The 2019 Azerbaijan Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Socar Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2019)[1] was the fourth race of the 2019 Formula One season, the third Azerbaijan Grand Prix, and the fourth time a race was held at the Baku City Circuit following the 2016 European Grand Prix. It was held between 26 April and 28 April 2019. The race is the earliest in the season that the Azerbaijan Grand Prix has been hosted.
In qualifying, following two accidents involving Robert Kubica and Charles Leclerc at Turn 8, Valtteri Bottas took his second consecutive pole position. Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel qualified second and third, respectively.
In the race, Bottas kept his position on the first lap after Hamilton battled at the first few corners. Very little action occurred during the race, with notable moments being when Daniel Ricciardo went too deep into Turn 3 and reversed into Daniil Kvyat on lap 32, and Pierre Gasly's engine problem on lap 39 resulted in a virtual safety car that ended on lap 41. With Hamilton making a mistake at Turn 16 on the penultimate lap, Bottas went on to score his fifth victory and retake the lead in the Drivers' Championship. Hamilton and Vettel finished second and third, respectively.
Background[]
| Driver | Hard | Med | Soft | Driver | Hard | Med | Soft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton | 1 | 4 | 8 | Bottas | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Vettel | 1 | 5 | 7 | Leclerc | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Verstappen | 1 | 3 | 9 | Gasly | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Ricciardo | 2 | 1 | 10 | Hülkenberg | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Magnussen | 1 | 3 | 9 | Grosjean | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Sainz | 1 | 2 | 10 | Norris | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Pérez | 1 | 2 | 10 | Stroll | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Räikkönen | 2 | 2 | 9 | Giovinazzi | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Kvyat | 2 | 2 | 9 | Albon | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Russell | 2 | 2 | 9 | Kubica | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Source[2] | |||||||
Entry list[]
Practice Overview[]
FP1[]
FP2[]
FP3[]
Practice Results[]
| No | Driver | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | ||||||||
| 3 |  Daniel Ricciardo
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 Renault
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No Time | 13 | 1:45.483 | 15 | 1:43.561 | 11 | |||||
| 4 |  Lando Norris
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McLaren-Renault
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No Time | 4 | 1:44.295 | 10 | 1:43.924 | 13 | |||||
| 5 |  Sebastian Vettel
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 Ferrari
|
1:49.598 | 2 | 1:43.196 | 2 | 1:41.802 | 2 | |||||
| 7 |  Kimi Räikkönen
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 Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
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No Time | 16 | 1:45.482 | 14 | 1:43.537 | 10 | |||||
| 8 | Romain Grosjean
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 Haas-Ferrari
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No Time | 3 | 1:45.618 | 16 | 1:44.374 | 17 | |||||
| 10 | Pierre Gasly
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 Red Bull Racing-Honda
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No Time | 15 | 1:44.240 | 9 | 1:47.836 | 20 | |||||
| 11 |  Sergio Pérez
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Racing Point-Mercedes
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No Time | 17 | 1:45.436 | 13 | 1:43.430 | 9 | |||||
| 16 |  Charles Leclerc
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Ferrari
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1:47.497 | 1 | 1:42.872 | 1 | 1:41.604 | 1 | |||||
| 18 |  Lance Stroll
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Racing Point-Mercedes
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No Time | 18 | 1:47.875 | 18 | 1:44.039 | 15 | |||||
| 20 |  Kevin Magnussen
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Haas-Ferrari
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No Time | 6 | 1:44.901 | 11 | 1:43.294 | 7 | |||||
| 23 |  Alexander Albon
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Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
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No Time | 12 | 1:44.216 | 8 | 1:43.300 | 8 | |||||
| 26 |  Daniil Kvyat
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Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
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No Time | 9 | 1:44.177 | 6 | 1:43.223 | 6 | |||||
| 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
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Renault
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No Time | 14 | 1:46.717 | 17 | 1:44.043 | 16 | |||||
| 33 |  Max Verstappen
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Red Bull Racing-Honda
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No Time | 5 | 1:43.793 | 4 | 1:42.852 | 3 | |||||
| 44 | Lewis Hamilton
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Mercedes
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No Time | – | 1:43.541 | 3 | 1:43.176 | 5 | |||||
| 55 |  Carlos Sainz, Jr.
