ROUND 17: 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan

FORMULA 1 QATAR AIRWAYS AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX 2024

Circuit stats

  • Circuit name: Baku City Circuit
  • First Grand Prix: 2016
  • Number of laps: 51
  • Circuit Length: 6.003 km
  • Race Distance: 306.049 km
  • Lap record: 1:43.009 Charles Leclerc (2019)
  • 2023 winner: Sergio Perez

Track Map

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  • jonne
    4·
    2 months ago

    It’s kind of irresponsible to be racing at that time of day if drivers end up going down a straight blind like that. They should probably move the start to a bit earlier in the day.

    Russell said he couldn’t see shit going past the accident and they were lucky they both were on the side of the road and hadn’t bounced back into the middle.

    • Worx@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      But I’m from the UK and it would inconvenience me if the race were any earlier

      • jonne
        1·
        2 months ago

        Fine, we’ll just endanger the drivers for your convenience.

        • Worx@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
          3·
          2 months ago

          How about, as a compromise, we race earlier in the day but shine a spotlight down the straight so the drivers are still blinded?

          (And if you haven’t worked it out yet, I’m joking)

          • jonne
            1·
            2 months ago

            Yeah, I got that.

            I’m actually wondering if a night race could be an option.