List of Formula One circuits
Formula One, abbreviated to F1, is currently the highest class of open-wheeled auto racing defined by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motorsport's world governing body.[1] The Formula One World Championship season consists of a series of races, known as Grands Prix, usually held on purpose-built circuits, and in a few cases on closed city streets. The results of each race are combined to determine two annual championships, one for drivers (World Drivers' Championship), and one for constructors (World Constructors' Championship).
This list is for the circuits that hosted World Championship races from 1950 till now. The terms "Formula One race" and "World Championship race" were not always synonymous throughout history – see Formula One#Distinction between Formula One and World Championship races for a detailed explanation.
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The first World Championship Grand Prix was held in 1950 at Silverstone; since then 71 circuits have hosted a Grand Prix. A lot of classic (older) circuits have hosted Grands Prix using different configurations throughout their history: Nürburgring, Spa-Francorchamps, Monza, etc. Taking Nürburgring as an example, the first World Championship race there used the 22.835 km (14.189 mi) configuration, but concerns over safety meant that more recent Grands Prix have used a shorter, safer circuit.[2] F1 circuits were predominantly in Europe during the early years of the championship; as the sport has expanded, so has the location of its circuits. The expansion into Asia and America has been a recent occurrence. Of the 20 circuits that hosted a Grand Prix in 2012, nearly half were not on the calendar before 1999.[3]
The Autodromo Nazionale Monza has hosted the most World Championship races; the only season it did not host a race was in 1980, when the Italian Grand Prix was held at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari.[4] The Baku City Circuit became the 71st circuit to host a Grand Prix, when it held the European Grand Prix in 2016; this is the latest addition to this list. The longest circuit to have hosted a Grand Prix is the Pescara Circuit, which hosted the 1957 Pescara Grand Prix: the 25.800 km (16.031 mi) long circuit in Pescara, Italy, held the annual Coppa Acerbo race, and in 1957 it was the only time that this race was included as part of the World Championship, a race which Stirling Moss won.[5]
As some circuits have hosted Grands Prix using different configurations, the most recent configuration used is listed in the table below.
Circuits
Current circuits (for the 2020 season) |
- The "Map" column shows a diagram of the latest configuration on current tracks and the last configuration used on past tracks.
- The "Type" column refers to the type of circuit: "street" is a circuit held on closed city streets, "road" refers to a mixture of public roads and a permanent track, and "race" is a permanent facility.
- The "Last length used" shows the track length for the configuration that was used last time the Formula One race was held on a given track.
Circuit | Map | Type | Direction | Location | Last length used | Grands Prix | Season(s) | Grands Prix held |
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Adelaide Street Circuit | Street circuit | Clockwise | Adelaide, Australia | 3.780 km (2.349 mi) | Australian Grand Prix | 1985–1995 | 11 | |
Ain-Diab Circuit | Road circuit | Clockwise | Casablanca, Morocco | 7.618 km (4.734 mi) | Moroccan Grand Prix | 1958 | 1 | |
Aintree Motor Racing Circuit | Road circuit | Clockwise | Aintree, United Kingdom | 4.828 km (3.000 mi) | British Grand Prix | 1955, 1957, 1959, 1961–1962 | 5 | |
Albert Park Circuit | Street circuit | Clockwise | Melbourne, Australia | 5.303 km (3.295 mi) | Australian Grand Prix | 1996–2019 | 24 | |
