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" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants and vehicles must conform.[2] The F1 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.[3] 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).[4]

Locations of the circuits that hosted or are scheduled to host a Grand Prix, as of 2021. Nations on the 2021 schedule 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. De facto status of territories is shown.

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 73 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.[5] 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.[6]

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.[7] The Algarve International Circuit became the 73rd circuit to host a Grand Prix, when it held the Portuguese Grand Prix in 2020; 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.[8]

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 2021 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.
Formula One circuits
Circuit Map Type Direction Location Last length used 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 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
Algarve International Circuit Race circuit Clockwise Portimão, Portugal 4.653 km (2.891 mi) Portuguese Grand Prix 2020 1
Autódromo do Estoril Race circuit Clockwise Cascais, Portugal 4.360 km (2.709 mi) Portuguese Grand Prix 1984–1996 13

Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari✔

 Race circuit Anti-clockwise Imola, Italy 4.909 km (3.050 mi) Italian Grand Prix,
San Marino Grand Prix,
Emilia Romagna Grand Prix		 1980–2006, 2020 28
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez✔ Race circuit Clockwise Mexico City, Mexico 4.304 km (2.674 mi) Mexican Grand Prix,
Mexico City 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 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, 1981–2020 70
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 3.543 km (2.202 mi) Bahrain Grand Prix,
Sakhir Grand Prix		 2004–2010, 2012–2020[lower-alpha 1] 17
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 1991–2020 30
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, 2007–2020 53
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
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 1986–2020 35
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Race circuit Clockwise Speedway, United States 4.192 km (2.605 mi) Indianapolis 500,[lower-alpha 2]
United States Grand Prix		 1950–1960, 2000–2007 19
Interlagos circuit✔ Race circuit Anti-clockwise São Paulo, Brazil 4.309 km (2.677 mi) Brazilian Grand Prix,
São Paulo Grand Prix		 1973–1977, 1979–1980, 1990–2019 37
Istanbul Park Race circuit Anti-clockwise Istanbul, Turkey 5.338 km (3.317 mi) Turkish Grand Prix 2005–2011, 2020 8
Jeddah Street Circuit✔ TBD Street circuit TBD Jeddah, Saudi Arabia TBD Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2021 0
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 Anti-clockwise 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
Mugello Circuit Race circuit Clockwise Scarperia e San Piero, Italy 5.245 km (3.259 mi) Tuscan Grand Prix 2020 1
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,
Eifel Grand Prix		 1951–1954, 1956–1958, 1961–1969, 1971–1976, 1984–1985, 1995–2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2020 41
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,
Styrian Grand Prix		 1970–1987, 1997–2003, 2014–2020[lower-alpha 1] 33
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,
70th Anniversary Grand Prix		 1950–1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987–2020[lower-alpha 1] 55
Sochi Autodrom✔ Race circuit Clockwise Sochi, Russia 5.848 km (3.634 mi) Russian Grand Prix 2014–2020 7
Suzuka Circuit✔ Race circuit Part clockwise and part 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 2009–2020 12
Zeltweg Airfield Road circuit Clockwise Zeltweg, Austria 3.186 km (1.980 mi) Austrian Grand Prix 1964 1

Footnotes
  1. The Silverstone Circuit, Red Bull Ring and Bahrain International Circuit held two races each in 2020
  2. From 1950 to 1960, the Indianapolis 500 was part of the World Championship.[9]

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). Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2008.
  2. Williamson, Martin. "A brief history of Formula One". ESPN. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  3. Hughes & Tremayne 2002, pp. 82–83
  4. "2020 Formula One Sporting Regulations" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). 7 April 2020. p. 3–4. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  5. Hughes & Tremayne 2002, p. 76
  6. Gill, Pete (31 October 2011). "A truly global sport". Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 3 January 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  7. "Facts and figures – Italian Grand Prix". Formula 1. 7 September 2006. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  8. "Pescara Circuit". ESPN. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  9. "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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