Azerbaijan Grand Prix Past Winners
Few honours boards are as useful to a bettor as Baku's. The roll call is full of surprises — a winner from tenth on the grid, maiden victories and races settled by late drama — and the patterns are unusually consistent for a track famous for chaos. This guide runs the history and what it tells you about pricing the weekend.
The roll call of surprises
Formula 1 first visited in 2016, run as the European Grand Prix and won by Nico Rosberg. Under the Azerbaijan Grand Prix name from 2017, the winners are a study in unpredictability: Daniel Ricciardo took the inaugural running from tenth on the grid, Lewis Hamilton won in 2018, Valtteri Bottas in 2019, Sergio Pérez in 2021 and again in 2023, Max Verstappen in 2022 and 2025, and Oscar Piastri claimed McLaren's first Baku win in 2024. Pérez's two victories are the most by any driver here. Charles Leclerc holds the race lap record at 1:43.009 from 2019.
What the history says for betting
The lesson is to distrust a short-priced favourite. Winners have come from deep in the grid, drivers have broken their ducks here, and late safety cars have flipped results that looked settled. That argues for respecting each-way and podium markets and for keeping powder dry for in-play. Read this alongside the race-winner guide, the predictions guide and the wider Formula 1 betting guides.
Frequently asked questions
Who has won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix the most times?
Sergio Pérez, with two wins in Baku (2021 and 2023). Max Verstappen has also won twice at the circuit, in 2022 and 2025. The 2016 race was held as the European Grand Prix and won by Nico Rosberg.
What is the lowest grid position a Baku winner has started from?
Daniel Ricciardo won the inaugural 2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix from tenth on the grid, the lowest starting slot of any winner at the circuit so far — a reminder that grid position is a weak guide to the result here.