Formula One statistics for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix

Formula One statistics for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku, the 17th race of the 24-round championship:

Lap distance: 6.003 km. Total distance: 306.049km (51 laps)

2024 pole position: Charles Leclerc (Monaco), Ferrari, one minute 41.365 seconds.

2024 winner: Oscar Piastri (Australia), McLaren

Race lap record: Leclerc, 1:43.009. Ferrari, 2019

Start time: 1100GMT (1500 local)

AZERBAIJAN

The street circuit, with fast and wide straights and a winding and very narrow section through the old town, made its debut in 2016 as the European Grand Prix and has 20 corners.

The name changed in 2017, when the race was held in June. There was no race in 2020 due to COVID-19.

Piastri (2024), Max Verstappen (2022) and Lewis Hamilton (2018) are the only current drivers to have won in Baku despite Ferrari's Leclerc starting on pole for the last four years in a row.

There have been seven different winners in eight races in Azerbaijan.

Only two of the races have been won from pole (Nico Rosberg in 2016 and Valtteri Bottas in 2019) but four winners have started on the front row, including Piastri last year.

Daniel Ricciardo won for Red Bull from 10th on the grid in 2017 and Sergio Perez from sixth in 2021.

Pirelli is bringing its softest trio of tyre compounds to open up the possibility of a two-stop strategy on a street layout with low levels of wear.

Safety cars are a regular feature of races in Baku.

DRIVERS' CHAMPIONSHIP

Piastri leads McLaren teammate Lando Norris by 31 points with eight rounds remaining. Verstappen is third and 94 points off the lead.

CONSTRUCTORS' TITLE

Defending champions McLaren have a first chance to clinch their 10th constructors' championship on Sunday.

The Woking-based team have 617 points, a lead of 337 over Ferrari with