From one street circuit to another, Formula 1 heading to Baku for the 6th round of 2021 season.
Azerbaijan Grand Prix will take place on the streets of Baku. The street circuit features a long 2.0km ‘straight’ from Turn 16, with drivers staying full throttle until the heavy braking zone at Turn 1. This leads to a slipstream fest, and it would be interesting to see how teams take advantage of it in qualifying.
The circuit then gets narrower as it reaches the Old City, with some sections only 7.6 metres wide.
After taking important victory in Monaco, Red Bull & Verstappen heads to Baku with renewed confidence , aided by a weekend to forget for chief rival Mercedes.
The unique demands of Baku, with its mixture of long straights and 90-degree turns, gets the engineers scratching their heads, so Mercedes cannot afford to get the set-up wrong and let Red Bull extend its lead in the championship.
However, with three victories in the last four races in the Azerbaijan capital, the German marque does have a lot of data to bank on.
2021 Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix session timings in different time zones
| Session | GMT | BST | CEST | ET | PT | AEST | JST | IST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FP1 | 08:30 | 09:30 | 10:30 | 04:30 | 01:30 | 18:30 | 17:30 | 14:00 |
| FP2 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 14:00 | 08:00 | 05:00 | 22:00 | 21:00 | 17:30 |
| FP3 | 09:00 | 10:00 | 11:00 | 05:00 | 02:00 | 19:00 | 18:00 | 14:30 |
| Qualifying | 12:00 | 13:00 | 14:00 | 08:00 | 05:00 | 22:00 | 21:00 | 17:30 |
| Race | 12:00 | 13:00 | 14:00 | 08:00 | 05:00 | 22:00 | 21:00 | 17:30 |
2021 Formula 1 Azerbaijan GP session timings in Azerbaijan
Friday 4th Jun 2021
- Free Practice 1: 12:30 – 13:30 local time
- Free Practice 2: 16:00 – 17:00 local time
Saturday 5th Jun 2021
- Free Practice 3: 13:00 – 14:00 local time
- Qualifying: 16:00 – 17:00 local time
Sunday 6th Jun 2021
- Race: 16:00 – 18:00 local time
2021 Formula 1 Azerbaijan GP session timings in the US
Friday 4th Jun 2021
- Free Practice 1: 04:30 – 05:30 ET / 01:30 – 02:30 PT
- Free Practice 2: 08:00 – 09:00 ET / 05:00 – 06:00 PT
Saturday 5th Jun 2021
- Free Practice 3: 05:00 – 06:00 ET / 02:00 – 03:00 PT
- Qualifying: 08:00 – 09:00 ET / 05:00 – 06:00 PT
Sunday 6th Jun 2021
- Race: 08:00 – 10:00 PT / 05:00 – 07:00 PT