Autódromo do Estoril | Race circuit | Clockwise | Cascais, Portugal | 4.360 km (2.709 mi) | Portuguese Grand Prix | 1984–1996 | 13 | |
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | Race circuit | Anti-clockwise | Imola, Italy | 4.933 km (3.065 mi) | Italian Grand Prix, San Marino Grand Prix | 1980–2006 | 27 | |
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez |
Race circuit | Clockwise | Mexico City, Mexico | 4.304 km (2.674 mi) | Mexican Grand Prix | 1963–1970, 1986–1992, 2015–2019 | 20 | |
Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | Race circuit | Anti-clockwise | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 5.031 km (3.126 mi) | Brazilian Grand Prix | 1978, 1981–1989 | 10 | |
Autódromo José Carlos Pace |
Race circuit | Anti-clockwise | São Paulo, Brazil | 4.309 km (2.677 mi) | Brazilian Grand Prix | 1973–1977, 1979–1980, 1990–2019 | 37 | |
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | Race circuit | Clockwise | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 4.259 km (2.646 mi) | Argentine Grand Prix | 1953–1958, 1960, 1972–1975, 1977–1981, 1995–1998 | 20 | |
Autodromo Nazionale Monza |
Race circuit | Clockwise | Monza, Italy | 5.793 km (3.600 mi) | Italian Grand Prix | 1950–1979, 1981–2019 | 69 | |
AVUS | Road circuit | Anti-clockwise | Berlin, Germany | 8.300 km (5.157 mi) | German Grand Prix | 1959 | 1 | |
Bahrain International Circuit |
Race circuit | Clockwise | Sakhir, Bahrain | 5.412 km (3.363 mi) | Bahrain Grand Prix | 2004–2010, 2012–2019 | 15 | |
Baku City Circuit |
Street circuit | Anti-clockwise | Baku, Azerbaijan | 6.003 km (3.730 mi) | European Grand Prix, Azerbaijan Grand Prix | 2016–2019 | 4 | |
Brands Hatch | Race circuit | Clockwise | West Kingsdown, United Kingdom | 3.703 km (2.301 mi) | British Grand Prix, European Grand Prix | 1964, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982–1986 | 14 | |
Buddh International Circuit | Race circuit | Clockwise | Greater Noida, India | 5.141 km (3.194 mi) | Indian Grand Prix | 2011–2013 | 3 | |
Bugatti Circuit | Race circuit | Clockwise | Le Mans, France | 4.430 km (2.753 mi) | French Grand Prix | 1967 | 1 | |
Caesars Palace Grand Prix Circuit | Street circuit | Anti-clockwise | Las Vegas, United States | 3.650 km (2.268 mi) | Caesars Palace Grand Prix | 1981–1982 | 2 | |
Charade Circuit | Road circuit | Clockwise | Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France | 8.055 km (5.005 mi) | French Grand Prix | 1965, 1969–1970, 1972 | 4 | |
Circuit Bremgarten | Road circuit | Clockwise | Bern, Switzerland | 7.208 km (4.479 mi) | Swiss Grand Prix | 1950–1954 | 5 | |
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya |
Race circuit | Clockwise | Montmeló, Spain | 4.655 km (2.892 mi) | Spanish Grand Prix | 1991–2019 | 29 | |
Circuit de Monaco | Street circuit | Clockwise | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 3.337 km (2.074 mi) | Monaco Grand Prix | 1950, 1955–2019 | 66 | |
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps |
Race circuit | Clockwise | Stavelot, Belgium | 7.004 km (4.352 mi) | Belgian Grand Prix | 1950–1956, 1958, 1960–1968, 1970, 1983, 1985–2002, 2004–2005, 2007–2019 | 52 | |
Circuito de Monsanto | Street circuit | Clockwise | Lisbon, Portugal | 5.440 km (3.380 mi) | Portuguese Grand Prix | 1959 | 1 | |
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | Race circuit | Clockwise | Magny-Cours, France | 4.411 km (2.741 mi) | French Grand Prix | 1991–2008 | 18 | |
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve |
Street circuit | Clockwise | Montreal, Canada | 4.361 km (2.710 mi) | Canadian Grand Prix | 1978–1986, 1988–2008, 2010–2019 | 40 | |
Circuit Mont-Tremblant | Race circuit | Clockwise | Mont-Tremblant, Canada | 4.265 km (2.650 mi) | Canadian Grand Prix | 1968, 1970 | 2 | |
Circuit of the Americas |
Race circuit | Anti-clockwise | Austin, United States | 5.513 km (3.426 mi) | United States Grand Prix | 2012–2019 | 8 | |
Circuit Park Zandvoort |
