Baku City Circuit has gained a reputation for producing unpredictable and action-packed races since joining the calendar in 2016. The 2025 Azerbaijan Grand Prix is set to take place on September 21.
1142nd F1 GRAND PRIX | 8th AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX | 9th F1 GRAND PRIX AT BAKU CITY CIRCUIT
2024 POLESITTER: CHARLES LECLERC | 2024 WINNER: OSCAR PIASTRI
2025 AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX: WEEKEND SCHEDULE
Friday September 19
Free Practice 1 – 1:30pm Local Time/ 10:30am UK Time
Free Practice 2 – 5:00pm Local Time/ 2:00pm UK Time
Saturday September 20
Free Practice 3 – 12:30pm Local Time/ 9:30am UK Time
Qualifying – 4:00pm Local Time/ 1:00pm UK Time
Sunday September 21
The 2025 Azerbaijan Grand Prix – 3:00pm Local Time/ 12:00pm UK Time
2025 AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX: WEEKEND MILESTONES
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WHAT HAS CHANGED AT THE CIRCUIT SINCE LAST YEAR?
Changes to the circuit since last year’s race will be posted here.
HOW MANY DRS ZONES WILL THERE BE AT THE 2025 AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX?
It’s yet to be announced how many DRS zones there will be at the 2025 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Last year, there were two DRS zones. The activation zones are located after Turn 2 and on the main straight after Turn 20. In 2024, the DRS zone on the main straight was 100 metres longer than in 2023.
BAKU CITY CIRCUIT TRACK GUIDE
The oil-rich country of Azerbaijan became the newest fixture on the F1 calendar in 2016. The Baku City circuit, the second longest track of the season, combines twisting sections reminiscent of Monaco with flat-out straights like those at Monza.
Baku itself is no stranger to motorsport, with the Baku World Challenge having been held on a street circuit between 2012 and 2014. Azerbaijan wanted a prestigious event to add to its list of honours, and followed in the footsteps of similarly oil-rich countries Bahrain and Abu Dhabi, and enticed Formula 1 to the area.
In December 2013, Bernie Ecclestone announced that a deal had been signed for F1 to visit the country for the first time, with the Azerbaijan Grand Prix to be added to the Formula 1 calendar from 2015 onwards. Ecclestone then suggested that the event would replace the Korean Grand Prix, with the organisers of that event being in breach of their contract. In July 2014, it was announced that the Baku race would in fact début in 2016.
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WHO WILL BE IN THE 2025 AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX PRESS CONFERENCES?
The world’s media will have the opportunity to talk to the drivers ahead of the on-track action. The drivers appearing in the press conference for this race are yet to be announced.
The media will also be talking to prominent members of Formula 1’s teams in a separate press conference over the race weekend. The team members appearing in the press conference are yet to be announced.
WHO WILL BE THE RACE DIRECTOR AT THE 2025 AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX?
Rui Marques will be the race director at the 2025 Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
WHO WILL BE THE DRIVER STEWARD AT THE 2025 AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX?
Each weekend a former Formula 1 driver, or a driver from another prominent series of motorsport, joins the stewards to help judge any incidents from a drivers’ perspective. The Driver Steward this weekend is yet to be announced.
WHICH TYRE COMPOUNDS WILL BE USED AT THE 2025 AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX?
Pirelli have not yet announced which tyre compounds will be used at the 2025 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The C3, C4 and C5 compounds were used in 2024.
WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME AT THE AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX?
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WHAT’S THE FASTEST EVER LAP AT BAKU CITY CIRCUIT?
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