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Round 04 · 2018

AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Grand Prix

Baku, Azerbaijan27–29 Apr

  1. Practice 1
    Data published
    track 42° ·air 23° ·41% hum ·2.9 km/h windwet
  2. Practice 2
    Data published
    track 29° ·air 19° ·60% hum ·4.0 km/h wind
  3. Practice 3
    Data published
    track 29° ·air 24° ·41% hum ·5.0 km/h windwet
  4. Qualifying
    Data published
    track 27° ·air 23° ·46% hum ·5.8 km/h windwet
    Fantasy lock
  5. Grand Prix
    Data published
    track 25° ·air 17° ·46% hum ·7.9 km/h wind

Times in UTC

Grand Prix result

PosDriverTeamGridMovedTime / gapPts
1HAMMercedes211:43:44.29125
2RAIFerrari64+2.46018
3PERRacing Point85+4.02415
4VETFerrari13+5.32912
5SAIRenault94+7.51510
6LECSauber137+9.1588
7ALOMcLaren125+10.9316
8STRWilliams102+12.5464
9VANMcLaren167+14.1522
10HARToro Rosso199+18.0301
11ERISauber187+18.512
12GASToro Rosso175+24.720
13MAGHaas F1 Team152+40.663
14BOTMercedes311Puncture
15GROHaas F1 Team205Accident
16VERRed Bull Racing511Collision
17RICRed Bull Racing413Collision
18HULRenault144Accident
19OCORacing Point712Collision
20SIRWilliams119Collision

Qualifying

PosDriverQ1Q2Q3Gap to pole
1VET1:42.7621:43.0151:41.498
2HAM1:42.6931:42.6761:41.677+0.179
3BOT1:43.3551:42.6791:41.837+0.339
4RIC1:42.8571:43.4821:41.911+0.413
5VER1:42.6421:42.9011:41.994+0.496
6RAI1:42.5381:42.5101:42.490+0.992
7OCO1:43.0211:42.9671:42.523+1.025
8PER1:43.9921:43.3661:42.547+1.049
9HUL1:43.7461:43.2321:43.066+1.568
10SAI1:43.4261:43.4641:43.351+1.853
11STR1:44.3591:43.585+2.087
12SIR1:44.2611:43.886+2.388
13ALO1:44.0101:44.019+2.521
14LEC1:43.7521:44.074+2.576
15MAG1:43.6741:44.759+3.261
16VAN1:44.489+2.991
17GAS1:44.496+2.998
18ERI1:45.541+4.043
19HAR1:57.354+15.856
20GRO

How the weekend has moved

Practice 11:44.242
Practice 21:42.795−1.447
Practice 31:43.091+0.296
Qualifying1:41.498−1.593
Grand Prix1:45.149+3.651

Fastest lap of each session, the change from the session before, and the midfield's median fuel-corrected long run. Times normally tumble as the track rubbers in.

Practice 1

BOT1:44.242

Single-lap pace

BOT1:44.242
RIC1:44.277+0.035
PER1:45.075+0.833
HAM1:45.200+0.958
OCO1:45.237+0.995
VER1:45.559+1.317
ALO1:46.465+2.223
SIR1:46.480+2.238
GAS1:46.492+2.250
VET1:46.513+2.271
STR1:46.590+2.348
HAR1:46.747+2.505
HUL1:46.749+2.507
GRO1:46.856+2.614
RAI1:46.861+2.619
LEC1:46.875+2.633
ERI1:47.073+2.831
MAG1:47.434+3.192
VAN1:47.967+3.725
SAI1:48.741+4.499

Best lap regardless of fuel load or compound — a sighting shot, not a form guide.

Long runs, fuel-corrected

DriverTyreLapsFuel-correctedGapSpreadDeg / lap
GRO?5*1:49.124±1.056

Each driver's longest clean stint, using green-flag laps only. Cool-down laps go first (anything more than 7% slower than that stint's best), then laps sitting well above the stint's own trend — traffic and mistakes — and a stint is discarded entirely if what remains isn't one continuous run. Times are corrected for fuel burn at 60 ms per lap, measured from 2024 race stints rather than assumed. Runs under eight laps (marked *) get no degradation figure, because a trend through so few laps is noise. Teams don't publish fuel loads, and 15 kg is worth about 0.4s a lap, so read these as driver groupings rather than exact gaps, and compare runs on the same compound.

