FORMULA 1 PIRELLI 2018 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX Circuit of The Americas 19 – 21 October Austin When was the track built? The Circuit of The Americas, designed by Hermann Tilke in collaboration with American architectural firm HKS, endured something of a nervy start, with construction suffering several setbacks. It was well worth the wait, […]
FORMULA 1 2018 HONDA JAPANESE GRAND PRIX Sochi Autodrom 05 – 07 October Suzuka When was the track built? In 1962. Soichiro Honda, whose car company you may have heard of, was a man with big ambitions. Seeking to turn Honda into an automotive powerhouse, he decided his company should have its own test track. […]
FORMULA 1 2018 VTB RUSSIAN GRAND PRIX Sochi Autodrom 27 – 30 September Sochi When was the track built? Designed by Hermann Tilke, the Sochi Autodrom is effectively a street circuit, evolving out of the internal roads of the park built for the city’s 2014 Winter Olympics. When was its first Grand Prix? Formula 1’s […]
FORMULA 1 2018 SINGAPORE AIRLINES SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX Marina Bay Street Circuit 13 – 16 September Singapore When was the track built? The Marina Bay Circuit arrived on the scene in 2008. A street track with the city’s famous skyline as its spectacular backdrop, the initial circuit plan by Herman Tilke was refined by KBR […]
FORMULA 1 2018 JOHNNIE WALKER BELGIAN GRAND PRIX AUTODROMO NAZIONALE MONZA Fri 31 Aug – Sun 02 Sep 2018 Monza Monza is regarded by many as the embodiment of Formula One racing. Not only is it a fantastic example of a track that combines speed with skill, it also has a heart and soul all […]
FORMULA 1 2018 JOHNNIE WALKER BELGIAN GRAND PRIX CIRCUIT DE SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS Fri 24 Aug – Sun 26 Aug 2018 Spa-Francorchamps. Belgium’s Spa-Francorchamps circuit is among the most historic on the Formula One calendar, having hosted a (non-championship) Grand Prix as long ago as 1924, and remains one of the most popular venues with drivers and […]
FORMULA 1 ROLEX MAGYAR NAGYDÍJ 2018 Budapest Fri 27 Jul – Sun 29 Jul 2018 Budapest. Hungary first hosted a Grand Prix in the 1930s, but following the Second World War and the building of the Iron Curtain it was not until the 1960s that motorsport began to find a place in the country. At […]
FORMULA 1 EMIRATES GROSSER PREIS VON DEUTSCHLAND 2018 Hockenheim Fri 20 Jul – Sun 22 Jul 2018 Hockenheim. The original Hockenheim circuit was built in 1939 as a high-speed test track for Mercedes-Benz, who needed a venue to test for the Tripoli Grand Prix. It was almost eight kilometres long and was formed of two […]
FORMULA 1 2018 ROLEX BRITISH GRAND PRIX Silverston Thu 05 Jul – Sun 08 Jul 2018 Silverstone. Like so many of England’s racing circuits, Silverstone started life as an aerodrome. When the Second World War ended in 1945, England’s other two circuits, Donington Park and the legendary Brooklands, had fallen into disrepair. And so it […]
The Austrian Grand Prixis a Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile sanctioned auto race which was held in 1964, 1970–1987 and 1997–2003. The Grand Prix returned to the Formula One calendar in 2014. 00