2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix

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The 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix started April 30th, 2023 at 13:00 on Baku City Circuit in Baku, Azerbaijan. Charles Leclerc started from pole position with Max Verstappen next to him. Sergio Pérez started from third place.
After 1 hour, 32 minutes and 42 seconds Sergio Pérez finished the race first. The podium was completed with Max Verstappen in second and Charles Leclerc in third place.
The fastest laps was driven by George Russell in a time of 1:43.370.
After the 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Max Verstappen is first in the Formula 1 World Championship with 93 points. Verstappen is 6 points ahead of Sergio Pérez.

Circuit

Baku City Circuit

Location

Baku, Azerbaijan

Date

April 30th, 2023 at 13:00

Round

4/22

Winner

Sergio Pérez

Winning time

1:32:42.436

Pole position

Charles Leclerc

Fastest lap

George Russell 1:43.370

Fastest pitstop

Pierre Gasly 20.235 (lap 5)

Pos	Driver	Car	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps	Pts
1 2	#11 Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:32:42.436	3	51	25
2	#1 Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+2.137	2	51	18
3 2	#16 Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+21.217	1	51	15
4 2	#14 Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+22.024	6	51	12
5 1	#55 Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+45.491	4	51	10
6 1	#44 Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+0.654	5	51	8
7 2	#18 Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+51.617	9	51	6
8 3	#63 George Russell	Mercedes	+22.623	11	51	5
9 2	#4 Lando Norris	McLaren	+1:20.376	7	51	2
10 2	#22 Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	+1:23.862	8	51	1
11 1	#81 Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+1:26.501	10	51	0
12	#23 Alexander Albon	Williams	+1:28.623	12	51	0
13 3	#20 Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	+1:29.729	16	51	0
14 3	#10 Pierre Gasly	Alpine F1 Team	+1:31.332	17	51	0
15 5	#31 Esteban Ocon	Alpine F1 Team	+1:37.794	20	51	0
16 2	#2 Logan Sargeant	Williams	+3.149	14	51	0
17 3	#27 Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	+1 Lap	20	50	0
18 5	#77 Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	+1 Lap	13	50	0
-	#24 Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	DNF (Overheating)	15	36	0
-	#21 Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	DNF (Accident)	18	9	0

Pos	Driver	Car	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps	Pts
1 1	#11 Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	33:17.667	2	17	8
2 1	#16 Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+4.463	1	17	7
3	#1 Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+5.065	3	17	6
4	#63 George Russell	Mercedes	+3.467	4	17	5
5	#55 Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+10.388	5	17	4
6 2	#14 Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+11.613	8	17	3
7 1	#44 Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+4.890	6	17	2
8 1	#18 Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+18.417	9	17	1
9 2	#23 Alexander Albon	Williams	+21.757	7	17	0
10 1	#81 Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+22.851	11	17	0
11 2	#20 Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	+27.990	13	17	0
12 2	#24 Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	+34.602	14	17	0
13 4	#10 Pierre Gasly	Alpine F1 Team	+36.918	17	17	0
14 4	#21 Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	+41.626	18	17	0
15 3	#27 Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	+48.587	12	17	0
16 1	#77 Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	+49.917	15	17	0
17 7	#4 Lando Norris	McLaren	+51.104	10	17	0
18 2	#31 Esteban Ocon	Alpine F1 Team	+1:00.621	20	17	0
-	#22 Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	DNF (Collision damage)	16	2	0
-	#2 Logan Sargeant	Williams	Accident	0	0	0

Pos	Driver	Car	Q1	Q2	Q3	Delta
1	#16 Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:41.269	1:41.037	1:40.203
2	#1 Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:41.398	1:40.822	1:40.391	+0.188
3	#11 Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:41.756	1:41.131	1:40.495	+0.292
4	#55 Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:42.197	1:41.369	1:41.016	+0.813
5	#44 Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:42.113	1:41.650	1:41.177	+0.974
6	#14 Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:41.720	1:41.370	1:41.253	+1.050
7	#4 Lando Norris	McLaren	1:42.154	1:41.485	1:41.281	+1.078
8	#22 Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:42.234	1:41.569	1:41.581	+1.378
9	#18 Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:42.524	1:41.576	1:41.611	+1.408
10	#81 Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:42.455	1:41.636	1:41.611	+1.408
11	#63 George Russell	Mercedes	1:42.073	1:41.654
12	#31 Esteban Ocon	Alpine F1 Team	1:42.622	1:41.798
13	#23 Alexander Albon	Williams	1:42.171	1:41.818
14	#77 Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:42.582	1:42.259
15	#2 Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:42.242	1:42.395
16	#24 Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:42.642
17	#27 Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	1:42.755
18	#20 Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:43.417
19	#10 Pierre Gasly	Alpine F1 Team	1:44.853
20	#21 Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri

