Azerbaijan Grand Prix

The 2022 Azerbaijan Grand Prix

The Baku City Circuit has been on the calendar since 2016, albeit as a Grand Prix of Europe at the time. As of 2017, the race was renamed Azerbaijan GP and has already seen fireworks on the streets of Baku several times. In 2017 the impossible to forget fight between Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel behind the safety car, in 2018 the drama for both Red Bulls.

Since 2020, due to the arrival of the Grand Prix of the Netherlands and then the coronavirus pandemic, this race has been shifted more towards the summer and is held immediately after the Monaco Grand Prix, although the GP was cancelled later in 2020. The contrast between the two street circuits could hardly have been greater.

With more than six kilometres of asphalt, the lap times of the GP of Baku are logically a lot higher than those of the small round through the principality. Charles Leclerc recorded a 1:41.218 pole time in 2021, which means that the drivers are on the road more than half a minute longer than in Monte Carlo. One of the highest top speeds of the year is also measured here. Something that is impossible in Monaco. What is also special is that there is not yet one driver who has won twice on the Baku City Circuit.

What does the Azerbaijan Grand Prix race weekend look like?

On June 10, the first free practice starts at 12:00 PM UK time, followed by FP2 from 3:00 PM. The press conferences of team bosses and drivers are already planned for Friday morning. Qualifying will be held on Saturday, June 11 from 3:00 PM, the race on June 12 will start earlier than the start of all European races.

What time does the Azerbaijan Grand Prix start?

As in previous years, the GP of Azerbaijan can be followed live in the GPblog live blog from half an hour before the start of the race. The start time of the Baku Grand Prix is ​​12:00 UK time and the race can also be followed live on Sky Sports of F1TV.