The five red flags during the qualifying round for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix equaled a record. There were also qualifying sessions with five red flags in 2022 and 2024.
Alexander Albon, Nico Hülkenberg, Franco Colapinto, and Oliver Bearman sequentially caused four red flags on Saturday afternoon in Q1 and Q2. It was already clear then that a record-tying event was in sight. The crash of Charles Leclerc in turn 15 led to the fifth red flag, thereby repeating the sessions in Imola in 2022 and São Paulo in 2024.
