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Baku thinks big and small for F1 debut
Azerbaijan's big debut on the Formula One calendar next June looks sure to be sold out because local organisers are planning on selling only 28,000 tickets for the race in Baku. The small number compares with the 135,000 who attended Mexico's return last month after a 23-year absence and 120,000 who watched now-triple world champion Lewis Hamilton triumph at Silverstone. Race promoter and circuit CEO Arif Rahimov told reporters at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that Baku had only 9,500 hotel rooms with Formula One stakeholders taking up some 2,500. 'So we are left with 7,000 rooms which is about 10,000 visitors that we can host,' he said. 'That is the maximum capacity that we can...
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