Formula 1 Baku Circuit
The 6 003 km circuit played host to the 2016 european grand prix four years after the event was last held in valencia.
Formula 1 baku circuit. Back to all videos. Baku is a street track but it s also very. The baku city circuit azerbaijani.
05 jun 2020 f1 2020. A mixture of wide and open and tight and twisty. 25 february 2020 chase carey ceo and chairman of the formula 1 group meets with the azerbaijan grand prix volunteers and marshals chief executive officer and chairman of formula one group chase carey who was in baku for a keynote speech at the annual international conference on the benefits of hosting major sport events bhmse 2020 also used his time in baku to meet with the volunteers and marshals of the formula 1 azerbaijan grand prix.
Ahead of the virtual azerbaijan grand prix ride on board with antonio giovinazzi on a hot lap around baku city circuit on codemasters f1 2020 game. Bakı şəhər halqası is a motor racing street circuit located in baku azerbaijan constructed near baku boulevard. The baku city circuit is a racing circuit located around baku the capital city of azerbaijan.
It hosted the azerbaijan grand prix in 2017 replacing the european grand prix. What s the circuit like. Chief executive officer and chairman of formula one group chase carey who was in baku for a keynote speech at the annual international conference on the benefits of hosting major sport events bhmse 2020 also used his time in baku to meet with the volunteers and marshals of the formula 1 azerbaijan grand prix.
However from there the track loops around into the city s narrow winding icheri sheher old town dramatically wending past baku s medieval city walls. A hot lap around baku circuit. The azerbaijan grand prix joined the formula 1 calendar in 2016.
The lonnnnng main straight along the baku shoreline is a slipstreaming mecca and with cars able to run three abreast into turn 1 the action often looks more indycar than f1. The baku street circuit has hosted the event and produced some incredible races. A lap of the circuit is 6 003 kilometres 3 730 mi making it the second longest circuit on the formula one calendar after circuit de spa francorchamps.
The baku city circuit entertainment zone has something for all the family from exciting physical activities to chill out zones for tired adults as well as children s play areas for the little ones. A year later in 2017 the circuit held the inaugural azerbaijan grand prix.