Worldwide Circuits

Across the world, 32 countries have hosted the Formula One Championship race as of 2021, out of which most countries are from the European region.

The below graph shows the races organized by countries. It depicts that the darker the color, the more races held by that country. The maximum races are held by Italy which has popular circuits like Monza which makes Italy one of the popular countries for F1 racing. The heatmap shows where the race is being held at the given time from 1950 to 2021 by country and circuit. One can select any month/year they are interested in and hover over to get more details of that circuit.

Season Opener

The first official World Championship grand prix was held at Silverstone, but the honour of opening F1’s second and third seasons went to Switzerland at a now disused circuit near the capital city, Bern.

Let's analyze the Formula 1 opener by country over decades. As we can see in the below sunburst chart, Australia has opened the most times than any other country followed by Argentina and Brazil. Australia became the first country to host two consecutive grands prix in just four months apart. Now a mainstay on the calendar and one of F1’s most popular races, Melbourne has retained its number one spot for more than two decades and has hosted more season openers than any other venue.