Track Layout
Baku City
Baku City Circuit
Track Sectors
Short run to a 90-degree Turn 1, then long, wide sweeping sections through the lower city — fast but forgiving.
The narrow castle section — the tightest piece of street racing in F1, with walls metres apart and blind, climbing corners.
Flat-out down the 2.2-kilometre main straight, the longest on the calendar — a genuine 330 km/h DRS zone.
About Baku
The Baku City Circuit is a hybrid of everything F1 street racing has to offer. It wraps the lower city of the Azerbaijani capital with mostly wide, high-speed sections — but includes the spectacular castle section where the track narrows dramatically and climbs through the old walled city. The final straight is the longest on the calendar and produces some of the highest top speeds of the year.
Baku weekends are almost never quiet. Safety car interventions, late-race incidents and chaotic final laps are a recurring feature, and the unpredictable mix of high-speed overtaking and tight wall sections tends to produce unexpected podiums. The circuit has already had a sprint format added to its event in recent years.
Recent Grand Prix Winners
Circuit History
The first F1 race in Azerbaijan was held in 2016 under the European Grand Prix banner; it was renamed the Azerbaijan Grand Prix from 2017 onwards. Daniel Ricciardo, Sergio Pérez and Max Verstappen have been among the repeat winners, and the race has already delivered several of the most dramatic moments of the modern era.