Round 15 of 17 · 26 September 2026 · Baku, Azerbaijan

2026 Azerbaijan Grand PrixDriver ratings, replay & race analysis

Official winnerGeorge Russell

Best driver on the dataGeorge Russell 9.9

The car and the driver agree this weekend: the winner was also the best driver on track.

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DriverIndex podium

1 George Russell Mercedes

2 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing

3 Nico Hulkenberg Audi

Official podium

1 George Russell Mercedes

2 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing

3 Isack Hadjar Red Bull Racing

Race replay

the real race, lap by lap — press play

Reconstructed from official lap-by-lap timing: every position, overtake, pit stop, retirement and safety-car period is real. The outline and the gaps between cars are stylised.

Positions, lap by lap

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Azerbaijan Grand Prix driver ratings

ranked by the combined race grade · the nine measures beside it

Pos	Driver	GRADE	OVD	PAC	CON	ATK	TYR	QUA	STA	PIT	CLN	Pts	Grid	Official	+/−
1	George RussellMercedes	9.9	9.8	9.8	7.4	8.0	7.8	10.0	9.1	8.0	10.0	25	1	1 Finished	=
2	Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing	9.7	9.5	9.7	7.2	9.6	8.0	8.2	8.5	8.0	10.0	18	8	2 Finished	=
3	Nico HulkenbergAudi	8.8	8.5	8.7	7.6	8.6	6.8	7.8	9.2	8.0	10.0	15	18	11 Finished	▲ 8
4	Sergio PerezCadillac	8.8	8.0	8.6	8.6	8.4	7.3	10.0	7.7	8.0	10.0	12	20	14 Finished	▲ 10
5	Kimi AntonelliMercedes	8.8	8.1	8.9	7.0	9.7	10.0	6.0	7.5	8.0	10.0	10	16	5 Finished	=
6	Pierre GaslyAlpine	8.7	8.7	8.1	8.6	8.0	8.0	9.0	7.5	8.0	10.0	8	7	R Retired
7	Isack HadjarRed Bull Racing	8.6	7.8	8.7	8.6	9.2	8.1	7.8	7.6	8.0	10.0	6	4	3 Finished	▼ 4
8	Charles LeclercFerrari	8.3	8.4	8.2	8.6	7.0	7.6	8.4	7.4	8.0	10.0	4	2	4 Finished	▼ 4
9	Liam LawsonRacing Bulls	8.3	7.8	8.0	7.9	8.7	8.4	8.2	8.5	8.0	8.0	2	11	12 Finished	▲ 3
10	Arvid LindbladRacing Bulls	8.3	8.8	7.7	8.0	7.6	8.0	7.8	8.4	8.0	10.0	1	15	7 Finished	▼ 3
11	Esteban OconHaas F1 Team	8.3	8.3	7.8	7.8	8.2	8.1	8.2	7.9	8.0	10.0	0	13	8 Finished	▼ 3
12	Oliver BearmanHaas F1 Team	8.0	8.1	8.0	7.0	8.4	7.7	7.8	7.2	8.0	10.0	0	10	9 Finished	▼ 3
13	Lewis HamiltonFerrari	7.9	7.7	7.7	7.8	7.4	9.1	7.6	7.9	8.0	10.0	0	6	6 Finished	▼ 7
14	Oscar PiastriMcLaren	7.8	6.5	8.0	8.5	8.2	8.2	8.5	8.8	8.0	8.0	0	3	13 Finished	▼ 1
15	Carlos SainzWilliams	7.6	7.3	7.5	8.8	7.8	7.9	8.0	7.3	8.0	10.0	0	14	10 Finished	▼ 5
16	Valtteri BottasCadillac	7.6	7.9	7.5	7.2	9.1	8.3	6.0	7.1	8.0	10.0	0	19	16 Retired	=
17	Gabriel BortoletoAudi	7.5	7.2	8.5	8.5	6.3	7.8	8.2	7.5	8.0	6.9	0	17	15 Finished	▼ 2
18	Lando NorrisMcLaren	7.3	7.0	7.5	8.4	6.4	7.5	7.5	8.5	8.0	8.0	0	5	R Retired
19	Franco ColapintoAlpine	6.4	6.2	7.7	8.0	7.9	7.0	7.0	7.9	8.0	6.0	0	9	R Retired
20	Alexander AlbonWilliams	6.4	–	–	–	–	–	8.0	8.5	–	6.0	0	12	R Retired
–	Fernando AlonsoAston Martin	not classified — insufficient running										21	R Retired
–	Lance StrollAston Martin	not classified — insufficient running										22	R Retired

OVD Overdelivery PAC Race Pace CON Consistency ATK Attack & Defence TYR Tyre Management QUA Qualifying STA Race Start PIT Pit Stop Execution CLN Cleanliness

Race analysis charts

pace, traffic, racecraft and strategy from official timing All 15 charts

Race pace — top 10 — 2026 race analysis chart — Pace Race pace — top 10 The same lap-by-lap picture, narrowed to the ten drivers with the fastest typical (median) clean pace so the battle at the front is readable.

Fuel-corrected pace ranking — 2026 race analysis chart — Pace Fuel-corrected pace ranking Ranks drivers by typical lap time after levelling out the fuel each car was carrying — a heavy car early in the race is unavoidably slower than the same car on a near-empty tank late on, so the correction puts every lap on equal footing.

Overtakes made & suffered — 2026 race analysis chart — Racecraft Overtakes made & suffered Counts genuine on-track passes — not positions swapped through pit stops — made and suffered by each driver, sorted by their net total for the race.

Tyre strategy & stints — 2026 race analysis chart — Strategy Tyre strategy & stints Every driver’s tyre strategy laid out as a timeline: which compound they started and switched to, how many laps each set covered, and when each stop happened.

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How the Azerbaijan Grand Prix reads on the data

DriverIndex's grade-based ranking puts George Russell on top for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, matching the official race winner. The stand-out single-metric performance of the weekend was George Russell's Qualifying (10.0). Sergio Perez shows the widest gap between the two rankings this weekend: P4 in the DriverIndex classification against P14 officially — 10 places better once the car is stripped out.