{"id":2909,"date":"2026-09-26T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/?p=2909"},"modified":"2026-09-26T12:26:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T15:26:05","slug":"mclaren-leaves-baku-without-points-as-norris-retires-and-piastri-falls-to-14th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/mclaren-leaves-baku-without-points-as-norris-retires-and-piastri-falls-to-14th\/","title":{"rendered":"McLaren leaves Baku without points as Norris retires and Piastri falls to 14th"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Piastri rose to second at the start and was still third at the final restart.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Norris retired after Franco Colapinto\u2019s Turn 1 error triggered a collision with Pierre Gasly.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Piastri locked up at Turn 1, dropped to 15th and recovered only to 14th.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>McLaren left the Azerbaijan Grand Prix without a point<\/strong> despite Oscar Piastri spending much of Saturday\u2019s race in contention for a podium. The Australian finished 14th after a mistake at the final Safety Car restart, while teammate Lando Norris retired following a collision at Turn 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Piastri started third and passed Charles Leclerc for second on the opening lap. He held that position as George Russell built a lead, although Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar closed in behind him. Verstappen eventually took second at the first restart, leaving Piastri third with a podium still within reach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Further back, Norris had lost ground after two lock-ups. His race ended at the same restart when Franco Colapinto locked up under braking and hit Alpine teammate Pierre Gasly, who then collided with the McLaren. All three drivers retired. <a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/norris-urges-fia-to-hand-out-bans-after-baku-crash-its-just-careless\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">Norris criticised the driving behind the crash<\/a> after the race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The resulting Safety Car gave Piastri another chance to defend third place. <strong>Instead, he locked up at Turn 1 when racing resumed<\/strong>, had to turn his car around and rejoined in 15th. He gained one position before the finish, ending a race in which he had spent most of the distance near the front in 14th place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russell <a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/russell-holds-off-verstappen-by-0-1s-to-win-azerbaijan-grand-prix\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix<\/a> ahead of Verstappen and Hadjar. McLaren remains third in the Constructors\u2019 Championship on 306 points, with Red Bull fourth on 263 after its double podium in Baku.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">F1 today: FAQ<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who leads the 2026 F1 championship after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kimi Antonelli leads with 302 points. George Russell is second on 236, leaving a 66-point gap after Baku. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who won the 2026 Azerbaijan Grand Prix?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">George Russell won for Mercedes, ahead of Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Which team leads the 2026 F1 Constructors\u2019 Championship?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mercedes leads with 538 points, 160 ahead of Ferrari.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oscar Piastri ran in the podium positions for much of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, but a lock-up at a late restart sent him down the order. Lando Norris had already retired after being caught in a collision involving the two Alpines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1020316184,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"42wp_featured_image_caption":"Lando Norris","42wp_featured_image_credits":"F1","42wp_featured_video":"","42wp_featured_image_hidden":false,"42wp_authors_list":[{"id":7,"location":""}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[517,117,10,112],"42wp_author":[7],"class_list":["post-2909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","tag-azerbaijan-gp","tag-lando-norris","tag-mclaren","tag-oscar-piastri","42wp_author-victor-martins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2909"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2910,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2909\/revisions\/2910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1020316184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2909"},{"taxonomy":"42wp_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/42wp_author?post=2909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}