Pos	Driver	Car	Time	Delta	Laps
1	#1 Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:42.315		22
2	#16 Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:42.352	+0.037	21
3	#11 Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:42.454	+0.139	22
4	#55 Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:42.899	+0.584	23
5	#4 Lando Norris	McLaren	1:43.125	+0.810	22
6	#21 Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	1:43.414	+1.099	24
7	#18 Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:43.455	+1.140	23
8	#14 Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:43.560	+1.245	20
9	#23 Alexander Albon	Williams	1:43.628	+1.313	25
10	#24 Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:43.748	+1.433	23
11	#44 Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:43.798	+1.483	21
12	#81 Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:43.980	+1.665	23
13	#77 Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:44.010	+1.695	23
14	#22 Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:44.137	+1.822	18
15	#27 Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	1:44.323	+2.008	21
16	#2 Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:44.900	+2.585	16
17	#63 George Russell	Mercedes	1:45.082	+2.767	20
18	#31 Esteban Ocon	Alpine F1 Team	1:45.955	+3.640	8
19	#10 Pierre Gasly	Alpine F1 Team	1:46.321	+4.006	7
20	#20 Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:47.498	+5.183	8

Standings after race

Driver
Constructor

Pos	Driver	Car	Wins	Podiums	Pts	Gap
1	#1 Max Verstappen	Red Bull	2	4	93
2	#11 Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	2	3	87	-6
3	#14 Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin		3	60	-33
4	#44 Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes		1	48	-45
5	#55 Carlos Sainz	Ferrari			34	-59
6	#16 Charles Leclerc	Ferrari		1	28	-65
7	#63 George Russell	Mercedes			28	-65
8	#18 Lance Stroll	Aston Martin			27	-66
9	#4 Lando Norris	McLaren			10	-83
10	#27 Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team			6	-87
11	#81 Oscar Piastri	McLaren			4	-89
12	#77 Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo			4	-89
13	#31 Esteban Ocon	Alpine F1 Team			4	-89
14	#10 Pierre Gasly	Alpine F1 Team			4	-89
15	#24 Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo			2	-91
16	#22 Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri			2	-91
17	#23 Alexander Albon	Williams			1	-92
18	#20 Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team			1	-92
19	#2 Logan Sargeant	Williams			0	-93
20	#45 Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri			0	-93

Pos	Team	Wins	Podiums	Pts	Gap
1	Red Bull	4	7	180
2	Aston Martin		3	87	-93
3	Mercedes		1	76	-104
4	Ferrari		1	62	-118
5	McLaren			14	-166
6	Alpine F1 Team			8	-172
7	Haas F1 Team			7	-173
8	Alfa Romeo			6	-174
9	AlphaTauri			2	-178
10	Williams			1	-179

Previous race results

Year	Winner	2nd	3rd	Fastest lap	Pole position
2022	#1 Max Verstappen	Sergio Pérez	George Russell	1:46.046 - Sergio Pérez	Charles Leclerc
2021	#11 Sergio Pérez	Sebastian Vettel	Pierre Gasly	1:44.481 - Max Verstappen	Charles Leclerc
2019	#77 Valtteri Bottas	Lewis Hamilton	Sebastian Vettel	1:43.009 - Charles Leclerc	Valtteri Bottas
2018	#44 Lewis Hamilton	Kimi Räikkönen	Sergio Pérez	1:45.149 - Valtteri Bottas	Sebastian Vettel
2017	#3 Daniel Ricciardo	Valtteri Bottas	Lance Stroll	1:43.441 - Sebastian Vettel	Lewis Hamilton