Azerbaijan Grand Prix: Curious Statistics

Some interesting statistical compilations of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix results…

Qualification

After qualifying in Baku, Charles Leclerc took the first pole of the season and 19th in his career, moving up to 17th in the rankings for this indicator. This is one pole less than Valtteri Bottas and Damon Hill.

For the first time in his career, Charles won three poles on the same track.

Max Verstappen qualified second and earned the right to start from the front row for the 45th time in his career. For the Dutchman it is the first start from the front row in Azerbaijan.

Third place Sergio Perez ensured that Red Bull finished with two cars in the top three for the first time since the first race of the season in Bahrain.

Carlos Sainz qualified fourth for the third time this season. For the second year in a row, Ferrari, Red Bull, Red Bull, Ferrari cars are in the top four on the grid in Baku.

In fifth, Lewis Hamilton qualified ahead of his teammate George Russell for the first time in the season.

Fernando Alonso’s sixth place is his worst qualifying result this season.

Lando Norris was seventh in his first qualifying final. In this season.

Yuki Tsunoda and AlphaTauri reached the final of qualifying for the first time this season, where the Japanese showed eighth fastest time.

Lance Stroll’s ninth-place finish is his best starting position in Baku since 2017, when he started eighth and finished on the podium in the race.

Oscar Piastri qualified tenth, the first time in the season that both McLaren cars struggled in the qualifying final.

For the first time since the 2021 Russian Grand Prix, both Williams cars qualified for the second part of qualifying.

For the first time since last year’s US Grand Prix, both Haas F1s were eliminated in the first session.

Race

By winning the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Sergio Perez secured his second win of the season and sixth of his career, equaling Tony Brooks, John Surtees, Gilles Villeneuve, Jochen Rindt, Jacques Laffite, Ricardo Patrese and Ralf Schumacher in this indicator.

Perez became the first rider to win more than once in Baku.

Perez surpassed the milestone of 300 career first rounds to move up to 51st overall. Hamilton leads the way with 5447 laps.

Peres achieved all his victories on city or temporary circuits – twice in Baku, in Monaco, in Singapore, Jeddah and on a shortened version of Sakhir.

Max Verstappen finished second, ahead of Ayrton Senna in the number of podium places (81).

In Red Bull Racing they won the 25th winning double in history – and already the third in the past four Grands Prix this season.

Charles Leclerc’s third place gave Ferrari its first podium of the season. Monegask took 22 points against six points in the first three races this weekend.

For the eighth time in a row, Leclerc failed to convert a pole into a victory, the second streak in history after Nelson Piquet’s ten poles without a win.

Leclerc is only the fifth driver to finish on the podium this season, the other four being Verstappen, Perez, Alonso and Hamilton).

Fernando Alonso’s fourth-place finish continued his successful streak – he finished all races this season in the top four.

Carlos Sainz’s fifth place is his best result of the season.

Sixth place Lewis Hamilton – his worst result this year. As in Bahrain, the best Mercedes car finished more than 45 seconds behind the winner.

Lance Stroll’s seventh-place finish is his worst finish this season.

George Russell finished eighth, the sixth time in his career that he missed the race’s best lap.

In ninth place, Lando Norris helped McLaren earn points for the second race in a row.