5 Most & Least Expensive F1 Circuits
While you're probably aware it costs an arm & a leg to race at any one of F1's 23 active circuits, some are more generous when coaxing the FIA into signing long-term deals. Over the past decade, the average fee a circuit pays to be on the F1 calendar has steadily risen. As you'll see on this list, it pays to be grandfathered into F1. Most Expensive: #5. $45M - Bahrain #3. $50M - Russia #3. $50M - China #2. $55M - Saudi Arabia #1. $55M - Qatar Least Expensive: #5. $25M - Mexico #4. $22M - Belgium #3. $22M - France #2. $20M - Italy #1. $15M - Monaco *Ties Broken On Length of Contract When Possible If you'd like to host a race in F1 for less than the median of $32.1M/Year, odds are you'll want your circuit to be in Europe or South America. After thoroughly crunching the numbers, which you can access here , a few interesting statistics emerged. Regionally speaking, the Middle East has both the lowest average time in F1 (9.3) years, but the highest average co