Baku has presented the border crossing as a demonstration of how Karabakh Armenians can live peacefully under Azerbaijani rule. But no one is using it.
Analysts say that, while an Erdogan defeat would be a preferable outcome for Armenia, a change of power in Turkey would not necessarily be a game changer.
Baku is due to host at least another three Grand Prix, but locals continue to wonder what the races bring to the country apart from disrupting movement in the capital.
With little willingness among politicians to overcome the divisions that plague the country, some groups and individuals are taking matters into their own hands.
Pro-government media in Azerbaijan are glorifying the president of Turkey ahead of that country's May election, though it's not clear what they hope to achieve.
The BBC's findings are a boon to Georgia's ruling party, which has long cast Davit Kezerashvili as a corrupt oligarch secretly bankrolling the opposition.