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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.
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 ...
Madras Motor Race Track: Irungattukottai India: Full 3.717 km (2.310 mi) Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course: Lexington United States: Grand Prix 3.630 km (2.256 mi) Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli: Misano Adriatico Italy: Short 4.048 km (2.515 mi) Long 4.226 km (2.626 mi) Mobility Resort Motegi: Motegi Japan: Grand Prix 4.801 km (2.983 mi)
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 ...
The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (French pronunciation: [siʁkɥi də spa fʁɑ̃kɔʁʃɑ̃]), informally referred to as Spa, [1] [2] is a 7.004 km (4.352 mi) motor-racing circuit located in Francorchamps, Stavelot, Wallonia, Belgium, about 8 km (5.0 mi) southeast of Spa.
Welcome to the colorful world of flags!In this trivia quiz, you’ll come across some flags that you might know very well, but others might be a bit more difficult to identify. You will look at 30 ...
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 ...