Sectors and the lap they could have done

DriverS1S2S3Ideal lapBest lapLeft out
RIC36.80742.09424.9911:43.8921:44.2770.385
BOT36.69642.48825.0581:44.2421:44.2420.000
PER36.80242.84725.2471:44.8961:45.0750.179
HAM37.03942.72125.1971:44.9571:45.2000.243
OCO36.99942.79025.2521:45.0411:45.2370.196
VER37.32043.01224.8211:45.1531:45.5590.406
STR37.28742.99525.8231:46.1051:46.5900.485
GAS37.68643.02925.5181:46.2331:46.4920.259
VET37.43943.09725.6981:46.2341:46.5130.279
HUL37.69243.35925.3711:46.4221:46.7490.327
ALO37.50743.19825.7601:46.4651:46.4650.000
SIR37.44943.20425.8241:46.4771:46.4800.003
HAR37.51443.35325.8391:46.7061:46.7470.041
GRO37.81643.57825.3501:46.7441:46.8560.112
LEC37.56343.57125.6261:46.7601:46.8750.115
RAI37.52243.27826.0511:46.8511:46.8610.010
ERI37.72743.68825.6581:47.0731:47.0730.000
MAG37.96743.94425.3351:47.2461:47.4340.188
VAN37.84943.84325.8421:47.5341:47.9670.433
SAI38.87644.22625.6391:48.7411:48.7410.000

Best sector times are usually set on different laps, so their sum — the ideal lap — is quicker than anyone's actual best. The last column is the time left out there. Purple marks the session's fastest sector.

What the tyres are worth here

Measured within each driver — only drivers who set a representative time on both compounds count — then averaged, so this isn't distorted by who happened to run which tyre. A lap counts only if it is within 2% of that driver's own best of the session, which keeps genuine runs on a slower tyre while dropping in-laps and aborted runs that would otherwise masquerade as a compound's best. A compound fewer than three drivers tried is listed but not priced. Even so, these laps aren't all qualifying simulations, so read this as the order of the compounds rather than an exact price.

Team-mates, head to head

MercedesBOTahead of HAM+0.958
Red Bull RacingRICahead of VER+1.282
Racing PointPERahead of OCO+0.162
McLarenALOahead of VAN+1.502
WilliamsSIRahead of STR+0.110
Toro RossoGASahead of HAR+0.255
FerrariVETahead of RAI+0.348
RenaultHULahead of SAI+1.992
Haas F1 TeamGROahead of MAG+0.578
SauberLECahead of ERI+0.198

Same car, so the gap on their best lap is the clearest read on the driver available.

Stints and compounds

BOT7667
RIC1886
PER272276
HAM6684
OCO1153657
VER110
ALO152538
SIR1171710
GAS5633
VET6812
STR9187
HAR111811
HUL55
GRO877
RAI53
LEC1685
ERI1685
MAG593
VAN1469
SAI164
SSoft

Practice 2

RIC1:42.795

Single-lap pace

RIC1:42.795
RAI1:42.864+0.069
VER1:42.911+0.116
BOT1:43.570+0.775
HAM1:43.603+0.808
ALO1:43.700+0.905
OCO1:43.814+1.019
SAI1:43.834+1.039
MAG1:43.977+1.182
HUL1:44.091+1.296
VET1:44.127+1.332
PER1:44.142+1.347
GRO1:44.425+1.630
STR1:44.459+1.664
GAS1:44.712+1.917
LEC1:44.940+2.145
SIR1:45.007+2.212
HAR1:45.051+2.256
VAN1:45.288+2.493
ERI1:46.042+3.247

Best lap regardless of fuel load or compound — a sighting shot, not a form guide.

