Svetlana Parfenova

16 июня 2016 year

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In 2012, Baku has already passed race cars «Formula 1», but at that time it was «just» a show featuring the Red Bull Racing F1 team. Now Azerbaijan is preparing to present to the world and to all fans of motor racing Grand Prix of Europe, «Formula 1».

Located on the Great Silk Road, Azerbaijan is a unique blend of Eastern and Western cultures and traditions. It is called the «Land of Fire»: thanks to this unique natural phenomenon of leakage of natural gas into the ground, creating the effect of «burning the hills.» held European games will be held in this race, «Formula 1», and in the next game will be Islamic, thus Azerbaijan is in the center of Europe, and in the center of the Islamic world in 2011. It hosts the «Eurovision» in 2015. The name «European Grand Prix» of the 8th stage of the championship, «Formula 1» in 2016 was not without reason, the idea of ​​leadership itself filed royal races, and the organizers, of course, did not object. Azerbaijan is positioned as a European country with an open mentality.

Baku — the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan and the Caspian region and the Caucasus. The city is located in the southern part of the Apsheron Peninsula and washed by the Caspian Sea, which is the largest lake in the world. The population is about 3 million people. It perfectly combines the intriguing beauty of monuments, large stadiums, bright shopping malls and skyscrapers. The two main urban areas — a modern center and the old city Icheri Sheher, which together with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Citizens of the Russian Federation and some CIS countries to stay in Azerbaijan for up to 90 days to issue a visa is not necessary. The main thing to remember that the entry is only possible in the presence of the passport that is valid during the entire stay. The road does not cause any difficulties, from different Russian cities there are direct flights, the flight, for example, from Moscow takes about 3 hours. The national currency — manat, for exchange are accepted as the dollar and the euro and rubles. You can pay by bank cards in many places. People speak in Russian. The sun, fruits and familiar footage from «Brilliant hands» — for fans of the Russian stage, «Formula 1» in Baku looks very attractive.

So, on June 17–19, there will be the first-ever race of the Formula 1 street circuit in the six-kilometer Baku City Circuit. Tickets are sold at the stands http://tickets.bakucitycircuit.com/ru/10791-european-grand-prix/ official website. Prices from $ 120, 472 for the opportunity to place on the main stand, and some residents have already placed ads on renting at the time of their balconies race.

3D presentation of Baku City Circuit

Total installed along the tracks 9 stands that accommodate about 30 000 people. The biggest — Absheron (main) with a capacity of 5000 people, is located in front of the pit-building. Also provided free accommodation area, where facilities will be equipped with special podiums to view the race. On the Promenade during the race weekend is an entertainment zone, which will visit all ticket holders. Chris Brown, Enrique Iglesias and Pharrell Williams will be the leading performers of the concert program at the Grand Prix. Starting on Friday the 17th of June, each of the world's superstars will turn on the main stage.

For the convenience of the audience 17, 18 and 19 June, some buses and subway station will run from 06:00 am until 02:00 am, but many hotels to track, located in the heart of the city can be comfortably reached on foot.

Six-kilometer Baku City Circuit — the longest street circuit in the F1 calendar. Between the sixteenth and the first turn riders will squeeze everything possible out of their cars, reaching speeds of 340 km / h, and a very narrow portion of the walls of the Old Town, the breadth of seven and a half meters on a segment of the eighth to the eleventh rotation tickle nerves and participants and spectators. At this point, the pilots will pass on 12 per cent slope, slowing down their vehicles up to 80 kilometers per hour. Since cars involves a device that riders sit very low on the road, on the ascent to the 11th turn they will be seen only the sky, the trees, and can be fortification, they did not see himself turning. The creators of the route chosen is the place to show the audience the historical beauty of Baku.

It is worth noting that the original road was paved with paving stones here, but specifically for the European Grand Prix on top of it put asphalt. Furthermore, this area is under the supervision of UNESCO, which means a year for a few months before the start of the race on the F1 paving will put a temporary layer of asphalt, and then cut it. In general, especially for «Formula 1», the asphalt has been replaced throughout the entire route.

The first pilot of F1, who visited the Baku City Circuit, began to Fernando Alonso, he visited Baku in exactly 100 days before the Grand Prix of Europe. Alonso commented that it is possible to precisely Baku City Circuit will be the most memorable in the current calendar, «Formula 1», and the pilots will be very interesting to test their skills on such a difficult track, especially on the narrow, winding turns along the Old Town.

Of course, the author of the project is architect Hermann Tilke, who exclusively creates an arena for racing «Formula 1» and a half decades. Baku City Circuit — difficult in all respects the urban ring, which will transmit the attractive atmosphere of the capital of Azerbaijan, which combines history and modernity. Old Town, the promenade and the impressive building of the Government House — great backdrop for a memorable race.


Information

The official name of the route: Baku City Circuit
Location: Center of Baku
Movement: anti-clockwise
Track length: 6.000 km
Race distance: 305.000 km
Capacity crowd: 30,000 people

Photo: Svetlana Parfenov, Baku City Circuit