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Opinion: "Crazy" Baku can be F1 gem despite dull debut

The European Grand Prix may not have been a race to cherish, but Jonathan Noble is convinced that the Baku street track can establish itself as one of Formula 1's classic venues in years to come. It is hard to know what was the biggest surprise from Azerbaijan’s first F1 race: that Baku had delivered such a fantastic circuit, or that the stunning track delivered such a boring grand prix on Sunday. The hours before the start had been full of excited chatter about what could be to come. After two days of frenetic, error-filled F1 action, hopes of a thrilling European GP were further fuelled by a pair of chaotic GP2 races. In the hour before the race, I bumped in to track designer Hermann...
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