Long runs, fuel-corrected

DriverTyreLapsFuel-correctedGapSpreadDeg / lap
RAIS5*1:47.100±0.621
RIC?6*1:47.759+0.659±0.757
VET?6*1:47.898+0.798±0.426
LEC?6*1:47.931+0.831±0.406
OCO?6*1:48.039+0.939±0.505
PER?7*1:48.248+1.148±0.802
HUL?6*1:48.265+1.165±0.687
VAN?6*1:48.998+1.898±0.316
SAI?5*1:49.025+1.925±0.142
ALO?5*1:49.066+1.966±1.056
SIR?5*1:49.650+2.550±0.514
GAS?81:49.965+2.865±0.614+0.219s
HAR?81:49.996+2.896±0.318−0.034s
STR?5*1:50.549+3.449±0.895

Each driver's longest clean stint, using green-flag laps only. Cool-down laps go first (anything more than 7% slower than that stint's best), then laps sitting well above the stint's own trend — traffic and mistakes — and a stint is discarded entirely if what remains isn't one continuous run. Times are corrected for fuel burn at 60 ms per lap, measured from 2024 race stints rather than assumed. Runs under eight laps (marked *) get no degradation figure, because a trend through so few laps is noise. Teams don't publish fuel loads, and 15 kg is worth about 0.4s a lap, so read these as driver groupings rather than exact gaps, and compare runs on the same compound.

Sectors and the lap they could have done

DriverS1S2S3Ideal lapBest lapLeft out
RIC36.31141.33024.8411:42.4821:42.7950.313
VER36.11841.52124.9001:42.5391:42.9110.372
RAI36.31241.59524.9511:42.8581:42.8640.006
MAG36.47441.78425.2001:43.4581:43.9770.519
HAM36.25641.96425.2511:43.4711:43.6030.132
BOT36.49041.81425.2661:43.5701:43.5700.000
ALO36.40942.04525.2461:43.7001:43.7000.000
HUL36.65742.24824.8411:43.7461:44.0910.345
OCO36.59842.14325.0731:43.8141:43.8140.000
SAI36.55342.12025.1611:43.8341:43.8340.000
PER36.53642.20425.1111:43.8511:44.1420.291
GRO36.47942.12125.2591:43.8591:44.4250.566
VET36.56442.11225.3651:44.0411:44.1270.086
GAS36.53042.17725.4081:44.1151:44.7120.597
STR36.68242.09625.6591:44.4371:44.4590.022
LEC36.61942.61525.2041:44.4381:44.9400.502
HAR36.67442.48825.4161:44.5781:45.0510.473
SIR36.58842.55925.4571:44.6041:45.0070.403
VAN36.62342.60825.6341:44.8651:45.2880.423
ERI37.35943.09525.3161:45.7701:46.0420.272

Best sector times are usually set on different laps, so their sum — the ideal lap — is quicker than anyone's actual best. The last column is the time left out there. Purple marks the session's fastest sector.

What the tyres are worth here

Measured within each driver — only drivers who set a representative time on both compounds count — then averaged, so this isn't distorted by who happened to run which tyre. A lap counts only if it is within 2% of that driver's own best of the session, which keeps genuine runs on a slower tyre while dropping in-laps and aborted runs that would otherwise masquerade as a compound's best. A compound fewer than three drivers tried is listed but not priced. Even so, these laps aren't all qualifying simulations, so read this as the order of the compounds rather than an exact price.

Team-mates, head to head

Red Bull RacingRICahead of VER+0.116
FerrariRAIahead of VET+1.263
MercedesBOTahead of HAM+0.033
McLarenALOahead of VAN+1.588
Racing PointOCOahead of PER+0.328
RenaultSAIahead of HUL+0.257
Haas F1 TeamMAGahead of GRO+0.448
WilliamsSTRahead of SIR+0.548
Toro RossoGASahead of HAR+0.339
SauberLECahead of ERI+1.102

Same car, so the gap on their best lap is the clearest read on the driver available.

Stints and compounds

RIC107810
RAI9151179
VER6876
BOT37159
HAM571378
ALO5751115
OCO7788
SAI951910
MAG10784
HUL95712
VET7711813
PER75109
GRO7785
STR891112
GAS7911011
LEC65711
SIR77847
HAR69112611
VAN77114
ERI62
SSoft

Practice 3

VET1:43.091

Single-lap pace

VET1:43.091
HAM1:43.452+0.361
RAI1:43.493+0.402
VER1:43.519+0.428
BOT1:43.569+0.478
PER1:43.936+0.845
MAG1:43.958+0.867
STR1:44.123+1.032
OCO1:44.220+1.129
SIR1:44.534+1.443
ALO1:44.763+1.672
RIC1:44.861+1.770
GAS1:44.905+1.814
LEC1:45.218+2.127
GRO1:45.261+2.170
SAI1:45.432+2.341
HUL1:45.456+2.365
VAN1:45.505+2.414
ERI1:45.910+2.819
HAR1:46.186+3.095

Best lap regardless of fuel load or compound — a sighting shot, not a form guide.

