Azerbaijan Grand Prix: When is the race in Baku, live on Sky Sports?
Charles Leclerc is on pole for Sunday's race in Baku; Perez starts in second, with Verstappen third; the whole Baku weekend is live on Sky Sports F1, with Sunday's race at 12pm
Last Updated: 12/06/22 7:16am
Now the dust has settled on a dramatic weekend in Monaco, F1 heads to the Azerbaijan GP as the drivers prepare to take on another street circuit.
It is off to Baku for round eight of the 2022 season as the battle for the drivers' championship increasingly looks like a three-horse race, with Sergio Perez sitting just six points behind Charles Leclerc and 15 points behind Max Verstappen after his victory in Monaco.
The whole weekend is live only on Sky Sports F1, with an earlier Sunday race start at 12pm and build-up live from 10.30am.
Charles Leclerc starts on pole, just as he did in 2021, with Sergio Perez completing the front row of the grid.
Max Verstappen and carlos Sainz then make up the second row to complete a Ferrari and red Bull lock out.
Azerbaijan GP 2022: Starting Grid
| 1) Charles Leclerc |
| 2) Sergio Perez |
| 3) Max Verstappen |
| 4) Carlos Sainz |
| 5) George Russell |
| 6) Pierre Gasly |
| 7) Lewis Hamilton |
| 8) Yuki Tsunoda |
| 9) Sebastian Vettel |
| 10) Fernando Alonso |
Baku is known for its speed and drama, the 51-lap, 6.003 kilometre City Circuit featuring a long main straight where drivers will be looking to use the slipstream. Intense strategic battles between Verstappen and Leclerc, the likes of which we have already seen this season, are surely on the cards again.
Elsewhere, Mercedes will be hoping Azerbaijan is as incident-filled as ever as they look to work George Russell from P5 and Lewis Hamilton from P7 up the order and into the contention for some podium places- as ever, anything is possible in Baku!
Sky Sports F1 is your home for every race this season.
All the action from Baku is live on the channel, while as always you can also follow the action online via the Sky Sports App.
Sunday June 12
8:30 am: F2 Feature Race
10:30 am: Grand Prix Sunday: Azerbaijan
12pm: THE AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX
2pm: Chequered Flag: Azerbaijan
3:30pm: Azerbaijan GP Highlights
