Azerbaijan Grand Prix

Azerbaijan Grand Prix

Baku City Circuit
Route data
in the racing calendar:	since 2017
Route length:	6.006 km
Race length:	306.031 km in 51 laps
Records
Lap record:	1: 43.009 ( 2019 , Charles Leclerc , Ferrari )
Lap record qualification:	1: 40.495 (2019, Valtteri Bottas , Mercedes )

The Azerbaijan Grand Prix is a Formula 1 race that has been held at the Baku City Circuit in Azerbaijan since 2017 . A street circuit in the capital Baku was chosen as the venue .

After the 2016 race was held as the European Grand Prix on the same route , the organizers decided to change the name at the end of 2016 in order to better market the country for tourism .

In 2020 the race was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic .

Results

Edition	year	route	class	winner	Second	Third	Pole position	Fastest lap
01	2017	Baku	F1	Daniel Ricciardo ( Red Bull-TAG Heuer )	Valtteri Bottas ( Mercedes )	Lance Stroll ( Williams-Mercedes )	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Sebastian Vettel ( Ferrari )
02	2018	Baku	F1	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Kimi Raikkonen ( Ferrari )	Sergio Pérez ( Force India - Mercedes )	Sebastian Vettel ( Ferrari )	Valtteri Bottas ( Mercedes )
03	2019	Baku	F1	Valtteri Bottas ( Mercedes )	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Sebastian Vettel ( Ferrari )	Valtteri Bottas ( Mercedes )	Charles Leclerc ( Ferrari )
0-	2020	canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Legend
abbreviation	class	comment
F1	formula 1	Formula 1 World Championship from 1950
F2	Formula 2
FL	Formula libre	Vehicle class usually advertised by the organizer
SW	Sports car
TW	Touring car
GP	Grand Prix vehicles
	↓ Solid gray lines indicate when a new course was used in history. ↓
	Entries with a light red background were not runs for the automobile or Formula 1 world championship.
	Entries with a yellow background were runs for the European Championship .

Web links

Commons : Azerbaijan Grand Prix  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dominik Sharaf: Azerbaijan: Criticism of the human rights situation "disrespectful". Motorsport-Total.com, December 13, 2016, accessed January 13, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Norman Fischer: Formula 1 2020: Baku, Singapore and Suzuka officially canceled. Motorsport-Total.com, June 12, 2020, accessed June 12, 2020 .