Race circuit | Clockwise | Zandvoort, Netherlands | 4.252 km (2.642 mi) | Dutch Grand Prix | 1952–1953, 1955, 1958–1971, 1973–1985 | 30 | |
Circuit Paul Ricard |
Race circuit | Clockwise | Le Castellet, France | 5.842 km (3.630 mi) | French Grand Prix | 1971, 1973, 1975–1976, 1978, 1980, 1982–1983, 1985–1990, 2018–2019 | 16 | |
Circuit Zolder | Race circuit | Clockwise | Heusden-Zolder, Belgium | 4.262 km (2.648 mi) | Belgian Grand Prix | 1973, 1975–1982, 1984 | 10 | |
Circuito da Boavista | Street circuit | Anti-clockwise | Porto, Portugal | 7.775 km (4.831 mi) | Portuguese Grand Prix | 1958, 1960 | 2 | |
Circuito de Jerez | Race circuit | Clockwise | Jerez de la Frontera, Spain | 4.428 km (2.751 mi) | Spanish Grand Prix, European Grand Prix | 1986–1990, 1994, 1997 | 7 | |
Circuito del Jarama | Race circuit | Clockwise | San Sebastián de los Reyes, Spain | 3.404 km (2.115 mi) | Spanish Grand Prix | 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976–1979, 1981 | 9 | |
Dallas Grand Prix Circuit | Street circuit | Anti-clockwise | Dallas, United States | 3.901 km (2.424 mi) | Dallas Grand Prix | 1984 | 1 | |
Detroit street circuit | Street circuit | Anti-clockwise | Detroit, United States | 4.168 km (2.590 mi) | Detroit Grand Prix | 1982–1988 | 7 | |
Dijon-Prenois | Race circuit | Clockwise | Prenois, France | 3.886 km (2.415 mi) | French Grand Prix Swiss Grand Prix |
1974, 1977, 1979, 1981–1982, 1984 | 6 | |
Donington Park | Race circuit | Clockwise | Castle Donington, United Kingdom | 4.020 km (2.498 mi) | European Grand Prix | 1993 | 1 | |
Fuji Speedway | Race circuit | Clockwise | Oyama, Japan | 4.563 km (2.835 mi) | Japanese Grand Prix | 1976–1977, 2007–2008 | 4 | |
Long Beach Street Circuit | Street circuit | Clockwise | Long Beach, United States | 3.275 km (2.035 mi) | United States Grand Prix West | 1976–1983 | 8 | |
Hanoi Street Circuit |
Street circuit | Anti-clockwise | Hanoi, Vietnam | 5.607 km (3.484 mi) | Vietnamese Grand Prix | 0 | ||
Hockenheimring | Race circuit | Clockwise | Hockenheim, Germany | 4.574 km (2.842 mi) | German Grand Prix | 1970, 1977–1984, 1986–2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018–2019 | 37 | |
Hungaroring |
Race circuit | Clockwise | Mogyoród, Hungary | 4.381 km (2.722 mi) | Hungarian Grand Prix | 1986–2019 | 34 | |
Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Race circuit | Anti-clockwise (1950–60) Clockwise (2000–07) |
Speedway, United States | 4.192 km (2.605 mi) | Indianapolis 500[lower-alpha 1], United States Grand Prix | 1950–1960, 2000–2007 | 19 | |
Istanbul Park | Race circuit | Anti-clockwise | Istanbul, Turkey | 5.338 km (3.317 mi) | Turkish Grand Prix | 2005–2011 | 7 | |
Korea International Circuit | Race circuit | Anti-clockwise | Yeongam, South Korea | 5.615 km (3.489 mi) | Korean Grand Prix | 2010–2013 | 4 | |
Kyalami Racing Circuit | Race circuit | Clockwise (1967–85) Anti-clockwise (1992–93) |
Midrand, South Africa | 4.200 km (2.610 mi) | South African Grand Prix | 1967–1980, 1982–1985, 1992–1993 | 20 | |
Marina Bay Street Circuit |
Street circuit | Anti-clockwise | Singapore | 5.063 km (3.146 mi) | Singapore Grand Prix | 2008–2019 | 12 | |
Montjuïc circuit | Street circuit | Anti-clockwise | Barcelona, Spain | 3.791 km (2.356 mi) | Spanish Grand Prix | 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975 | 4 | |
Mosport International Raceway | Race circuit | Clockwise | Bowmanville, Canada | 3.957 km (2.459 mi) | Canadian Grand Prix | 1967, 1969, 1971–1974, 1976–1977 | 8 | |
Nivelles-Baulers | Race circuit | Clockwise | Nivelles, Belgium | 3.724 km (2.314 mi) | Belgian Grand Prix | 1972, 1974 | 2 | |
Nürburgring | Race circuit | Clockwise | Nürburg, Germany | 5.148 km (3.199 mi) | German Grand Prix, European Grand Prix, Luxembourg Grand Prix | 1951–1954, 1956–1958, 1961–1969, 1971–1976, 1984–1985, 1995–2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 | 40 | |
