What are the oldest F1 circuits?

Formula 1 agreed to a deal in November 2024 that removed any doubt surrounding the future of one of the oldest circuits on its race calendar.

Autodromo Nazionale Monza, or simply Monza, will continue to hold the Italian Grand Prix until at least 2031 as part of a six-year extension to the existing agreement between F1 and the circuit, which runs through 2025.

Dubbed “The Temple of Speed,” Monza has hosted a Grand Prix every year since the inaugural world championship in 1950 (except in 1980, when the track was closed for renovations).

Here’s a closer look at Monza and other classic F1 circuits:

Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

• Location: Stavelot, Belgium

• Grand opening: Aug. 12, 1921

• Capacity: 70,000

• First Formula 1 Grand Prix: 1950

• Circuit length: 7.004 km (4.352 miles)

• Number of laps: 44

• Race distance: 308.052 km (191.415 miles)

• Lap record: 1:46.286 – Valtteri Bottas (2018)

Autodromo Nazionale Monza

• Location: Monza, Italy

• Grand opening: Sept. 3, 1922

• Capacity: 118,865

• First Formula 1 Grand Prix: 1950

• Circuit length: 5.793 km (3.6 miles)

• Number of laps: 53

• Race distance: 306.720 km (190.587 miles)

• Lap record: 1:21.046 – Rubens Barrichello (2004)

Circuit de Monaco

• Location: La Condamine and Monte Carlo, Monaco

• Grand opening: April 14, 1929

• Capacity: 37,000

• First Formula 1 Grand Prix: 1950

• Circuit length: 3.337 km (2.074 miles)

• Number of laps: 78

• Race distance: 260.286 km (161.734 miles)

• Lap record: 1:14.260 – Max Verstappen (2018)

Circuit Zandvoort

• Location: Zandvoort, Netherlands

• Grand opening: Aug. 7, 1948

• Capacity: 105,000

• First Formula 1 Grand Prix: 1952

• Number of Laps: 72

• Circuit Length: 4.259 km (2.646 miles)

• Race Distance: 306.587 km (190.504 miles)

• Lap Record: 1:11.097 – Lewis Hamilton (2021)

Silverstone Circuit

• Location: Silverstone, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom

• Grand opening: Oct. 2, 1948

• Capacity: 164,000

• First Formula 1 Grand Prix: 1950

• Circuit length: 5.891 km (3.66 miles)

• Number of laps: 52

• Race distance: 306.198 km (190.263 miles)

• Lap record: 1:27.369 – Lewis Hamilton (2019)

Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

• Location: Montreal

• Grand opening: Oct. 6, 1978

• Capacity: 100,000

• First Formula 1 Grand Prix: 1978

• Circuit length: 4.361 km (2.71 miles)

• Number of laps: 70

• Race distance: 305.270 km (189.686 miles)

• Lap record: 1:13.078 – Valtteri Bottas (2019)

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