Motorsport track composed of public roads of a city
The Monaco Grand Prix , held at the Circuit de Monaco , is one of the world's most prestigious and famous auto races. The Toronto Indy street circuit has run at Toronto ’s Exhibition Place since 1986. A street circuit is a motorsport racing circuit composed of temporarily closed-off public roads of a city, town or village , used in motor races . Airport runways and taxiways are also sometimes part of street circuits. Facilities such as the paddock, pit boxes, fences and grandstands are usually installed temporarily and removed soon after the race is over but in modern times the pits, garages, race control and main grandstands are sometimes permanently constructed in the area. Since the track surface is originally planned for normal speeds, race drivers often find street circuits bumpy and lacking grip. Run-off areas may be non-existent, which makes driving mistakes more expensive than in purpose-built circuits with wider run-off areas.
Racing on a street circuit is also called "legal street racing".
Local governments sometimes support races held in street circuits to promote tourism . In some cases, short segments or connector roads of the circuit are purpose-built for the racecourse, and remain in place year-round, but are not otherwise utilized by public traffic.
List of street circuits active circuits in bold
Americas The St. Petersburg street circuit held its first race in 1985, and was integrated into the IndyCar Series in 2003. Punta del Este Street Circuit , Uruguay was the first ePrix of Formula E in the Americas . It runs along Punta del Este 's harbour – nicknamed the Monte Carlo of South America .[1] [2] [3] Puerto Madero Street Circuit , Argentina , alongside a typical food stand in the Costanera Sur .Baltimore , Maryland , USA (IndyCar, ALMS)Brooklyn , New York , USA (Formula E)Buenos Aires Puerto Madero , Argentina (Formula E )Buenos Aires TC2000, Argentina (TC2000) Carrera Panamericana , Mexico (WSC)Crown Point Road Race Circuit , Crown Point, Indiana Chicago Street Course , Illinois , USA (NASCAR)Dallas , Texas , USA (F1)Denver , Colorado , USA (CART)Detroit Belle Isle Park , Michigan , USA (CART, IndyCar, ALMS)Detroit Renaissance Center , Michigan , USA (F1, CART, IndyCar)Halifax , Canada (British F2, IMSA)Houston , Texas , USA (CART, IndyCar, ALMS)Las Vegas , Nevada , USA (CART)Las Vegas , Nevada , USA (F1)Long Beach , California , USA (F1, CART, IndyCar, ALMS, SCC, Formula E)Miami Bayfront Park , Florida , USA (CART, IMSA, ALMS)Miami Bicentennial Park , Florida , USA (CART, IMSA)Miami Biscayne Bay , Florida , USA (Formula E)Miami Tamiami Park , Florida , USA (CART, IMSA)Monterrey , Mexico (CART, A1 GP)Montreal , Canada (Formula E)Montevideo, Uruguay (Top Race, AUVo) Nashville , Tennessee , USA (IndyCar)Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA (SCCA)Phoenix , Arizona , USA (F1)Piriápolis, Uruguay (F3 Sudamericana, AUVo) Potrero de los Funes , Argentina (TC 2000, Turismo Carretera, FIA GT)Punta del Este , Uruguay (TC 2000, AUVo, Formula E )Ribeirão Preto, Brazil (Brazilian Stock Car ) Salvador , Brazil (Brazilian Stock Car)San Jose , California , USA (CART)Santa Fe , Argentina (TC 2000, F3 Sudamericana)Santiago Parque Forestal , Chile (Formula E )Santiago Parque O'Higgins , Chile (Formula E)São Paulo , Brazil (IndyCar)St. Petersburg , Florida , USA (CART, IndyCar, ALMS)Toronto , Canada (CART, IndyCar)Trois-Rivières , Canada (ALMS, Grand-Am, NASCAR)Vancouver , Canada (CART, Formula E)
