2025 Azerbaijan Grand Prix

The event was held at the Baku City Circuit in Baku for the ninth time in the circuit's history, having previously held one edition of the European Grand Prix in , across the weekend of 19–21 September. The Grand Prix was the seventeenth round of the 2025 Formula One World Championship and the eighth running of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Championship standings before the race Going into the weekend, Oscar Piastri led the Drivers' Championship with 324 points, 31 points ahead of teammate Lando Norris in second and 94 ahead of Max Verstappen in third. McLaren, with 617 points, led the Constructors' Championship from Ferrari and Mercedes, who were second and third with 280 and 260 points, respectively. Championship permutations World Constructors' Championship leader McLaren had an opportunity to secure its tenth title at this event, and the second in a row. With eight rounds remaining in the season, a maximum of 389 points could still be scored. McLaren had the opportunity to secure the title if they outscored Ferrari by nine points, and Mercedes failed to outscore McLaren by 12 points, and Red Bull Racing failed to outscore McLaren by 33 points. McLaren had the opportunity to secure the title by achieving either a 1–2 or 1–3 finish, regardless of where anyone else finished. Entrants The drivers and teams were the same as published in the season entry list with two exceptions; Yuki Tsunoda at Red Bull Racing was in the seat originally held by Liam Lawson before the latter was demoted back to Racing Bulls from the Japanese Grand Prix onward, and Franco Colapinto replaced Jack Doohan at Alpine from the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix onward until at least the Austrian Grand Prix on a rotating seat basis. Before the Austrian Grand Prix, it was confirmed that Colapinto would retain his seat with the team, effectively on a race-by-race basis. Tyre choices Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C4, C5, and C6 tyre compounds—the softest three in their range (designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively)—for teams to use at the event. ==Practice==

Three free practice sessions were held for the event. The first practice session was held on 19 September 2025, at 12:30 local time (UTC+4), and was topped by Lando Norris ahead of teammate Oscar Piastri and Charles Leclerc. The session was disrupted by a lengthy red flag due to debris on track. Further issues with the kerbs on turn 16 delayed the session further. The second free practice session was held on the same day, at 16:00 local time, and was topped by Lewis Hamilton ahead of teammate Leclerc and George Russell of Mercedes. The third free practice session was be held on 20 September 2025, at 12:30 local time, and was topped by Norris ahead of Max Verstappen and Piastri. ==Qualifying==

Qualifying was held on 20 September 2025, at 16:00 local time (UTC+4), and determined the starting grid order for the race. During the first session, Liam Lawson of Racing Bulls topped the session before Alexander Albon crashed his Williams at turn 1, breaking his steering rack, stopping the session and disallowing Oscar Piastri a chance to do a flying lap. The session was suspended for eight minutes; shortly after it resumed, Nico Hülkenberg crashed at turn 4, breaking his front wing and inflicting heavy floor damage to his Sauber car. A ten-minute suspension followed; as the session ended, another red flag was thrown due to Pierre Gasly's Alpine going off the track at turn 4. Shortly afterward, his Alpine teammate Franco Colapinto hit the wall nearby, while Lando Norris topped the session. Kimi Antonelli had a scrappy session in the Mercedes, having his times deleted and running poorly across the track, he posted a time that was enough to get him out of the bottom five drivers, who were Colapinto, Hülkenberg, Esteban Ocon, Gasly and Albon. Ocon would be disqualified following the session due to a rear wing infringement on the Haas and started the race from last. The start of the second session was delayed to observe track cleaning operations. Running lasted for three minutes before Oliver Bearman in the Haas hit the wall at turn 2, which led to his suspension being broken and a fourth red flag being observed. No further incidents were observed during this session, and the eliminated drivers were Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton, Gabriel Bortoleto, Lance Stroll, and Bearman. Norris was unable to capitalise on his teammate's error, himself making mistakes during his qualifying lap to start seventh. Qualifying classification Notes • – Esteban Ocon qualified 18th, but was disqualified for a technical infringement on his car. He was allowed to race at the stewards' discretion. ==Race==

The race was held on 21 September 2025, at 15:00 local time (UTC+4), and was run for 51 laps. started with hard tyres, had a bad restart following the safety car ending at lap 4, and got passed by both Tsunoda and Antonelli but managed to overtake the former. On lap 17, while attempting to overtake Franco Colapinto at turn 7, Williams' Alexander Albon hit the rear left of Colapinto, causing the latter to spin and triggering a brief safety car, but Colapinto managed to recover, and Albon was given a ten-second time penalty as a result. With Antonelli pitting earlier, Russell took advantage of the hard tyres, closing the gap to Williams' Carlos Sainz Jr., and successfully overcut Sainz on lap 40 with a well-timed pit stop. Verstappen, who led the whole race, scored his sixth grand chelem of his Formula One career. Antonelli finished fourth, Liam Lawson finished in fifth place, scoring his best finish in his career, and his teammate Isack Hadjar managed to get tenth place, with Racing Bulls successfully gaining points five races in a row. Norris finished seventh, and Lewis Hamilton finished in eighth. Race classification Notes • – Alexander Albon finished 11th, but received a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision with Franco Colapinto. ==Championship standings after the race==

Following the Grand Prix, Norris reduced the gap to Piastri in the Drivers' Championship to 25 points, with Verstappen a further 44 points adrift in third. In the Constructors' Championship, McLaren extended their lead in the standings to 333 points. Mercedes moved into second place with 290 points, four clear from Ferrari that dropped down to third. Red Bull remained in fourth position, 18 points behind Mercedes and out of contention to win the Constructors' title. ;Drivers' Championship standings ;Constructors' Championship standings • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. == See also ==