The data below breaks down every single one of over a hundred thousand votes cast in Rate the Race to give an average rating out of ten for the races at each track Formula 1 has raced at since 2008:
| Rank | Circuit | Average | Minimum | Maximum | Races |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Circuit of the Americas | 7.59 | 5.40 | 9.10 | 10 |
| 2 | Interlagos | 7.55 | 4.57 | 9.45 | 14 |
| 3 | Nurburgring | 7.50 | 6.83 | 8.43 | 4 |
| 4 | Silverstone | 7.42 | 5.76 | 8.97 | 15 |
| 5 | Bahrain International Circuit | 7.32 | 4.59 | 9.10 | 14 |
| 6 | Mugello | 7.28 | 7.28 | 7.28 | 1 |
| 7 | Red Bull Ring | 7.19 | 5.37 | 8.88 | 9 |
| 8 | Istanbul Park | 7.17 | 5.28 | 8.99 | 6 |
| 9 | Hungaroring | 7.16 | 5.05 | 9.14 | 15 |
| 10 | Shanghai International Circuit | 7.06 | 4.45 | 9.24 | 12 |
| 11 | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 7.05 | 4.24 | 9.19 | 12 |
| 12 | Sepang International Circuit | 7.05 | 5.28 | 8.45 | 10 |
| 13 | Hockenheimring | 7.03 | 3.74 | 9.44 | 7 |
| 14 | Monza | 7.03 | 4.94 | 8.42 | 15 |
| 15 | Jeddah Corniche Circuit | 7.00 | 6.08 | 7.93 | 2 |
| 16 | Albert Park | 7.00 | 4.75 | 8.64 | 13 |
| 17 | Imola | 6.90 | 6.05 | 8.17 | 3 |
| 18 | Korea International Circuit | 6.74 | 5.16 | 7.54 | 4 |
| 19 | Baku City Circuit | 6.71 | 4.73 | 8.79 | 6 |
| 20 | Zandvoort | 6.70 | 6.48 | 6.93 | 2 |
| 21 | Autodromo do Algarve | 6.69 | 6.20 | 7.17 | 2 |
| 22 | Fuji | 6.66 | 6.66 | 6.66 | 1 |
| 23 | Spa-Francorchamps | 6.52 | 1.86 | 8.37 | 15 |
| 24 | Suzuka | 6.44 | 5.21 | 7.57 | 11 |
| 25 | Losail International Circuit | 6.38 | 6.38 | 6.38 | 1 |
| 26 | Singapore | 6.25 | 4.98 | 7.19 | 13 |
| 27 | Circuit de Catalunya | 6.17 | 4.46 | 8.71 | 15 |
| 28 | Monaco | 6.14 | 4.02 | 8.18 | 14 |
| 29 | Paul Ricard | 6.09 | 3.47 | 8.23 | 4 |
| 30 | Yas Marina | 5.92 | 3.27 | 8.85 | 14 |
| 31 | Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez | 5.89 | 3.90 | 6.85 | 7 |
| 32 | Sochi Autodrom | 5.76 | 4.06 | 9.04 | 8 |
| 33 | Buddh International Circuit | 5.75 | 5.19 | 6.50 | 3 |
| 34 | Miami International Autodrome | 5.63 | 5.63 | 5.63 | 1 |
| 35 | Magny-Cours | 5.55 | 5.55 | 5.55 | 1 |
| 36 | Valencia Street Circuit | 5.49 | 3.87 | 8.78 | 5 |
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Gary
7th April 2016, 13:54
It would be interesting to know if these circuit differences are statistically significant. Calculate the 95% standard deviation for each circuit to give +/- range. If the range’s don’t overlap then they are significant
ColdFly F1 (@)
7th April 2016, 16:08
hardly possible with so little data points per circuit.
I recollect it is something like (assuming race rating at a circuit is normally distributed based on the ‘racing value’ of a circuit):
– to calculate a sample SD you need at least 2 data points (races at that circuit)
– And to get 95% likelihood 2 datasets (race quality of a circuit) are not ‘overlapping’ you need 1.6xSD.
Thus Sochi with sample Mean of 5.5 and sSD of 2.1 is (95% certain) a circuit ‘worth’ less than 8.9.
Thus Sochi could actually be the best circuit for racing!!
Buddh is less likely to be the best circuit with a 95% certainty that the racing value of the circuit is less than 6.9, and
(warning: don’t read this the wrong way. I am not comparing the 2 circuits, but mainly saying that due to the few data points on Sochi it is extremely difficult to pinpoint it)
hobo (@hobo)
7th April 2016, 15:41
Montreal is probably my favorite track, or very close to it. So this is nice to see.
Canderous (@yoshif8tures)
7th April 2016, 15:58
Suzuka, for being such a popular track is way down the list.
Minardi (@gitanes)
7th April 2016, 17:08
Suzuka is awesome to watch – period. Even if the races may suffer a bit because it’s so narrow. I guess in that regard, along with Monaco, a Rate The Weekend poll would work better for those tracks!
Kingshark (@kingshark)
7th April 2016, 21:33
@yoshif8tures
2014 was a great race and would certainly have boasted the average, before the unfortunate Bianchi accident happened.
braisim
7th April 2016, 16:05
Don’t know if we can draw conclusions on those circuits which have only hosted one or two races. For example, a but unfair for Mexico to be bottom of the list when it’s only had one “bite of the cherry” so far.
electrolite (@electrolite)
7th April 2016, 16:36
Hungaroring!!
gwenouille (@gwenouille)
7th April 2016, 19:27
Exactly. It has always been one of my secret favourite tracks, and I found sad that it was quite unpopular for a while. But it seems that these years we saw nice races there, and the trend is up !
I still think that this track has some flaws. I don’t quite like the last 3 turns, and the chicane is not that nice too…
Phil-F1-21
7th April 2016, 20:07
Pleased to see Canada is tops! It nearly always produces a good race as does the Hungaroing.
I’m not surprised Catalunya is near the bottom. It’s always dull as far as I can remember. Singapore is next up for the chop and Russia according to the list. I would not miss any of these.
weh94fan
3rd July 2016, 22:03
Austria will definitely go up after today! Baku deserves more.
Samantha (@talcumpowder)
2nd October 2018, 20:22
Damn… Canada from 2nd to 5th, just from this season.
hahostolze (@hahostolze)
21st October 2018, 21:19
New comment today. COTA really is brilliant. Yeah the straights are a bit too long for the DRS/engine disparity era. But other than that, it has good overtaking spots, good following spots, and it has ‘mini-mouse’ parts where attacking cars can follow and overtake, but where the defending car can come back. I think it’s a treasure akin to the Hugenhotlz circuits of Suzuka and Zandvoort.
Lmcn
13th November 2018, 16:04
Dropping Sepang instead of Sochi will always be a travesti to me. Not 1 fan, not 1 driver thinks the latter is better to have in the calendar than the former
Samantha (@talcumpowder)
4th January 2020, 8:55
Monaco looks a bit off – you’ve put five races, even though it’s had 12 races in RtR. If anyone’s interested, I have the average as 6.322
magon4 (@magon4)
10th May 2021, 6:55
Yeah, this table is in need of a review!
Andres Satizabal
23rd April 2022, 20:27
Kind of unfair for Spa to have such a low average when it was all dragged down because of politics and rain.
banana88x (@banana88x)
23rd December 2022, 18:11
Portimao is missing :O