List of Formula One circuits

Locations of the circuits that hosted a Grand Prix. Nations that are scheduled to host a Grand Prix in 2016 are highlighted in green, with circuit locations marked in black. Former host nations are shown in dark grey. Former host circuits are marked with a white dot.

Formula One, abbreviated to F1, is 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. 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 and one for constructors.

The first World Championship Grand Prix was held in 1950 at Silverstone; since then 70 circuits have hosted a Grand Prix. Circuits such as the Nürburgring have hosted Grands Prix using different configurations. The first race at the Nürburgring 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 Grands Prix; it has been used as the circuit for the Italian Grand Prix 65 times. 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 Sochi Autodrom became the 70th circuit to host a Grand Prix, when it held the Russian Grand Prix in 2014. 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; in 1957 it 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

Key

Current circuits (for the 2016 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 "Current Length" shows the last distance travelled on past tracks.

Formula One circuits

Circuit	Map	Type	Direction	Location	Current length	Grands Prix	Season(s)	Grands Prix held
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		Road circuit	Clockwise	Liverpool, United Kingdom	4.828 km (3.000 mi)	British Grand Prix	1955, 1957, 1959, 1961–1962	5
Albert Park		Street circuit	Clockwise	Melbourne, Australia	5.303 km (3.295 mi)	Australian Grand Prix	1996–2016	21
Autódromo do Estoril		Race circuit	Clockwise	Estoril, Portugal	4.182 km (2.599 mi)	Portuguese Grand Prix	1984–1996	13
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari		Race circuit	Anti-clockwise	Imola, Italy	4.909 km (3.050 mi)	Italian Grand Prix San Marino Grand Prix	1980–2006	27
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez		Race circuit	Clockwise	Mexico City, Mexico	4.313 km (2.680 mi)	Mexican Grand Prix	1963–1970, 1986–1992, 2015	16
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, 1990–2015	33
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez		Race circuit	Clockwise	Buenos Aires, Argentina	4.206 km (2.613 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, 1981–2015	65
AVUS		Street 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, 2012–2016	12
Baku City Circuit		Street circuit	Anti-clockwise	Baku, Azerbaijan	6.006 km (3.732 mi)	European Grand Prix		0
Brands Hatch		Race circuit	Clockwise	Kent, 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	4.273 km (2.655 mi)	French Grand Prix	1967	1
Caesars Palace Grand Prix		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	Clermont-Ferrand, France	8.055 km (5.005 mi)	French Grand Prix	1965, 1969–1970, 1972	4
Circuit Bremgarten		Road circuit	Clockwise	Bremgarten, 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	1991–2015	25
Circuit de Monaco		Street circuit	Clockwise	Monte Carlo, Monaco	3.337 km (2.074 mi)	Monaco Grand Prix	1950, 1955–2015	62
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps		Race circuit	Clockwise	Spa, Belgium	7.004 km (4.352 mi)	Belgian Grand Prix	1950–1956, 1958, 1960–1968, 1970, 1983, 1985–2002, 2004–2005, 2007–2015	48
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	Nevers, 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, 2010–2015	36
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, Texas, United States	5.470 km (3.399 mi)	United States Grand Prix	2012–2015	4
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	Castellet, France	5.800 km (3.604 mi)	French Grand Prix	1971, 1973, 1975–1976, 1978, 1980, 1982–1983, 1985–1990	14
Circuit Zolder		Race circuit	Clockwise	Heusden-Zolder, Belgium	4.011 km (2.492 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	Jarama, Spain	3.404 km (2.115 mi)	Spanish Grand Prix	1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976–1979, 1981	9
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	Dijon, 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	Leicestershire, United Kingdom	4.020 km (2.498 mi)	European Grand Prix	1993	1
Fair Park		Street circuit	Anti-Clockwise	Dallas, United States	3.901 km (2.424 mi)	Dallas Grand Prix	1984	1
Fuji Speedway		Race circuit	Clockwise	Shizuoka, Japan	4.563 km (2.835 mi)	Japanese Grand Prix	1976–1977, 2007–2008	4
Grand Prix of Long Beach		Street circuit	Clockwise	Long Beach, United States	3.251 km (2.020 mi)	United States Grand Prix West	1976–1983	8
Hockenheimring		Race circuit	Clockwise	Hockenheim, Germany	4.574 km (2.842 mi)	German Grand Prix	1970, 1977–1984, 1986–2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014	34
Hungaroring		Race circuit	Clockwise	Budapest, Hungary	4.381 km (2.722 mi)	Hungarian Grand Prix	1986–2015	30
Indianapolis Motor Speedway		Race circuit	Clockwise (Road Course), Anti-clockwise (Oval Track, 1950–1960)	Speedway, United States	4.192 km (2.605 mi)	Indianapolis 500^[A] 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		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	5.065 km (3.147 mi)	Singapore Grand Prix	2008–2015	8
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 (formerly A1-Ring and Österreichring)		Race circuit	Clockwise	Zeltweg, Austria	4.326 km (2.688 mi)	Austrian Grand Prix	1970–1987, 1997–2003, 2014–2015	27
Reims-Gueux		Road circuit	Clockwise	Reims, 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	Riverside, United States	5.271 km (3.275 mi)	United States Grand Prix	1960	1
Rouen-Les-Essarts		Road circuit	Clockwise	Rouen, France	6.542 km (4.065 mi)	French Grand Prix	1952, 1957, 1962, 1964, 1968	5
Scandinavian Raceway		Race circuit	Clockwise	Anderstorp, Sweden	4.025 km (2.501 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	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	5.543 km (3.444 mi)	Malaysian Grand Prix	1999–2015	17
Shanghai International Circuit		Race circuit	Clockwise	Shanghai, China	5.451 km (3.387 mi)	Chinese Grand Prix	2004–2016	13
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, 1987–2015	49
Sochi Autodrom		Road circuit	Clockwise	Sochi, Russia	5.872 km (3.649 mi)	Russian Grand Prix	2014–2016	3
Suzuka Circuit		Race circuit	Clockwise and Anti-clockwise (figure eight)	Suzuka, Japan	5.807 km (3.608 mi)	Japanese Grand Prix	1987–2006, 2009–2015	27
Tanaka International Circuit		Race circuit	Clockwise	Aida, 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	2009–2015	7
Zeltweg Airfield		Road circuit	Clockwise	Zeltweg, Austria	3.186 km (1.980 mi)	Austrian Grand Prix	1964	1

