Circuit · 2016–2026 · 10 Races

Baku City Circuit

Baku, Azerbaijan · 40.3725000, 49.8533000 · Wikipedia ↗
Races
10
Races held
Lap Record
1:43.009
race laps · 2019
Most Wins · Driver
Max Verstappen
2 wins
Most Wins · Team
Red Bull
5 wins
Track Layout · 3D
drag to rotate · elevation range 26.6m (elevation ×4)
One-lap race telemetry trace · 105.311s · Source OpenF1
Winners · by year
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2010s
ROS Mercedes
RIC Red Bull
HAM Mercedes
BOT Mercedes
2020s
PER Red Bull
VER Red Bull
PER Red Bull
PIA McLaren
VER Red Bull
won from pole one cell per edition, filled with the winning team colour — empty cells are years it was not held
SeasonRGrand PrixWinsPole Position
2026 R15 Azerbaijan Grand Prix — —
2025 R17 Azerbaijan Grand Prix 3 Max Verstappen 3 Max Verstappen
2024 R17 Azerbaijan Grand Prix 81 Oscar Piastri 16 Charles Leclerc
2023 R4 Azerbaijan Grand Prix 11 Sergio Pérez 16 Charles Leclerc
2022 R8 Azerbaijan Grand Prix 3 Max Verstappen 16 Charles Leclerc
2021 R6 Azerbaijan Grand Prix 11 Sergio Pérez 16 Charles Leclerc
2019 R4 Azerbaijan Grand Prix 77 Valtteri Bottas 77 Valtteri Bottas
2018 R4 Azerbaijan Grand Prix 44 Lewis Hamilton 5 Sebastian Vettel
2017 R8 Azerbaijan Grand Prix 3 Daniel Ricciardo 44 Lewis Hamilton
2016 R8 European Grand Prix 6 Nico Rosberg 6 Nico Rosberg
Most successful driver
Max Verstappen2
Sergio Pérez2
Oscar Piastri1
Nico Rosberg1
Daniel Ricciardo1
Lewis Hamilton1
Valtteri Bottas1
Most successful team
Red Bull5
Mercedes3
McLaren1
Most poles
Charles Leclerc4
Max Verstappen1
Nico Rosberg1
Lewis Hamilton1
Sebastian Vettel1
Valtteri Bottas1
Grand PrixPeriodEditions
Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2017–2026 9
European Grand Prix 2016 1
Career record at this circuit. Highlighted rows are drivers on the current grid.
Driver Starts Wins Podiums Poles Best Avg finish Avg grid Last 5
Sergio Pérez current 8 2 5 1 6 5.1 17 · 1 · 2 · 1 · 6
Max Verstappen current 9 2 3 1 1 8.1 4.2 1 · 5 · 2 · 1 · R
Valtteri Bottas current 8 1 2 1 1 10 8.5 16 · 18 · 11 · 12 · 1
Lewis Hamilton current 9 1 2 1 1 6.1 6.7 8 · 9 · 6 · 4 · 15
Oscar Piastri current 3 1 1 1 10.7 7 R · 1 · 11
Daniel Ricciardo 7 1 1 1 10.7 9.3 13 · 8 · 9 · R · R
Nico Rosberg 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
George Russell current 6 3 2 8 9.5 2 · 3 · 8 · 3 · R
Sebastian Vettel 6 3 1 2 3.5 5.2 6 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 4
Charles Leclerc current 7 2 4 2 6.9 5 9 · 2 · 3 · R · 4
Lance Stroll current 8 1 3 12.3 13.1 17 · 19 · 7 · 16 · R
Pierre Gasly current 7 1 3 11.6 13.3 18 · 12 · 14 · 5 · 3
Carlos Sainz current 9 1 3 10.6 7.7 3 · 18 · 5 · R · 8
Kimi Räikkönen 5 1 2 8 6.8 10 · 10 · 2 · 14 · 4
Daniil Kvyat 3 19 20 7.7 R · R · R
Sergey Sirotkin 1 20 20 11 R
Nyck de Vries 1 20 20 18 R
Rio Haryanto 1 18 18 16 18
Jolyon Palmer 2 15 17.5 20.5 R · 15
Guanyu Zhou 3 14 17 15.3 14 · R · R
Esteban Gutiérrez 1 16 16 14 16
