Tracks and track days

Europe

• Towcester · United Kingdom

  Silverstone

  Home of the British Grand Prix. Fast and wide, with long high-speed corners; track days run on the Grand Prix, National and International layouts.

  • 5.891 km / 3.7 mi

• Fawkham, Kent · United Kingdom

  Brands Hatch

  A natural amphitheatre with the plunging Paddock Hill Bend. Most track days use the short Indy circuit; the full Grand Prix loop through the woods is offered less often.

  • 3.908 km / 2.4 mi

• Castle Donington · United Kingdom

  Donington Park

  Flowing and downhill through the Craner Curves, with a strict noise limit because of nearby housing.

  • 4.02 km / 2.5 mi

• Tarporley, Cheshire · United Kingdom

  Oulton Park

  A narrow parkland circuit with crests, blind corners and little run-off. Rewarding and unforgiving.

  • 4.307 km / 2.7 mi

• Norwich, Norfolk · United Kingdom

  Snetterton

  A former airfield with two long straights and a technical infield on the 300 layout. Run-off is generous, which makes it a good first circuit.

  • 4.779 km / 3.0 mi

• Louth, Lincolnshire · United Kingdom

  Cadwell Park

  Very narrow and steeply undulating, often called a miniature Nürburgring, with the crest known as the Mountain.

  • 3.477 km / 2.2 mi

• Aberffraw, Anglesey · United Kingdom

  Anglesey Circuit

  A coastal circuit with sea views, a banked hairpin and a downhill corkscrew section. Kind to brakes and tyres.

  • 3.38 km / 2.1 mi

• Dunfermline, Fife · United Kingdom

  Knockhill

  Scotland's national circuit. Short, steep and busy, and run in both directions on different days.

  • 2.04 km / 1.3 mi

• Chichester, West Sussex · United Kingdom

  Goodwood Motor Circuit

  A very fast perimeter-road circuit unchanged since the 1950s, with tight noise limits and a limited number of track days.

  • 3.809 km / 2.4 mi

• Chippenham, Wiltshire · United Kingdom

  Castle Combe

  Fast and bumpy, with three chicanes to slow an otherwise flat-out lap.

  • 2.977 km / 1.8 mi

• Andover, Hampshire · United Kingdom

  Thruxton

  The fastest circuit in Britain by average speed. Planning restrictions mean very few open track days each year.

  • 3.791 km / 2.4 mi

• Thurleigh, Bedfordshire · United Kingdom

  Bedford Autodrome

  Built purely for track days and testing, with no racing, very large run-off areas and several layouts.

  • 6.1 km / 3.8 mi

• Naas, County Kildare · Ireland

  Mondello Park

  Ireland's international circuit, tight and technical.

  • 3.5 km / 2.2 mi

• Stavelot · Belgium

  Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

  Seven kilometres through the Ardennes forest, including Eau Rouge and Raidillon. Public days are run by track-day organisers and are in high demand.

  • 7.004 km / 4.4 mi

• Heusden-Zolder · Belgium

  Circuit Zolder

  A flat, stop-start circuit with chicanes, hard on brakes. A regular Lotus Cup Europe venue.

  • 4.011 km / 2.5 mi

• Zandvoort · Netherlands

  Circuit Zandvoort

  Set in the dunes on the North Sea coast, with two steeply banked corners added for the return of the Dutch Grand Prix.

  • 4.259 km / 2.6 mi

• Nürburg · Germany

  Nürburgring Grand Prix circuit

  The modern circuit beside the Nordschleife. It has its own public sessions and is the safer place to start.

  • 5.148 km / 3.2 mi

• Hockenheim · Germany

  Hockenheimring

  A stadium section with grandstands on all sides and a long back straight into a hairpin.

  • 4.574 km / 2.8 mi

• Bad Driburg · Germany

  Bilster Berg

  A private resort circuit with steep gradients and blind crests, laid out on a former ammunition depot.

  • 4.2 km / 2.6 mi

• Le Mans · France

  Circuit de la Sarthe (Bugatti)

  The permanent Bugatti circuit shares the pits and the Dunlop curve with the 24 Hours track, most of which is public road for the rest of the year.

  • 4.185 km / 2.6 mi

• Magny-Cours · France

  Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours

  A smooth former Grand Prix circuit in central France, with a long hairpin and fast chicanes.

  • 4.411 km / 2.7 mi

• Le Castellet · France

  Circuit Paul Ricard

  Known for its painted abrasive run-off areas and the long Mistral straight. Close to the Route Napoléon.

  • 5.842 km / 3.6 mi

• Scarperia e San Piero · Italy

  Mugello

  A fast, flowing circuit in the Tuscan hills, owned by Ferrari.

  • 5.245 km / 3.3 mi

• Monza · Italy

  Autodromo Nazionale Monza

  Long straights and heavy braking in a royal park, with the old banking still standing beside the track.

