List of Formula One circuits explained

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" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants and vehicles must conform.^[2] The Formula One World Championship season consists of a series of races, known as, 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).^[3]

This list is for the circuits that hosted World Championship races from 1950 until now. The terms "Formula One race" and "World Championship race" were not always synonymous throughout history – see for a detailed explanation.

History

The first World Championship Grand Prix was held in at Silverstone; since then 77 circuits in total have hosted a Grand Prix. A lot of classic (older) circuits have hosted using different configurations throughout their history: Nürburgring, Spa-Francorchamps, Monza, etc. Taking Nürburgring as an example, the first World Championship race there used the 22.835km (14.189miles) configuration, but concerns over safety meant that more recent have used a shorter, safer circuit. Formula One 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, nearly half were not on the calendar before .^[4] The Autodromo Nazionale Monza has hosted the most World Championship races; the only season it did not host a race was in, when the Italian Grand Prix was held at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari.^[5] The Las Vegas Strip Circuit became the 77th circuit to host a Grand Prix, when it held the Las Vegas Grand Prix in 2023; 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 25.8km (16miles) long circuit in Pescara, Italy, held the annual Coppa Acerbo race, and in it was the only time that this race was included as part of the World Championship, a race which Stirling Moss won.^[6]

As some circuits have hosted using different configurations, the most recent configuration used is listed in the table below.

Circuits

width="40" align="center" bgcolor=FBCEB1

Current circuits (for the season)

• The "Circuit" column uses the name contemporary to the last time the circuit was used in Formula One.
• 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.
• The "Direction" column shows the direction for the configuration that was used last time the Formula One race was held on a given track.
• The turns column shows the number of turns for the configuration that was used the last time a Formula One race was held on a given track.

