Here, the track has a narrow 7.6 m (25 ft) uphill traversal and then circles the Old City before opening up onto a 2.2 km (1.4 mi) stretch along Neftchilar Avenue back to the start line. The circuit starts adjacent to Azadliq Square, then loops around Government House before heading west along a 1 km (0.62 mi) straight to the Palace of the Shirvanshahs and Maiden Tower.

The 6.003 km (3.730 mi), anti-clockwise layout of the circuit was designed by circuit architect Hermann Tilke. However, in July 2014 it was announced that the race's debut would be delayed until 2016.

In December 2013, Formula One President and CEO Bernie Ecclestone suggested that the race would be run in 2016 but later said that because the Korean Grand Prix organisers were in breach of contract, it would be moved to 2015. The event is organised by Baku City Circuit Operation Company ( Azerbaijani: Bakı Şəhər Halqası Əməliyyat Şirkəti). A year later, in 2017, the circuit held the inaugural Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The inaugural Formula One race at the circuit was the 2016 European Grand Prix and its support events. A lap of the circuit is 6.003 km (3.730 mi), making it the fourth-longest circuit on the Formula One calendar (after Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Jeddah Street Circuit and Las Vegas Strip Circuit). The Baku City Circuit ( Azerbaijani: Bakı Şəhər Halqası) is a motor racing street circuit located in Baku, Azerbaijan constructed near Baku Boulevard. For the circuit used by the FIA GT and Blancpain Sprint Series, see Baku World Challenge. This article is about the racing circuit used by Formula One.

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