Formula 1 / 2026 / Azerbaijan Grand Prix / Fastest laps Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2026 — fastest laps George Russell set the fastest lap of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend in Baku, Azerbaijan: 1:42.526 in Qualifying. Below, every driver's quickest lap of each session with the gap to the fastest, the three sector times and the tyre it was set on.
Round 15 · 26 September 2026 · Baku, Azerbaijan
# Driver Team Best lap Gap S1 S2 S3 Tyre Lap 1 George Russell Mercedes 1:45.387 37.336 43.319 24.732 soft 14 2 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1:45.787 +0.400 37.602 42.988 25.197 soft 11 3 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:45.791 +0.404 37.151 43.429 25.211 medium 17 4 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 1:45.824 +0.437 37.279 43.358 25.187 medium 19 5 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 1:46.265 +0.878 37.683 43.559 25.023 hard 7 6 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1:46.398 +1.011 37.756 43.311 25.331 soft 15 7 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls 1:46.440 +1.053 37.704 43.580 25.156 medium 17 8 Arvid Lindblad Racing Bulls 1:46.601 +1.214 37.814 43.733 25.054 medium 21 9 Esteban Ocon Haas F1 Team 1:46.624 +1.237 37.695 43.675 25.254 soft 15 10 Gabriel Bortoleto Audi 1:46.688 +1.301 38.030 43.353 25.305 soft 19 11 Nico Hulkenberg Audi 1:46.871 +1.484 38.043 43.624 25.204 soft 13 12 Carlos Sainz Williams 1:46.893 +1.506 37.996 43.433 25.464 soft 17 13 Alexander Albon Williams 1:46.939 +1.552 38.011 43.723 25.205 soft 22 14 Lando Norris McLaren 1:46.981 +1.594 37.702 43.525 25.754 medium 10 15 Oliver Bearman Haas F1 Team 1:46.994 +1.607 37.858 43.893 25.243 soft 17 16 Pierre Gasly Alpine 1:47.043 +1.656 37.907 43.809 25.327 hard 12 17 Sergio Perez Cadillac 1:47.253 +1.866 37.930 43.985 25.338 medium 20 18 Franco Colapinto Alpine 1:47.523 +2.136 38.086 44.167 25.270 soft 9 19 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1:47.835 +2.448 37.880 44.167 25.788 medium 17 20 Isack Hadjar Red Bull Racing 1:47.873 +2.486 38.266 44.452 25.155 hard 6 21 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:48.547 +3.160 38.339 44.239 25.969 medium 20 22 Valtteri Bottas Cadillac 1:49.315 +3.928 38.516 44.746 26.053 medium 12
# Driver Team Best lap Gap S1 S2 S3 Tyre Lap 1 George Russell Mercedes 1:43.347 36.616 42.235 24.496 soft 14 2 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 1:43.899 +0.552 36.556 42.724 24.619 soft 7 3 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1:44.174 +0.827 36.723 42.675 24.776 soft 11 4 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:44.473 +1.126 36.844 42.857 24.772 soft 11 5 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 1:44.665 +1.318 36.845 42.832 24.988 soft 11 6 Lando Norris McLaren 1:44.831 +1.484 36.890 42.713 25.228 soft 8 7 Pierre Gasly Alpine 1:44.843 +1.496 37.144 42.722 24.977 soft 13 8 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1:44.857 +1.510 36.730 42.588 25.539 soft 9 9 Isack Hadjar Red Bull Racing 1:44.868 +1.521 36.990 43.096 24.782 soft 9 10 Esteban Ocon Haas F1 Team 1:45.290 +1.943 37.086 43.045 25.159 soft 13 11 Franco Colapinto Alpine 1:45.479 +2.132 37.516 42.867 25.096 soft 13 12 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls 1:45.681 +2.334 37.343 43.414 24.924 soft 13 13 Sergio Perez Cadillac 1:45.760 +2.413 37.376 43.441 24.943 soft 11 14 Gabriel Bortoleto Audi 1:45.794 +2.447 37.391 43.017 25.386 soft 11 15 Nico Hulkenberg Audi 1:45.854 +2.507 37.671 43.010 25.173 soft 12 16 Alexander Albon Williams 1:46.123 +2.776 37.867 43.233 25.023 soft 10 17 Carlos Sainz Williams 1:46.221 +2.874 37.626 43.279 25.316 soft 8 18 Arvid Lindblad Racing Bulls 1:46.391 +3.044 37.952 43.601 24.838 medium 2 19 Valtteri Bottas Cadillac 1:46.737 +3.390 37.801 43.626 25.310 soft 13 20 Oliver Bearman Haas F1 Team 1:46.801 +3.454 37.764 43.610 25.427 unknown 8 21 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:47.403 +4.056 37.765 43.900 25.738 soft 13 22 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1:47.889 +4.542 37.767 44.086 26.036 soft 5
# Driver Team Best lap Gap S1 S2 S3 Tyre Lap 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1:43.922 36.536 42.053 25.333 soft 17 2 George Russell Mercedes 1:44.021 +0.099 36.570 42.225 25.226 soft 14 3 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 1:44.033 +0.111 36.592 42.506 24.935 soft 16 4 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 1:44.273 +0.351 36.821 42.259 25.193 soft 14 5 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:44.544 +0.622 36.483 42.628 25.433 soft 15 6 Pierre Gasly Alpine 1:44.637 +0.715 37.261 42.722 24.654 soft 19 7 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1:44.746 +0.824 36.667 42.686 25.393 soft 17 8 Lando Norris McLaren 