Azerbaijan Set to Host F1 Race
March 5, 2014
Formula One could be heading to Azerbaijan after CEO Bernie Ecclestone revealed the motorsport could visit the European destination in 2016.
According to the Daily Mail, Flavio Briatore, who has opened a couture business in the capital, Baku, will pocket a seven-figure bonus for acting as a go-between.
“We’re going to Azerbaijan,” Ecclestone told the Mail. “The people out there are talking about holding a race in 2015. That may be a bit soon – unless it’s at the end of the season; that’s a possibility. But 2016 is more likely.”
The Azerbaijani GP will be held on the streets of Baku and marks another step in the globalisation of Formula One – part of a growing trend away from the sport’s traditional circuits in Europe.
Turkey, China, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain and Malaysia are among the countries recently added to the calendar.
