Baku City Crcuit in profile
Last Updated: 14/02/17 9:15am
Mixing the old and the new, the Baku City Circuit is the most recent addition to the Formula 1 calendar
The European GP of 2016 morphs into the Azerbaijan GP of 2017 and beyond as the country's own name comes to the forefront for the race's second running on June 25.
If truth be told, few people in the F1 fraternity knew much about Baku or Azerbaijan itself before the inaugural grand prix of 2016.
Traversing the boundaries of Europe and Asia, the former Soviet state has close political ties to Europe and in 2015 staged athletics' inaugural European Games. Its football team also competes in UEFA-sanctioned competitions.
Baku's F1 race track runs around the city's streets, passing some famous landmarks, and at 3.7 miles long is the second-longest on the calendar after Spa.
Its standout feature is undoubtedly the narrow section of track which runs past the fort walls of the Old City, a World Heritage Site.
The average speed of the inaugural pole position set by Mercedes' Nico Rosberg was 130mph - compared to 100mph for a lap of Monaco's similarly twisty streets - while the Williams of Valtteri Bottas clocked 235mph down the 1.3-mile main straight.
After a chaotic maiden GP2 race, the first F1 Grand Prix around the streets of Baku was a relatively timid affair with drivers seemingly avoiding undue risk - particularly on the long, wide run into Turn One.
With a guaranteed five years on the calendar, and the possibility of 10, the Azerbaijan GP is here to stay into the next decade.