List of Grand Prix motorcycle circuits

This is a list of circuits which have hosted a World Championship race from 1949 to 2013 .

In total, 68 different circuits have hosted World Championship races. The first to do so was the Snaefell Mountain Course, home of the Isle of Man TT, which has also the distinction, at almost 61 km long, of being the longest track which hosted a World Championship race. The TT Circuit Assen has the distinction of being the only track which has hosted a race every year since 1949.

Various different forms of race track have been used throughout the history of the World Championship; purpose-built race tracks such as Suzuka, road tracks such as Spa and city street tracks such as Montjuïc.

Future circuits

Hungary Balatonring TBA

List of circuits

Current circuits (for the 2013 season) are shown in bold.

Circuit	Type	Direction	Location	Race(s)	Season(s)	Total
A1-Ring	race circuit	Clockwise	Spielberg	Austrian Grand Prix	1996-1997	2
Albi	road circuit	Clockwise	Albi	French Grand Prix	1951	1
Assen	road/race circuit	Clockwise	Assen	Dutch TT	1949-2013	65
Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez	road circuit	Clockwise	Buenos Aires	Argentine Grand Prix	1961-1964, 1981–1982, 1987, 1994–1995, 1998–1999	10
Circuit Bremgarten	road circuit	Clockwise	Bremgarten	Swiss Grand Prix	1949, 1951-1954	5
Bugatti Circuit	race circuit	Clockwise	Le Mans	French Grand Prix, Vitesse du Mans Grand Prix	1969-1970, 1976, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989-1991, 1994-1995, 2000-2013	26
Circuit de Catalunya	race circuit	Clockwise	Barcelona	Catalan Grand Prix, European Grand Prix	1992-2013	22
Circuit Charade	road circuit	Clockwise	Clermont-Ferrand	French Grand Prix	1959-1964, 1966-1967, 1972, 1974	10
Circuit Paul Armagnac	race circuit	Clockwise	Nogaro	French Grand Prix	1978, 1982	2
Circuit Paul Ricard	race circuit	Clockwise	Castellet	French Grand Prix	1973, 1977, 1977, 1980-1981, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1996-1999	13
Circuit of the Americas	race circuit	Anti-Clockwise	Austin	Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas	2013	1
Clady Circuit	road circuit	Clockwise	County Antrim, Northern Ireland	Ulster Grand Prix	1949-1952	4
Daytona International Speedway	race circuit	Anti-Clockwise	Daytona Beach, Florida	United States Grand Prix	1964-1965	2
Donington Park	race circuit	Clockwise	Leicestershire	British Grand Prix	1987-2009	23
Dundrod Circuit	road circuit	Clockwise	Dundrod	Ulster Grand Prix	1953-1971	19
Eastern Creek Raceway	race circuit	Anti-Clockwise	Eastern Creek	Australian Grand Prix	1991-1996	6
Estoril	race circuit	Clockwise	Estoril	Portuguese Grand Prix	2000-2012	13
Fuji Speedway	race circuit	Clockwise	Shizuoka	Japanese Grand Prix	1966-1967	2
Geneva	street circuit	Unknown	Geneva	Swiss Grand Prix	1950	1
Goiânia	race circuit		Goiânia	Brazilian Grand Prix	1987-1989	3
Grobnik	race circuit	Anti-Clockwise	Rijekadun	Yugoslavian Grand Prix	1978-1990	14
Hedemora Circuit	street circuit		Hedemora	Swedish Grand Prix	1958	1
Hockenheimring	race circuit	Clockwise	Hockenheim	German Grand Prix, Baden-Württemberg Grand Prix	1957, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1966-1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981-1983, 1985-1987, 1989, 1991-1994	23
Hungaroring	race circuit	Clockwise	Budapest	Hungarian Grand Prix	1990, 1992	2
Imatra	road circuit		Imatra	Finnish Grand Prix	1964-1982	18
Imola	race circuit	Anti-Clockwise	Imola	Italian Grand Prix, City of Imola Grand Prix, San Marino Grand Prix	1972, 1974-1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1988, 1996-1999	12
Indianapolis Motor Speedway	race circuit	Anti-Clockwise	Indianapolis	Indianapolis Grand Prix	2008-2013	6
Interlagos	race circuit	Anti-Clockwise	São Paulo	Brazilian Grand Prix	1992	1
Istanbul Park	race circuit	Anti-Clockwise	Istanbul	Turkish Grand Prix	2005-2007	3
Jacarepaguá	race circuit	Anti-Clockwise	Rio de Janeiro	Brazilian Grand Prix	1995-2004	9
Jarama	race circuit	Clockwise	Jarama	Madrid Grand Prix, European Grand Prix, FIM Grand Prix	1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977-1986, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1998	17
