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Baku
A street circuit with a genuinely enormous main straight at one end and, at the other, a climb through a gap in the walls of the old city so narrow that two cars do not fit.
- Circuit length
- 6.003 km
- Corners
- 20
- First F1 race here
- 2016
- 2026 round
- Round 15
- Race date
- 26 Sep 2026
- Ticket prices
- €203–€443
Azerbaijan Grand Prix is round 15, 26 Sep 2026. The review publishes the day after.
The lap
The lap, drawn from the official circuit diagram and simplified to 204 points. This is the shape of the circuit; the length and corner count in the strip above are the published figures, hand-checked against the circuit’s own specifications.
What a ticket here actually gets you
Zone and stand structure, checked 29 Jul 2026. No prices — those move, and we do not publish one until it has been checked and dated.
The grandstands
The Filarmoniya stand sits inside the circuit at Turn 16 and looks across Turns 15 and 16, the most spectacular pair on the lap. Icheri is on the outside between Turns 11 and 12, in the old-city section. Five more stands, including Khazar, run between Turns 17 and 20 — a flat-out slalom sequence inside the circuit's roughly 2.2km full-throttle run, not a braking zone. The actual heaviest and longest braking on the lap comes at Turn 1, where that same full-throttle run finally ends.
What a Baku weekend actually costs
A street circuit with a genuinely enormous main straight at one end and, at the other, a climb through a gap in the walls of the old city so narrow that two cars do not fit.
A straight this long turned into the sport's biggest energy-management question in 2026. Whatever the rules settle at, this is the place you will see the effect most clearly.
Seats we could actually find on sale at Baku ran from €203 up to €443 (general admission through to the priciest grandstand, not counting hospitality or Paddock Club) — checked 31 Jul 2026. Ticket prices move constantly and this is not every seat at the circuit, so treat it as a rough budget, not a quote. A typical return flight from a mid-priced European hub, booked around two months out, runs about €220 a person; add roughly €210 a person for three nights in a mid-range hotel over the race weekend. These are grounded, dated estimates, not live quotes. See the full cost ranking for how every circuit compares. What we can tell you is which decision moves the total most, and that is grandstand or general admission, followed by where you buy it.
Ticket types
| Icon | Type | What you get | Screen |
|---|---|---|---|
| Filarmoniya | Inside T16, looking across Turns 15 and 16 | Yes | |
| Icheri | Outside between T11 and T12, in the old-city section | Partial | |
| Khazar and the T17–20 stands | Flat-out slalom inside the long full-throttle run — not a braking zone | Yes | |
| City / Mugham | Trackside at Turns 6–7 (Old City approach) | Not confirmed | |
| Icheri Sheher | Trackside at Old City / Castle Section (Turns 8–15) | Not confirmed | |
| Azneft / Marine / Giz Galasi | Trackside at Turns 16–19 (Sector 3) | Not confirmed | |
| Zafar / Absheron A / Champions / Absheron B / Absheron C / Absheron D / Absheron E | Trackside at Turn 20 / Start-Finish Straight / Turn 1 (1/3) | Not confirmed | |
| Sahil / Bulvar | Trackside at Turn 20 / Start-Finish Straight / Turn 1 (3/3) | Not confirmed |
structure checked 29 Jul 2026
Getting there
Central, walkable and served by the city metro — one of the easier street races to attend without a car. Being a compact, walkable street circuit in the city centre, Baku has no camping option, and hotel rates in the old town rise substantially for race weekend, the same as any other street race.
Where to sit
The castle section is the photograph, but the main straight is where the racing is. Grandstands near the end of the straight see the heaviest braking of the weekend.
Weighing it against other circuits
Dates move; circuits do not. This block reads from the season overlay, so it is right whenever you happen to be reading it.