2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix championship points
2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Sebastian Vettel extended his lead in the drivers’ championship to 14 points as McLaren scored their first points of the season.
Sebastian Vettel extended his lead in the drivers’ championship to 14 points as McLaren scored their first points of the season.
Daniel Ricciardo took victory in Baku from Valtteri Bottas and the Williams of Lance Stroll, with Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton behind.
Daniel Ricciardo took victory ahead of Valtteri Bottas and Lance Stroll after an incident-filled Azerbaijan Grand Prix saw Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton collide.
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In the round-up: Wolff rubbishes Jordan’s claims on McLaren and Petronas • Alonso’s weekend “positive” • Verstappen: Red Bull shouldn’t be trailling Ferrari
Mercedes were almost a second quicker than their closest rivals in Baku last year and 12 months later that gap has increased.
Valtteri Bottas reckons F1 was “kind of lucky” to have such an uneventful race 12 months ago. Will this year’s race be a messier affair?
Lance Stroll out-qualified his team mate for the first time in his career but thought he’d done a “bad lap”. Here’s what the drivers had to say on the radio.
Honda confirmed it has reverted to using its older specification power unit following the problem which stopped Fernando Alonso yesterday.
Lewis Hamilton said the lap which earned him pole position for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix was even better than his celebrated lap in Canada two weeks ago.
More Red Bull reliability problems left Max Verstappen frustrated after qualifying. He said multiple problems left him fifth on the grid instead of third.
Fernando Alonso says misunderstandings with the Red Bull drivers during practice and qualifying were caused because they couldn’t tell when he was on a flying lap.
Lewis Hamilton took pole position for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in a reversal of his troubled run at the track 12 months ago.
Lewis Hamilton claimed pole position for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix ahead of team mate Valtteri Bottas and the two Ferraris.
The McLaren drivers have now accumulated 70 grid place penalties in a single weekend following more power unit component changes for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
Valtteri Bottas put Mercedes on top in final practice for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. But both Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen suffered car problems.
The kerb at turn eight on the Baku City Circuit has been eased following the crashes in yesterday’s F1 practice sessions.
In the round-up: No room at Red Bull for Alonso – Horner • Yellow flags and tyres frustrate Hamilton • Perez wants kerb changes
Red Bull seem to be genuine contenders this weekend. But after two unusually disrupted practice sessions we should be wary of taking their pace at face value.
It was another unhappy Friday practice for Romain Grosjean, who ended the day slowest at the Baku City Circuit. Here’s the team radio highlights.