Max Verstappen won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix and Ryan Blaney won the Mobil 1 301 on Sunday, to cap off a F1 and NASCAR double header. 

Verstappen took pole position in Saturday’s qualifying, after a record six red flags came out during the three sessions. Championship leader Oscar Piastri crashed on one of his first laps of the final qualifying session, relegating him to ninth on the grid for the start of the race. Piastri’s teammate and title contender Lando Norris, did not capitalize on Piastri’s mistake, only managing to qualify seventh for the race. 

Before the red lights went out Piastri jumped the race start, causing him to lose out on a bunch of positions at the start of the race. Fernando Alonso also jumped the race start after following Piastri’s lead and he received a five second penalty for the offense. 

Piastri’s race ended on lap one when he crashed into the barrier at turn five due to locking up his front left tire. 

On lap 17, Alex Albon made contact with Franco Colapinto into turn five, spinning Colapinto. Albon received a 10 second penalty and two penalty points on his license. 

On lap 38, Norris would come into the pits for fresh tires and his pitstop took 4.1 seconds. The average McLaren pitstop in 2025 is 2.95 seconds. 

On lap 51, Verstappen would cross the checkered flag and win the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. He would also complete the “grand chelem” which is when you get pole, win the race, set the fastest lap and lead every lap of the race. 

Joining Verstappen on the podium was George Russell for his seventh podium of the season and Carlos Sainz for his first of the season.

Ryan Blaney posing with trophy after winning NASCAR Cup Series Race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Photo courtesy of @ryanblaney10 on Instagram

The next Formula One race will be on Oct. 5 in Singapore. 

Joey Logano took pole on Saturday followed by Ryan Blaney in second. 

The race started out with Logano keeping his lead and by lap six Blaney fell to seventh. 

By lap 44, Blaney made his way back to second and on lap 54 Blaney took the lead from Logano and would hold it until lap 65 when he would pit from the lead. 

Stage one would end on lap 70 with Blaney first followed by Josh Berry and Logano. 

On lap 82, the second caution would come out after Shane Van Gisbergen and Berry made contact, with Berry sliding across the track. The race leaders stayed out. 

The next caution would come out on lap 110, when Denny Hamlin got into the rear of Ty Gibbs, sending him into the wall. Chase Briscoe, Logano and Blaney all pitted from the lead. 

On lap 139, Logano took the lead from Kyle Larson with Briscoe and Blaney not far behind. 

Stage two would be won by Logano followed by Larson, William Byron and Blaney. 

On lap 229, Blaney took the lead from Logano with everyone needing to pit at least once more for fuel. 

On lap 254, Cody Ware would spin for a second time this race as another caution came out. Most of the leaders would come in for pit stops with Berry and Chase Elliott staying out on old tires. 

With 38 laps to go, Blaney would resume the lead from Berry. Blaney held the lead until lap 301 when the checkered flag came out. 

Logano led the most laps with 147 but Blaney would take the win to guarantee himself a spot in the round of eight. 

Above the cutline is Byron, Larson, Christopher Bell, Hamlin, Logano, Elliott and Briscoe. Below the cutline is Ross Chastain, Austin Cindric, Tyler Reddick and Bubba Wallace. 

The next NASCAR Cup Series race is Sept. 28 at Kansas Speedway.