Which circuits have hosted the most Formula 1 races?

Monza has hosted more F1 races than any other track, while four circuits have hosted upwards of 50 World Championship events. Which other circuits have hosted the most Formula 1 races? We have the answers!

74 – Monza

No circuit has appeared on the Formula 1 calendar on more occasions than Monza. Just outside of Milan, Monza has been on the schedule in every single season except one. The exception was 1980, when renovation works at Monza saw the Italian Grand Prix move to Imola.

Monza has witnessed triumph and tragedy throughout its tenure on the calendar. In recent years, it has been the scene of two surprise wins for the Red Bull junior team (Sebastian Vettel in 2008 and Pierre Gasly in 2020) plus the venue at which McLaren took their first win in almost a decade in 2021.

With Monza having hosted 74 races so far and Imola on 31, Italy is the only country to have hosted over 100 World Championship F1 races. Pescara and Mugello have also hosted F1 races in the country.

70 – Monaco

Perhaps the world’s most iconic street race, the Monaco Grand Prix has appeared on the Formula 1 calendar 70 times. The coronavirus pandemic saw the 2020 Monaco Grand Prix cancelled, ending a 65 year run of Circuit de Monaco appearing on the schedule in consecutive years. The future of the event was in doubt in 2022, with race organisers finally securing a three-year deal to keep the iconic track on the calendar until at least 2025. The deal was extended further, into the next decade, in later 2024.

59 – Silverstone

Silverstone hosted the very first World Championship Formula 1 race on May 13^th 1950. It has since gone on to host the British Grand Prix on a further 57 occasions and hosted the one-off 70^th Anniversary Grand Prix in 2020.

Between 1963 and 1968, Silverstone alternated British Grand Prix hosting duties with Brands Hatch, hence why its total number of races hosted is not as high as Monza or Monaco. Silverstone has been on the calendar in every single year since 1987.

57 – Spa

Another of F1’s iconic venues sits fourth in the list. Like those above it in the list, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps appeared on the first Formula 1 calendar in 1950 in a very different form to how it looks today.

Originally a 14km track running through the local villages, the track was removed from the calendar over safety concerns in 1970. F1 would eventually return to Spa in 1983 on the layout that is still used today.

43 – Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

Circuit Gilles Villeneuve’s enforced break from the calendar in 2020 and 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic saw the Nurburgring move back ahead of it in the all time list. The Montreal venue – which first appeared on the calendar in 1978 – equalled the legendary German track for fifth in the list once more in 2022 and moved into fourth in 2023.

Circuit Gilles Villeneuve has been home to a number of maiden wins in its 43-race tenure on the F1 calendar. Its namesake took his first F1 victory in the inaugural race here in 1978, while Thierry Boutsen, Jean Alesi, Lewis Hamilton, Robert Kubica and Daniel Ricciardo have since added their names to the list of first time winners at the track.

41 – Nurburgring

Nicknamed the “Green Hell”, the ferocious 22km Nordschleife circuit has earned its place in F1 folklore. In total, the Nurburgring has hosted 41 rounds of the World Championship, including races on the original layout and, from 1984 onwards, on the new version of the track.

The Nurburgring is the only circuit to have hosted Grands Prix with four different titles. In its history, it has held the German Grand Prix, the European Grand Prix and even the Luxembourg Grand Prix in 1997 & 1998!

The track made a surprise return to the calendar amid the coronavirus pandemic to host the one-off Eifel Grand Prix. In that race, Lewis Hamilton equalled Michael Schumacher’s record of 91 Grand Prix victories.

41 – Interlagos

In the heart of Sao Paulo, the Interlagos circuit in Brazil equalled the Nurburgring in 2024 for the sixth-most races hosted by a circuit in F1 history. Host of the Brazilian Grand Prix – now known as the Sao Paulo Grand Prix – Interlagos has had two stints on the calendar.

It first appeared on the schedule – with a longer layout – in 1973 – and hosted the Brazilian Grand Prix for seven years. The Brazilian race then moved to Rio de Janeiro for most of the 1980s, before Interlagos made its return to the calendar in 1990.

Since 1990, 2020 is the only season in which F1 has not visited Brazil. The Interlagos circuit is famed for its close racing, Ayrton Senna’s memorable home wins in the early 1990s and epic title deciders between 2006 and 2013.

The full list of circuits which have hosted Formula 1 races

^{The table below shows all circuits which have hosted a World Championship Formula 1 race, along with how many races it has hosted and when it first appeared on the calendar. Note that for ‘Red Bull Ring’, the number also includes races held at the Spielberg venue when it was called the Österreichring and the A1 Ring. This list was last updated after the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.}

^{This article was originally published in June 2022 and has since been updated.}