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Baku City Circuit

Circuit Facts:

• First Grand Prix: 2016
• Number of Laps: 51
• Circuit Length: 6.003 km
• Race Distance: 306.049 km
• Lap Record: 1:43.009 by Charles Leclerc (2019)

Practice:

FP1:

• RACE CONTROL: BLACK AND WHITE FLAG FOR CAR 11 (PER) – FAILING TO FOLLOW RACE DIRECTORS INSTRUCTIONS – CROSSING THE LINE AT PIT EXIT
• Red flag with 47 minutes left, due to debris on the track
• “I got a problem; I got no power” – Esteban Ocon. He slows down on track and goes into pit lane. He does not rejoin FP1. 
• Yellow flag, sector 2. Charles Leclerc goes into the wall. Red flag. He locked up going into the turn and failed to complete the movement.
• Yellow flag sector 1, red flag. Franco Colapinto into the wall on the exit of turn 4. Red flag.

Fp3:

• Yellow flag sectors 3, red flag. Esteban Ocon stops on track. 
• Yellow flag sectors 1, red flag. Oliver bear men runs into the barrier into turn 1. 
• FIA STEWARDS: INVESTIGATION AFTER SESSION PEREZ, SAINZ – TURN 15 – IMPEDING

FP1:	FP2:	FP3:
1. Max Verstappen	1. Charles Leclerc	1. Gorge Russell
2. Lewis Hamilton	2. Sergio Perez	2. Charles Leclerc
3. Sergio Perez	3. Lewis Hamilton	3. Lando Norris
4. Lando Norris	4. Carlos Sainz	4. Oscar Piastri
5. Carlos Sainz	5. Oscar Piastri	5. Max Verstappen
6. Oscar Piastri	6. Max Verstappen	6. Carlos Sainz
7. Fernando Alonso	7. Lance Stroll	7. Sergio Perez
8. George Russell	8. Nico Hulkenberg	8. Alex Albon
9. Charles Leclerc	9. George Russell	9. Franco Colapinto
10. Daniel Ricciardo	10. Oliver Bearman	10. Lewis Hamilton

Qualifying

Notes:

• Alex albon stops on track. The mechanics of the Williams team leave the cooler on the car. Yellow flag. 
• RACE CONTROL: ALBON INCIDENT- unsafe release – investigation after session 

1. Charles Leclerc	2. Oscar Piastri
3. Carlos Sainz	4. Sergio Perez
5. George Russell	6. Max Verstappen
7. Lewis Hamilton	8. Fernando Alonso
9. Franco Colapinto	10. Alex Albon
11. Oliver Bearman	12. Yuki Tsunoda
13. Pierre Gasly	14. Nico Hulkenberg
15. Lance Stroll	16. Daniel Ricciardo
17. Lando Norris	18. Valtteri Bottas
19. Zhou Guanyu	20. Esteban Ocon

Race:

Recap:

• Lewis Hamilton and Esteban ocon starts in pits 
• 17th Zhou pentathlon and Pierre gasly got disqualified from qualifying starting 18th 
• Lance stroll goes into pits on lap 1 with a puncture, goes back out, 36 seconds behind the lead 
• Yuki tsunoda slows down on track loosing 2 places, starting back on the racing line and continues racing 
• Yuki taunoda retires the race on lap 16. After contact with Lance stroll on lap 1, damage on the side pods 
• Yellow flag sectors 1, green flag, lap 36
• Lance stroll in the pits, retires on lap 47. Brake problem 
• Contact between Perez and Sainz on lap 50, a yellow flag sector 1. The virtual safety car is deployed, meaning the race ends in the safety car. This causes both drivers to retire from the race.

Driver of the day:

• Oscar Piastri

Fastest Lap:

• 1:45.255 by Lando Norris

Driver	Time	Points
1. Oscar Piastri	Leader	25
2. Charles Leclerc	+10.910s	18
3. George Russell	+31.328s	15
4. Lando Norris	+36.143s	13 (+ 1 Fastest Lap)
5. Max Verstappen	+ 77.098s	10
6. Fernando Alonso	+ 85.468s	8
7. Alex Albon	+ 87.396s	6
8. Franco Colapinto	+ 89.541s	4
9. Lewis Hamilton	+92.401s	2
10. Oliver Bearman	+93.127s	1
11. Nico Hulkenberg	+93.465s	0
12. Pierre Gasly	+117.189s	0
13. Daniel Ricciardo	+ 146.907s	0
14. Zhou Guanyu	+ 148.841s	0
15. Esteban Ocon	+ 1 Lap	0
16. Valtteri Bottas	+ 1 Lap	0
17. Sergio Perez	DNF	0
18. Carlos Sainz	DNF	0
19. Lance Stroll	DNF	0
20. Yuki Tsunoda	DNF	0