Dutch, British fans boost Baku F1 race as Russian sales fade

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Formula One fans in Britain and the Netherlands are the biggest overseas buyers of Azerbaijan Grand Prix tickets after sales to Russians dried up due to the war in Ukraine, according to organisers. Race spokesman Turab Teymurov said at the Bahrain season-opener that the April 30 grand prix was expected to

Formula One fans in Britain and the Netherlands are the biggest overseas buyers of Azerbaijan Grand Prix tickets after sales to Russians dried up due to the war in Ukraine, according to organisers.

Baku will be hosting Formula One for the seventh time, with six different drivers winning the previous races in the capital, and will be the first of six sprint weekends this season. Red Bull's Dutch driver Max Verstappen is chasing his third world championship in a row, while Britain is home to most of the teams and has three drivers including Mercedes' seven times world champion Lewis Hamilton.

 

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