Pedralbes Circuit | Street circuit | Clockwise | Barcelona, Spain | 6.316 km (3.925 mi) | Spanish Grand Prix | 1951, 1954 | 2 | |
Pescara Circuit | Road circuit | Clockwise | Pescara, Italy | 25.800 km (16.031 mi) | Pescara Grand Prix | 1957 | 1 | |
Phoenix street circuit | Street circuit | Anti-clockwise | Phoenix, United States | 3.720 km (2.312 mi) | United States Grand Prix | 1989–1991 | 3 | |
Prince George Circuit | Race circuit | Clockwise | East London, South Africa | 3.920 km (2.436 mi) | South African Grand Prix | 1962–1963, 1965 | 3 | |
Red Bull Ring |
Race circuit | Clockwise | Spielberg bei Knittelfeld, Austria | 4.318 km (2.683 mi) | Austrian Grand Prix | 1970–1987, 1997–2003, 2014–2019 | 31 | |
Reims-Gueux | Road circuit | Clockwise | Gueux, France | 8.302 km (5.159 mi) | French Grand Prix | 1950–1951, 1953–1954, 1956, 1958–1961, 1963, 1966 | 11 | |
Riverside International Raceway | Race circuit | Clockwise | Moreno Valley, United States | 5.271 km (3.275 mi) | United States Grand Prix | 1960 | 1 | |
Rouen-Les-Essarts | Road circuit | Clockwise | Orival, France | 6.542 km (4.065 mi) | French Grand Prix | 1952, 1957, 1962, 1964, 1968 | 5 | |
Scandinavian Raceway | Race circuit | Clockwise | Anderstorp, Sweden | 4.031 km (2.505 mi) | Swedish Grand Prix | 1973–1978 | 6 | |
Sebring International Raceway | Road circuit | Clockwise | Sebring, United States | 8.356 km (5.192 mi) | United States Grand Prix | 1959 | 1 | |
Sepang International Circuit | Race circuit | Clockwise | Sepang, Malaysia | 5.543 km (3.444 mi) | Malaysian Grand Prix | 1999–2017 | 19 | |
Shanghai International Circuit |
Race circuit | Clockwise | Shanghai, China | 5.451 km (3.387 mi) | Chinese Grand Prix | 2004–2019 | 16 | |
Silverstone Circuit |
Race circuit | Clockwise | Silverstone, United Kingdom | 5.891 km (3.660 mi) | British Grand Prix | 1950–1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987–2019 | 53 | |
Sochi Autodrom |
Road circuit | Clockwise | Sochi, Russia | 5.848 km (3.634 mi) | Russian Grand Prix | 2014–2019 | 6 | |
Suzuka Circuit |
Race circuit | Clockwise and Anti-clockwise (figure eight) | Suzuka, Japan | 5.807 km (3.608 mi) | Japanese Grand Prix | 1987–2006, 2009–2019 | 31 | |
Okayama International Circuit | Race circuit | Clockwise | Mimasaka, Japan | 3.703 km (2.301 mi) | Pacific Grand Prix | 1994–1995 | 2 | |
Valencia Street Circuit | Street circuit | Clockwise | Valencia, Spain | 5.419 km (3.367 mi) | European Grand Prix | 2008–2012 | 5 | |
Watkins Glen | Race circuit | Clockwise | Watkins Glen, United States | 5.430 km (3.374 mi) | United States Grand Prix | 1961–1980 | 20 | |
Yas Marina Circuit |
Race circuit | Anti-clockwise | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | 5.554 km (3.451 mi) | Abu Dhabi Grand Prix | 2009–2019 | 11 | |
Zeltweg Airfield | Road circuit | Clockwise | Zeltweg, Austria | 3.186 km (1.980 mi) | Austrian Grand Prix | 1964 | 1 |
Footnotes
- From 1950 to 1960, the Indianapolis 500 was part of the World Championship.[6]
References
General
- Hughes, Mark; Tremayne, David (2002). The Concise Encyclopedia of Formula 1. Parragon. pp. 70–93. ISBN 0-75258-766-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- "Circuits". ESPN. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
Specific
- "About FIA". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2008.
- Hughes & Tremayne 2002, p. 76
- Gill, Pete (31 October 2011). "A truly global sport". Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 3 January 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
- "Facts and figures – Italian Grand Prix". Formula 1. 7 September 2006. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
- "Pescara Circuit". ESPN. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
- "United States Grand Prix history". Formula 1. 16 June 2004. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
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