Baku City Circuit has gained a reputation for producing unpredictable and action-packed races since joining the calendar in 2016. The 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix is set to take place on April 28-30. Check out the articles below for facts, stats, history and trivia from previous F1 races in Azerbaijan!
The oil-rich country of Azerbaijan became the newest fixture on the F1 calendar in 2016. Baku City circuit, one of the longest tracks on the calendar, combines twisting sections reminiscent of Monaco with flat-out straights like those at Monza.
Perez moves into F1’s top 50 winners, Sainz continues to be out-qualified by team-mates in Baku and Sargeant reaches Q2 for the first time in his career. Here’s a statistic from each driver’s 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend!
Perez becomes Baku’s first repeat winner, Verstappen overtakes Senna’s podium tally and Zhou maintains his 100% DNF rate in Azerbaijan. Here are the facts and statistics from the 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix!
Did you predict Perez would win the Sprint and the Grand Prix? Or that the race would feature a single Safety Car period? How many of your pre-race predictions for the 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix were correct?
Leclerc takes a third consecutive Baku pole, Alonso reaches 200 Q3 appearances and McLaren record their first ever double Q3 appearance in Azerbaijan. Here are the facts and statistics from qualifying at the 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix!
All the information you could need about the 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend at Baku City Circuit.
Safety Car outings are common at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, with Baku City Circuit providing often unpredictable races. Here’s a list of every time that the Safety Car or VSC has been deployed in Azerbaijan.
At the first F1 Sprint weekend of the season, Verstappen could equal Vettel’s record of Red Bull wins and Alonso could equal the record for most consecutive third places finishes. Here are the milestones and the records which could be broken at the 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix!
While Mercedes and Red Bull have taken multiple Azerbaijan Grand Prix wins, the Silverstone-based team have recorded three podium results here.
Perez holds the record for most Baku podiums, Norris is the only current driver with a 100% points finish rate at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix and Verstappen became Baku City Circuit’s sixth winner in 2022.
While the polesitter has won only two of the six races held so far in Azerbaijan, 2nd and 8th are the only grid slots yet to record a retirement.
Here are all the facts and statistics you need to know about Baku City Circuit ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix!
Verstappen overtakes Vettel’s tally of Red Bull podiums, Perez sets a new record for most Baku podiums and Alonso sets a new record for the longest F1 career.
Verstappen equals Clark and Lauda’s win counts, Vettel and Gasly record their best results of the season so far and Leclerc becomes the first polesitter to fail to win four races in a row in 20 years.
Leclerc becomes the 15th driver to qualify on the front row at eight consecutive races, Verstappen is out-qualified by his team mate at successive events for the first time in almost four years and Bottas records his worst qualifying result in seven years.
Nico Rosberg raced only once at Baku City Circuit, in the 2016 European Grand Prix but still holds an unlikely circuit record.
At the 2022 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Alonso breaks the record for the longest F1 career, Hamilton could become only the second driver with a gap of 15 years between his first and last wins and Verstappen could overtake Vettel’s Red Bull podium tally.
Perez records the smallest Baku win margin, Vettel is the only driver to score in every Baku race and the Haas drivers record their best F1 results.
