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Which dates have hosted the most F1 races?

The 2023 Austrian Grand Prix will be held on July 2. That makes it only the fifth date on which nine or more World Championship races have taken place. Which dates have hosted the most F1 races? We have the answers!

30th May – 15 races

15 rounds of the Formula 1 World Championship have taken place on 30th May, making it the day to have had the most races. However, not all of those were Formula 1 events. The Indianapolis 500 was a round of the World Championship between 1950 and 1960 – and it always fell on 30th May. From its inception in 1911 through to 1970, the Indianapolis 500 was almost always held on Memorial Day.

As for actual Formula 1 races which took place on May 30th, there have been five: two in Monaco (1965 and 1976), the 1999 Spanish Grand Prix, the 2004 European Grand Prix and – most recently – the 2010 Turkish Grand Prix.

16th July – 11 races

The date to have hosted the most bona fide Formula 1 races is 16th July. The date has played host to 11 rounds of the World Championship through the years, with all but two of them being the British Grand Prix. The only exceptions are the 2000 Austrian Grand Prix and the 2006 French Grand Prix. The most recent race held on this day was the 2017 British Grand Prix.

8th September – 9 races

A lot of dates in the first half of September have hosted more than the average number of Formula 1 races. That’s in part thanks to the Italian Grand Prix, which has been held in early September in every World Championship season.

All nine previous races on 8th September were held at Monza – the first being in 1957 and the most recent in 2019, when Charles Leclerc took a memorable win for Ferrari. It was the Scuderia’s first home win in almost a decade.

3rd July – 9 races

In 2022, 3rd July became the fourth day on which nine World Championship events have been held. The 2022 British Grand Prix marked the first time that a race in Silverstone has taken place on that date. Of the eight races held on 3rd July prior to 2022, six were held in France, one was held at Zandvoort and the most recent was held at the Red Bull Ring in 2016.

2nd July – 9 races

The 2023 Austrian Grand Prix will be the ninth round of the World Championship to take place on 2nd July. Of the eight previous races held on the date, eight have been held in France. The French Grand Prix took place on 2nd July in 1950, 1961, 1967, 1972, 1978, 1995 and 2000. The most recent race held on this date was the 2006 United States Grand Prix, which was Formula 1’s last visit to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Which dates have never hosted an F1 race?

Between March 1st and November 10th there are only two dates on which a Formula 1 race has never previously been held – 23rd July and 20th August. That changes in 2023, with the 2023 Hungarian Grand Prix becoming the first Formula 1 race to take place on 23rd July.

Of the 365 days of the year, there are 71 on which a Formula 1 race has never been held. The list includes 13 days in January, 5 in November, every day in February except the 4th, 7th and 11th and every day in December except the 1st, 5th, 6th, 12th, 13th, 28th and 29th.

The 1962 season holds the record for the latest date in the year in which a Formula 1 season ended. The 1962 South African Grand Prix was held on December 29th.

Which dates have hosted the most F1 races?

The table below shows a list of every date of the year which has played host to six or more Formula 1 races. Those marked with an asterisk indicate that a race is set to take place on that date in 2022.

DateRaces Hosted
30/0515
16/0711
03/079
08/099
11/099
13/058
22/058
12/068
02/078
05/078
06/078
18/078
07/098
10/098
12/098
10/078
28/088
26/057
27/057
29/057
13/067
19/067
21/067
01/077
07/077
14/077
20/077
29/077
30/077
01/087
02/087
27/087
29/087
13/097
27/097
07/107
24/107
24/077
31/077
10/056
12/056
04/066
09/066
17/066
23/066
04/076
08/076
03/086
04/086
15/086
16/086
09/096
22/096
25/096
01/106
08/106
22/106
04/096
02/106
09/106

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