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| Country | Circuit Name | Location & Type
| Australia
| Adelaide
| Street circuit around outskirts of parkland and purpose-built track in privately owned Victoria Park Racecourse. No permanent pit garages.
| Monte Carlo
| Monaco
| Street circuit since 1928. Population of 27,000. Casino and resort centre.
| Purpose-Built Circuits in Cities
| Country
| Circuit Name
| Location & Type
| Australia
| Albert Park
| Purpose-built circuit within Albert Park Reserve in 1995, 2.5 km from city centre of Melbourne. Some permanent infrastructure (pit garages and viewing mounds). Near new city casino.
| Purpose-Built Circuits in City
Outskirts
| Country
| Circuit Name
| Location & Type
| Argentina
| Autodromo Oscar Galvez
| Autodrome built 1953 on empty land on outskirts of Buenos Aires. Private promoter.
| Brazil
| Interlagos
| Purpose-built autodrome, constructed on undeveloped land 1940, 16 km from Sao Paulo.
| Canada
| Gilles Villeneuve
| Purpose-built 1977 east of Montreal on artificial island abandoned since its use as site for 1967 Expo. Surrounded by large expanse of water in middle of 2 km wide St Lawrence River. Island contains Montreal casino.
| Italy
| Monza
| Purpose-built circuit 1922 in grounds of Royal Palace, now known as Monza Park, 22 km north of Milan.
| South Africa
| Kyalami
| Purpose-built 1967, 22 km north of Johannesburg.
| Spain
| Catalunya
| Purpose-built circuit 1991, near Montmelo, 20 km from Barcelona.
| USA
| Indianapolis
| Purpose-built 1998-99, incorporated within the oval circuit of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (built 1909), 10 km east of Indianapolis.
| Purpose-Built Tracks Away from Cities
| Country
| Circuit Name
| Location & Type
| Austria
| A1 - Ring
| Built as Osterreichring in 1969 and revamped in 1990s. Now permanent circuit, set in countryside near Knittelfeld, 70 km from Graz.
| Belgium
| Spa Francorchamps
| Road circuit established 1925 in countryside near Francorchamps, 48 km south of Liege. Some permanent infrastructure. Near casino and resort centre of Spa.
| China
| Zhuhai
| Privately-funded permanent circuit, built 1997-8 outside Zhuhai city as part of 360 hectare resort complex with hotels. Near casino centre of Macau and connected by bridge to Hong Kong.
| France
| Nevers Magny-Cours
| Privately-owned circuit built 1961, upgraded to Formula One track standards 1991, near village of Magny-Cours, 15 km from town of Nevers (population 45,000), 80 km from Bourges.
| Germany
| Hockenheimring
| Stadium track built 1929, 28 km southwest of Heidelberg.
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| Nurburgring
| Autodrome built 1920's, in Eifel Mts, 60 km from Koblenz.
| Great Britain
| Silverstone
| Built 1948 on ex-RAF airfield near town of Towcester, 24 km from Northampton. Privately owned permanent track. Rural environment.
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| Donnington Park
| Privately owned permanent circuit built 1933 in grounds of Donnington Hall. 13 km from Derby.
| Hungary
| Hungaroring
| Purpose-built circuit. Built 1985 in open country (barren ground) near village of Mogyorod using State loan. 22 km north-east of Budapest.
| Japan
| Suzuka
| Owned by Honda. Purpose-built 1961 for motor cycle racing and testing. In countryside. 56 km from Nagoya, 167 km east of Osaka.
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| Tanaka International Aida
| Privately owned permanent circuit near town of Aida, 72 km north-east of Okayama. Built 1990.
| Malaysia
| Sepang
| Permanent circuit built 1997-98, 64 km south of Kuala Lumpur, near new international airport.
| Portugal
| Estoril
| Purpose-built 1972, in rolling scrubland 37 km from Lisbon. Used for winter testing. Casino at Estoril.
| San Marino
| Autodromo Dino Ferrari
| Built 1950 on outskirts of Imola (population around 50,000), 33 km south-east of Bologna.
| Spain
| Jerez
| Permanent circuit 10 km from Jerez de la Frontera, 35 km from Cadiz.
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