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  1.   Unser1 posted:
  01.04.2016 - 7:17 pm
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This is the first Azerbaijani track to be listed on Racing-Reference, in
part because the country has no permanent race tracks. This track will
host Formula 1's new Baku European Grand Prix starting in 2016.

The course will race past Baku's UNESCO World Heritage Site the Old
City, the country's Government House, and Azadliq Square in the city's
center. Weirdly spectator viewing areas will be relatively limited by F1
standards, it is anticipated that there will be room for only about
28,000 fans.


  2.   Anthony posted:
  01.06.2016 - 6:40 pm
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Worst race in the history of F1 - only on the calendar because it has
money, nothing else.


  3.   Anonymous posted:
  01.06.2016 - 8:41 pm
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It's hard to criticize a race track before it exists but Baku's addition
to the F1 calendar does reek of "doing it for the money" giving the
country's lack of any auto racing history outside of a few prior
European series racing on street circuits in Baku in recent years.
Azerbaijan's highly questionable human rights record and the country
passion for using big events for propaganda reasons (the 2015 European
Games, their recurring pursuit of the Summer Olympics) are throwing up
red flags here too but you could say that about many countries these
days (Russia is often does the same thing).

Calling it the European Grand Prix when Azerbaijan is barely what one
would classify as "Europe" and scheduling this race against the 24 Hours
of Le Mans, seemingly to keep F1 drivers out of that event, also has
drawn jokes and criticism.


  4.   RaceFanX posted:
  06.09.2016 - 6:24 pm
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Anyone see the pictures of them putting up fake building facades over
the front of some buildings in Baku in preparation for this race? I
don't know if that's to make them look better or possibly some form of
protection (they are racing next to a World Heritage Site after all).


  5.   Leo posted:
  06.17.2016 - 7:17 am
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First F1 circuit to make use of the SAFER barrier setup seen at many
tracks in North America.

The circuit itself presents as an interesting blend between Monaco and
Macau, with a Monza / Fuji style ultra long straight for good measure.
Mercedes are trialling a low downforce wing configuration in FP1.


  6.   The Great Dave posted:
  06.19.2016 - 1:48 pm
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Not sure how good the racing was since I was unble to see the race. But
the track seems interesting, its a sort of throwback to the old days of
streetcourses in the 80s and early 90s.


  7.   Unser1 posted:
  11.27.2019 - 3:47 pm
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Thankfully the infamous European Grand Prix name proved to be a
one-thing. This race was renamed as the Azerbaijan Grand Prix from 2017
onward.


  8.   TTaylor944 posted:
  11.27.2019 - 4:19 pm
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It is impressive in the current era of Formula 1 to look at a Grand Prix
and see four different winners in four years, even if three of them were
in the Mercedes. Realistically either Ferrari driver and Max Verstappen
could keep the streak of different winners going in 2020.


  9.   RaceFanX posted:
  03.11.2020 - 12:39 pm
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Azerbaijan is one of the few countries on Racing-Reference that has a
track listed but no drivers although the country has seen a few race in
the lower levels through the years if none have moved up to the higher
ones just year. Notable Azerbaijani racers listed on DriverDB include F4
racer Gulhuseyn Abdullayev, Porsche Cup racer Fakhreddin Mirzoev, and
Garri Mazmanov, who in 1987 raced in an Eastern Bloc Formula 3-style
series.


  10.   Corey posted:
  03.22.2020 - 9:26 pm
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Baku could be the latest F1 victum of the coronavirus pandemic. Reports
are that it could be postponed.


  11.   Canadianfan posted:
  03.23.2020 - 10:33 am
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@10

Now officially postponed via Motorsport.


  12.   JSPorts posted:
  03.23.2020 - 11:03 am
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Well, that's too bad, but at least it's postponed and not cancelled like
many other races.


  13.   Canadianfan posted:
  06.12.2020 - 12:28 pm
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From Formula 1:

Baku will not host it's race this year.


  14.   Canadianfan posted:
  03.06.2021 - 7:21 am
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From Phillip Horton:

Azerbaijan GP organisers confirm the event will go ahead - but will be
closed to spectators.


  15.   K posted:
  03.06.2021 - 9:34 am
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A street course with no spectators? Need a reminder this country is
oppressive?


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