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Can Baku deliver this season?
A race without a defending champion on the grid, a city lacking in motor racing pedigree, and a layout that failed to inspire. This season Formula 1 heads to the Azerbaijan capital of Baku for the European GP hoping for an improved race – but not honestly expecting much. The Baku street circuit is a mix of old and new. While ancient walls line parts of the route, the track closing to just 7.6m at its narrowest point, unforgiving of even the smallest mistake; huge run-off in other areas mean errors are absolved. Hitting speeds of 370kph down the boulevards, running flat out for 65 percent of the lap, but slowing to 80 for the corners, Baku is hard on the engines and even harder on the...
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