Oscar Piastri finds “silver lining” after “simple mistakes” led to Azerbaijan GP F1 disaster

Mercedes nearly had to call upon Valtteri Bottas in Baku.

Lando Norris has rubbished suggestions that he has missed an opportunity to significantly close down the gap to Formula 1 world championship leader Oscar Piastri in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.Norris finished seventh in Baku, meaning he is now 25 points behind McLaren team-mate and title rival Piastri, who crashed on the opening lap to cap off a mistake-riddled weekend. The Baku event ...Keep reading

Lando Norris has rubbished suggestions that he has missed an opportunity to significantly close down the gap to Formula 1 world hampionship leader Oscar Piastri in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.Norris finished seventh in Baku meaning he is now 25 points behind McLaren team-mate and title rival Piastri, who crashed on the opening lap to cap off a mistake-riddled weekend. The Baku event ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton failed to follow a Ferrari team order to swap positions with Charles Leclerc in Baku.

Charles Leclerc was left frustrated after team-mate Lewis Hamilton failed to hand back a position at the end of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, although slow communication by the Ferrari Formula 1 team appeared to be the main culprit.Leclerc was fighting Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda for fifth in the closing stages of the Baku street race until he was passed by McLaren's Lando Norris. With Leclerc ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen moves level with Lewis Hamilton in key F1 milestone after Baku win.

Charles Leclerc was left frustrated after team-mate Lewis Hamilton failed to hand back a position at the end of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, although slow communication by the Ferrari Formula 1 team appeared to be the main culprit.Leclerc was fighting Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda for fifth in the closing stages of the Baku street race until he was passed by McLaren's Lando Norris. With Leclerc ...Keep reading

Few people would have had Max Verstappen, George Russell and Carlos Sainz on their bingo card for the podium positions in Azerbaijan.The strong winds blowing off the Caspian Sea had threatened to unsettle all the F1 cars during the weekend. But it was the winds of fortune that blew in on qualifying and race day to utterly disrupt McLaren. The team, so sure-footed throughout this dominant ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri will not carry his unserved jump start penalty into the next race in Singapore.

Oscar Piastri was left rueing a mistake-riddled Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend after the Formula 1 championship leader crashed out on the opening lap.Piastri locked up into the Turn 4 barrier after an already poor start, as the McLaren driver dropped from ninth to last having stopped at race start trying to rectify his jumping of the lights. But all weekend Piastri hasn’t had it easy. He ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri was left rueing a mistake-riddled Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend after the Formula 1 championship leader crashed out on the opening lap.The McLaren driver locked up into the Turn 4 barrier after an already poor start, as Piastri dropped from ninth to last having stopped at race start trying to rectify his jumping of the lights. But all weekend Piastri hasn’t had it easy. He ...Keep reading

Carlos Sainz hails his "best podium" of his F1 career in Baku.

F1 world championship points standings after 2025 Azerbaijan Grand Prix

Max Verstappen took his second consecutive Formula 1 win by dominating the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, while Oscar Piastri crashed out on the first lap, with Lando Norris only seventh to make a small gain in the title fight.Verstappen ran largely unopposed as a dramatic qualifying saw Williams man Carlos Sainz and Racing Bulls driver Liam Lawson provide a handy buffer between the world champion and ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen took his second consecutive Formula 1 win by dominating the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, while Oscar Piastri crashed out on the first lap, with Lando Norris only seventh to make a small gain in the title fight.Verstappen ran largely unopposed as a dramatic qualifying session saw Williams man Carlos Sainz and Racing Bulls driver Liam Lawson provide a handy buffer between the world ...Keep reading

Piastri falters in Baku… but gets off lightlyOscar Piastri had been almost flawless so far in the 2025 Formula 1 season, but not this time. The Australian was already on the back foot for today's race after crashing head-on into the wall at Turn 3 during Q3, leaving him ninth on the grid. He arguably still had a good opportunity to make progress.However, it all unravelled right from the ...Keep reading

Full results from the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Round 17 of the 2025 F1 world championship.

The procedure for applying penalties in Formula 1 is controversial enough – even before you get into the subject of what happens if circumstances mean a driver is unable to serve that penalty during the race.F1’s sporting regulations include a stipulation that when "a driver is unable to serve the penalty due to being unclassified… the stewards may impose a grid place penalty on the ...Keep reading