
| Position | Driver | Team | Time | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Fastest Lap Point | ||||
| 1 | #11 Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing Honda | 3:33.686 | 25 |
| 2 | #5 Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin Mercedes | +1.385s | 18 |
| 3 | #10 Pierre Gasly | Alphatauri Honda | +2.762s | 15 |
| 4 | #16 Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | +3.828s | 12 |
| 5 | #4 Lando Norris | McLaren Mercedes | +4.754s | 10 |
| 6 | #14 Fernando Alonso | Alpine Renault | +6.382s | 8 |
| 7 | #22 Yuki Tsunoda | Alphatauri Honda | +6.624s | 6 |
| 8 | #55 Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | +7.709s | 4 |
| 9 | #3 Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren Mercedes | +8.874s | 2 |
| 10 | #7 Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari | +9.576s | 1 |
| 11 | #99 Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari | +10.254s | 0 |
| 12 | #77 Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes-AMG | +11.264s | 0 |
| 13 | #47 Mick Schumacher | Haas Ferrari | +14.241s | 0 |
| 14 | #9 Nikita Mazepin | Haas Ferrari | +14.315s | 0 |
| 15 | #44 Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes-AMG | +17.668s | 0 |
| 16 | #6 Nicholas Latifi | Williams Mercedes | +42.379s | 0 |
| 17 | #63 George Russell | Williams Mercedes | DNF | 0 |
| 18 | #33 Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing Honda | DNF | 0 |
| NC | #18 Lance Stroll | Racing Point BWT Mercedes | DNF | 0 |
| NC | #31 Esteban Ocon | Alpine Renault | DNF | 0 |
F1 | Perez beats Vettel to Baku victory after Verstappen crashes out from lead late on
Max Verstappen looked set to take his first first-ever Azerbaijan Grand Prix victory before he crashed out from the lead with just five laps to go – giving Sergio Perez a second career victory, as Lewis Hamilton locked up on the penultimate lap to finish 15th in a hugely dramatic race in Baku.
For the first time this season, Charles Leclerc led away from pole, but he was passed for the lead by Lewis Hamilton with no need for DRS, so strong was the tow, on Lap 2. Verstappen then swept by the Ferrari man on Lap 7.
Verstappen took the lead after a crucial sequence of pit stops, Hamilton starting that sequence on Lap 12 with a slow switch for hards thanks to traffic in the pit lane. Verstappen pitted a lap later and emerged first, followed by Perez who split the championship rivals. And the Dutchman seemed to have victory in the bag, mastering a Lap 35 Safety Car restart after Lance Stroll's terrifying accident, when the Aston Martin driver's left-rear tyre appeared to gave way on the pit straight. –read more--
Starting Grid
FORMULA 1 AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX 2021
| Position | Driver | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| * Set new track record. | |||
| 1 | #16 Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:41.218 |
| 2 | #44 Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes-AMG | 1:41.450 |
| 3 | #33 Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing Honda | 1:41.563 |
| 4 | #10 Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri Honda | 1:41.565 |
| 5 | #55 Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:41.576 |
| 6 | #4 Lando Norris | McLaren Mercedes | 1:41.747 |
| 7 | #11 Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing Honda | 1:41.917 |
| 8 | #22 Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri Honda | 1:42.211 |
| 9 | #14 Fernando Alonso | Alpine Renault | 1:42.327 |
| 10 | #77 Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes-AMG | 1:42.659 |
| 11 | #5 Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin Mercedes | 1:42.224 |
| 12 | #31 Esteban Ocon | Alpine Renault | 1:42.273 |
| 13 | #3 Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren Mercedes | 1:42.558 |
| 14 | #7 Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari | 1:42.587 |
| 15 | #63 George Russell | Williams Mercedes | 1:42.758 |
| 16 | #6 Nicholas Latifi | Williams Mercedes | 1:43.128 |
| 17 | #47 Mick Schumacher | Haas Ferrari | 1:44.158 |
| 18 | #9 Nikita Mazepin | Haas Ferrari | 1:44.238 |
| RT | #18 Lance Stroll | Aston Martin Mercedes | |
| RT | #99 Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari |
F1 | Leclerc takes shock pole in dramatic Baku qualifying session as FIVE drivers crash out
Charles Leclerc delivered some impressive pace and benefitted from a tow from Lewis Hamilton to take a sensational pole position for Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix in what was a thrilling qualifying session that saw five crashes and four red flags.
It comes just a couple of weeks after he took pole in his home race in Monaco, only to be forced to retire before the race had even started with a mechanical issue caused by his crash in qualifying – with reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton bouncing back from a poor Friday to join the Ferrari on the front row in Baku.
Hamilton made the decision to switch to a low downforce rear wing ahead of qualifying, having struggled to find any performance on a single lap in the preceding practice sessions, and it paid off as he starts second for the third consecutive race in Baku. --read more--
watch: Qualifying Highlights | 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Tire Allocations
Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2021
A pair of high-speed crashes for Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll and race leader Max Verstappen – from which both drivers emerged unharmed – turned the 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix on its head. But with both drivers appearing to have suffered left-rear blowouts, Pirelli boss Mario Isola told media after the race that he believed debris on track at Baku was the cause.
On Lap 30 of the race, Stroll had just passed the site of his Q1 crash from Saturday when he appeared to suffer a blowout near the pit entry and spun violently into the wall, bringing out a Safety Car.
Following the subsequent race restart, Verstappen was then leading with five laps to go when he suffered his own blowout going down the main straight, the Dutchman also spearing into the wall after his left-rear tyre appeared to let go.
But Pirelli’s Head of F1 and Car Racing didn’t believe that tyre wear had been the issue in either incident, with Mario Isola telling the media: “I believe I can exclude that failures were due to tyre wear, because it's not a matter of tyre wear…. The rear-left tyre is not the most stressed tyre in Baku because... it's obviously the rear-right. --read more/watch the crashes--
The Pirelli tire allocations for the FORMULA 1 AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX 2021 are: (See chart.)
Red (C5) - Soft - Fastest
Yellow (C4) - Medium - .9 seconds per lap slower
White (C3) - Hard - 1.8 seconds per lap slower
Wet Weather
Green - Intermediates - Used when track conditions are wet and starting to dry
Blue - Full Wets - Used when it's actually raining
The 'Full Wets' (blue) can dissipate 85 liters/ 22.45462 gallons per second. The Intermediates (green), used when the track is wet in some areas and dry in others, can dissipate 30 liters/ 7.92516 gallons per second.
Blue - Full Wets
Green - Intermediates
Yellow - Medium Compound
The Racing Spot - Pirelli | WHEN IT’S TIME TO CHANGE FROM SLICK TO WET TYRES IN FORMULA 1
