Formula 1 moved on the streets of Baku, Azerbaijan, this past weekend.
The track is a real challenge; it takes place on dusty city streets lined with concrete walls and through a medieval fortress gate, followed by a 1.4-mile flat-out blast to the finish line, with gusts of wind from the Caspian Sea a block away.
The 20-year-old sophomore misjudged how much front grip he had going into turn 1, found more than expected, and clipped the corner of the wall with his left front tire.
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Formula 1 moved on the streets of Baku, Azerbaijan, this past weekend. Although the race predates Liberty’s acquisition of the sport by a few months, it’s a good microcosm of the sport as it exists today. The track is a real challenge; it takes place on dusty city streets lined with concrete walls and through a medieval fortress gate, followed by a 1.4-mile flat-out blast to the finish line, with gusts of wind from the Caspian Sea a block away.
The proximity of the walls leaves little margin for error at the speeds F1 cars go around Baku. The 20-year-old sophomore misjudged how much front grip he had going into turn 1, found more than expected, and clipped the corner of the wall with his left front tire.
A few weeks ago, at Monza, penalties for a power unit change saw Antonelli start the race from even further back, which he followed a day later with a drive through the field to take the win away from his teammate George Russell.
His teammate George Russell had the kind of weekend he probably expected to have a lot of in 2026, as the established driver in the team with the season’s best car.
Outqualified by Piastri, he fell back in the race from fifth down to ninth before his day was ended for him by Franco Colapinto, who lost control of his Alpine at the lap 35 safety car restart and barreled into not just Norris but his own teammate Pierre Gasly as well.
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