Thousands of workers and volunteers are working to reduce the impact of the race for the nearly three million people who live in Azerbaijan’s capital.
Emotion grows in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, a few days before the celebration of the Formula 1 Grand Prix with more demand, which will be held on September 15. The Mexican Sergio Pérez He was the winner in the 2023 edition, and now he is trying to defend the merit of the Red Bull engineers together with his teammate Max Verstappen.
The race will take place in the heart of the city. The circuit of six kilometers you will pass through some of the most beautiful places emblematic of the capitalsuch as the Maiden’s Tower and the Old City, and along the picturesque Caspian Sea boulevard.
Several thousand people, including officials, volunteers and the Police, have worked to reduce the impact of urban running in the local population. The circuit has been created so that it can be set up and taken down quickly, thus reducing road closures and traffic jams during the event weekend.
“Las sensations are incredible“says Novruz Juvarlinski, one of the volunteers. “There is a lot of preparation behind the scenes, you are always learning something, you have fun.”
The city will be full of tourists, almost all hotels are full between September 13 and 15. The growing demand for tickets led the organizers to decide expand capacity of the race by 35%, adding additional stands along the track.
The general director of the Baku street circuit, Magsud Farzullayev, is proud of the impact that the Formula 1 is taking into Azerbaijanwhich has hosted the event since 2016. “It is a sport on the rise. It is also expanding globally. For our country, it’s great to be a part of that. It brings a lot of recognition, a lot of tourism, as well as economic benefits for the country and its citizens,” she says.
The organizers have also paid attention to the securityand have implemented new technologies to improve race conditions.
