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The first World Championship Grand Prix was held in 1950 at Silverstone; since then 77 circuits in total 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 ...
The track reached its crowd record in 1985, when over 40,000 people arrived to watch Tähtien kisat ("The Race of Stars"), in which both Formula 1 and World Rally Championship stars from around the world, including Nelson Piquet, Keke Rosberg, Timo Salonen and Michele Mouton, gathered at Ahvenisto to race in identical and near-standard BMW cars.
Circuit de Monaco is a 3.337 km (2.074 mi) street circuit laid out on the city streets of Monte Carlo and La Condamine around the harbour of the Principality of Monaco.It is commonly, and even officially, [1] referred to as "Monte Carlo" because it is largely inside the Monte Carlo neighbourhood of Monaco.
The Monaco Grand Prix (French: Grand Prix de Monaco) is a Formula One motor racing event held annually on the Circuit de Monaco, in late May or early June.Run since 1929, it is widely considered to be one of the most important and prestigious automobile races in the world, [1] [2] [3] and is one of the races—along with the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans—that form the Triple ...
It was the first F1 circuit with an artificial chicane, built in 1934 on the start-finish straight to reduce speed in the pits after 3.4 mi (5.5 km) of flat out. [4] [8] The track's last race was a four-hour World Sportscar Championship race in 1961, [1] [6] won by Lorenzo Bandini and Giorgio Scarlatti driving a Ferrari 250 TR for Scuderia ...
A pink background indicates an event which was not part of the Formula One World Championship. Kuniomi Nagamatsu won the 1971 race driving a Mitsubishi Colt F2000 Fuji used in 2007 and 2008 Fuji used in 1972, 1973, and 1975–1977 Fuji used in 1966–1969 and 1971 Suzuka used in 1963, 1964 and 1976 A map of all the locations of the Grands Prix ...
F1 Grand Prix 4.192 km (2.605 mi) North America Istanbul Park [N 5] Tuzla Turkey: Grand Prix 5.338 km (3.317 mi) Asia Jeddah Corniche Circuit [N 6] Jeddah Saudi Arabia: Grand Prix 6.176 km (3.838 mi) Asia Korea International Circuit: Yeongam South Korea: Grand Prix 5.615 km (3.489 mi) Asia Kuwait Motor Town: Ahmadi Governorate Kuwait: Grand Prix
The track was also used as part of the finishing circuit for the 1968 UCI Road World Championships, which saw Italian cyclist Vittorio Adorni winning with a lead of 10 minutes and 10 seconds over runner up Herman Van Springel, the second largest winning margin in the history of the championships, after Georges Ronsse's victory in 1928.