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# Azerbaijan Grand Prix starting grid with four penalties
- URL: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/azerbaijan-grand-prix-starting-grid-f1-2026-results/
- Published: 2026-09-25T16:17:33.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-25T16:17:33.000Z
- Description: George Russell is set to start the Azerbaijan Grand Prix from pole - but the grid order behind him isn't quite what the qualifying order was
- Author: The Race Team
- Tags: Formula 1, #azerbaijan-grand-prix

George Russell is set to start the Azerbaijan Grand Prix from pole - but the grid order behind him isn't quite what the qualifying order was.

Four separate grid penalties - though three of them given to firmly backmarking cars - have so far altered the grid relative to qualifying results.

Below is the latest on the Saturday grid order...

## Provisional Azerbaijan GP grid

1 George Russell (Mercedes)  
2 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)

3 Oscar Piastri (McLaren)  
4 Isack Hadjar (Red Bull)

5 Lando Norris (McLaren)  
6 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)

7 Pierre Gasly (Alpine)  
8 Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

9 Franco Colapinto (Alpine)  
10 Ollie Bearman (Haas)

11 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)  
12 Alexander Albon (Williams)

13 Esteban Ocon (Haas)  
14 Carlos Sainz (Williams)\*

15 Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls)  
16 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)

17 Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi)  
18 Nico Hulkenberg (Audi)

19 Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)  
20 Sergio Perez (Cadillac)\*

21 Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)\*  
22 Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)\*

**Sainz** has five-place penalty for yellow flag breach  
**Perez** has three-place grid penalty for impeding  
**Alonso** has back-of-grid penalty for engine components  
**Stroll** has back-of-grid penalty for engine components