FRIDAY 28th APRIL	 	 

Practice 1	13:30 - 14:30
Qualifying	17:00 - 18:00
 	 	 
SATURDAY 29th APRIL	 	 

Sprint Shootout	12:30 - 13:14
Sprint    	17:30 - 18:00
 	 	 
SUNDAY 30rd APRIL
 	 
Grand Prix	15:00 - 17:00

First Grand Prix  2016
Number of Laps    51
Circuit Length    6.003 km
Race Distance     306.049 km
Lap Record        1:43.009 Charles Leclerc (2019)

Race interruptions: Expect some form of stoppage in the race. In the six races held, there have been seven Safety Cars, two red flags and three Virtual Safety Cars. Strategy can be influenced by the timing of these. The softest compound of Pirelli's range, the C5, will make its 2023 debut here.

Sprint: The first of six Sprint events this season. The format has altered somewhat, with the grid for both races being determined by separate qualifying sessions. Baku has never hosted a Sprint before. New for 2023, DRS will now be activated after one lap of green flag running in the Sprint.

Overtaking: It is relatively easy here, with the DRS effect particularly powerful at this circuit. The runs to Turns One and Three are both preceded by lengthy DRS zones. Expect many passes to be made at these locations, but unconventional moves can also be performed at some of the tightest corners on the circuit.

6. The number of different winners in as many Formula 1 Grands Prix held in Baku. The first race, in 2016, went by the name of Grand Prix of Europe and was won by Nico Rosberg. From 2017 onwards, the race was renamed Azerbaijan Grand Prix and was won by Daniel Ricciardo, Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas, Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen. Ferrari has twice finished second, with Sebastian Vettel in 2016 and Kimi Raikkonen in 2018. Charles Leclerc was fourth in Baku in 2021 and Carlos Sainz finished fifth in 2018.

70. The number of different nationalities that make up the population of Baku. It owes its multi-ethnicity to having always been on the crossroads of commerce and travel, on the old Silk Road and more recently being home to a flourishing gas and oil industry.

400. The number of mud volcanoes in Azerbaijan. Small mounds, anything from a few centimetres to metres in height, they spew out a mixture of clay and water combined with saline substances such as salt, bromine and iodine as well as methane and hydrocarbon gases. Azerbaijan is home to half the world's number of these volcanoes that can sometimes erupt up to 150 metres high.

700. The years that the Yanar Dag eternal flame has burned, due to natural gases burning beneath the sand. This 116 metre-high hill, also known as the "mountain of fire", is situated on the Absheron peninsula, around 25 kilometres from Baku. Legend has it that the fire was started by an unwitting shepherd as he knocked out his pipe.

3000. The approximate number of carpets housed in Baku's Carpet Museum. The shape of the actual building is also linked to its contents, presenting the form of a rolled up carpet.

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