Which dates have hosted the most F1 races?

Nicky Haldenby

1 year ago

The 2023 Austrian Grand Prix will be held on July 2. That makes it only the fifth date on which nine or more World Championship races have taken place. Which dates have hosted the most F1 races? We have the answers!

30^th May – 15 races

15 rounds of the Formula 1 World Championship have taken place on 30^th May, making it the day to have had the most races. However, not all of those were Formula 1 events. The Indianapolis 500 was a round of the World Championship between 1950 and 1960 – and it always fell on 30^th May. From its inception in 1911 through to 1970, the Indianapolis 500 was almost always held on Memorial Day.

As for actual Formula 1 races which took place on May 30^th, there have been five: two in Monaco (1965 and 1976), the 1999 Spanish Grand Prix, the 2004 European Grand Prix and – most recently – the 2010 Turkish Grand Prix.

16^th July – 11 races

The date to have hosted the most bona fide Formula 1 races is 16^th July. The date has played host to 11 rounds of the World Championship through the years, with all but two of them being the British Grand Prix. The only exceptions are the 2000 Austrian Grand Prix and the 2006 French Grand Prix. The most recent race held on this day was the 2017 British Grand Prix.

8^th September – 9 races

A lot of dates in the first half of September have hosted more than the average number of Formula 1 races. That’s in part thanks to the Italian Grand Prix, which has been held in early September in every World Championship season.

All nine previous races on 8^th September were held at Monza – the first being in 1957 and the most recent in 2019, when Charles Leclerc took a memorable win for Ferrari. It was the Scuderia’s first home win in almost a decade.

3^rd July – 9 races

In 2022, 3^rd July became the fourth day on which nine World Championship events have been held. The 2022 British Grand Prix marked the first time that a race in Silverstone has taken place on that date. Of the eight races held on 3^rd July prior to 2022, six were held in France, one was held at Zandvoort and the most recent was held at the Red Bull Ring in 2016.

2^nd July – 9 races

The 2023 Austrian Grand Prix will be the ninth round of the World Championship to take place on 2nd July. Of the eight previous races held on the date, eight have been held in France. The French Grand Prix took place on 2nd July in 1950, 1961, 1967, 1972, 1978, 1995 and 2000. The most recent race held on this date was the 2006 United States Grand Prix, which was Formula 1’s last visit to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Which dates have never hosted an F1 race?

Between March 1^st and November 10^th there are only two dates on which a Formula 1 race has never previously been held – 23^rd July and 20^th August. That changes in 2023, with the 2023 Hungarian Grand Prix becoming the first Formula 1 race to take place on 23^rd July.

Of the 365 days of the year, there are 71 on which a Formula 1 race has never been held. The list includes 13 days in January, 5 in November, every day in February except the 4^th, 7^th and 11^th and every day in December except the 1^st, 5^th, 6^th, 12^th, 13^th, 28^th and 29^th.

The 1962 season holds the record for the latest date in the year in which a Formula 1 season ended. The 1962 South African Grand Prix was held on December 29^th.