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It's Wednesday.

You know what that means. It's back to previews as we're back with the F1 calendar this weekend. Back to Azerbaijan, Sam.

Yes, back in Baku, which I'm really exciting for because more often than not, throws

up a bit of a banger because Baku, street circuit, close proximity walls, the tricking us of the

setup with the fast straits and the Twisky Castle section. We tend to get

some odd results in last minute drama here. So thrilled. It's race week as always, but Baku is a,

is a solid one to go to. It is indeed. Round 17 of 2025 as we head into the last third of the

2025 season held around the streets of Baku.

It's a six-kilometer circuit, which makes it the fourth longest on the calendar.

First held a Grand Prix in 2016 as the European Grand Prix.

You're having a laugh with that.

Sorry, Waku.

And it has hosted the Azerbaijan GP ever since 2017.

A real mixture of corners here, some heavy breaking zones, including turn 3 and turn 15,

but maybe most notably turn 1 that comes after a 2.2 kilometre full throttle final sector,

which gives excellent overtaking opportunities, as shown by Oscar Piastri

last year when he overtook Shaul-le-Claire to claim victory. But outside of the long straights,

you do have some tight and twisty corners. You've got turns 8 to 12, which is commonly referred

to as the castle section, which had its most narrow, is just 7.6 meters wide. Current weather forecast looks

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