F1 Fanatic

steph, you have a top 5 f1 tracks list that doesnt include Spa? I think you should see somebody about that.

my 5 favs of the current calendar

Spa
Suzuka
Interlagos
Monaco
Melbourne

More or less in order:

Spa
Monza
Istanbul
Suzuka
Melbourne

Judging by how much I enjoy driving them. Most of the other tracks are ok too.

*edit*
Missed the question at the bottom, I prefer the Nurburgring, the second half of the lap especially flows quite nicely.

If its just current tracks we like then mine would be:
1.Spa
2.Interlagos
3.Montreal
4.Hungary
5.Monaco

Old tracks i’d like back are:
1.Imola
2.Magny-cours
3.A1-ring

They may not have the best races on them but they are the tracks I like most :)

1. Suzuka
2. Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
3. Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
4. Monaco
5. Hungaroring

Some retired favorites:
1. A1 Ring
2. Mosport
3. Kyalami

My top five are
1 Intergalos
2 Spa
3 Montreal
4 Silverstone
5 Sepang.

These tracks, not only produce great racing, they have a mix of corners, a balance between driver and chassis in terms of time gained, except Sepang, history and folklore, fantastic passionate fans, variable conditions, from blazing sun to pouring rain. Always to be looked foward too, love em, great thread.

my fav. past tracks

Silverstone (1950-73)
Nurburgring Nordschleife
Old 9-mile Spa circuit (1930s-60s)
Osterreichring
Mosport (nice to see someone else here likes Mosport!)

Current tracks

1. Spa – the purest curcuit left on the calender, based on what were public roads carved beautifully into the land scape with epic corners and an unmatched flow, brilliant track.

2. Monza – they should really get rid of the first and second chicanes though

3. Silverstone – they keep changing it but somehow they manage to keep the challenge of the curcuit

4. Suzuka – the best purpose built conventional short curcuit (Silverstone was an airfield and Monza an oval originaly) looking at its wiki entry I though this was a brilliant bit of stating the obvious. Someone clearly was having a laugh writing it

“Due to the obvious danger it would present, the track doesn’t actually intersect with itself; instead, the back straight passes over the front section by means of an overpass.”

5. Monaco – I don’t really need an explaination for this one but even the dull races look amazing. I will always remember 2007 being a dull race but simply not getting bored watching the two McLarens racing through the entrance to the swimming pool one after the other. Magic.

No longer on the calender

1. Nordschleife – apparently inspired by the Isle of Man Mountain Curcuit, obviously doesn’t come close to the TT course but it wasn’t a bad effort :p

2. Clermont-Ferrand

3. Imola

4. Old Hockenheim

5.A1/ Osterreichring

Difficult to pick only five and put them in order, but I’ll try:

1. South Africa, Kyalami (1992)
2. Italy, Monza (2000)
3. San Marino, Imola (Pre-1995)
4. Australia, Albert Park
5. Austria, A-1 Ring