  • 5.793 km / 3.6 mi

• Imola · Italy

  Imola

  An anticlockwise circuit that climbs and falls along the Santerno river.

  • 4.909 km / 3.1 mi

• Spielberg · Austria

  Red Bull Ring

  A short lap with long uphill straights and big braking zones, in the Styrian hills.

  • 4.318 km / 2.7 mi

• Portimão · Portugal

  Autódromo Internacional do Algarve

  A modern circuit of blind crests and steep drops, popular for winter track days.

  • 4.653 km / 2.9 mi

North America

• Monterey, California · United States

  WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca

  Home of the Corkscrew, a blind chicane that drops several storeys. Strict sound limits apply on most days.

  • 3.602 km / 2.2 mi

• Sonoma, California · United States

  Sonoma Raceway

  A hillside road course of constant elevation change in wine country.

  • 4.05 km / 2.5 mi

• Willows, California · United States

  Thunderhill Raceway Park

  Owned by the San Francisco Region of the SCCA and used heavily by clubs for track days.

  • 4.83 km / 3.0 mi

• Buttonwillow, California · United States

  Buttonwillow Raceway Park

  A flat, technical circuit with many configurations, the regular testing ground for Southern California.

  • 5 km / 3.1 mi

• Austin, Texas · United States

  Circuit of the Americas

  The United States Grand Prix circuit, with a steep climb to turn one and a fast sequence of esses.

  • 5.513 km / 3.4 mi

• Braselton, Georgia · United States

  Road Atlanta

  Fast and hilly, with the downhill esses and a blind final corner under the bridge.

  • 4.088 km / 2.5 mi

• Birmingham, Alabama · United States

  Barber Motorsports Park

  An immaculately kept circuit beside the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, which holds a large collection of Lotus racing cars.

  • 3.83 km / 2.4 mi

• Alton, Virginia · United States

  Virginia International Raceway

  A long, fast country circuit with the climbing esses. A drive from the Blue Ridge Parkway.

  • 5.263 km / 3.3 mi

• Lexington, Ohio · United States

  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course

  Tight and technical with little grip off line.

  • 3.63 km / 2.3 mi

• Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin · United States

  Road America

  Four miles through woodland with three long straights. One of the fastest road courses in North America.

  • 6.515 km / 4.0 mi

• Watkins Glen, New York · United States

  Watkins Glen International

  A former United States Grand Prix venue, fast and lined with blue barriers.

  • 5.43 km / 3.4 mi

• Lakeville, Connecticut · United States

  Lime Rock Park

  A short, fast lap with almost no left-hand corners, in the Berkshire hills.

  • 2.41 km / 1.5 mi

• Bowmanville, Ontario · Canada

  Canadian Tire Motorsport Park

  Still widely known as Mosport. Very fast, with blind downhill corners.

  • 3.957 km / 2.5 mi

• Mont-Tremblant, Quebec · Canada

  Circuit Mont-Tremblant

  A scenic circuit in the Laurentian mountains that once hosted the Canadian Grand Prix.

  • 4.26 km / 2.6 mi

Asia & Middle East

• Suzuka, Mie · Japan

  Suzuka Circuit

  The figure-of-eight circuit of the Japanese Grand Prix, with the Esses and 130R.

  • 5.807 km / 3.6 mi

• Oyama, Shizuoka · Japan

  Fuji Speedway

  A 1.5 km main straight beneath Mount Fuji. Host of large one-make owner gatherings.

  • 4.563 km / 2.8 mi

• Shimotsuma, Ibaraki · Japan

  Tsukuba Circuit

  Two kilometres long and the benchmark lap for Japanese car magazines and time attack.

  • 2.045 km / 1.3 mi

• Sepang, Selangor · Malaysia

  Sepang International Circuit

  Wide, hot and humid, with two long straights joined by a hairpin.

  • 5.543 km / 3.4 mi

• Abu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates

  Yas Marina Circuit

  The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix circuit, floodlit for evening track days in the cooler months.

  • 5.281 km / 3.3 mi

• Dubai · United Arab Emirates

  Dubai Autodrome

  A flowing circuit with several layouts and regular open track evenings.

  • 5.39 km / 3.3 mi

Oceania

• Phillip Island, Victoria · Australia

  Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit

  Fast, flowing corners above Bass Strait. Among the quickest circuits in Australia by average speed.

  • 4.445 km / 2.8 mi

• Winton, Victoria · Australia

  Winton Motor Raceway

  A tight, twisting club circuit that favours handling over power. On the way to the Great Alpine Road.

  • 3 km / 1.9 mi

• Bathurst, New South Wales · Australia

  Mount Panorama

  A public road with a 60 km/h limit for most of the year, so anyone can drive the lap of the Bathurst 1000 at walking pace across the top of the mountain.