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McLaren-Renault
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No Time | 7 | 1:44.183 | 7 | 1:43.978 | 14 | |||||
| 63 | George Russell
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Williams-Mercedes
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No Time | 11 | No Time | – | 1:46.290 | 19 | |||||
| 77 | Valtteri Bottas
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Mercedes
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No Time | – | 1:44.003 | 5 | 1:43.064 | 4 | |||||
| 88 |  Robert Kubica
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Williams-Mercedes
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No Time | 10 | 1:48.111 | 19 | 1:46.000 | 18 | |||||
| 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi
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Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
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No Time | 8 | 1:45.366 | 12 | 1:43.637 | 12 | |||||
| Source: [3][4][5] | |||||||||||||
Qualifying[]
Q1[]
Q2[]
Q3[]
Qualifying Results[]
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Grid | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | ||||||||
| 1 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas
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Mercedes
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6 | 1:42.026 | 2 | 1:41.500 | 1 | 1:40.495 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton
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Mercedes
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3 | 1:41.614 | 3 | 1:41.580 | 2 | 1:40.554 | 2 | |||
| 3 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel
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Ferrari
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7 | 1:42.042 | 5 | 1:41.889 | 3 | 1:40.797 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 33 | Max Verstappen
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Red Bull Racing-Honda
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4 | 1:41.727 | 1 | 1:41.388 | 4 | 1:41.069 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 11 | Sergio Pérez
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Racing Point-Mercedes
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11 | 1:42.249 | 4 | 1:41.870 | 5 | 1:41.593 | 5 | |||
| 6 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat
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Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
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12 | 1:42.324 | 9 | 1:42.221 | 6 | 1:41.681 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 4 | Lando Norris
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McLaren-Renault
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13 | 1:42.371 | 8 | 1:42.084 | 7 | 1:41.886 | 7 | |||
| 8 | 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi
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Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
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9 | 1:42.140 | 10 | 1:42.381 | 8 | 1:42.424 | 17* | |||
| 9 | 16 | Charles Leclerc
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Ferrari
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2 | 1:41.426 | 6 | 1:41.995 | 10 | no time | 8 | |||
| 10 | 55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr.
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McLaren-Renault
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5 | 1:41.936 | 11 | 1:42.398 | 9 | |||||
| 11 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo
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Renault
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15 | 1:42.486 | 12 | 1:42.477 | 10 | |||||
| 12 | 23 | Alexander Albon
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Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
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10 | 1:42.154 | 13 | 1:42.494 | 11 | |||||
| 13 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen
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Haas-Ferrari
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14 | 1:42.382 | 14 | 1:42.699 | 12 | |||||
| 14 | 18 | Lance Stroll
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Racing Point-Mercedes
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16 | 1:42.630 | 13 | |||||||
| 15 | 8 | Romain Grosjean
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Haas-Ferrari
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17 | 1:43.407 | 14 | |||||||
| 16 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
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Renault
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18 | 1:43.427 | 15 | |||||||
| 17 | 63 | George Russell
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Williams-Mercedes
|
19 | 1:45.062 | 16 | |||||||
| 18 | 88 | Robert Kubica
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Williams-Mercedes
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20 | 1:45.455 | PL† | |||||||
| 107% time: 1:48.428 | |||||||||||||
| EX | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen
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Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
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8 | 1:42.059 | 7 | 1:42.082 | 9 | 1:43.068 | PL‡ | |||
| EX | 10 | Pierre Gasly
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Red Bull Racing-Honda
|
1 | 1:41.335 | 15 | no time | PL§ | |||||
| Source: [6] | |||||||||||||
- * Giovinazzi was given a ten-place grid penalty for using his third Control Electronics.[7]
- † Kubica was forced to start from the pit lane after having suspension changes on his car.[8]
- ‡ Räikkönen was disqualified from qualifying for failing to have a front wing that would pass a front wing deflection test. Thus, he was forced to start from the pit lane after having his front wing changed.[9]
- § Gasly was forced to start from the pit lane after not stopping for the weighbridge when instructed to during FP2.[10] He was given a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change, and was later disqualified from qualifying for exceeding fuel flow limits,[11] before he was given another instruction to start from the pit lane after changing his SECU parameters.[12]
