Prepping A Formula One Race In Baku

Close a few streets, throw up some bleachers, sell some soda, blow out ear drums and you've got a rip roarin' race! Not quite. Sarah and James crossed paths with Formula One race prep in Baku, lucky to be safely back home by race day.

No small affair, heavy equipment need apply and often.

The fencing is, obviously, the most abundant sign of the impending noise. Formula One (at least in Baku) races on regular streets, which remain open until the last minute. As do the regular speed limits. Portable pit stops. Spectators, not drivers.

The fencing can make the chic city look like a post apocalyptic TV show. The Walking Gucci Dead.

A photo parade of past glory, decorating the seaside promenade. Fencing and flowers, a curious juxtaposition.

Advertising lipstick on a construction fence pig. No one notices.