Baku City Circuit

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What is a lap of Baku City Circuit like?

A Hermann Tilke street circuit of 6.003 km and 20 corners, the fourth-longest lap on the calendar, combining tight 90-degree street corners with the longest straight in Formula 1: about 2.2 km along Neftchilar Avenue into Turn 1, where cars brake from around 350 km/h. The castle section climbs uphill through Turns 8 to 10 between the medieval walls of the Old City and narrows to 7.6 m at the Turn 8/9 complex, the narrowest point of the circuit. Set-up is a compromise between downforce for the twisty corners and low drag for the straights; the main straight is a slipstreaming mecca and Turn 1 sees most of the overtaking. Two DRS zones were used in 2024 and 2025: on the main straight, activated 347 m after the final corner (Turn 20), and on the short straight after Turn 2.

Lap length

6.003 km

Turns

20

Direction

anticlockwise

Downforce

Low

Longest straight

2,200 m

Elevation change

26.8 m

Altitude

-24 m

DRS zones (to 2025)

2

Character

High speed (about 21% of the lap is cornering)

Layout described

20-turn, 6.003 km street layout used for every Baku race: 2016 (European GP), 2017-2019 and 2021-2026 (Azerbaijan GP); only barrier, kerb and DRS-zone adjustments since the debut

Sources for the checked facts (14)

• formula1.com/en/racing/2025/azerbaijan
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku_City_Circuit
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Azerbaijan_Grand_Prix
• formula1.com/en/latest/article/circuit-guide-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-baku-ci
• planetf1.com/news/fia-reveal-16-changes-bonkers-baku-track-azerbaijan-grand-prix
• planetf1.com/news/azerbaijan-grand-prix-turn-8-changes
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• formula1.com/en/latest/article/f1s-wildest-azerbaijan-moments-from-10-years-of-racing-in-b
• formula1.com/en/latest/article/the-risk-perspective-how-f1-drivers-engineers-and-strategis
• planetf1.com/news/mclaren-ferrari-wings-catch-the-eye-baku-alpine-bold-approach
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• formula1.com/en/latest/article/need-to-know-the-most-important-facts-stats-and-trivia-ahea

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Does pole position win at Baku City Circuit?

The pole sitter has won 4 of 10 races here (40%). Across all circuits since 1950 the pole sitter wins 44% of races. The winner started from the front row (P1 or P2) in 6 of 10 races (60%) and from the top three in 8 (80%). Lowest grid position to win: 10th, Daniel Ricciardo in 2017.

Where the winner started, every race at this circuit. Pole sitter means the driver who set the fastest qualifying time (first on the grid where no qualifying data exists); a grid penalty can move the pole sitter back, and that race still counts for them. Compare every circuit.

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How are races at Baku City Circuit won?

Since 2010

10 races; winners made 1 stop in 5, 2 stops in 3, 3 or more in 2; first stop at a median lap 17 (32% of the race)

Lap times over the years

All races at Baku City Circuit