Circuits
Round 15 · Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Baku City Circuit
Baku City CircuitBaku, Azerbaijan
6.003 km
Lap length
20
Corners
Anticlockwise
Direction
10
F1 races held
since 2016
What makes it different
- The run from the final corner to Turn 1 is about 2.2 km flat out - the longest full-throttle stretch in Formula 1, and the reason low-downforce gambles keep paying off here.
- The castle section at Turns 8–9 narrows to roughly 7.6 m, the tightest point on any current F1 track; there is no room to pass and barely room to correct.
- The castle section runs directly alongside the 11th-12th century fortress walls of Baku's Old City, which UNESCO listed as Azerbaijan's first World Heritage Site in 2000.
The records
335.7 km/h
Top speed (2022–now)
Alexander Albon, 2023
8
Different winners
from 10 races
19% — roughly 1 car in 5
Cars that don't finish
last 10 races here, since 2016
3.4 places
How much the order changes
up or down from the grid slot, on average — more than most circuits
"Cars that don't finish" and "How much the order changes" both cover the 10 Grands Prix run here since 2016. Movement is the distance between a car’s grid slot and its finish, in either direction — not a count of overtakes, since a car retiring ahead of a driver moves that driver up too.
This grid’s history here
| Driver | Wins | Podiums | Poles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max Verstappen | 2 wins · 2025, 2022 | 2 podiums · 2025, 2022 | 1 pole · 2025 |
| Sergio Pérez | 2 wins · 2023, 2021 | 2 podiums · 2023, 2021 | — |
| George Russell | 1 win · 2026 | 1 podium · 2026 | 1 pole · 2026 |
| Valtteri Bottas | 1 win · 2019 | 1 podium · 2019 | 1 pole · 2019 |
| Lewis Hamilton | 1 win · 2018 | 1 podium · 2018 | 1 pole · 2017 |
| Oscar Piastri | 1 win · 2024 | 1 podium · 2024 | — |
| Charles Leclerc | — | — | 4 poles · 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 |
Recent form at this circuit
Last winners
- 2026George Russell · Mercedes
- 2025Max Verstappen · Red Bull
- 2024Oscar Piastri · McLaren
- 2023Sergio Pérez · Red Bull
- 2022Max Verstappen · Red Bull
Last pole times
- 2026George Russell · Mercedes · 1:42.526
- 2025Max Verstappen · Red Bull · 1:41.117
- 2024Charles Leclerc · Ferrari · 1:41.365
- 2023Charles Leclerc · Ferrari · 1:40.203
- 2022Charles Leclerc · Ferrari · 1:41.359
Historic moments
2021 · A blowout, then the wrong brake setting
Max Verstappen's left-rear tyre exploded on the main straight with five laps left while he was comfortably leading. The red flag set up a two-lap sprint to the flag with Lewis Hamilton handed the win on a plate - and Hamilton hit the wrong brake setting into Turn 1, sailed straight down the escape road and finished 15th. Sergio Pérez won his first race for Red Bull.
2018 · Red Bull's teammates take each other out
Battling for track position without team orders, Daniel Ricciardo rear-ended teammate Max Verstappen on lap 40, eliminating both Red Bulls from a race the team had been expected to challenge for. Lewis Hamilton inherited a chaotic win, with Sergio Pérez taking a shock Force India podium.
2017 · Vettel's safety-car flashpoint
Sebastian Vettel pulled alongside Lewis Hamilton under safety car in 2017 and steered into him, convinced Hamilton had brake-tested him - the data showed otherwise. Vettel took a 10-second penalty; Daniel Ricciardo inherited a chaotic win.
Azerbaijan Grand Prix coverage
Lawson pleased with “good lap” after qualifying a tenth off Verstappen on return | Formula 1
8 sources · 47 days ago
Norris explains apology to Colapinto over Baku comments
4 sources · 9 days ago
Mekies offers update on Hadjar's injury recovery
3 sources · 24 days ago
Charles Leclerc delivers diagnosis of Ferrari F1 qualifying woe
2 sources · 22 days ago
Lando Norris to test McLaren MCL-HY hypercar ahead of Azerbaijan GP
2 sources · 27 days ago
Why is F1 racing at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on a Saturday?
1 source · 22 days ago
Liam Lawson baffled after Arvid Lindblad escaped Baku penalty
1 source · 9 days ago
Kimi Antonelli on the Baku call that saved his weekend
1 source · 8 days ago
Lawson draws line under Lindblad Baku clash
1 source · 10 days ago
Ferrari F1 star set for grid penalty at next race in Azerbaijan
1 source · 22 days ago
Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2026: Race start time in Baku, how to watch, full schedule, predictions
1 source · 23 days ago
Azerbaijan GP schedule: why the race is a day earlier
1 source · 23 days ago
Azerbaijan GP schedule: Why is the race on a Saturday?
1 source · 23 days ago
Lando Norris explains why he apologised for "ban Franco Colapinto" comments after Baku crash
1 source · 10 days ago
McLaren laments ‘cruel luck’ for Lando Norris after Madring F1 misfortune
2 sources · 27 days ago
Alpine question why stewards did not penalise Lindblad for Baku crash | Formula 1
1 source · 9 days ago
Alex Brundle questions McLaren F1 upgrade after Azerbaijan GP disappointment
1 source · 11 days ago
Sergio Perez shares Cadillac Baku plan as 'painful' prediction made
1 source · 22 days ago
F1 Calendar 2026: Next race now has a new date as Azerbaijan Grand Prix moved
1 source · 26 days ago
F2 Baku Schedule Expands As Title Fight Intensifies
1 source · 27 days ago
Azerbaijan GP weekend receives second 'supersized' schedule change
1 source · 27 days ago
Red Bull hopeful of Hadjar return in Baku
1 source · 30 days ago
On this Day in Formula 1: Senna rain master at Spa, Zanardi survives and Piastri wins Baku thriller
1 source · 26 days ago
Flavio Briatore banishes Alpine’s Baku woes to ‘the past’
1 source · 8 days ago