Baku, Azerbaijan, April 26
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Last year’s race in Baku was certainly a memorable one, McLaren Formula 1 driver Fernando Alonso said before the Formula 1 Grand Prix of Azerbaijan.
"It was a crazy Grand Prix and we scored our first points of the season there, so we’ll naturally be looking to repeat that this weekend," he said.
Alonso stressed that even though it has only been on the calendar for a short time, this circuit is already known among the drivers as a great racer’s track.
"It’s the fastest street track of the year and also one of the longest, so it’s pretty tough on the car and the driver, but that’s definitely part of the appeal," he said.
“We know our limitations and where we need to improve our package, and, although we bring parts to test to every race weekend, we aren’t anticipating a radical change in our performance in Baku. However, we’re learning more and more about the behavior of our car each time we step into the cockpit, and in Azerbaijan we’ll be maximizing everything we have as usual to score as many points as possible," he noted.
Formula 1 Grand Prix of Azerbaijan will be held in Baku on April 27-29.
The length of the race track is just over six kilometers. The width of the widest section of the track is 13 meters, and the narrowest section is around Icherisheher: the width of the seventh and eighth turns is 7.6 meters.
Start and finish are at the Liberty Square. The team garages, pit lane and the paddock club are also there.