Long runs, fuel-corrected

DriverTyreLapsFuel-correctedGapSpreadDeg / lap
VER?5*1:48.020±0.187
RIC?6*1:48.636+0.616±0.976

Each driver's longest clean stint, using green-flag laps only. Cool-down laps go first (anything more than 7% slower than that stint's best), then laps sitting well above the stint's own trend — traffic and mistakes — and a stint is discarded entirely if what remains isn't one continuous run. Times are corrected for fuel burn at 60 ms per lap, measured from 2024 race stints rather than assumed. Runs under eight laps (marked *) get no degradation figure, because a trend through so few laps is noise. Teams don't publish fuel loads, and 15 kg is worth about 0.4s a lap, so read these as driver groupings rather than exact gaps, and compare runs on the same compound.

Sectors and the lap they could have done

DriverS1S2S3Ideal lapBest lapLeft out
VET35.86341.20125.4221:42.4861:43.0910.605
HAM35.81341.72725.3851:42.9251:43.4520.527
RAI35.94741.39325.7401:43.0801:43.4930.413
VER36.51841.50025.3911:43.4091:43.5190.110
BOT36.14741.91225.5101:43.5691:43.5690.000
PER36.56642.00125.1931:43.7601:43.9360.176
MAG36.36042.05525.5151:43.9301:43.9580.028
OCO36.37642.10725.5581:44.0411:44.2200.179
STR36.42041.95025.7531:44.1231:44.1230.000
GAS36.68942.21925.4861:44.3941:44.9050.511
ALO36.60542.19325.7301:44.5281:44.7630.235
SIR36.36642.19625.9721:44.5341:44.5340.000
GRO36.58342.32525.8101:44.7181:45.2610.543
RIC36.95742.36025.5441:44.8611:44.8610.000
LEC36.81442.56825.5681:44.9501:45.2180.268
HUL36.92542.28625.7741:44.9851:45.4560.471
SAI37.05242.39525.8331:45.2801:45.4320.152
VAN36.96042.23526.1471:45.3421:45.5050.163
ERI37.04242.83525.9041:45.7811:45.9100.129
HAR36.92842.82626.0721:45.8261:46.1860.360

Best sector times are usually set on different laps, so their sum — the ideal lap — is quicker than anyone's actual best. The last column is the time left out there. Purple marks the session's fastest sector.

What the tyres are worth here

Measured within each driver — only drivers who set a representative time on both compounds count — then averaged, so this isn't distorted by who happened to run which tyre. A lap counts only if it is within 2% of that driver's own best of the session, which keeps genuine runs on a slower tyre while dropping in-laps and aborted runs that would otherwise masquerade as a compound's best. A compound fewer than three drivers tried is listed but not priced. Even so, these laps aren't all qualifying simulations, so read this as the order of the compounds rather than an exact price.

Team-mates, head to head

FerrariVETahead of RAI+0.402
MercedesHAMahead of BOT+0.117
Red Bull RacingVERahead of RIC+1.342
Racing PointPERahead of OCO+0.284
Haas F1 TeamMAGahead of GRO+1.303
WilliamsSTRahead of SIR+0.411
McLarenALOahead of VAN+0.742
Toro RossoGASahead of HAR+1.281
SauberLECahead of ERI+0.692
RenaultSAIahead of HUL+0.024

Same car, so the gap on their best lap is the clearest read on the driver available.

Stints and compounds

VET616111
HAM781
RAI4192
VER673
BOT101711
PER72
MAG73
STR422
OCO731
SIR72
ALO83
RIC4821
GAS7513
LEC9113
GRO83
SAI1113
HUL10
VAN813
ERI10141
HAR4142