Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2026: Race Times, F1 Fantasy Picks & Results

The Azerbaijan Grand Prix is round 15 of the 2026 Formula 1 season at Baku City Circuit, Baku, Azerbaijan, with the race on Sat 26 Sept. PPFL teams locked at the start of FP1 (Thu 24 Sept, 09:30 UK time).

Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2026 session times

Session	UK	US Eastern	US Pacific	Australia (Sydney)	Local (Baku)
Practice 1	Thu 24 Sept, 09:30	Thu 24 Sept, 04:30	Thu 24 Sept, 01:30	Thu 24 Sept, 18:30	Thu 24 Sept, 12:30
Practice 2	Thu 24 Sept, 13:00	Thu 24 Sept, 08:00	Thu 24 Sept, 05:00	Thu 24 Sept, 22:00	Thu 24 Sept, 16:00
Practice 3	Fri 25 Sept, 09:30	Fri 25 Sept, 04:30	Fri 25 Sept, 01:30	Fri 25 Sept, 18:30	Fri 25 Sept, 12:30
Qualifying	Fri 25 Sept, 13:00	Fri 25 Sept, 08:00	Fri 25 Sept, 05:00	Fri 25 Sept, 22:00	Fri 25 Sept, 16:00
Race	Sat 26 Sept, 12:00	Sat 26 Sept, 07:00	Sat 26 Sept, 04:00	Sat 26 Sept, 21:00	Sat 26 Sept, 15:00

Times for UK, US Eastern, US Pacific, Sydney and the circuit's local time. See the full 2026 F1 race calendar.

What PPFL managers picked

For the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton was the most-picked driver (30.8% of teams), Kimi Antonelli the most popular captain (29 teams, 24.2%), Mercedes the favourite constructor (44.2%). 120 teams · 7 changed their team for this race.

Driver	Team	Picked by	Captain
Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	30.8%	13.3% (16)
Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	27.5%	24.2% (29)
Max Verstappen	Red Bull	20%	11.7% (14)
Lando Norris	McLaren	19.2%	12.5% (15)
George Russell	Mercedes	16.7%	13.3% (16)
Oscar Piastri	McLaren	15%	7.5% (9)
Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	10%	7.5% (9)
Oliver Bearman	Haas	9.2%	–
Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	7.5%	2.5% (3)
Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	6.7%	3.3% (4)

Constructor	Picked by
Mercedes	44.2%
Ferrari	17.5%
McLaren	13.3%
Aston Martin	5%
Alpine	4.2%

Most popular full team: George Russell + Lewis Hamilton with Mercedes (6 teams, 5%).

Biggest risers since last race (share of teams): Kimi Antonelli 24.2% → 27.5%, Max Verstappen 18.3% → 20%, Franco Colapinto 1.7% → 2.5%.

Biggest fallers (share of teams): George Russell 19.2% → 16.7%, Charles Leclerc 11.7% → 10%, Lewis Hamilton 32.5% → 30.8%.

Guess the Podium: community picks

6 players made Guess the Podium picks. 50% picked Kimi Antonelli to win. The most popular podium was Kimi Antonelli, Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc (1 pick).

P1: Kimi Antonelli 50%, George Russell 33.3%, Lando Norris 16.7%
P2: Charles Leclerc 16.7%, George Russell 16.7%, Isack Hadjar 16.7%
P3: Charles Leclerc 33.3%, Kimi Antonelli 33.3%, George Russell 16.7%

How the most-picked drivers scored

Lewis Hamilton (owned by 30.8%): 12 pts
Kimi Antonelli (owned by 27.5%): 21 pts
Max Verstappen (owned by 20%): 33 pts
Lando Norris (owned by 19.2%): -1 pts
George Russell (owned by 16.7%): 44 pts

Best differential: Isack Hadjar, owned by only 7.5% of teams, scored 26 PPFL points.

Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2026 results and F1 fantasy points

Top PPFL team this race: meret's Team with 157 points.

For the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, 110 PPFL teams averaged 74.3 points; the top-scoring driver was George Russell with 44 PPFL points; the best value was Esteban Ocon, 1.4 points per $M at $11.0M; Kimi Antonelli gained the most places: 11, from P16 to P5.

The race data below comes from F1DB, the open-source Formula 1 database (release v2026.20.0), licensed under CC BY 4.0. PPFL points are our own.

George Russell took pole in 1:42.526; George Russell set the fastest lap, 1:44.916 on lap 49; Max Verstappen was Driver of the Day with 26.6% of the fan vote.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	George Russell	1:43.615	1:43.462	1:42.526
2	Charles Leclerc	1:44.360	1:43.780	1:43.363
3	Oscar Piastri	1:45.014	1:43.814	1:43.364
4	Isack Hadjar	1:44.161	1:43.880	1:43.500
5	Lando Norris	1:44.571	1:44.020	1:43.672
6	Lewis Hamilton	1:44.260	1:44.037	1:43.858
7	Pierre Gasly	1:44.489	1:44.106	1:44.047
8	Max Verstappen	1:44.041	1:43.706	1:44.081
9	Carlos Sainz Jr.	1:45.104	1:44.629	1:44.566
10	Franco Colapinto	1:45.106	1:44.683	1:44.963
11	Oliver Bearman	1:45.228	1:44.775
12	Liam Lawson	1:45.535	1:44.860
13	Alexander Albon	1:45.031	1:45.001
14	Esteban Ocon	1:45.039	1:45.016
15	Arvid Lindblad	1:45.381	1:45.106
16	Kimi Antonelli	1:45.504
17	Gabriel Bortoleto	1:45.799
18	Nico Hülkenberg	1:45.920
19	Fernando Alonso	1:46.593
20	Sergio Pérez	1:46.658
21	Lance Stroll	1:47.337
22	Valtteri Bottas	1:48.290

