Oscar Piastri four times. He has finished eleventh, won it, retired from it and finished thirteenth. There is no pattern here at all, which is its own kind of story.
Four starts, 25 points, one win. Every one of those points came on a single afternoon in 2024.
Eleventh, first, out, thirteenth
The 2023 debut was the near miss: tenth on the grid, eleventh at the flag, one place outside the points at a circuit that rarely hands them back.
2024 was the complete weekend. Second on the grid for McLaren, ahead at the flag, 25 points, and a win at Baku in only his second attempt. Very few drivers on the current grid have won here at all, and none of them needed fewer goes.
Then 2025 undid it. Ninth on the grid, a retirement, classified twentieth and nothing scored. 2026 was stranger still: third on the grid, the second best Saturday of his Baku career, and thirteenth at the flag with nothing again. Three straight visits, three completely different outcomes.
Oscar Piastri's Azerbaijan GP record year by year
Every Azerbaijan Grand Prix start, with the grid slot it came from and what it was worth.
| Season | Grid | Finish | Points | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10 | P11 | 0 | McLaren |
| 2024 | 2 | P1 | 25 | McLaren |
| 2025 | 9 | P20 | 0 | McLaren |
| 2026 | 3 | P13 | 0 | McLaren |
The shortest record with a win on it
No pole and no fastest lap, but a victory, which is more than Lando Norris has managed here in nearly twice as many attempts. Four starts is still a small sample, and three of them have now produced nothing at all.
The 2026 weekend was a bad one for McLaren all round. Piastri started third in the MCL40 and finished thirteenth, Norris started fifth and retired, and the team left Baku without a point from either car.
