The 17 Best F1 Circuits for Overtaking

By YPB TeamSep 8

Old-school cathedrals of speed go up against modern street layouts built for slipstreams and late lunges. Which one delivers the best racing?

1
Interlagos
São Paulo's short, undulating circuit famous for chaotic racing and dramatic championship finales.
1000pts
2
Monza
The Temple of Speed, where enormous slipstreams and heavy braking zones create constant position changes.
833pts
3
Silverstone
The fast British classic whose high-speed sweepers set up bold late-braking moves at Stowe and Brooklands.
643pts
4
Istanbul Park
The much-missed Turkish circuit whose quadruple-apex Turn 8 and long straights bred great racing.
642pts
5
Shanghai International Circuit
Home to F1's longest back straight, feeding a tight hairpin that invites daring lunges.
577pts
6
Circuit of the Americas
Austin's flowing layout blends a monster uphill turn one with two long DRS straights.
500pts
7
Hockenheimring
The German circuit whose stadium section and hairpin produced some of the sport's best late-race duels.
500pts
8
Suzuka
Japan's iconic figure-eight where the 130R and the chicane reward brave, committed passes.
500pts
9
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Montreal's low-grip street-style track where the Wall of Champions punishes every mistake.
500pts
10
Las Vegas Strip Circuit
The modern Nevada night race built around enormous straights and slipstreaming down the Strip.
409pts
11
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
Mexico City's high-altitude track with one of the longest run-downs to turn one in the sport.
300pts
12
Spa-Francorchamps
The legendary Ardennes circuit where the Eau Rouge-Kemmel straight is a classic slipstream battleground.
300pts
13
Jeddah Corniche Circuit
The blisteringly fast Saudi street track with multiple DRS zones and wheel-to-wheel drama.
300pts
14
Sepang International Circuit
Malaysia's wide, twin-straight layout that gave drivers room to fight for several corners at a time.
300pts
15
Bahrain International Circuit
A desert track with three long straights and huge braking zones that reliably produces multi-car battles.
167pts
16
Red Bull Ring
A short, powerful Austrian lap of steep climbs and heavy braking into wide-open corners.
167pts
17
Baku City Circuit
The Azerbaijan street track pairing a two-kilometre straight with a narrow castle section for chaos.
167pts