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Azerbaijan to hold Formula 1 race
Azerbaijan will host a Formula 1 Grand Prix in 2016, the former Soviet state has announced. The race will be on a street circuit around the capital Baku and incorporate its medieval old city, modern skyline and a view across the Caspian Sea. The oil-rich state is in the Caucasus region where eastern Europe and western Asia meet and its F1 race is to be called Grand Prix of Europe. That title has been held by races in Germany, Spain and the UK in the past. The Azerbaijan government said the track layout had yet to be finalised. But Azerbaijan's Minister of Youth and Sport, Azad Rahimov, said the start-finish straight would be in Azadliq Square, and the track would pass major landmarks in...
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