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This is a list of circuits which have hosted a World Championship race from 1949 to 2017.
In total, 69 different circuits have hosted World Championship races. The first to do so was the Snaefell Mountain Course, home of the Isle of Man TT, which also has the distinction, at almost 61 km long, of being the longest track which hosted a World Championship race. The TT Circuit Assen has the distinction of being the only track which has hosted a race every year since 1949.
Various different forms of race track have been used throughout the history of the World Championship; purpose-built race tracks such as Suzuka, road tracks such as Spa-Francorchamps and city street tracks such as Montjuïc.
Future circuits
Kymi Ring, 2019
List of circuits
Current circuits (for the 2018 season) are shown in bold.
Circuit | Type | Direction | Location | Race(s) | Season(s) | Total by GP | Total | Map |
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Autódromo do Estoril | race circuit | Clockwise | Cascais | Portuguese Grand Prix | 2000–2012 | 13 | ||
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | race circuit | Anti-Clockwise | Imola | Italian Grand Prix | 1969, 1972, 1974–1975, 1977, 1979, 1988 | 7 | 13 | |
San Marino Grand Prix | 1981, 1983 | 2 | ||||||
City of Imola Grand Prix | 1996–1999 | 4 | ||||||
Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna | race circuit | Clockwise | Goiânia | Brazilian Grand Prix | 1987–1989 | 3 | ||
Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | race circuit | Anti-Clockwise | Rio de Janeiro | Rio Grand Prix | 1995–1997, 1999–2004 | 9 | ||
Autódromo José Carlos Pace | race circuit | Anti-Clockwise | São Paulo | Brazilian Grand Prix | 1992 | 1 | ||
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | race circuit | Clockwise | Buenos Aires | Argentine Grand Prix | 1961–1963, 1981–1982, 1987, 1994–1995, 1998–1999 | 10 | ||
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | race circuit | Clockwise | Monza | Italian Grand Prix | 1949–1968, 1970–1971, 1973, 1981, 1983, 1986–1987 | 27 | ||
Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo | race circuit | Clockwise | Termas de Río Hondo | Argentine Grand Prix | 2014–2018 | 5 | ||
Automotodrom Grobnik | race circuit | Anti-Clockwise | Čavle | Yugoslavian Grand Prix | 1978–1990 | 13 | ||
Buriram International Circuit | race circuit | Clockwise | Buriram | Thailand Grand Prix | 2018- | 1 | ||
Bugatti Circuit | race circuit | Clockwise | Le Mans | French Grand Prix | 1969–1970, 1976, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989–1990, 1994–1995, 2000–2018 | 29 | 30 | |
Vitesse du Mans Grand Prix | 1991 | 1 | ||||||
Circuit automobile d'Albi (Les Planques) | road circuit | Clockwise | Albi | French Grand Prix | 1951 | 1 | ||
Circuit Bremgarten | race circuit | Clockwise | Bern | Swiss Grand Prix | 1949, 1951–1954 | 5 | ||
Circuit de Catalunya | race circuit | Clockwise | Montmeló | European Grand Prix | 1992–1995 | 4 | 26 | |
Catalan Grand Prix | 1996–2018 | 22 | ||||||
Circuit de Charade | road circuit | Clockwise | Saint-Genès-Champanelle | French Grand Prix | 1959–1964, 1966–1967, 1972, 1974 | 10 | ||
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | race circuit | Clockwise | Magny-Cours | French Grand Prix | 1992 | 1 | ||
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | road/race circuit | Clockwise | Stavelot | Belgian Grand Prix | 1949–1979, 1981–1990 | 41 | ||
Circuit des Nations | street circuit | Clockwise | Geneva | Swiss Grand Prix | 1950 | 1 | ||
