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There may be more overtaking on Baku track compared to the other street tracks that we race on, Formula 1 driver Felippe Massa told journalists.

"It will be my first time in Azerbaijan so I don't know what to expect from the country. I'm really looking forward to discovering a nice country, good people, and also a race track which will be in the middle of the town,” he said, according to Formula1.com.

“I don't know yet if it will be more like Monaco, or maybe a mix between Monaco and Singapore. We will wait and see. I've heard the straights will be longer, so maybe there will be more overtaking on this track. I hope we come away from Azerbaijan for the first time with a good result," Massa added.

Formula 1 race fans will gather in Azerbaijan on June 17-19, as its capital will host the eighth stage of the 67th season of Grand Prix of Europe for the first time.

With a length measuring at slightly over six kilometers, the 20-corner track will be lapped 51 times, with cars reaching potential speeds of up to 340km per hour, marking the circuit out as the fastest street circuit on the existing F1 calendar.

The circuit offers a number of challenges for drivers, including an extremely narrow uphill section along the old town walls that will require pinpoint accuracy, and it has an acceleration section of almost 2.2 kilometres along the seaside promenade, which will see the cars running flat out at very high speed - something that will create an incredible show for race fans.

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