Starting grid and TV schedule for the F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
This page is translated from the original post "Grille de départ et horaires TV du Grand Prix F1 d’Azerbaïdjan" in French.
- 21/09/2025 12:21
Meet us in Baku this Sunday, September 21, 2025, at 1:00 PM for the seventeenth round of the 2025 F1 season.
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) secured pole position for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix following a tumultuous qualifying session, marked by a record six red flags and uncertainties due to rain. This is his sixth pole of the season and his first on the Baku street circuit, ahead of a surprising Carlos Sainz (Williams) who was nearly half a second behind. Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls) completes the front row, while the Mercedes of Andrea Kimi Antonelli and George Russell will start from the fourth and fifth positions.
The day was tough for McLaren. Championship leader Oscar Piastri crashed into the wall at Turn 3, triggering the sixth red flag of the session with less than four minutes remaining in Q3. His teammate and title rival, Lando Norris, could not take advantage of this opportunity and will start from seventh place, behind Yuki Tsunoda (Red Bull) and ahead of Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls). With a 31-point deficit to Piastri, this qualifying session could complicate Norris’s bid for the drivers’ title.
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Ferrari also suffered a disastrous session. Charles Leclerc crashed at Turn 15 in Q3, causing the fifth red flag, and will start from 10th position. Lewis Hamilton, eliminated in Q2 and unable to replicate his free practice pace, will line up from 12th place. Esteban Ocon will start from the back of the grid after his rear wing failed the flexibility tests at the end of the qualifying session.
On Sunday, the McLaren papaya duo of Piastri and Norris will need to carve their way through the pack to surpass Ferrari by nine points and secure a second consecutive Constructors’ Championship title for the British team.
Caution at the start: the race will begin at 1:00 PM French time, due to the time difference with Azerbaijan.
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