Baku City Circuit
Circuit Length : 6.003 km
Number of Laps : 51
Race Distance : 306.049 km
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Category
General Admission 3-Day
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General Admission Access (Selected Area)
- Come early for the best spots
- Standing place
- All Seats Together (up to 4)
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Friday, Saturday and Sunday access
- Giant Screens
Filarmoniya Grandstand 3-day
- Grandstand T16 (Corner)
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All Seats Together (up to 4), numbered seats
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Friday, Saturday and Sunday access
- Giant Screen Views
Sahil Grandstand 3-day
- Grandstand T20
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All Seats Together (up to 4), numbered seats
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Friday, Saturday and Sunday access
- Giant Screen Views
Icheri Sheher Grandstand 3-day
- Grandstand T10
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All Seats Together (up to 4), numbered seats
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Friday, Saturday and Sunday access
- Giant Screen Views
Absheron Grandstand 3-day
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Grandstand T1 (Start-Finish point)
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All Seats Together (up to 4), numbered seats
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Friday, Saturday and Sunday access
- Giant Screen Views
Starter Package Azerbaijan 4-Day
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Bulvar Grandstand
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Thursday : Exclusive Pit Lane Walk
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Thursday: Guided Track Tour and Championship Trophy Photo
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Exclusive F1 Extras
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All Seats Together (up to 4), numbered seats
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Friday, Saturday and Sunday access
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Giant Screen Views
Trophy Package Azerbaijan 4-Day
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Sahil Grandstand
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Thursday : Exclusive Pit Lane Walk
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Thursday: Guided Track Tour and Championship Trophy Photo
- Friday: F1 Experience Reception and Insider Access
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Exclusive F1 Extras
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All Seats Together (up to 4), numbered seats
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Friday, Saturday and Sunday access
- Giant Screen Views
Hero Package Azerbaijan 4-Day
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Absheron C Upper Grandstand
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Thursday : Exclusive Pit Lane Walk
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Thursday: Guided Track Tour and Championship Trophy Photo
- Friday: F1 Experience Reception and Insider Access
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Exclusive F1 Extras
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All Seats Together (up to 4), numbered seats
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Friday, Saturday and Sunday access
- Giant Screen Views
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When was the track built?
It wasn’t – Baku is the newest street circuit on the Formula 1 calendar, joining the ranks of Monaco, Melbourne and Singapore.
When was its first Grand Prix?
The first Grand Prix in Baku was held in 2016, as the European Grand Prix. That was followed by the inaugural Azerbaijan Grand Prix in 2017, which witnessed one of the biggest upsets of the season, with Daniel Ricciardo winning out from Valtteri Bottas and the Williams of Lance Stroll, while Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel engaged in some argy-bargy behind the Safety Car.
What’s the circuit like?
A mixture of wide and open and tight and twisty. 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. 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. As in Monaco, slightest mistakes are punished quickly and severely, while set-up wise, the teams are forced to choose between downforce for the twisty bits and less drag for the straight.
Where is the best place to watch?
The principal Absheron grandstand at the end of the main straight should be high up on your viewing wish-list, as you’ll be watching the cars braking from around 350km/h into the 90-degree Turn 1 – and you’ll likely get to watch the lion’s share of overtaking too. Elsewhere, the Icheri Sheher grandstand provides a unique vantage point, as you watch the cars wriggle through the city gate section and power on down to the super-fast Turn 13-15 complex.
