Event: Azerbaijan F1 Grand Prix
Track: Baku street circuit

F1 Results First Free Practice 2023 Azerbaijan GP (FP1)

Sergio Perez of Mexico driving the Red Bull Racing RB19 on track during practice ahead of the 2023 F1 Grand Prix of Azerbaijan

Weather: dry  21°C
Tarmac: dry  44°C
Humidity: 77%
Wind: 1 km/h SW
Pressure: 1013 bar

The first free practice session for the 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix was full of incidents and chaos, with Haas, AlphaTauri, and Alpine teams suffering from various issues.

Red Bull, Ferrari, and McLaren had a good session, while Alpine had the worst session with one car suffering significant damage from a hydraulics issue that caused a fire, and the other parked up for precautionary checks.

Verstappen was on top, followed by Leclerc and Perez. The session was the only practice session for the weekend, as the usual FP2 was replaced with a Sprint Shootout that will set the grid for the race on Sunday. Any penalties will apply for the Grand Prix as well.

The quickest sector times were:

  1. Sector 1: 35.955 sec. by Charles Leclerc
  2. Sector 2: 41.234 sec. by Sergio Pérez
  3. Sector 3: 24.738 sec. by Carlos Sainz

Last year the quickest lap time of FP1 was a 1:45.476 min, driven by Sergio Pérez with the Red Bull.

FP1 Times Table 2023 Azerbaijan GP

PNoDriverTeamTime1st GapLapsTyres
11Max VerstappenRed Bull1:42,31522S
216Charles LeclercFerrari1:42,352+0,037s21S
311Sergio PérezRed Bull1:42,454+0,139s22S
455Carlos SainzFerrari1:42,899+0,584s23S
54Lando NorrisMcLaren1:43,125+0,810s22S
621Nyck de VriesAlphaTauri1:43,414+1,099s24S
718Lance StrollAston Martin1:43,455+1,140s23S
814Fernando AlonsoAston Martin1:43,560+1,245s20M
923Alex AlbonWilliams1:43,628+1,313s25S
1027Zhou GuanyuAlfa Romeo1:43,748+1,433s23S
1144Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:43,798+1,483s21M
1281Oscar PiastriMcLaren1:43,980+1,665s23S
1377Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo1:44,010+1,695s23S
1422Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri1:44,137+1,822s18S
1527Nico HülkenbergHaas1:44,323+2,008s21S
162Logan SargeantWilliams1:44,900+2,585s16S
1763George RussellMercedes1:45,082+2,767s20M
1831Esteban OconAlpine1:45,955+3,640s8M
1910Pierre GaslyAlpine1:46,321+4,006s7M
2020Kevin MagnussenHaas1:47,498+5,183s8⚪H

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