First ever wet race in Baku possible this weekend

September 18, 2025

in Racing

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System 1 drivers are making ready for the opportunity of the primary ever rain-affected race at Baku this weekend.

The road circuit within the Azerbaijani capital is holding its ninth spherical of the world championship this weekend. Each earlier version has taken place in dry situations however some forecasts point out an opportunity of rain on Sunday.

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Aston Martin driver Fernando Alonso is a type of who had been alert to the opportunity of moist situations earlier than observe started on the monitor. “There may be even a bit little bit of a threat of rain, in order that could possibly be a really fascinating Baku,” he instructed the official System 1 channel.

Some climate fashions put the danger of sunshine rain all through Sunday as excessive as 40%. Others point out the weekend will stay dry.

Baku might show an particularly difficult circuit in moist situations. The road monitor is already fairly low in grip. It has a number of high-speed sections the place automobiles exceed 300kph however in locations the run-off areas are very small.

Probably the most difficult side of the climate in Baku for drivers is often the stiff gusts which blow throughout the circuit. “Baku has some challenges by way of being a avenue circuit and fairly windy generally,” Alonso famous. “The monitor retains evolving the entire weekend.”

Even when it doesn’t rain, this 12 months’s race is more likely to happen in significantly cooler situations than the drivers noticed 12 months in the past. The air temperature reached 28C as Oscar Piastri gained final 12 months, however it might wrestle to get as excessive as 20C on Sunday.

The race moved between calendar slots in June and April when it was first added to the calendar in 2016, initially underneath the one-off ‘European Grand Prix’ title. Final 12 months the race moved to its present slot in September, which is the area’s second-driest month by way of common rainfall.

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