Street circuit



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. Facilities such as the paddock, pit boxes, fences and grandstands are usually placed temporarily and removed soon after the race is over but in modern times the pits, 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.

List of street circuits
active circuits in bold

Americas

 * Baltimore, United States (IndyCar, ALMS)
 * Brooklyn, United States (Formula E)
 * Buenos Aires Puerto Madero, Argentina (Formula E)
 * Buenos Aires TC2000 (TC2000)
 * Carrera Panamericana, Mexico (WSC)
 * Dallas, United States (F1)
 * Denver, United States (CART)
 * Detroit Belle Isle Park, Detroit, United States (CART, IndyCar, ALMS)
 * Detroit Renaissance Center, Detroit, United States (F1, CART)
 * Halifax, Canada (British F2, IMSA)
 * Houston, United States (CART, IndyCar, ALMS)
 * Las Vegas, United States (CART)
 * Long Beach, United States (F1, CART, IndyCar, ALMS, SCC, Formula E)
 * Miami Bayfront Park, Miami, United States (CART, IMSA, ALMS)
 * Miami Bicentennial Park, Miami, United States (CART, IMSA)
 * Miami Biscayne Bay, Miami, United States (CART, IMSA)
 * Monterrey, Mexico (CART, A1 GP)
 * Montreal, Canada (Formula E)
 * Montevideo, Uruguay (Top Race, AUVo)
 * Nashville, United States (IndyCar)
 * Phoenix, United States (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, United States (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, United States (CART, IndyCar, ALMS)
 * Toronto, Canada (CART, IndyCar)
 * Trois-Rivières, Canada (ALMS, Grand-Am, NASCAR)
 * Vancouver, Canada (CART, Formula E)

Asia and Africa
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 * Ain-Diab, Morocco
 * Bangsaen, Thailand (Bangsaen Grand Prix)
 * Beijing Jingkai, China (A1GP)
 * Beijing Olympic Green, China (Formula E)
 * Beijing SC, China (Superleague Formula)
 * Changwon, South Korea (F3)
 * Durban, South Africa (A1GP)
 * Hanoi, Vietnam (planned for F1 in 2020, cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
 * Hong Kong, Hong Kong (Formula E)
 * Hyderabad, India (F4)
 * Jakarta, Indonesia (Formula E)
 * Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (F1, F2)
 * Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (V8 Supercars)
 * Macau, Macau (Macau Grand Prix: F3, GT3, WTCR, Superbike)
 * Malacca, Malaysia
 * Mandalika, Indonesia (MotoGP, Superbike)
 * Marina Bay, Singapore (F1)
 * Marrakech, Morocco (WTCR, Auto GP, Formula E)
 * 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
 * Tripoli, Libya
 * Wuhan, China (WTCR)
 * Zhuhai, China (BPR GT)

Europe

 * 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, United Kingdom (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, United Kingdom
 * Clypse Course, Isle of Man
 * Dundrod Circuit, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
 * 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, United Kingdom (Formula E)
 * London ExCel Arena, United Kingdom (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, United Kingdom
 * Oliver's Mount, United Kingdom
 * Opatija, former Yugoslavia
 * 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 Circuit, Netherlands
 * Targa Florio, Italy (WSC)
 * Valencia, Spain (F1, Spanish F3, International GT Open)
 * Varsselring, Netherlands
 * Vila Real, Portugal (WTCC, WTCR)
 * Zurich, Switzerland (Formula E)

Oceania

 * 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)

Proposed or Future circuits

 * Port Imperial Street Circuit, New Jersey, United States (proposed for F1 in 2013)