  • 6.213 km / 3.9 mi

• Eastern Creek, New South Wales · Australia

  Sydney Motorsport Park

  Sydney's permanent circuit, with a very fast first corner and several layouts.

  • 3.93 km / 2.4 mi

• Tailem Bend, South Australia · Australia

  The Bend Motorsport Park

  A large modern complex an hour from Adelaide. The full GT circuit is 7.77 km, one of the longest permanent tracks in the world.

  • 4.95 km / 3.1 mi

• Willowbank, Queensland · Australia

  Queensland Raceway

  A flat circuit of six corners west of Brisbane, known as the Paperclip.

  • 3.12 km / 1.9 mi

• Te Kauwhata, Waikato · New Zealand

  Hampton Downs Motorsport Park

  Between Auckland and Hamilton, with a short national layout and a longer international one.

  • 3.8 km / 2.4 mi

• Cromwell, Otago · New Zealand

  Highlands Motorsport Park

  A members' circuit in Central Otago with public experiences, under an hour from the Crown Range Road.

  • 4.1 km / 2.5 mi

• Taupō · New Zealand

  Taupo International Motorsport Park

  A technical circuit in the central North Island that has hosted the Supercars championship.

  • 3.5 km / 2.2 mi

Africa

• Midrand, Gauteng · South Africa

  Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit

  Rebuilt and resurfaced, at 1,500 m altitude, which costs naturally aspirated engines noticeable power.

  • 4.529 km / 2.8 mi

• Cape Town · South Africa

  Killarney International Raceway

  Cape Town's club circuit, run by the Western Province Motor Club.

  • 3.267 km / 2.0 mi

Track day organisers

Most circuits do not sell track time directly. These organisers hire the circuit and sell places on the day.

Europe

• Lotus on Track

  UK and Europe

  Members' track day club run by Lotus owners, with days at British and continental circuits for Lotus cars and a published list of other accepted sports cars.

• MSV Trackdays

  UK

  Car and bike track days run by the circuit owner MSV at its own venues, including Brands Hatch, Oulton Park and Snetterton.

• Javelin Trackdays

  UK and Europe

  Car track days at most British circuits, from Anglesey to Thruxton, plus trips to Spa-Francorchamps and Zandvoort.

• OpenTrack

  UK and Europe

  Open pit lane track days at British and European circuits, open to first-timers and regulars.

• Circuit Days

  UK and Europe

  Track days and organised road tours.

• RMA Track Days

  UK and Europe

  Track days since 1990 at circuits including Brands Hatch, Donington Park, Goodwood, Spa-Francorchamps and Le Mans.

• Goldtrack

  UK and Europe

  Driving club running limited-number track days at British and European circuits, including Spa-Francorchamps.

• Trackdays.ie

  Ireland and UK

  Car track days at Mondello Park, with trips to circuits in the UK.

• Curbstone Track Events

  Belgium and Europe

  Membership-based organiser of track events at European circuits, with a winter ice driving programme.

• RSRNurburg

  Germany and Belgium

  Nürburgring-based company offering track days, car rental, tuition and road tours, with a sister operation at Spa-Francorchamps.

• Pistenclub

  Germany and Europe

  German members' club running track events and driver coaching for road cars.

• Gedlich Racing

  Germany and Europe

  Track days, Nordschleife training and one-to-one coaching.

• Destination Nürburgring

  Germany

  Track days on the Nürburgring, with instruction and car rental available.

• Trackdays.de

  Germany and Belgium

  Track days, driver training and guided laps on the Nürburgring Nordschleife and at Spa-Francorchamps.

North America

• SCCA Track Night in America

  United States

  Weekday evening sessions run by the SCCA at circuits across the country, aimed at road cars and newcomers.

• NASA HPDE

  United States

  The National Auto Sport Association's High Performance Driving Events, run by regional chapters with graded groups and instructors.

• Hooked on Driving

  United States

  High performance driving days with coaching, run by regional operations across the country.

• Chin Track Days

  Eastern and central United States

  Open-track days at circuits including Sebring, Road Atlanta, Watkins Glen, VIR and Road America.

• Speed Ventures

  California, United States

  Track events at Californian circuits such as Buttonwillow and Chuckwalla, open to all drivers and cars.

• Golden Gate Lotus Club

  California, United States

  Lotus club that runs its own track days at circuits such as Laguna Seca and Sonoma Raceway, plus an autocross series.

Oceania

• Simply Sports Cars

  New South Wales and Victoria, Australia

  The Lotus retailer's own programme for its owners: track days and track nights at Sydney Motorsport Park, a Bathurst day and driver training.

• Track Day Club

  New South Wales, Australia

  Weekend track days for road cars in the Sydney area, with coaching, running since 2012.

• Trackschool

  Victoria and New South Wales, Australia

  Track days, open pit lane days and twilight sessions at Winton and Luddenham, with tuition available.