Formula 1 has 24 rounds scheduled for the 2024 season and the contracts each venue holds with the series vary, so which tracks are on expiring deals and what venues have their long-term futures secured?
Just one venue has a contract expiring this year and it is one of the most popular amongst fans; Silverstone.
Given Silverstone’s history with F1 (which goes back to the inaugural race in 1950) and its proximity to most team headquarters, it is unlikely that the circuit won’t secure a renewal, especially given its increased attendance year on year which saw it attract a 480,000 strong weekend audience in 2023.
Several circuits have short-term deals that last for either the next two or three years.
Spa-Francorchamps, Monaco, Monza, Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Imola, Zandvoort, Shanghai and Las Vegas all have contracts set to expire in 2025.
Vegas has already expressed an interest in extending its deal to 10 years and Zandvoort’s presence on the calendar will likely extend as long as Max Verstappen continues in F1, buoyed by the circuit’s plans to extend the pitlane to improve safety when 20 sizable F1 cars come roaring into the pits.
Circuits such as Spa remain in constant jeopardy of dropping off of the F1 calendar and seemingly only receive short-term extensions, and the potential for two Italian races continuing to co-exist beyond 2025 remains to be seen, but Monza’s €21 million investment into modernisation will surely help its cause to remain.
Three circuits feature contacts that expire in 2026, Baku, Circuit of the Americas and Barcelona with the latter coinciding with the recently announced Madrid street circuit‘s first year of hosting the Spanish GP.
Barcelona remains confident of seeking an extension, whilst the fates of Baku and COTA don’t appear to be in jeopardy, given F1’s newfound love of street venues and boom in the United States.
The remaining circuits on the current F1 calendar all have mid to long-term deals starting with Singapore’s contract through 2028.
Suzuka, host of the Japanese GP since 1987 (barring 2007 and ’08), is another popular venue with drivers and fans alike and shall remain on the calendar through 2029.
The contingent of Sao Paulo, Red Bull Ring, Yas Marina and Jeddah all have deals set to run through 2030.
Montreal and Miami have their stays assured through 2031 and the Hungaroring and Lusail International Circuit in Qatar both have stays set through 2032.
The two remaining venues, namely the Sakhir Circuit in Bahrain and Albert Park in Melbourne, Australia have deals that will last well into the next decade, with a contract ending in 2036 for the former and 2037 for the latter.
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