Jerez	race circuit	Clockwise	Jerez de la Frontera	Spanish Grand Prix, Portuguese Grand Prix, Expo 92 Grand Prix	1987-2013	27
Johor Circuit	race circuit	Clockwise	Pasir Gudang	Malaysian Grand Prix	1998	1
Karlskoga Motorstadion	street circuit		Karlskoga	Swedish Grand Prix	1978-1979	2
Kristianstad	street circuit		Kristianstad	Swedish Grand Prix	1959, 1961	2
Kyalami	race circuit	Anti-Clockwise	Midrand, Gauteng	South African Grand Prix	1983-1985, 1992	4
Laguna Seca	race circuit	Anti-Clockwise	Monterey, California	United States Grand Prix	1988-1991, 1993-1994, 2005-2013	15
Losail International Circuit	race circuit	Clockwise	Doha	Qatar Grand Prix	2004-2013	10
Magny-Cours Circuit	race circuit	Clockwise	Nevers	French Grand Prix	1992	1
Masaryk Circuit	road/race circuit	Clockwise	Brno	Czech Republic Grand Prix	1965-1982, 1987-1991, 1993-2013	43
Misano World Circuit	race circuit	Clockwise	Misano Adriatico	San Marino Grand Prix, Italian Grand Prix	1980, 1984, 1986-1987, 1989-1991, 1993, 2007-2013	15
Montjuïc circuit	street circuit	Anti-Clockwise	Barcelona	Spanish Grand Prix	1950-1955, 1961-1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976	18
Monza	race circuit	Clockwise	Monza	Italian Grand Prix	1949-1971, 1973, 1981-1983, 1986-1987	29
Mosport International Raceway	race circuit	Clockwise	Bowmanville	Canadian Grand Prix	1967	1
Motegi	race circuit	Clockwise	Motegi	Japanese Grand Prix, Pacific Grand Prix	1999-2013	15
Motorland Aragón	race circuit	Anti-Clockwise	Alcañiz	Aragon Grand Prix	2010-2013	4
Mugello Circuit	race circuit	Clockwise	Mugello region	Italian Grand Prix, San Marino Grand Prix	1976, 1978, 1982, 1984-1985, 1991-2013	28
Nürburgring	road/race circuit	Clockwise	Nürburg	German Grand Prix	1955, 1958, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1995-1997	17
Opatija Circuit	race circuit	Clockwise	Opatija	Yugoslavian Grand Prix	1970, 1972-1977	7
Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	race circuit	Anti-Clockwise	Phillip Island	Australian Grand Prix	1989-1990, 1997–2013	18
Reims-Gueux	road circuit	Clockwise	Reims	French Grand Prix	1954-1955	2
Rouen-Les-Essarts	road circuit	Clockwise	Rouen	French Grand Prix	1953, 1965	2
Sachsenring	road/race circuit	Anti-Clockwise	Hohenstein-Ernstthal	German Grand Prix, East German Grand Prix	1961-1972, 1998-2013	28
Salzburgring	race circuit	Clockwise	Salzburg	Austrian Grand Prix	1971-1991, 1993	22
San Carlos	street circuit		San Carlos, Cojedes	Venezuelan Grand Prix	1977-1979	3
Scandinavian Raceway	race circuit	Clockwise	Anderstorp	Swedish Grand Prix	1971-1977, 1981-1990	17
Schottenring	road circuit		Schotten	German Grand Prix	1953	1
Sentul International Circuit	race circuit	Clockwise	Sentul	Indonesian Grand Prix	1996-1997	2
Sepang International Circuit	race circuit	Clockwise	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysian Grand Prix	1999-2013	15
Shah Alam Circuit	race circuit	Clockwise	Shah Alam	Malaysian Grand Prix	1991-1997	7
Shanghai International Circuit	race circuit	Clockwise	Shanghai	Chinese Grand Prix	2005-2008	4
Silverstone Circuit	race circuit	Clockwise	Silverstone	British Grand Prix	1977-1986, 2010-2013	14
Snaefell Mountain Course	road circuit		Isle of Man	Isle of Man TT	1949-1976	28
Solitudering	road circuit	Anti-Clockwise	Stuttgart	German Grand Prix	1952, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1962, 1964	6
Spa-Francorchamps	race circuit	Clockwise	Spa	Belgian Grand Prix	1949-1979, 1981-1990	41
Suzuka Circuit	race circuit	Both	Suzuka	Japanese Grand Prix	1963-1965, 1987-1998, 2000-2003	19
Tampere Circuit	road circuit		Tampere	Finnish Grand Prix	1962-1963	2
Valencia	race circuit	Anti-Clockwise	Valencia	Valencian Community Grand Prix	1999-2013	15
Welkom	race circuit	Clockwise	Welkom	South African Grand Prix	1999-2004	6
Zolder	race circuit	Clockwise	Heusden-Zolder	Belgian Grand Prix	1980	1

References

v t e Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Info	Circuits Grands Prix Motorcycles Riders Race winners Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme

Champions	World 500c/MotoGP 350cc 250cc/Moto2 125cc/Moto3 50/80cc, By year Constructors European

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List of Grand Prix motorcycle circuits