Circuit of the Americas | race circuit | Anti-Clockwise | Elroy | Grand Prix of the Americas | 2013–2018 | 6 | ||
Circuit Paul Armagnac | race circuit | Clockwise | Nogaro | French Grand Prix | 1978, 1982 | 2 | ||
Circuit Paul Ricard | race circuit | Clockwise | Le Castellet | French Grand Prix | 1973, 1977, 1977, 1980–1981, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1996–1999 | 13 | ||
Circuit Ricardo Tormo | race circuit | Anti-Clockwise | Cheste | Valencian Community Grand Prix | 1999–2017 | 18 | ||
Circuit Zolder | race circuit | Clockwise | Heusden-Zolder | Belgian Grand Prix | 1980 | 1 | ||
Circuito de Jerez | race circuit | Clockwise | Jerez de la Frontera | Spanish Grand Prix | 1987, 1989–2018 | 31 | 32 | |
Expo 92 Grand Prix | 1988 | 1 | ||||||
Circuito del Jarama | race circuit | Clockwise | San Sebastián de los Reyes | Spanish Grand Prix | 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977–1986, 1988, 1991 | 15 | 18 | |
Portuguese Grand Prix | 1987 | 1 | ||||||
FIM Grand Prix | 1993 | 1 | ||||||
Madrid Grand Prix | 1998 | 1 | ||||||
Ciudad del Motor de Aragón | race circuit | Anti-Clockwise | Alcañiz | Aragon Grand Prix | 2010–2018 | 9 | ||
Clady Circuit | road circuit | Clockwise | County Antrim | Ulster Grand Prix | 1949–1952 | 4 | ||
Daytona International Speedway | race circuit | Anti-Clockwise | Daytona Beach | United States Grand Prix | 1964–1965 | 2 | ||
Donington Park | race circuit | Clockwise | Castle Donington | British Grand Prix | 1987–2009 | 23 | ||
Dundrod Circuit | road circuit | Clockwise | Lisburn | Ulster Grand Prix | 1953–1971 | 19 | ||
Eastern Creek Raceway | race circuit | Anti-Clockwise | Sydney | Australian Grand Prix | 1991–1996 | 6 | ||
Fuji Speedway | race circuit | Clockwise | Oyama | Japanese Grand Prix | 1966–1967 | 2 | ||
Hedemora Circuit | street circuit | Clockwise | Hedemora | Swedish Grand Prix | 1958 | 1 | ||
Hockenheimring | race circuit | Clockwise | Hockenheim | German Grand Prix | 1957, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1966–1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981–1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991–1994 | 23 | 30 | |
West German Grand Prix | 1961, 1963, 1966–1967, 1969, 1971 | 6 | ||||||
Baden-Württemberg Grand Prix | 1986 | 1 | ||||||
Hungaroring | race circuit | Clockwise | Mogyoród | Hungarian Grand Prix | 1990, 1992 | 2 | ||
Imatra Circuit | road circuit | Clockwise | Imatra | Finnish Grand Prix | 1964–1982 | 18 | ||
Indianapolis Motor Speedway | race circuit | Anti-Clockwise | Speedway | Indianapolis Grand Prix | 2008–2015 | 8 | ||
Istanbul Park | race circuit | Anti-Clockwise | Istanbul | Turkish Grand Prix | 2005–2007 | 3 | ||
Johor Circuit | race circuit | Clockwise | Pasir Gudang | Malaysian Grand Prix | 1998 | 1 | ||
Karlskoga Motorstadion | street circuit | Clockwise | Karlskoga | Swedish Grand Prix | 1978–1979 | 2 | ||
Kristianstad Circuit | street circuit | Clockwise | Kristianstad | Swedish Grand Prix | 1959, 1961 | 2 | ||
Kyalami Racing Circuit | race circuit | Both (Anti-Clockwise in 1992) | Midrand | South African Grand Prix | 1983–1985, 1992 | 4 | ||
Losail International Circuit | race circuit | Clockwise | Losail | Qatar Grand Prix | 2004–2018 | 15 | ||
Masaryk Circuit | road/race circuit | Clockwise | Brno | Czechoslovakian Grand Prix | 1965–1982, 1987–1991 | 23 | 49 | |
Czech Republic Grand Prix | 1993–2018 | 26 | ||||||
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca | race circuit | Anti-Clockwise | Monterey | United States Grand Prix | 1988–1991, 1993–1994, 2005–2013 | 15 | ||
Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli | race circuit | Both (Clockwise since 2007) | Misano Adriatico | Italian Grand Prix | 1980, 1984, 1989–1991, 1993 | 6 | 22 | |
San Marino Grand Prix | 1982, 1985–1987 | 4 | ||||||
San Marino and Rimini's Coast Grand Prix | 2007–2018 | 12 | ||||||
Montjuïc circuit | street circuit | Anti-Clockwise | Barcelona | Spanish Grand Prix | 1950–1955, 1961–1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976 | 18 | ||
Mosport International Raceway | race circuit | Clockwise | Bowmanville | Canadian Grand Prix | 1967 | 1 | ||
Motegi | race circuit | Clockwise | Motegi | Japanese Grand Prix | 1999, 2004–2017 | 14 | 18 | |
Pacific Grand Prix | 2000-2003 | 4 | ||||||
Mugello Circuit | race circuit | Clockwise | Scarperia e San Piero | Italian Grand Prix | 1976, 1978, 1985, 1992, 1994–2018 | 29 | 33 | |
San Marino Grand Prix | 1982, 1984, 1991, 1993 | 4 | ||||||
Nürburgring | road/race circuit | Clockwise | Nürburg | German Grand Prix | 1955, 1958, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1995–1997 | 17 | ||
Opatija Circuit | road circuit | Clockwise | Opatija | Yugoslavian Grand Prix | 1970, 1972–1977 | 7 | ||
Phakisa Freeway | race circuit | Clockwise | Odendaalsrus | South African Grand Prix | 1999–2004 | 6 | ||
Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | race circuit | Anti-Clockwise | Ventnor | Australian Grand Prix | 1989–1990, 1997–2017 | 22 | ||
Red Bull Ring | race circuit | Clockwise | Spielberg bei Knittelfeld | Austrian Grand Prix | 1996–1997, 2016-2018 | 5 | ||
Reims-Gueux | road circuit | Clockwise | Gueux | French Grand Prix | 1954–1955 | 2 | ||
Rouen-Les-Essarts | road circuit | Clockwise | Orival | French Grand Prix | 1953, 1965 | 2 | ||
Sachsenring | road/race circuit | Anti-Clockwise | Hohenstein-Ernstthal | East German Grand Prix | 1961–1972 | 12 | 33 | |
German Grand Prix | 1998–2018 | 21 | ||||||
Salzburgring | race circuit | Clockwise | Koppl | Austrian Grand Prix | 1971–1991, 1993 | 22 | ||
San Carlos Circuit | street circuit | San Carlos | Venezuelan Grand Prix | 1977–1979 | 3 | |||
Scandinavian Raceway | race circuit | Clockwise | Anderstorp | Swedish Grand Prix | 1971–1977, 1981–1990 | 17 | ||
Schottenring | road circuit | Clockwise | Schotten | German Grand Prix | 1953 | 1 | ||
Sentul International Circuit | race circuit | Clockwise | Bogor | Indonesian Grand Prix | 1996–1997 | 2 | ||
Sepang International Circuit | race circuit | Clockwise | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysian Grand Prix | 1999–2017 | 18 | ||
Shah Alam Circuit | race circuit | Clockwise | Shah Alam | Malaysian Grand Prix | 1991–1997 | 7 | ||
Shanghai International Circuit | race circuit | Clockwise | Shanghai | Chinese Grand Prix | 2005–2008 | 4 | ||
Silverstone Circuit | race circuit | Clockwise | Silverstone | British Grand Prix | 1977–1986, 2010–2018 | 19 | ||
Snaefell Mountain Course | road circuit | Clockwise | Isle of Man | Isle of Man TT | 1949–1976 | 28 | ||
Solitudering | road circuit | Anti-Clockwise | Leonberg | German Grand Prix | 1952, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1962, 1964 | 6 | ||
Suzuka International Racing Course | race circuit | Both | Suzuka | Japanese Grand Prix | 1963–1965, 1987–1998, 2000–2003 | 19 | ||
Tampere Circuit | road circuit | Clockwise | Tampere | Finnish Grand Prix | 1962–1963 | 2 | ||
TT Circuit Assen | road/race circuit | Clockwise | Assen | Dutch TT | 1949–2018 | 70 |