Asia Guia Circuit , host of both the Macau Grand Prix and the World Touring Car Cup 's Race of Macau .Marina Bay Street Circuit , Singapore , currently used in Formula 1 .Bangsaen , Thailand (Bangsaen Grand Prix)Beijing Jingkai , China (A1GP)Beijing Olympic Green , China (Formula E)Beijing SC , China (Superleague Formula)Changwon , South Korea (F3)Chennai , Tamil Nadu , India (F4)Hong Kong Central , Hong Kong (Formula E)Hyderabad , India (Formula E)Jakarta , Indonesia (Formula E)Jeddah , Saudi Arabia (F1, F2)Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia (V8 Supercars)Macau Guia , Macau (Macau Grand Prix : F3, GT3, WTCR, Superbike)Malacca, Malaysia Mandalika [a] , Indonesia (MotoGP, Superbike)Marina Bay , Singapore (F1)Riyadh , Saudi Arabia (Formula E)Putrajaya , Malaysia (Formula E)Sanya , China (Formula E)Seoul Street Circuit , South Korea (Formula E)Seremban, Malaysia Shanghai , China (DTM)SPICE, Penang , Malaysia Tangerang , Indonesia (A1GP)Thomson Road , Singapore Wuhan , China (WTCR)Zhuhai , China (BPR GT)
Europe and Africa Circuit de la Sarthe , also known as Le Mans for its association with the 24 Hours of Le Mans , partly runs on public road.Ain-Diab , Morocco Aix-les-Bains Circuit du Lac , France Alemannenring , Germany (DTM)*Baku , Azerbaijan (F1)Baku World Challenge , Azerbaijan (FIA GT)Barcelona Montjuïc , Spain (F1, MotoGP)Barcelona Pedralbes , Spain (F1)Berlin Karl-Marx Allee , Germany (Formula E )Berlin Tempelhof , Germany (Formula E )Bern, Switzerland (Formula E ) Bilbao , Spain (World Series by Renault)Billown Circuit , Isle of Man Birmingham , England , UK (F3000, BTCC)Boavista , Portugal (F1, WTCC)Boyne 100 , Ireland Bucharest , Romania (FIA GT, British F3)Cagliari , Italy (Euro F3000)Circuit de Chimay , Belgium Circuit Paalgraven, Netherlands Clady Circuit , Northern Ireland , UKClypse Course , Isle of Man Dundrod Circuit , Northern Ireland , UKDurban , South Africa (A1GP)Four Inch Course , Isle of Man Frohburger Dreieck, Germany Geneva , Switzerland Göteborg City Race , Sweden (STCC)Helsinki Thunder , Finland (FIA GT, F3000, DTM)Highroads Course , Isle of Man Horice Road Racing Circuit, Czech Republic Imatra Circuit , Finland (Motorcycle races)Killalane Road Races, Ireland Circuito Lasarte , Spain (Grand Prix)La Bañeza, Spain (Classic motorbikes, 125GP, Moto3 ) Le Mans , France (WEC)London Battersea Park , England , UK (Formula E )London ExCel Arena , England , UK (Formula E )Marrakech , Morocco (WTCR, Auto GP, Formula E)Masaryk street circuit , Czech Republic (GP, ETCC, MotoGP)Mille Miglia , Italy (WSC)Monaco , Montecarlo (F1, F2, Formula E, FREC)Moscow , Russia (Formula E )Nikola Tesla Belgrade, Serbia (Belgrade24h promo race 2010, Serbian National Championship) Noordzee omloop, Belgium Nuremberg , Germany (DTM)North West 200 , Northern Ireland , UKOliver's Mount , England , UKOpatija , Croatia Paris , France (Formula E)Pau , France (F3, WTCC, WTCR, Euroformula Open)Palanga , Lithuania Pirita-Kose-Kloostrimetsa Circuit , Estonia Rome EUR , Italy (Formula E)Seinäjoki Vauhtiajot Circuit , Finland Skerries Road Racing Circuit , Ireland Snaefell Mountain Course , Isle of Man Solitude Racetrack , Germany (Motorcycle races)St John's Short Course , Isle of Man Tandragee 100 Road Race Circuit, Ireland Těrlický okruh, Czech Republic Tolbert , Netherlands Targa Florio , Italy (WSC)Tripoli , Libya Valencia , Spain (F1, Spanish F3, International GT Open)Varsselring, Netherlands Vila Real , Portugal (WTCC, WTCR)Zurich , Switzerland (Formula E )
Oceania Albert Park Circuit , Australia Adelaide , Australia (F1, ALMS, Supercars)Bathurst , Australia (Supercars)Canberra , Australia (Supercars)Dunedin , New Zealand Gold Coast , Australia (CART, Supercars)Hamilton , New Zealand (Supercars, Toyota Racing Series)Melbourne , Australia (F1, Supercars)Newcastle , Australia (Supercars)Paeroa , New Zealand Sydney Olympic Park , Australia (Supercars)Townsville , Australia (Supercars)Wanganui , New Zealand (Boxing Day Motorbike Races)Wellington , New Zealand (Touring Cars)
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