Facts & Stats
Facts & Stats
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The Azerbaijan Grand Prix in
Baku produced not only a memorable race
but also a treasure trove of top trivia
to dive into with Sean Kelly
As he did in Monza, Max Verstappen again proved imperious in Azerbaijan, with the Red Bull driver recording a second-consecutive grand slam result. But he wasn’t the only driver generating some fascinating figures in Baku. Here’s our round-up of all the numbers you need to know…
- The Azerbaijan Grand Prix was Verstappen’s sixth grand slam (win / pole / fastest lap / led every lap) of his F1 career. He is now tied with Lewis Hamilton for second on the all-time list behind only Jim Clark (eight).
- Verstappen was only the third driver to win from pole in Baku.
- With his victory in Monza before Baku, Verstappen has won consecutive races for the first time since Canada and Spain 2024.
- Verstappen has reduced his championship deficit to 69 points behind leader Oscar Piastri.
- Verstappen has now led more laps this season (282) than Lando Norris (241).
- Verstappen finished 1m12s behind the race winner only three races ago in Hungary.
- Verstappen’s win was the second Red Bull victory for Laurent Mekies as Team Principal.
- George Russell’s P2 for Mercedes was his seventh podium finish this season.
- It was Mercedes’ best finish in Baku since 2019.
- Russell previously finished third in the 2022 and 2024 Azerbaijan Grands Prix.
- Carlos Sainz, with P3, becomes the second driver after Alain Prost to finish on the podium for McLaren, Ferrari and Williams.
- Williams' last podium in a full-length race was Azerbaijan 2017 (Lance Stroll, P3). Russell was second for the team in the 2021 Belgian Grand Prix.
- Sainz scored 15 points in Baku. He had only scored 16 points all season before that.
- Sainz gained six positions in the Drivers’ Championship after Baku.
- Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli finished in P4, having only scored three points in the previous six Grands Prix.
- Mercedes’ 30-point haul from Baku means they remain alive in the Teams’ Championship.
- A career-best P5 for Liam Lawson moves Racing Bulls into sixth in the Teams’ Championship.
- Yuki Tsunoda’s P6 result was the first top-eight finish for the second Red Bull driver since Austin 2024.
- With Norris in P7 and Oscar Piastri failing to finish, McLaren scored their fewest points in a race (six) since Las Vegas 2023 (two).
- It means McLaren missed an opportunity to clinch the Teams’ Championship in Baku.
- With P8, Hamilton beat Ferrari team mate Charles Leclerc in a race for the first time since Silverstone.
- With Leclerc finishing in P9 behind Hamilton, Ferrari remain alive in the Teams’ Championship.
- Racing Bulls’ Isack Hadjar finished 10th for the second consecutive race.
- Haas driver Oliver Bearman finished 12th for the second consecutive race.
- Williams’ Alex Albon finished 11th on the road before a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision dropped him to 13th.
- With Pierre Gasly in P18 and Franco Colapinto in P19, Alpine were the last two classified cars for the second time this season (the other was Hungary).
- Piastri’s retirement ended a 34-race scoring streak and 44 consecutive race finishes (the second-longest streak in F1 history).
- Piastri’s only previous first-lap retirement was Belgium 2023.