Drivers' championship after round 15

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli	302
2	George Russell	236
3	Lewis Hamilton	199
4	Lando Norris	186
5	Charles Leclerc	179
6	Max Verstappen	163
7	Oscar Piastri	120
8	Isack Hadjar	86
9	Liam Lawson	59
10	Pierre Gasly	41

Constructors' championship after round 15

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Mercedes	538
2	Ferrari	378
3	McLaren	306
4	Red Bull	263
5	Racing Bulls	83
6	Alpine	68
7	Haas	27
8	Audi	17
9	Williams	12
10	Aston Martin	3
11	Cadillac	0

Full race result

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time / gap	F1 pts	PPFL pts	Notes
1	George Russell	Mercedes	51	1:38:02.143	25	44	Fastest lap
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	51	+0.196	18	33	Driver of the Day
3	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	51	+10.704	15	26
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	51	+14.136	12	19
5	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	51	+14.512	10	21
6	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	51	+22.382	8	12
7	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	51	+31.159	6	17
8	Esteban Ocon	Haas	51	+31.189	4	15
9	Oliver Bearman	Haas	51	+31.929	2	7
10	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Williams	51	+32.416	1	2
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	51	+33.231		10
12	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	51	+34.013		0
13	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	51	+36.401		1
14	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac	51	+41.400		10
15	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	51	+44.230		4	10s penalty
16	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	49	Accident		10
DNF	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	36	Collision damage		-4
DNF	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	35	Collision		-3
DNF	Lando Norris	McLaren	35	Collision		-1
DNF	Alexander Albon	Williams	29	Accident		-5
DNF	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	20	Water pressure		-5
DNF	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	7	Water pressure		-5

PPFL fantasy points by driver

Points before the captain bonus (a captain's race finish points are doubled).

Driver	Team	Grid	Finish	PPFL pts
George Russell	Mercedes	P1	1	44
Max Verstappen	Red Bull	P8	2	33
Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	P4	3	26
Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	P16	5	21
Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	P2	4	19
Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	P15	7	17
Esteban Ocon	Haas	P14	8	15
Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	P6	6	12
Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	P18	11	10
Sergio Pérez	Cadillac	P20	14	10
Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	P22	16	10
Oliver Bearman	Haas	P11	9	7
Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	P17	15	4
Carlos Sainz Jr.	Williams	P9	10	2
Oscar Piastri	McLaren	P3	13	1
Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	P12	12	0
Lando Norris	McLaren	P5	DNF	-1
Pierre Gasly	Alpine	P7	DNF	-3
Franco Colapinto	Alpine	P10	DNF	-4
Alexander Albon	Williams	P13	DNF	-5
Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	P19	DNF	-5
Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	P21	DNF	-5

Price changes after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix

PPFL prices move after every Grand Prix based on recent form. Changes since round 14 (13 unchanged):

Driver / constructor	Before	After	Change
Nico Hülkenberg	$12.0M	$23.0M	+$11.0M
Max Verstappen	$35.0M	$43.0M	+$8.0M
Red Bull	$40.0M	$47.0M	+$7.0M
Audi	$28.0M	$32.0M	+$4.0M
Arvid Lindblad	$29.0M	$32.0M	+$3.0M
Gabriel Bortoleto	$17.0M	$20.0M	+$3.0M
Oscar Piastri	$26.0M	$29.0M	+$3.0M
Yuki Tsunoda	$14.0M	$17.0M	+$3.0M
Carlos Sainz Jr.	$9.0M	$10.0M	+$1.0M
Isack Hadjar	$43.0M	$44.0M	+$1.0M
Kimi Antonelli	$44.0M	$45.0M	+$1.0M
Fernando Alonso	$9.5M	$9.0M	-$0.5M
Oliver Bearman	$10.0M	$9.5M	-$0.5M
Lando Norris	$45.0M	$42.0M	-$3.0M
Lewis Hamilton	$38.0M	$35.0M	-$3.0M
Alpine	$32.0M	$28.0M	-$4.0M
Charles Leclerc	$42.0M	$38.0M	-$4.0M
Liam Lawson	$32.0M	$26.0M	-$6.0M
McLaren	$47.0M	$40.0M	-$7.0M
Franco Colapinto	$20.0M	$12.0M	-$8.0M
Pierre Gasly	$23.0M	$14.0M	-$9.0M

See every price and the season trend on the F1 fantasy Price Form.

Driver of the Day history at Baku

The fan-voted Driver of the Day at every race held here since the vote began.

2026: Max Verstappen (26.6% of the vote)
2025: Carlos Sainz Jr. (28.6% of the vote)
2024: Oscar Piastri (29.6% of the vote)
2023: Sergio Pérez (29.1% of the vote)
2022: Lewis Hamilton (14.8% of the vote)
2021: Sebastian Vettel (41.9% of the vote)
2019: Charles Leclerc (17.6% of the vote)
2018: Charles Leclerc
2017: Lance Stroll
2016: Sergio Pérez

Recent Azerbaijan Grand Prix winners

Planning your team? Check driver and constructor values on the F1 fantasy Price Form and the Baku circuit guide.

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