The Baku weekend wasn't one of the most exciting at the start of the season, but Perez's victory and Leclerc's poles still provided us with many interesting statistics. Let's go and discover them together.
Red Bull, domain of Perez in Baku
- Perez became the third driver to win both the sprint and the race same weekend later Verstappen in Imola and Russell in Brazil in 2022
- Perez is the pilot with more points in the history of Baku (115, 30 more than anyone else) and boasts well six finishes in the top 3 (the others at most 3)
- Perez he is also the first pilot a win twice in Baku, after the success in 2021
- Last Sunday was there 25th double in the history of Red Bull, who got it two consecutive braces in the same circuit for the first time since the 2010 and 2011 Brazilian GPs
- All 5 of Perez's Red Bull victories have come in city circuits (Baku 2021, Munich 2022, Singapore 2022, Jeddah 2023, Baku 2023)
- For the first time in the history of Red Bull, the last two braces have seen Perez get in front of Verstappen
- With second place on Sunday, Verstappen has overtaken Senna at altitude 81 podiums in career
- Red Bull he matched Mercedes Benz at altitude 6 podiums in Baku
- Verstappen remains the pilot with more laps in the lead in Baku (8 more than Perez). The 2021 edition weighs heavily, led mostly by the Dutchman (later withdrew due to a tire blowout) but won by Perez
- Verstappen e Perez have enough points to be first and second in the constructors' championship
Ferrari, steps forward but also negative records
- Leclerc did more points in the sprint (7) than in the first three races
- La Classic Ferrari for sale ha 4 poles in Baku (5 with the sprint) e 0 victories, the Red Bull ha 4 victories in Baku (5 with the sprint) e 0 poles
- Fifth in the championship and in Baku, Sainz he is the pilot further up the standings without a podium finish this year
- The last 4 drivers to have started on pole without winning the race: Leclerc Monza 2022 (winner: Verstappen), Leclerc Singapore 2022 (winner: Perez), Sainz Austin 2022 (winner: Verstappen), Leclerc Baku 2023 (winner: Perez). Pole Ferrari means victory for Red Bull
- 'Seighth time in a row, Leclerc got the pole but did not win the race. Worse than him only Nelson Pique (10 times between 1984 and 1987)
- With his P5, Sainz ha equaled his best result in Baku, obtained in 2018 on board the Renault
Aston Martin, no podium this time
- For the first time in the history of the Baku circuit, the “Team Silverstone” (Force India – Racing Point – Aston Martin) finished the race off the podium for two editions in a row (Went to the podium in 2016, 2018 and 2021)
- Arrived sixth at the finish line, Alonso brought to himself and toAston Martin i first points in a sprint since the introduction of the format in 2021.
- Despite finishing the race off the podium, Alonso He earned 15 points like in every race this year (thanks to the sprint)
- With Alonso's fourth place, theAston Martin continues its tradition of not having mai closed out of top 6 in Baku (P2 in 2021, P6 in 2022, P4 in 2023)
- Stroll, who finished seventh, has earned points in every race finished this year
The statistics of the “others”
- With her P6, Hamilton closed one race in 2023 for the first time out of the top 5
- Russell, fourth in the sprint and eighth in the race, scored the same number of points (4) both Saturday and Sunday
- Thanks to the ninth place of Norris (second year in a row in the same position in Baku), the McLaren she finished in the points for the second consecutive race
- Second race without points for theAlpine. Only one more left to reach the total for the entire 2022 season
- tsunoda closed the last 2 races in P10 and the previous 3 in P11
- For the third time in the last 4 GPs in Baku, Magnussen it closed 13esimo
- Despite the poor show offered, i 18 overtakings in the sprint they put it to second place ever after the one in Brazil in 2022 (38 overtakings)
- I 2 retreats on Sunday they set a new "negative" record for Baku: every previous race had seen at least 4
