Baku, City of Azerbaijan hosted the European Grand Prix, the round 8 of 2016 Formula One season. The newly built Baku City Circuit became the 71st circuit to host a Formula One Grand Prix race. Nico Rosberg of Team Mercedes won this inaugural Grand Prix. Thanks again to Formula One President and CEO Bernie Ecclestone who is taking Formula One to new territories. The circuit was designed by Hermann Tilke, the famous German engineer who designed most of the recent circuits such as Sepang International Circuit, Bahrain International Circuit, Shanghai International Circuit, Istanbul Park Racing Circuit, Valencia Street Circuit, Marina Bay Street Circuit, Yas Marina Circuit, Korea International Circuit and the Buddh International Circuit in India.
As per the current provisional plan Baku will host the round 8 of 2017 Formula One season. To commemorate the inaugural Grand Prix race, Azerbaijan post released 3 different products - a set of 4 stamps featuring racing cars, a souvenir sheet and a set of 4 maxi cards. Surprisingly these releases are not featured in their official postal website. The souvenir sheet features the Baku racing circuit and a graphical representation of a racing car on top of the sheet. It also features the trade mark texts of Formula One company therefore making this as an official product. :)