+ Formula One circuits	scope=col	Circuit	scope=col class="unsortable"	Map	scope=col	Type	scope=col	Direction	scope=col	Location	scope=col	Country	scope=col	Last length used	Turns	Grands Prix	scope=col	Season(s)	scope=col	Grands Prix held
Adelaide Street Circuit		Street circuit	Clockwise	Adelaide	Australia		16	Australian Grand Prix	–	11
Ain-Diab Circuit		Road circuit	Clockwise	Casablanca	Morocco		18	Moroccan Grand Prix		1
Aintree Motor Racing Circuit		Road circuit	Clockwise	Aintree	United Kingdom		12	British Grand Prix	,,, –	5
Albert Park Circuit *		Street circuit	Clockwise	Melbourne	Australia		16	Australian Grand Prix	–, –	27
Algarve International Circuit		Race circuit	Clockwise	Portimão	Portugal		15	Portuguese Grand Prix	–	2
Autódromo do Estoril		Race circuit	Clockwise	Estoril	Portugal		13	Portuguese Grand Prix	–	13
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez *		Race circuit	Clockwise	Mexico City	Mexico		17	Mexican Grand Prix, Mexico City Grand Prix	–, –, –, –	23
Autódromo Internacional do Rio de Janeiro		Race circuit	Anti-clockwise	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil		11	Brazilian Grand Prix	, –	10
Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello		Race circuit	Clockwise	Scarperia e San Piero	Italy		14	Tuscan Grand Prix		1
Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari *		Race circuit	Anti-clockwise	Imola	Italy		17	Italian Grand Prix, San Marino Grand Prix, Emilia Romagna Grand Prix	–, –,	31
Autodromo José Carlos Pace *		Race circuit	Anti-clockwise	São Paulo	Brazil		15	Brazilian Grand Prix, São Paulo Grand Prix	–, –, –, –	40
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza *		Race circuit	Clockwise	Monza	Italy		11	Italian Grand Prix	–, –	73
Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez		Race circuit	Clockwise	Buenos Aires	Argentina		18	Argentine Grand Prix	–,, –, –, –	20
AVUS		Road circuit	Anti-clockwise	Berlin	Germany		4	German Grand Prix		1
Bahrain International Circuit *		Race circuit	Clockwise	Sakhir	Bahrain		15	Bahrain Grand Prix, Sakhir Grand Prix	–, –	21
Baku City Circuit *		Street circuit	Anti-clockwise	Baku	Azerbaijan		20	European Grand Prix, Azerbaijan Grand Prix	–, –	7
Brands Hatch Circuit		Race circuit	Clockwise	West Kingsdown	United Kingdom		11	British Grand Prix, European Grand Prix	,,,,,,,,, –	14
Buddh International Circuit		Race circuit	Clockwise	Greater Noida	India		16	Indian Grand Prix	–	3
Bugatti Au Mans		Race circuit	Clockwise	Le Mans	France		8	French Grand Prix		1
Caesars Palace Grand Prix Circuit		Street circuit	Anti-clockwise	Paradise	United States		14	Caesars Palace Grand Prix	–	2
Charade Circuit		Road circuit	Clockwise	Saint-Genès-Champanelle	France		38	French Grand Prix	, –,	4
Circuit Bremgarten		Road circuit	Clockwise	Bern	Switzerland		14	Swiss Grand Prix	–	5
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya *		Race circuit	Clockwise	Montmeló	Spain		14	Spanish Grand Prix	–	34
Circuit de Monaco *		Street circuit	Clockwise	Monte Carlo	Monaco		19	Monaco Grand Prix	, –, –	70
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours		Race circuit	Clockwise	Magny-Cours	France		16	French Grand Prix	–	18
Circuit de Pedralbes		Street circuit	Clockwise	Barcelona	Spain		6	Spanish Grand Prix	,	2
Circuit de Reims-Gueux		Road circuit	Clockwise	Gueux	France		6	French Grand Prix	–, –,, –,,	11
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps *		Race circuit	Clockwise	Stavelot	Belgium		20	Belgian Grand Prix	–,, –,,, –, –, –	57
Circuit Dijon-Prenois		Race circuit	Clockwise	Prenois	France		12	French Grand Prix, Swiss Grand Prix	,,, –,	6
Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve *		Street circuit	Clockwise	Montreal	Canada		13	Canadian Grand Prix	–, –, –, –	43
Circuit Mont-Tremblant		Race circuit	Clockwise	Mont-Tremblant	Canada		15	Canadian Grand Prix	,	2
Circuit of the Americas *		Race circuit	Anti-clockwise	Austin	United States		20	United States Grand Prix	–, –	11
Circuit Paul Ricard		Race circuit	Clockwise	Le Castellet	France		15	French Grand Prix	,, –,,, –, –, –, –	18
Circuit Zandvoort *		Race circuit	Clockwise	Zandvoort	Netherlands		14	Dutch Grand Prix	–,, –, –, –	33
Circuit Zolder		Race circuit	Clockwise	Heusden-Zolder	Belgium		10	Belgian Grand Prix	, –,	10
Circuito da Boavista		Street circuit	Anti-clockwise	Porto	Portugal		15	Portuguese Grand Prix	,	2
Circuito de Monsanto		Street circuit	Clockwise	Lisbon	Portugal		9	Portuguese Grand Prix		1
Circuito Permanente de Jerez		Race circuit	Clockwise	Jerez de la Frontera	Spain		13	Spanish Grand Prix, European Grand Prix	–,,	7
Circuito Permanente del Jarama		Race circuit	Clockwise	San Sebastián de los Reyes	Spain		12	Spanish Grand Prix	,,,, –,	9
Dallas Fair Park		Street circuit	Anti-clockwise	Dallas	United States		14	Dallas Grand Prix		1
Detroit Street Circuit		Street circuit	Anti-clockwise	Detroit	United States		20	Detroit Grand Prix	–	7
Donington Park		Race circuit	Clockwise	Castle Donington	United Kingdom		11	European Grand Prix		1
Fuji Speedway		Race circuit	Clockwise	Oyama	Japan		16	Japanese Grand Prix	–, –	4
Hockenheimring		Race circuit	Clockwise	Hockenheim	Germany		16	German Grand Prix	, –, –,,,,,, –	37
Hungaroring *		Race circuit	Clockwise	Mogyoród	Hungary		14	Hungarian Grand Prix	–	39
Indianapolis Motor Speedway		Race circuit	Clockwise	Speedway	United States		13	Indianapolis 500, United States Grand Prix	–, –	19
Intercity Istanbul Park		Race circuit	Anti-clockwise	Istanbul	Turkey		14	Turkish Grand Prix	–, –	9
Jeddah Corniche Circuit *		Street circuit	Anti-clockwise	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia		27	Saudi Arabian Grand Prix	–	4
Korea International Circuit		Race circuit	Anti-clockwise	Yeongam	South Korea		18	Korean Grand Prix	–	4
Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit		Race circuit	Anti-clockwise	Midrand	South Africa		13	South African Grand Prix	–, –, –	20
Las Vegas Strip Circuit *		Street circuit	Anti-clockwise	Paradise	United States		17	Las Vegas Grand Prix		1
Long Beach Street Circuit		Street circuit	Clockwise	Long Beach	United States		18	United States Grand Prix West	–	8
Lusail International Circuit *		Race circuit	Clockwise	Lusail	Qatar		16	Qatar Grand Prix	,	2
Marina Bay Street Circuit *		Street circuit	Anti-clockwise	Marina Bay	Singapore		19	Singapore Grand Prix	–, –	14
Miami International Autodrome *		Street circuit	Anti-clockwise	Miami Gardens	United States		18	Miami Grand Prix	–	3
Montjuïc circuit		Street circuit	Anti-clockwise	Barcelona	Spain		18	Spanish Grand Prix	,,,	4
Mosport International Raceway		Race circuit	Clockwise	Bowmanville	Canada		10	Canadian Grand Prix	,, –, –	8
Nivelles-Baulers		Race circuit	Clockwise	Nivelles	Belgium		7	Belgian Grand Prix	,	2
Nürburgring		Race circuit	Clockwise	Nürburg	Germany		15	German Grand Prix, European Grand Prix, Luxembourg Grand Prix, Eifel Grand Prix	–, –, –, –, –, –,,,,	41
Pescara Circuit		Road circuit	Clockwise	Pescara	Italy		24*	Pescara Grand Prix		1
Phoenix Street Circuit		Street circuit	Anti-clockwise	Phoenix	United States		12	United States Grand Prix	–	3
Prince George Circuit		Race circuit	Clockwise	East London	South Africa		8	South African Grand Prix	–,	3
Red Bull Ring *		Race circuit	Clockwise	Spielberg	Austria		10	Austrian Grand Prix, Styrian Grand Prix	–, –, –	38
Riverside International Raceway		Race circuit	Clockwise	Moreno Valley	United States		9	United States Grand Prix		1
Rouen-Les-Essarts		Road circuit	Clockwise	Orival	France		13	French Grand Prix	,,,,	5
Scandinavian Raceway		Race circuit	Clockwise	Anderstorp	Sweden		8	Swedish Grand Prix	–	6
Sebring Raceway		Road circuit	Clockwise	Sebring	United States		12	United States Grand Prix		1
Sepang International Circuit		Race circuit	Clockwise	Sepang	Malaysia		15	Malaysian Grand Prix	–	19
Shanghai International Circuit *		Race circuit	Clockwise	Shanghai	China		16	Chinese Grand Prix	–,	17
Silverstone Circuit *		Race circuit	Clockwise	Silverstone	United Kingdom		18	British Grand Prix, 70th Anniversary Grand Prix	–,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, –	59
Sochi Autodrom		Race circuit	Clockwise	Sochi	Russia		15	Russian Grand Prix	–	8
Suzuka International Racing Course *		Race circuit	Part clockwise and part anti-clockwise (figure eight)	Suzuka	Japan		18	Japanese Grand Prix	–, –, –	34
TI Circuit Aida		Race circuit	Clockwise	Mimasaka	Japan		11	Pacific Grand Prix	–	2
Valencia Street Circuit		Street circuit	Clockwise	Valencia	Spain		25	European Grand Prix	–	5
Watkins Glen International		Race circuit	Clockwise	Watkins Glen	United States		10	United States Grand Prix	–	20
Yas Marina Circuit *		Race circuit	Anti-clockwise	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates		15	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	–	15
Zeltweg Airfield		Road circuit	Clockwise	Zeltweg	Austria		4	Austrian Grand Prix		1

