Baku will continue to play host to Formula 1 for at least two more years despite speculation it could be replaced by Miami for 2019, with the Azerbaijan Grand Prix promoters working to revise the terms of the existing contract for a longer-term deal. Baku staged its third F1 race last month, but speculation suggested the race could drop off the calendar for 2019 following the emergence of F1’s plans for a street race in Miami next autumn. The Baku City Circuit is currently three years into a 10-year F1 deal which started in 2016, but there is a break clause that would allow it to drop the race at the five-year mark after 2020. Notice on this break clause needs to be given by a deadline...
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