Ferrari Baku top-speed data: Oliver Bearman hits 350 km/h as Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc trail

Ferrari-powered Oliver Bearman recorded the highest top speed of the 2026 Azerbaijan Grand Prix at 350 km/h, while Ferrari’s own cars were considerably lower in the same race. Lewis Hamilton reached a maximum of 343 km/h and Charles Leclerc 342 km/h, creating an interesting contrast between the works team and the Haas driven by Oliver Bearman.

The numbers are particularly noteworthy because Haas uses a Ferrari power unit. They do not, however, provide a direct engine-performance comparison. Maximum speed in Formula 1 is influenced by the complete car package and by race circumstances, so the data cannot establish whether the difference came from aerodynamic configuration, energy deployment, slipstream, overtaking assistance or another factor. What can be stated clearly is that a Ferrari-powered car achieved the highest recorded peak of the Baku race, while neither works Ferrari reached 345 km/h.

Ferrari Baku top speed: Lewis Hamilton ahead of Charles Leclerc

Among the two Ferrari drivers, Lewis Hamilton recorded the higher maximum at 343 km/h, one kilometre per hour faster than Charles Leclerc. Their average figures followed the same order, with Lewis Hamilton averaging 336 km/h across the selected fastest-speed readings compared with 334 km/h for Charles Leclerc.

Oliver Bearman’s Haas reached 350 km/h and averaged 338 km/h. That means the highest Ferrari-powered peak was seven kilometres per hour above Lewis Hamilton and eight above Charles Leclerc, while the average difference was much smaller: two kilometres per hour over Lewis Hamilton and four over Charles Leclerc.

Oliver Bearman brings Ferrari power back to 350 km/h

The 350 km/h figure also provides useful historical context. The highest Baku speed recorded in 2022 was 351 km/h before rising to 357 km/h in 2023 and 358 km/h in 2024. The peak then climbed to 361 km/h in 2025, a figure achieved by Oliver Bearman himself, before falling back to 350 km/h in 2026.

The latest figure is therefore only 1 km/h below the 2022 peak at the beginning of the ground-effect era, but 11 km/h below the 361 km/h reached one year earlier. That difference is another reminder that an absolute top-speed number needs context: car specifications, race conditions and how the speed was achieved can all affect the final figure.

Mercedes data adds another warning against judging only the peak

Mercedes provided the clearest example of why a single maximum should not be read in isolation. George Russell reached only 329 km/h in the recorded comparison, but that figure came without overtake mode or a slipstream. Andrea Kimi Antonelli, meanwhile, reached 346 km/h and posted the highest average top speed of the selected drivers at 343 km/h.

That average placed Andrea Kimi Antonelli five kilometres per hour above Oliver Bearman despite Oliver Bearman owning the outright 350 km/h peak. Lando Norris and Liam Lawson also reached 348 km/h, demonstrating how tightly packed several cars were immediately behind the fastest individual figure.

For Ferrari, though, the most relevant comparison remains inside its own power-unit family. A Haas with Ferrari power reached 350 km/h, while Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc were limited to peaks of 343 and 342 km/h respectively. The figures do not identify the technical reason for that gap, but they do show that the Ferrari power unit itself was present in the fastest car through Baku’s speed measurement, even though the works Ferraris did not reproduce the same absolute number.