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Almost a decade old now, the Azerbaijan Grand Prix is part of the modern breed of Formula 1 street circuits. Set on the shores of the Caspian Sea, the anti-clockwise layout manages to combine some of F1’s highest top speeds with a rather fiddly section through the old city, all of it lined with walls and barriers to punish mistakes. It’s a low-downforce track, with mostly slow corners, similar to Montreal and Monza.
Despite the questionable record of the hosting country—something all too many F1 races…
