The run of eight System 1 flyaway races which concludes the 2025 season begins with a go to to Baku and town’s avenue monitor for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, reside on Sky Sports activities F1.
McLaren title rivals Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris head into spherical 17 barely nearer on factors than had been the case going into the earlier race in Italy, the Australian’s lead over his British team-mate trimmed to 31 factors after the latter loved the stronger Monza weekend.
However McLaren, who needed to choose their method out of a late staff orders drawback following a gradual pit-stop for Norris, suffered simply their fourth race-day defeat of 2025 as Crimson Bull’s Max Verstappen impressively returned to successful type.
Verstappen had a uncommon off weekend when F1 raced in Azerbaijan final yr, on a weekend Piastri underlined his then-nascent standing as a front-running star by beating Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc – who has taken the final 4 Baku poles – to what was simply his second profession win.
Norris drove a robust restoration race to fourth after yellow-flag hassle had left him fifteenth on the grid, suggesting each McLaren drivers ought to go nicely once more this weekend.
And, on a wall-lined monitor the place dramatic incidents and controversy typically happen, final yr’s race completed underneath a Digital Security Automotive after an enormous crash between Sergio Perez and Carlos Sainz when vying for the rostrum.
Carlos Sainz and Sergio Perez tangle and each slam into the limitations in a Ferrari vs Crimson Bull battle on the Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Baku is three hours forward of the UK so there are barely earlier session start-times in comparison with the European season, with qualifying at 1pm on the Saturday and the race at 12pm on the Sunday.
Azerbaijan GP monitor – Baku Metropolis Circuit
Within the nation on the Caspian Sea the place Europe meets Asia, the Baku Metropolis Circuit joined the F1 calendar in 2016. The race ran underneath the European Grand Prix title in that first yr, earlier than taking the nation’s identify from the next season, and is without doubt one of the breed of sooner avenue tracks now.
Race highlights from the Azerbaijan Grand Prix
That velocity is not any extra evident than when drivers prime 200mph down the 1.4-mile lengthy essential straight – the longest of the entire season – with slipstreaming and overtaking alternatives aplenty. The large Flip One braking zone was the scene of a crash between Crimson Bull team-mates Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo in 2018.
After two shorter straights linked by traditional avenue circuit-style 90-degree turns, the three.7-mile monitor heads into the tornado historic a part of town, together with the narrowest piece of monitor of the entire season. At 7.6 metres between the limitations, the tough Flip Eight-9 ‘fort’ chicane takes F1 automobiles previous what’s the metropolis’s UNESCO-protected medieval space.
Oscar Piastri
Azerbaijan GP climate
The climate is mostly good when F1 visits Baku and early forecasts for this yr duly level in direction of sunny, dry circumstances throughout the race weekend, with temperature highs within the mid-20s.
Azerbaijan GP dates, UK begin time and Sky Sports activities F1’s reside schedule – follow, qualifying and race
Thursday September 18
11am: Drivers’ Press Convention
2.45pm: Paddock Uncut
Friday September 19
6.55am: F2 Follow
9am: Azerbaijan GP Follow One (session begins at 9.30am)*
10.55am: F2 Qualifying
11.40am: Staff Principals’ Press Convention
12.45pm: Azerbaijan GP Follow Two (session begins at 1pm)*
2.15pm: The F1 Present*
Saturday September 20
9.15am: Azerbaijan GP Follow Three (session begins at 9.30am)
11.10am: F2 Dash Race
12.15pm: Azerbaijan GP Qualifying build-up
1pm: AZERBAIJAN GP QUALIFYING
3pm: Ted’s Qualifying Pocket book
Sunday September 21
7.55am: F2 Function Race
10.30am: Grand Prix Sunday: Azerbaijan GP build-up*
12pm: THE AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX*
2pm: Chequered Flag: Azerbaijan GP response
3pm: Ted’s Pocket book
*additionally reside on Sky Sports activities Predominant Occasion
Learn how to watch or stream the Azerbaijan Grand Prix within the UK and Eire
Obtained Sky?
TV: Sky clients can watch on Sky Sports activities F1 from the primary follow session on Friday morning to the Azerbaijan Grand Prix itself on Sunday, September 21 at 12pm
App: Sky clients can even watch on the Sky Sports activities app – with the choice to go onboard with any driver!
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Stream: Non-Sky clients can stream the motion with a NOW Day or a cancel-anytime Month go
Dwell weblog: Anybody on the transfer can comply with reside protection of the race weekend via our devoted F1 weblog
FREE Highlights: Watch F1 highlights shortly after the chequered flag on the Sky Sports activities app
Learn how to watch the Azerbaijan GP on cell with the Sky Sports activities app
Sky Sports activities Subscribers can:
- Obtain or open the Sky Sports activities app
- Head to the ‘Watch’ part at 10.30pm for build-up on Sunday, forward of lights out at 12pm
- Faucet on the Sky Sports activities F1 channel
- Check in along with your Sky iD (*you will solely want to do that as soon as)
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System 1 heads to Baku for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on September 19-21, reside on Sky Sports activities F1. Stream Sky Sports activities with NOW – no contract, cancel anytime
