Exactly 5 years ago, we had an historic race in Sochi: - Lewis Hamilton claimed his 100th victory in Formula 1 - Lando Norris finished in P7 after leading the race and trying to hold on with dry tyres - Max Verstappen finished in P2 after starting last

Pirelli predicts a 1-stopper as the best strategy for tomorrow Based on the weekend's data, the degradation is completely non-existent

The document regarding the penalty imposed on Carlos Sainz shows the following: "He (Carlos Sainz) stated that he did not consider it necessary to reduce speed on the straight" The Stewards did not accept this interpretation

In the 2025 Baku qualifying session, the LOWEST top speed among the 20 drivers was 332 km/h In the 2026 Baku qualifying session, the HIGHEST top speed among the 22 drivers was 331 km/h

🚨GRID WINNING POSITIONS IN BAKU From P1: 3 times From P2: 2 times From P3: 2 times From P6: 1 time (2021 - Sergio Pérez) From P10: 1 time (2017 - Daniel Ricciardo)

Andrea Stela confirms that Lando Norris is suffering a power deficit: "On Lando's side specifically, we observe a deficit of power that we are investigating. It seems to be linked to some behaviour of the fuel injection, something that hopefully we should be able to improve for tomorrow"

Formula 1 predicts that Mercedes will have the fastest car tomorrow Charles Leclerc will start the race from P2 in the 4th fastest car

🚨TOP SPEEDS IN BAKU QUALIFYING George Russell at the top with 331 km/h Lance Stroll at the bottom with 309

How dominant was George Russell today? His Q1 time alone would have been enough for him to start from P4 tomorrow

🚨FERNANDO ALONSO | BAKU 2026 WEEKEND - Introduces new PU components in FP1 - Gets a 25 place grid penalty - Oil leak in FP2 - Another new PU component for FP3 - Gets an extra 5 place grid penalty - Qualifies in P19, 0.744s faster than Stroll

A clip of Max Verstappen losing around 5 tenths to George Russell only on the straights following the castle section

Carlos Sainz has been given a drop of 5 positions and 2 penalty points for failing to slow down under yellow flags

The last time Charles Leclerc started second with a Mercedes on pole, he ended up winning the race Tomorrow, Charles Leclerc will once again start second with a Mercedes on pole

🚨BAKU | POLE POSITION EVOLUTION Today, we have seen the 2nd slowest pole position in the entire history of Baku, only 2 tenths faster than in 2016 2016 - 1:42.758 2017 - 1:40.593 2018 - 1:41.498 2019 - 1:40.495 2021 - 1:41.218 2022 - 1:41.359 2023 - 1:40.203 2024 - 1:41.365 2025 - 1:41.117 2026 - 1:42.526

Mercedes has just secured pole position with a margin of more than 0.800s, despite being the team that has introduced the fewest performance upgrades throughout the entire season Let that sink in

GEORGE RUSSELL IN COUNTRIES THAT START WITH THE LETTER 'A' 🇦🇺 Australia: Pole and win 🇦🇹 Austria: Pole and win 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan: Pole

🚨AVERAGE QUALY POSITION IN 2026 Charles Leclerc - 4.40 Lewis Hamilton - 4.40

Max Verstappen's Q1 lap was faster than his Q3 lap Q1 - 1:44.041 Q3 - 1:44.081

For the first time in his entire career, Franco Colapinto has reached Q3 in 3 consecutive races

🚨FASTEST SECTORS IN BAKU QUALY S1 - Russell 36.009s S2 - Russell 41.659s S3 - Russell 24.858s