Azerbaijan Grand Prix - Race Strategy & Performance Recap

[u/FCBStar-of-the-South]

Tyre strategy recap. Check out more at armchair-strategist.dev!

Race position history. Check out more at armchair-strategist.dev!

Point finishers' lap times. Check out more at armchair-strategist.dev!

Point finishers' fuel-adjusted lap times. Check out more at armchair-strategist.dev!

Podium finishers' gaps to winners. Check out more at armchair-strategist.dev!

Race trace vs P1 average pace. Check out more at armchair-strategist.dev!

Team pace ranking. Check out more at armchair-strategist.dev!

Driver pace ranking (teammates vs teammates). Largest gap on the left. Check out more at armchair-strategist.dev!

Driver pace ranking (finishing order). Highest finisher on the left. Check out more at armchair-strategist.dev!

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[u/Qazernion]

This race was basically ruined by the fact that the tyres lasted forever. This meant everyone could basically do the same strategy regardless of what tyre they used. Reminded me of the old Bridgestone days where they just raced until the person behind went in for a pit stop and then did the same thing the next lap. Undercut doesn’t work with tyres that don’t degrade.
This track should really just use incredibly soft tyres that mean you need to do a 2 or 3 stop race. The really long straight and a bit of tyre offset would make overtaking easier.

[u/f11islouder]

One thing is for sure. Those are charts.

[u/jsbaxter_ → u/f11islouder]

It's a rare race that even the charts are boring

[u/Sure-Statistician115]

Lawson finished on mediums which was the wrong strat

[u/FCBStar-of-the-South]

Welcome to the 2026 season! This post is programmatically generated and I may not have had a chance to review it. Please call out any bugs you see and I will address them ASAP.

Check out the interactive version of these graphics and more at my strategy dashboard.

All data sourced from Fastf1.

Aston Martin tyres may show up as used as the team tends to heat cycle all allocated sets during practices.

Sometimes it is not possible to include the starting positions in plots. I wrote a post explaining why.

Please let me know if you have suggestions for improving these graphics or ideas for other graphics!