Grid[]
| Pos. | Pos. | |
|---|---|---|
| Driver | Driver | |
| ______________ | ||
| Row 1 | ______________ | 1 |
| 2 | Valtteri Bottas | |
| Lewis Hamilton | ______________ | |
| Row 2 | ______________ | 3 |
| 4 | Sebastian Vettel | |
| Max Verstappen | ______________ | |
| Row 3 | ______________ | 5 |
| 6 | Sergio Pérez | |
| Daniil Kvyat | ______________ | |
| Row 4 | ______________ | 7 |
| 8 | Lando Norris | |
| Charles Leclerc | ______________ | |
| Row 5 | ______________ | 9 |
| 10 | Carlos Sainz, Jr. | |
| Daniel Ricciardo | ______________ | |
| Row 6 | ______________ | 11 |
| 12 | Alexander Albon | |
| Kevin Magnussen | ______________ | |
| Row 7 | ______________ | 13 |
| 14 | Lance Stroll | |
| Romain Grosjean | ______________ | |
| Row 8 | ______________ | 15 |
| 16 | Nico Hülkenberg | |
| George Russell | ______________ | |
| Row 9 | ______________ | 17 |
| 18 | Antonio Giovinazzi* | |
| Robert Kubica† | ______________ | |
| Row 10 | ______________ | 19 |
| 20 | Kimi Räikkönen‡ | |
| Pierre Gasly§ | ______________ |
- * Giovinazzi was given a ten-place grid penalty for using his third Control Electronics.[7]
- † Kubica was forced to start from the pit lane after having suspension changes on his car.[8]
- ‡ Räikkönen was disqualified from qualifying for failing to have a front wing that would pass a front wing deflection test. Thus, he was forced to start from the pit lane after having his front wing changed.[9]
- § Gasly was forced to start from the pit lane after not stopping for the weighbridge when instructed to during FP2.[10] He was given a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change, and was later disqualified from qualifying for exceeding fuel flow limits,[11] before he was given another instruction to start from the pit lane after changing his SECU parameters.[12]
Race[]
Report[]
Stuart Green Mercedes team joined on the podium to receive the winning manufacturer’s award.
Post-race[]
After the race, Ricciardo was given two penalty points and a three-place grid penalty for reversing into Kvyat's car.[13]
Results[]
- * 10 points for fifth place and 1 point for the fastest lap.
Milestones[]
- Pierre Gasly's 30th entry and start.
- Charles Leclerc's 25th entry and start.
- Scuderia Ferrari's 250th fastest lap.
Standings[]
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Only point-scoring drivers and constructors are shown.
Notes[]
- ↑ "Formula 1 Socar Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2019". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. https://www.formula1.com/en/racing/2019/Azerbaijan.html. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ↑ "2019 Azerbaijan Grand Prix – Selected sets per driver". Pirelli. 16 April 2019. https://press.pirelli.com/2019-azerbaijan-grand-prix--selected-sets-per-driver/. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ↑ "2019 Azerbaijan Grand Prix – Practice 1 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 26 April 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1003/azerbaijan/practice-1.html. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ↑ "2019 Azerbaijan Grand Prix – Practice 2 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 26 April 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1003/azerbaijan/practice-2.html. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ↑ "2019 Azerbaijan Grand Prix – Practice 3 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 27 April 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1003/azerbaijan/practice-3.html. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ↑ "2019 Azerbaijan Grand Prix – Qualifying results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 27 April 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1003/azerbaijan/qualifying.html. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Antonio Giovinazzi: Alfa Romeo driver gets grid penalty for electronics change". BBC Sport. 25 April 2019. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/48053394. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Collantine, Keith (28 April 2019). "Kubica will also start race from pit lane". Racefans.net. https://www.racefans.net/2019/04/28/kubica-will-also-start-race-from-pit-lane/. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Raikkonen disqualified from qualifying results in Baku, set to start from pit lane | Formula 1®". Formula1.com. 28 April 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.raikkonen-disqualified-from-qualifying-results-in-baku-set-to-start-from.3Ypx85qwvaprYWxKapXYCM.html. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2019 - Gasly gets reprimand for missing weighbridge summons". www.formula1.com. 26 April 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.gasly-hit-with-pit-lane-start-for-missing-weighbridge-summons.xWUkkm2qLR8VycQcftsNW.html. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Gasly disqualified from Baku qualifying after fuel flow infringement". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. 27 April 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.gasly-disqualified-from-baku-qualifying-after-fuel-flow-infringement.3ueBItrdO4ybadLwGr7i74.html. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 36". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 28 April 2019. https://www.fia.com/file/79926/download/27411. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ↑ "Ricciardo handed 3-place grid drop for Spain for reversing into Kvyat". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. 28 April 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.ricciardo-handed-3-place-grid-drop-for-spain-for-reversing-into-kvyat.5JBRHY7EmoodJAxAvT0Ffx.html. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- ↑ "Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2019 Race Results". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 28 April 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1003/azerbaijan/race-result.html. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
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