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Round 15 · Azerbaijan Grand Prix

Baku City Circuit

Baku, Azerbaijan

6.003 km

Lap length

20

Corners

Anticlockwise

Direction

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F1 races held

first running

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.

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

No coverage is tagged to the Azerbaijan Grand Prix yet - stories are matched to a round while the weekend is running, so this fills in from practice onwards.

The Azerbaijan Grand Prix preview has the session times and what to watch for, and the standings show where the season sits.

Azerbaijan Grand Prix previewAll 2026 circuits