Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 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
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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 |
1996–2015 |
20 |
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 |
150px |
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, 2012–2015 |
11 |
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 |
150px |
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 |
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 |
150px |
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 |
150px |
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 |
150px |
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 |
150px |
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, 1971–1977 |
8 |
Nivelles-Baulers |
 |
Race circuit |
Clockwise |
Nivelles, Belgium |
3.724 km (2.314 mi) |
Belgian Grand Prix |
1972, 1974 |
2 |
Nürburgring |
150px |
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 |
2004–2015 |
12 |
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 |
2014–2015 |
2 |
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
Two new circuits are 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] The European Grand Prix is planned to be revived in 2016, with a race on the streets of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan.
A. ^ From 1950 to 1960, the Indianapolis 500 was part of the F1 World Championship.[9]
References
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