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The "Type" column refers to the type of circuit: "street" is a circuit held on closed city streets, "road" refers to a mixture of public roads and a permanent track, and "race" is a permanent facility. The "Last length used" shows the track length for the configuration that was used last time the Formula One race was held on a given track.
As a result, compared to other circuits that are held on public roads, the Albert Park track has quite a smooth surface. Before 2007 there existed only a few other places on the Formula 1 calendar with a body of water close to the track. Many of the new tracks, such as Valencia, Singapore and Abu Dhabi are close to a body of water.
The average F1 lap speed is over 160 km/h (99 mph) and the F1 top speed is 290 km/h (180 mph). As Fiorano is a testing track, it has a wide range of corner types, with corner diameters between 370 and 13.71 metres (1,213.9 and 45.0 ft). Thus Ferrari is able to simulate corner and track types of other Grand Prix circuits.
Red Bull drivers Max Verstappen and Checo Pérez just helped their team win this year's F1 constructors' title, but can they ace the Gen Z quiz?
The Dequetteville Terrace straight (named after Jack Brabham for Formula One and Peter Brock for the Adelaide 500) was a 900 m (980 yd) stretch where the over 1,000 bhp (746 kW; 1,014 PS) Formula One cars in the turbo era (1985–88) were reaching speeds in excess of 200 mph (320 km/h) making Adelaide easily the fastest street circuit of the ...
Start of the 2005 Turkish Grand Prix, the first Formula One race at Istanbul Park. The circuit is 5.338 km (3.317 mi) long, with an average width of 15 m (16 yd) ranging from 14 to 21.5 m (15.3 to 23.5 yd), and covers over 2.215 million square metres (547 acres).
Identified as the fastest street circuit in Formula One, [6] the track is the third-longest track on the Formula One calendar, with Spa-Francorchamps and Las Vegas Strip Circuit being longer. [7] The track has three consecutive DRS zones. [8] The circuit is located on the Jeddah Corniche adjoining the Red Sea. [9]
The Baku City Circuit [3] (Azerbaijani: Bakı Şəhər Halqası) is a motor racing street circuit located in Baku, Azerbaijan constructed near Baku Boulevard.A lap of the circuit is 6.003 km (3.730 mi), making it the fourth-longest circuit on the Formula One calendar [4] (after Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Jeddah Street Circuit and Las Vegas Strip Circuit). [5]