2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
The 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 6 June 2021 at the Baku City Circuit in Baku, Azerbaijan. The race, the sixth round of the 2021 Formula One World Championship, marked the fourth running of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, and the fifth time the country had hosted a Grand Prix, having also held the 2016 European Grand Prix.
The course (photographed in 2019) passes through Old Baku.
2021 Formula One World Championship
The 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship was a motor racing championship for Formula One cars which was the 72nd running of the Formula One World Championship. It is recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the governing body of international motorsport, as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. The championship was contested over twenty-two Grands Prix, and held around the world. Drivers and teams competed for the titles of Formula One World Champion Driver and Formula One World Champion Constructor, respectively.
Max Verstappen won his first World Championship (and the first for a Dutch driver), driving for Red Bull Racing-Honda.
Lewis Hamilton, the defending champion, finished runner-up by 8 points driving for Mercedes.
Valtteri Bottas was third, also driving for Mercedes, in his final season with the team.
Mercedes won their eighth consecutive Constructors' Championship.