Baku

Azerbaijan • April 30, 2023 • Race

Worth Watching Score

4.3

If you’re looking for chaos, this Baku race isn’t it—after an early Safety Car shuffled the order, Sergio Perez inherited track position and coolly kept Max Verstappen at arm’s length. The podium fight settled quickly, with Charles Leclerc clinging to third while the Red Bulls managed pace and tires. There were lots of DRS passes in the midfield, but little jeopardy up front and only two retirements. Worth a watch mainly for the decisive Safety Car strategy swing and Perez’s composed defense; otherwise, it’s a low-drama, execution-heavy Sunday.

Score Breakdown

Dimension Dim	Value Val	Score Scr	Weight Wt	+Score +	vs Avg Avg
Top3 Gap Time gap in seconds between the race winner and the second-place finisher at the checkered flag.	2.1	9.04	0.20	+1.81	+47%
Race Interruptions Combined total of safety car deployments, virtual safety car periods, and red flag stoppages that interrupted the race.	1.0	2.5	0.20	+0.5	-17%
Tyre Strategy Variety Number of distinct tyre compound sequences used by the top 6 finishers, where different pit stop orders count as unique strategies.	1.0	2.5	0.20	+0.5	-62%
Overtakes Top10 Number of on-track position changes between drivers who finished in the top ten classified positions.	10.0	1.89	0.25	+0.47	-48%
Team Variety Number of different constructor teams represented among the top five finishing positions.	3.0	7.5	0.05	+0.38	-14%
Overtakes Total Total number of on-track position changes recorded throughout the entire race across all positions.	26.0	2.26	0.15	+0.34	-43%
Grid Chaos Weighted score measuring dramatic position changes from qualifying grid to race finish, with higher scores for top-five starters who drop back or backmarkers who finish on the podium.	10.0	1.27	0.10	+0.13	-67%
Dnf Factor Combined count of drivers who did not finish (DNF), did not start (DNS), or were disqualified (DSQ) from the race.	2.0	4.0	0.03	+0.12	-8%
Unique Tyre Compounds Number of different tyre compound types (dry, intermediate, wet) used by five or more drivers during the race.	1.0	5.0	0.02	+0.1	-9%
Rain Factor Weather conditions during the race, indicating whether it remained dry or featured rain and mixed wet-dry periods.	N	0.0	0.20	+0.0	-100%

Pos	Driver	Tyre Strategy	Status
1	Sergio PEREZ Red Bull Racing	M→H	Finished
2	Max VERSTAPPEN Red Bull Racing	M→H	Finished
3	Charles LECLERC Ferrari	M→H	Finished
4	Fernando ALONSO Aston Martin	M→H	Finished
5	Carlos SAINZ Ferrari	M→H	Finished
6	Lewis HAMILTON Mercedes	M→H	Finished
7	Lance STROLL Aston Martin	M→H	Finished
8	George RUSSELL Mercedes	M→H→S	Finished
9	Lando NORRIS McLaren	M→H	Finished
10	Yuki TSUNODA AlphaTauri	M→H	Finished
11	Oscar PIASTRI McLaren	M→H	Finished
12	Alexander ALBON Williams	M→H	Finished
13	Kevin MAGNUSSEN Haas F1 Team	M→H	Finished
14	Pierre GASLY Alpine	M→H→H	Finished
15	Esteban OCON Alpine	H→S	Finished
16	Logan SARGEANT Williams	M→H	Finished
17	Nico HULKENBERG Haas F1 Team	H→S	Finished
18	Valtteri BOTTAS Alfa Romeo	M→H→H→M	Finished
19	ZHOU Guanyu Alfa Romeo	M→H	DNF
20	Nyck DE VRIES AlphaTauri	H	DNF