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Carlos Sainz at the MAdring circuit in Madrid Spain

Carlos Sainz Needed Eight Years and a Williams Move to Reach the Baku Podium

Nico Hülkenberg seen during the FIA Formula1 World Championship 2026 in Spielberg, Austria on June 27, 2026.

Nico Hulkenberg Has Been to Baku Six Times and Never Scored a Point

A crew works on a Mygale M21-F4 on the grid before the start

What It Actually Costs to Race in Formula 4 in India

Lance Stroll snapped during the Dutch GP 2025

Lance Stroll Was 18 at His Baku Podium and Has Not Come Close Since

Valtteri Bottas at the 2024 Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort

Valtteri Bottas Won at Baku From Pole, Then Never Scored There Again

Two Mygale M21-F4 cars side by side in the F4 Indian Championship

F4 vs F3 vs F2 vs F1: What Actually Separates Them

George Russell standing in the Mercedes garage in Hungary.

George Russell Went From Two Blank Baku Years to Three Podiums in Four

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Pierre Gasly took a podium and a fifth place at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in 2021 and 2022. Those two afternoons are every point he has ever scored at Baku across seven starts.

Carlos Sainz Needed Eight Years and a Williams Move to Reach the Baku Podium

Carlos Sainz scored in his first three Azerbaijan Grand Prix starts, then lost two Ferrari races from the front row, and finally took a Baku podium in 2025 with Williams.

Nico Hulkenberg Has Been to Baku Six Times and Never Scored a Point

Nico Hulkenberg has six Azerbaijan Grand Prix starts and no championship points from any of them. His best finish at Baku is eleventh, one place short of scoring, and his first two visits both ended in accidents.

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Lance Stroll Was 18 at His Baku Podium and Has Not Come Close Since

Lance Stroll took a podium at the 2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix aged 18, on his first visit to Baku. Eight starts and 27 points later, that afternoon is still comfortably the best result of his Azerbaijan career.

Valtteri Bottas Won at Baku From Pole, Then Never Scored There Again

Valtteri Bottas has seven Azerbaijan Grand Prix starts and 43 points, every one of them collected on two afternoons in 2017 and 2019. He won at Baku from pole in 2019 and has not scored at the circuit since.