{"id":191793,"date":"2025-10-05T15:49:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T15:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/191793\/"},"modified":"2025-10-05T15:49:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T15:49:24","slug":"how-to-follow-azerbaijan-grand-prix-on-the-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/191793\/","title":{"rendered":"How to follow Azerbaijan Grand Prix on the BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Round 17 of the Formula 1 season heads to the Baku City Circuit for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix from 19-21 September.<\/p>\n

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen will start on pole position ahead of Williams’ Carlos Sainz and Racing Bulls’ Liam Lawson after a chaotic qualifying session that featured a record six red flags.<\/p>\n

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Championship leader Oscar Piastri crashed in Q3 and will start ninth, while McLaren team-mate Lando Norris, who trails the Australian by 31 points, is seventh on the grid.<\/p>\n

Sunday’s 51-lap grand prix starts at 12:00 BST.<\/p>\n

Session start times and BBC coverage<\/p>\n

Commentary of the race will be on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra, BBC Sounds, the BBC Sport website and app and most smart speakers.<\/p>\n

Make sure to download the Chequered Flag podcast,<\/a> which previews and reviews every race of the season.<\/p>\n

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All times BST<\/p>\n

Sunday, 21 September <\/p>\n

Race: 12:00 (BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra, BBC Sounds and smart speakers)<\/p>\n

What is the Baku weather forecast?\"Marshals<\/p>\n

Charles Leclerc was aiming for a fifth consecutive pole position in Baku but the Ferrari driver crashed out in Q3 [Getty Images]<\/p>\n

Saturday’s qualifying session was hit by blustery conditions and light rain but Sunday’s grand prix looks set to be more settled.<\/p>\n

The forecast is for rain in the morning before dry weather moves in for the race start at 3pm local time.<\/p>\n

How can McLaren win constructors’ title in Baku?<\/p>\n

McLaren are on their way to winning back-to-back constructors’ championships and could mathematically seal the title as early as Sunday’s race in Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n

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To be crowned champions for a 10th time – and with seven races still to go – McLaren need to outscore second-placed Ferrari by nine points in Baku, while not being outscored by Mercedes by 12 points or more, and Red Bull by 33 points or more.<\/p>\n

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McLaren are 337 points ahead of Ferrari after finishing second and third at Monza [BBC Sport]<\/p>\n

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