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A race through the streets of Monaco, a King at Silverstone, a track built in a park in 110 days. The season that still fills the harbor every June.
A race through the streets of Monaco, a King at Silverstone, a track built in a park in 110 days. The season that still fills the harbor every June.
1929The first Monaco Grand Prix, won in a Bugatti
Anthony Noghès of the Monaco Automobile Club proposed a race through the streets of Monaco, and the first Monaco Grand Prix was run on April 14, 1929. William Grover-Williams, racing as "Williams", won it in a Bugatti Type 35B in just under 4 hours. In 2026 it was run from June 5 to 7. The rest of the principality is in Monaco.
1950The first World Championship race
The Formula 1 World Championship began at Silverstone on May 13, 1950. Giuseppe Farina won in an Alfa Romeo 158, 2.6 seconds ahead of Luigi Fagioli. King George VI came with Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, the only time a reigning monarch has attended a British motor race. The British Grand Prix is still run there every July, northwest of London.
110Days it took to build the Autodromo in 1922
In January 1922 the Automobile Club of Milan decided to build a track in the park of Monza, north of Milan. It was built in 110 days and opened on September 3, 1922. The Italian Grand Prix is run there every September.
1950Ferrari's first World Championship season
Ferrari is the only team to have raced in every season since the World Championship began, from its base in Maranello. How the road cars are made is in Luxury cars, and what one costs to register, place by place, is in the table.
2026Switzerland lifts its ban on circuit racing
After the Le Mans disaster of 1955, when more than 80 people died, Switzerland banned circuit racing in 1958. The ban was lifted from July 1, 2026, and the cantons now decide on each permit. All the while, a Formula 1 team has been built in Hinwil, near Zurich, where the Audi team is based.
2008Singapore runs the first night race
On September 28, 2008, Singapore ran the first night race in Formula 1, on the Marina Bay Street Circuit. The season now also passes through Miami in May and Las Vegas in November.
Monaco🇲🇨 Monaco
Milan🇮🇹 Italy
London🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Singapore🇸🇬 Singapore
Miami🇺🇸 Florida, United States
Las Vegas🇺🇸 Nevada, United StatesSources. Bugatti, first victory at the first Grand Prix in Monaco in 1929 · Formula 1, 10 facts about the very first F1 race · Autodromo Nazionale Monza, history · Formula 1, Ferrari · Formula 1, the first night race · GrandPrix.com, Switzerland lifts its ban on circuit racing · auto motor und sport, Schweiz hebt Rundstreckenverbot auf · Crash.net, the 2026 calendar. Read October 2026. A record of places, houses and dates, published as research. Patrician.ch has no commercial relationship with any house named here. Photographs from Unsplash and Pexels, used under their licenses.
On April 14, 1929.
William Grover-Williams won it in a Bugatti Type 35B.
At Silverstone, on May 13, 1950.
Giuseppe Farina won in an Alfa Romeo 158.
Ferrari, the only team to have raced in every season since the World Championship began.
Since July 1, 2026, the cantons can permit it again.
It had been banned since 1958, after the Le Mans disaster of 1955.
In Singapore, on September 28, 2008, on the Marina Bay Street Circuit.
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