Proposed circuits

One new circuit is proposed to be used in Formula One in the near future. The Grand Prix of America is a planned race that was expected to take place on the Port Imperial Street Circuit on the streets around Hudson County, New Jersey,^[6] starting in 2013, but was delayed several times.^[7]

Future Formula One circuits

Circuit	Map	Type	Direction	Location	Current Length	Grands Prix	Season(s)
Port Imperial Street Circuit		Street circuit	Clockwise	Weehawken, New Jersey, United States	5.101 km (3.170 mi)	Grand Prix of America	TBA

Footnotes

A. ^{^} From 1950 to 1960, the Indianapolis 500 was part of the F1 World Championship.^[8]

References

General

• Hughes, Mark; Tremayne, David (2002). The Concise Encyclopedia of Formula 1. Parragon. pp. 70–93. ISBN 0-75258-766-8.
• "Circuits". ESPN. Retrieved 17 June 2012.

Specific

1. "About FIA". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). Retrieved 31 October 2008.
2. Hughes & Tremayne 2002, p. 76
3. Gill, Pete (31 October 2011). "A truly global sport". Sky Sports. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
4. "Facts and figures – Italian Grand Prix". Formula 1. 7 September 2006. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
5. "Pescara Circuit". ESPN. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
6. "New Jersey to host Grand Prix of America in 2013". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 25 October 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
7. "Exclusive Q&A: Chris Pook on the Grand Prix of America in New Jersey". Racer. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
8. "United States Grand Prix history". Formula 1. 16 June 2004. Retrieved 5 July 2012.

External links

• Formula One official website
• FIA official website