References

General

• Book: The Concise Encyclopedia of Formula 1 . Parragon . 2002 . Mark . David . Hughes . Tremayne . Mark Hughes (journalist). David Tremayne. 0-75258-766-8 . 70–93. registration .
• Web site: Circuits . ESPN . 17 June 2012 . 24 May 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120524072712/http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/circuit/index.html?season=2012 . live .

Specific

See also

• Lists of stadiums
• Lists of sports venues

External links

• Formula One official website
• FIA official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: About FIA . Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) . 31 October 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110628200958/http://www.fia.com/en-GB/the-fia/about-fia/Pages/AboutFIA.aspx . 28 June 2011.
2. Web site: Williamson. Martin. A brief history of Formula One. ESPN. 23 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20150406023200/http://en.espn.co.uk/f1/motorsport/story/3831.html. 6 April 2015.
3. Web site: 7 April 2020. 2020 Formula One Sporting Regulations. 15 April 2020. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). 3–4. PDF. https://web.archive.org/web/20200412175805/https://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/2020_formula_1_sporting_regulations_-_iss_6_-_2020-04-07.pdf. 12 April 2020. PDF. live.
4. News: A truly global sport . Sky Sports . 31 October 2011 . 18 June 2012 . Pete . Gill . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120103011931/http://www1.skysports.com/formula-1/news/22058/7283408/A-truly-global-sport . 3 January 2012.
5. Web site: Facts and figures – Italian Grand Prix . Formula 1 . 7 September 2006 . 22 June 2012 . 18 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141018133654/http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2006/9/4900.html . live .
6. Web site: Pescara Circuit . ESPN . 18 June 2012 . 29 October 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029205307/http://en.espnf1.com/italy/motorsport/circuit/1273.html . live .