street circuit

City road track

A street circuit is a motorsport racecourse laid out on public roads that are temporarily closed for racing.

Unlike purpose-built tracks, street circuits wind through city centers with their existing infrastructure—curbs, barriers, and tight corners: The Monaco Grand Prix runs on the most famous street circuit in the world.

The surface is typically bumpier and less forgiving than dedicated racetracks.

Related

crash barriers · asphalt · chicane · tight corners · grandstand · pit lane · urban · corners · concrete · concrete walls · walls · braking · tarmac · tight · curbs · marshals · speed · temporary

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track design origin

street circuitroad course

Track mimicking real streets

speedway · oval track · superspeedway

Family

street, circuit, streets, circuited, circuiting, circuits, circuitry, circuitous, circuitously

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G