AzerbaijanhasbeenanindependentstatesinceOctober1991afewmonthspriortotheSovietUnionceasingtoexistandingeographicaltermsishometotheCaucasusmountainsandtheCaspianSea.Itisinthecountry’scapital,locatedonitsshoresthatFormula1madeoneofitsnewesthomeattheBakuStreetCircuitin2016.ThemaidenraceherewentbythenameoftheEuropeanGP,butthelastthreeeditionswerecalledtheAzerbaijanGrandPrix.