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Azerbaijan Grand Prix Facts & Stats

The first Grand Prix of Azerbaijan was hosted at the Baku City Circuit in 2016, the city track, located in the country's capital, is 6 km long and was designed by architect Hermann Tilke. The Baku City Circuit raised the game of Formula 1 tracks when it debuted in 2016. It is a 6.003-kilometer (3.730-mile), 20-turn street course which drivers describe as “a mixture of Monza and Monaco.” Cars blast down two enormously long straights in a dumbbell-shaped layout that runs counterclockwise. The two main straights include a 2.2-kilometer (1.367-mile) stretch along the promenade and a one-kilometre (.621-mile) stretch that takes drivers away from Azadliq Square. The Herman Tilke-designed...
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