1:44.899 +0.977 36.756 42.474 25.669 soft 14 9 Isack Hadjar Red Bull Racing 1:45.176 +1.254 37.060 42.578 25.538 soft 20 10 Franco Colapinto Alpine 1:45.592 +1.670 37.354 42.878 25.360 soft 18 11 Carlos Sainz Williams 1:45.605 +1.683 37.167 43.153 25.285 soft 20 12 Oliver Bearman Haas F1 Team 1:45.692 +1.770 37.239 42.886 25.567 soft 20 13 Gabriel Bortoleto Audi 1:45.854 +1.932 37.358 42.974 25.522 soft 14 14 Esteban Ocon Haas F1 Team 1:45.918 +1.996 37.309 43.028 25.581 soft 19 15 Nico Hulkenberg Audi 1:45.998 +2.076 37.456 42.821 25.721 soft 12 16 Sergio Perez Cadillac 1:46.004 +2.082 37.164 43.004 25.836 soft 17 17 Alexander Albon Williams 1:46.076 +2.154 37.475 43.336 25.265 soft 22 18 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls 1:46.222 +2.300 37.457 42.992 25.773 soft 19 19 Arvid Lindblad Racing Bulls 1:46.271 +2.349 37.576 43.296 25.399 soft 20 20 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1:46.512 +2.590 37.252 43.172 26.088 soft 18 21 Valtteri Bottas Cadillac 1:48.587 +4.665 38.552 44.140 25.895 soft 17 22 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:49.279 +5.357 38.768 44.278 26.233 soft 7
# Driver Team Best lap Gap S1 S2 S3 Tyre Lap 1 George Russell Mercedes 1:42.526 36.009 41.659 24.858 soft 25 2 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:43.363 +0.837 36.079 42.073 25.211 soft 22 3 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1:43.364 +0.838 36.134 42.028 25.202 soft 21 4 Isack Hadjar Red Bull Racing 1:43.500 +0.974 36.214 41.919 25.367 soft 20 5 Lando Norris McLaren 1:43.672 +1.146 36.279 41.840 25.553 soft 18 6 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1:43.706 +1.180 36.395 41.845 25.466 soft 15 7 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 1:43.858 +1.332 36.347 42.087 25.424 soft 21 8 Pierre Gasly Alpine 1:44.047 +1.521 36.563 42.315 25.169 soft 18 9 Carlos Sainz Williams 1:44.566 +2.040 36.777 42.590 25.199 soft 24 10 Franco Colapinto Alpine 1:44.683 +2.157 36.957 42.323 25.403 soft 14 11 Oliver Bearman Haas F1 Team 1:44.775 +2.249 36.839 42.345 25.591 soft 15 12 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls 1:44.860 +2.334 36.794 42.508 25.558 soft 17 13 Alexander Albon Williams 1:45.001 +2.475 36.887 42.845 25.269 soft 16 14 Esteban Ocon Haas F1 Team 1:45.016 +2.490 36.803 42.430 25.783 soft 15 15 Arvid Lindblad Racing Bulls 1:45.106 +2.580 37.180 42.487 25.439 soft 14 16 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 1:45.504 +2.978 37.067 42.817 25.620 soft 3 17 Gabriel Bortoleto Audi 1:45.799 +3.273 37.306 42.872 25.621 soft 5 18 Nico Hulkenberg Audi 1:45.920 +3.394 37.158 42.975 25.787 soft 9 19 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1:46.593 +4.067 37.456 43.241 25.896 soft 7 20 Sergio Perez Cadillac 1:46.658 +4.132 37.526 43.527 25.605 soft 3 21 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:47.337 +4.811 37.727 43.365 26.245 soft 8 22 Valtteri Bottas Cadillac 1:48.290 +5.764 38.267 43.952 26.071 soft 3
# Driver Team Best lap Gap S1 S2 S3 Tyre Lap 1 George Russell Mercedes 1:44.916 37.056 42.656 25.204 soft 49 2 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1:44.993 +0.077 37.222 42.999 24.772 soft 48 3 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 1:45.413 +0.497 37.588 43.077 24.748 soft 50 4 Isack Hadjar Red Bull Racing 1:45.618 +0.702 37.426 43.145 25.047 medium 49 5 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:45.784 +0.868 37.787 43.185 24.812 medium 44 6 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 1:46.170 +1.254 37.964 43.086 25.120 medium 49 7 Gabriel Bortoleto Audi 1:46.336 +1.420 38.054 43.530 24.752 soft 46 8 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1:46.602 +1.686 37.883 43.633 25.086 medium 48 9 Carlos Sainz Williams 1:46.737 +1.821 38.310 43.869 24.558 soft 49 10 Arvid Lindblad Racing Bulls 1:46.849 +1.933 38.398 44.026 24.425 soft 44 11 Nico Hulkenberg Audi 1:46.850 +1.934 38.085 44.246 24.519 soft 45 12 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls 1:46.906 +1.990 38.197 44.129 24.580 soft 46 13 Oliver Bearman Haas F1 Team 1:46.978 +2.062 38.351 43.697 24.930 medium 45 14 Esteban Ocon Haas F1 Team 1:47.068 +2.152 38.379 43.447 25.242 medium 44 15 Sergio Perez Cadillac 1:47.363 +2.447 38.295 44.144 24.924 soft 43 16 Lando Norris McLaren 1:47.761 +2.845 38.317 43.867 25.577 medium 28 17 Pierre Gasly Alpine 1:47.822 +2.906 38.476 44.040 25.306 medium 28 18 Alexander Albon Williams 1:48.443 +3.527 39.003 44.292 25.148 soft 29 19 Franco Colapinto Alpine 1:48.484 +3.568 38.774 44.283 25.427 medium 17 20 Valtteri Bottas Cadillac 1:48.852 +3.936 38.790 44.348 25.714 soft 49 21 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1:50.968 +6.052 39.391 45.363 26.214 soft 15 22 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:51.723 +6.807 39.886 45.937 25.900 soft 7
