The classics and their promises We usually call “classic” to what connoisseurs recognize as such, to work as a paradigm to be emulated. It is also used to name classic music o painting and of course it is also used for lyrics… In respect of the most demanding car racing layouts or tracks all that leaves excitement in fans and drivers is what it is considered most of all a classic . Those who through the years, have been awarded with such label, is because of many reasons; such as their location, their own fans, stories inspired on them or even technicians’ opinion for example. But that doesn’t mean that what is considered as classic for some people, must represent the same for others.

–THOSE THAT REMAIN IN THIS COURSE–

-> The fastest of all years and somehow those who unanimously called themselves as classic journeys in Formula 1: Monza - Since 1950 - Lenght: 5.793 Km* - 65 GP competed. - Maximum speed: 358.3 Kph - Full of legends - The death of Alberto Ascari says it all. Silverstone - Starts in 1950 - Lenght: 5.891 Km - 50 GP competed - Maximum speed: 334.2 Kph - Cradle of technology and connoisseurs - Created from an airfield Spa - Since 1950. - Lenght: 7.004 Km - 48 GP competed. - Maximum speed: 317.5 Kph - Road.- It is a luxury. - Beautiful, and on its asphalt only the most daring have won. -> The most twisty and admired: Monaco - Since 1950. - Lenght: 3.337 Km. - 63 GP competed. - Maximum speed: 296.7 Kph - All drivers would like to win at least one time on this stray track. - A track for Principality, Celebrities and Magnates -> The track considered as the better planning is located in Japan. Soichiro Honda planned it that way to house with great prestige his cars brand. It was designed imitating the most famous variations of each circuit ‘classic’. Suzuka - Since 1987. - Lenght: 5.807 Km. - 27 GP competed. - Maximum speed: 311.4 Kph - With bigger audiences each year. -> Tilkodrome, named after his architect Hermann Tilke, where security and investment almost unlimited stand out. There are many recent tracks; especially those recognized as colossal. We can’t say wonderful things about this racetracks in terms of “the classic truths”, but we can talk about its engineering, its spectacular nature and its fabulous facilities.: Sakhir in Bharain - Since 2004. C - Lenght: 5.412 Km. - 12 GP competed - Maximum speed: 335.5 Kph Shanghai in China. - Since 2004. - Lenght: 5.451 Km. - 13 GP competed. - Maximum speed: 315.6 Kph Sochi in Russia - Since 2014. - Lenght: 5.848 Km. - 3 GP competed - Maximum speed: 334 Kph Marina Bay in Singapore - Since 2008. - Lenght: 5.065 Km. - 8 GP competed. - Maximum speed: 303.1 Kph Sepang in Malaysia - Since 1999. - Lenght: 5.543 Km. - 17 GP competed - Maximum speed: 301.5 Kph Circuit of the Americas in Austin Texas, EUA - Since 2012. - Lenght: 5.513 Km. - 4 GP competed - Maximum speed: 343.1 Kph Yas Marina de Abu Dhabi - Since 2009. - Lenght: 5.554 Km. - 7 GP competed - Maximum speed: 344.1 Kph -> Redesigned or helped by Tilke’s assessment: Baku - Since 2016. - 6.003 Km. - 1 GP competed. - Maximum speed: 340.8 Kph - Among Azebaijan capital’s streets. Red Bull Ring - Since 1970. - Lenght 5.942 Km. - 18 GP competed. - Maximum speed: 337.8 Kph - A espectacular track at Los Alpes contour - It is almost a quadrangle -> The most interesting: Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City. - Since 1963 - Lenght: 4.304 Km. - 16 GP competed. - Maximum speed: 366.4 Kph - Lo firmó con su intrepidez Ricardo Rodríguez. - Stories of its legendary Peraltada curve. - Stories to come in the new location of the podium, which makes it a unique circuit. *Lenght in 2015