Robert Kubica 1 16 16 16
Logan Sargeant 1 16 16 14 16
Nicholas Latifi 2 15 15.5 17 15 · 16
Pascal Wehrlein 2 10 15 15.5 10 · R
Romain Grosjean 4 13 14.8 15.3 R · R · 13 · 13
Nico Hülkenberg current 7 9 14.6 14.7 16 · 11 · 17 · 14 · R
Esteban Ocon current 7 6 14.1 14 14 · 15 · 15 · 10 · R
Nikita Mazepin 1 14 14 18 14
Franco Colapinto current 2 8 13.5 12 19 · 8
Mick Schumacher 2 13 13.5 18.5 14 · 13
Felipe Massa 2 10 13 7 R · 10
Marcus Ericsson 3 11 13 18.3 11 · 11 · 17
Kevin Magnussen 6 7 12.8 15.5 13 · R · 13 · 13 · 7
Felipe Nasr 1 12 12 15 12
Antonio Giovinazzi 2 11 11.5 18.5 11 · 12
Yuki Tsunoda current 5 6 11.2 8 6 · R · 10 · 13 · 7
Alexander Albon current 5 7 11 13.6 13 · 7 · 12 · 12 · 11
Oliver Bearman current 2 10 11 12.5 12 · 10
Gabriel Bortoleto current 1 11 11 13 11
Jenson Button 1 11 11 19 11
Stoffel Vandoorne 2 9 10.5 17 9 · 12
Isack Hadjar current 1 10 10 8 10
Brendon Hartley 1 10 10 19 10
Fernando Alonso current 8 4 9.1 10.8 15 · 6 · 4 · 7 · 6
Lando Norris current 6 4 7 9.3 7 · 4 · 9 · 9 · 5
Liam Lawson current 1 5 5 3 5
Andrea Kimi Antonelli current 1 4 4 4 4
Retirements · by year
0% 20% 40% 2016 · 18% · 4/22 2016 2017 · 30% · 6/20 2017 2018 · 35% · 7/20 2018 2019 · 20% · 4/20 2019 2021 · 20% · 4/20 2021 2022 · 20% · 4/20 2022 2023 · 10% · 2/20 2023 2024 · 5% · 1/20 2024 2025 · 5% · 1/20 2025
all-time average 18.1% share of starters that retired, by year
Lap Record · how the record fell
wider cars ground effect 1:46.763 1:44.747 1:42.730 2016 · 1:46.485 · Nico Rosberg · new lap record 2016 2017 · 1:43.441 · Sebastian Vettel · new lap record 2017 2018 · 1:45.149 · Valtteri Bottas 2018 2019 · 1:43.009 · Charles Leclerc · new lap record 2019 2021 · 1:44.481 · Max Verstappen 2021 2022 · 1:46.046 · Sergio Pérez 2022 2023 · 1:43.370 · George Russell 2023 2024 · 1:45.255 · Lando Norris 2024 2025 · 1:43.388 · Max Verstappen 2025
official lap record new lap record regulation change race distance changed — likely a new layout dots = fastest race lap that year, step line = the standing record — lap times move mostly with the cars, then with weather, layout changes and how the race ran
Lap Records · race laps Top 5 (1996+)
1:43.009 Charles Leclerc 2019 · L50
1:43.370 George Russell 2023 · L51
1:43.388 Max Verstappen 2025 · L50
1:43.419 Max Verstappen 2025 · L46
1:43.423 Max Verstappen 2025 · L45
Retirement Rate · avg DNF rate
18.1%
33 of 182 starters retired
Safety Car / Track Limits · 2023+ 3 races
Average SC·VSC deployments1.0
track-limit messages5
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Scope: World Championship races at this circuit (1950–) · Lap record = race laps only (no qualifying), lap data range 1996+ · layout changes not distinguished · Pole Position = Grid P1 · DNF율 = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished rate (incl. DSQ)
Source: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast-compatible API) · last fetch: 2026-09-05 14:15