Circuit Information
| Grand Prix Date: | 12th June 2022 12:12 |
| Bonus Round: | Yes |
| Circuit Name: | Baku City Circuit |
| Number of Laps: | 51 |
| Circuit Length: | 6.003 |
| Race Distance: | 306.049 |
| Lap Record: | 1:43.009 Charles Leclerc (2019) |
Statistics
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. A mixture of wide and open and tight and twisty, while the long 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.