Circuit · Baku, Azerbaijan
Baku City Circuit
Held as the European GP in 2016 before becoming the Azerbaijan GP. Consistently produces chaotic races because of the combination of high top speed and zero margin for error.
- Championship races
- 10
- Seasons
- 2016–202610 seasons
- Length
- 6.003 kmcurrent layout
- Turns
- 20
- Direction
- anti-clockwise
- Type
- street
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.
A 2.2 km flat-out run to Turn 1 combined with a castle section barely eight metres wide
Most wins here
| Driver | Wins | Span |
|---|---|---|
| Max Verstappen | 2 | 2022–2025 |
| Sergio Perez | 2 | 2021–2023 |
| Daniel Ricciardo | 1 | 2017 |
| George Russell | 1 | 2026 |
| Nico Rosberg | 1 | 2016 |
| Oscar Piastri | 1 | 2024 |
| Sir Lewis Hamilton | 1 | 2018 |
| Valtteri Bottas | 1 | 2019 |
Constructors here
| Constructor | Wins | Span |
|---|---|---|
| Red Bull Racing | 5 | 2017–2025 |
| Mercedes | 4 | 2016–2026 |
| McLaren | 1 | 2024 |
Where winners start here
All 10 races won here, counted together. No layout timeline is recorded for this circuit.
- Won from first on the grid
- 4 of 10 (40%), against 127 of 233 (55%) at every circuit, 2016–2026
- Won from the first two slots
- 6 of 10 (60%), against 180 of 233 (77%) at every circuit
- Lowest winning grid slot
- 10th — Daniel Ricciardo, 2017
- Most wins by a driver
- Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez, 2 each
- Most wins by a team
- Red Bull Racing, 5
A dot is a race won from that slot; over eight, the box shows the count. Boxes stand two abreast, as grids do now. Coloured by winner: the team’s own livery.
| Grid slot | Wins | Races won |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 4 | 2016 Nico Rosberg (Mercedes); 2019 Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes); 2025 Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing); 2026 George Russell (Mercedes) |
| 2nd | 2 | 2018 Sir Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes); 2024 Oscar Piastri (McLaren) |
| 3rd | 2 | 2022 Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing); 2023 Sergio Perez (Red Bull Racing) |
| 6th | 1 | 2021 Sergio Perez (Red Bull Racing) |
| 10th | 1 | 2017 Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull Racing) |
Race by race
- 2010s
- 2016 European Grand Prix Mercedes 1st
- 2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Red Bull Racing 10th
- 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Mercedes 2nd
- 2019 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Mercedes 1st
- 2020s
- 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Red Bull Racing 6th
- 2022 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Red Bull Racing 3rd
- 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Red Bull Racing 3rd
- 2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix McLaren 2nd
- 2025 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Red Bull Racing 1st
- 2026 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Mercedes 1st
Every race here 10 · 1 to come
Held here as the Azerbaijan Grand Prix (9 races) and the European Grand Prix (1 race).
The same on all 11 rows: Layout — not established.
| Season | Grand Prix | Winner | Constructor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | Azerbaijan Grand Prix | not yet run | |
| 2026 | Azerbaijan Grand Prix | George Russell | Mercedes |
| 2025 | Azerbaijan Grand Prix | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing |
| 2024 | Azerbaijan Grand Prix | Oscar Piastri | McLaren |
| 2023 | Azerbaijan Grand Prix | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing |
| 2022 | Azerbaijan Grand Prix | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing |
| 2021 | Azerbaijan Grand Prix | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing |
| 2019 | Azerbaijan Grand Prix | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes |
| 2018 | Azerbaijan Grand Prix | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes |
| 2017 | Azerbaijan Grand Prix | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing |
| 2016 | European Grand Prix | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes |
Where this comes from
- Official name
- Baku City Circuit
- Location
- Baku, Azerbaijan
- Confidence
- high