F1 Circuit Difficulty Rankings

233 races analysed, 2015–2026

Which F1 circuits are hardest to overtake at? Where does qualifying position lock the result, and where does the race throw it open? We aggregated every Grand Prix in our cache to compute three signals: pole-to-win rate (how often the polesitter converts), DNF rate (how often a starter fails to finish), and average position change between grid and finish (the practical overtake signal).

#	Circuit	Races	Pole→Win	DNF rate	Avg pos change
1	Yas Marina Circuit Abu Dhabi, UAE	11	100.0%	18.5%	2.8
2	mugello	1	100.0%	40.0%	4.3
3	Circuit Zandvoort Zandvoort, Netherlands	5	100.0%	23.7%	3.6
4	Suzuka Int. Racing Course Suzuka, Japan	9	77.8%	19.9%	2.8
5	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal, Canada	9	77.8%	23.8%	3.5
6	paul_ricard	4	75.0%	12.7%	2.9
7	Shanghai International Circuit Shanghai, China	7	71.4%	16.3%	3.3
8	Autódromo José Carlos Pace São Paulo, Brazil	10	70.0%	21.0%	4.0
9	Marina Bay Street Circuit Singapore, Singapore	9	66.7%	31.1%	3.8
10	Bahrain International Circuit Sakhir, Bahrain	11	63.6%	24.0%	3.6
11	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Barcelona, Spain	11	63.6%	19.1%	3.3
12	Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Austria	13	61.5%	27.2%	3.6
13	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Mexico City, Mexico	5	60.0%	28.6%	3.4
14	Jeddah Corniche Circuit Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	5	60.0%	28.3%	3.0
15	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Spa, Belgium	11	54.5%	15.7%	3.6
16	Circuit of the Americas Austin, USA	10	50.0%	26.0%	4.2
17	Circuit de Monaco Monte Carlo, Monaco	10	50.0%	32.2%	2.7
18	Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, UK	12	50.0%	22.1%	3.3
19	portimao	2	50.0%	5.0%	2.5
20	istanbul	2	50.0%	7.9%	4.7
21	Lusail International Circuit Lusail, Qatar	4	50.0%	27.5%	3.7
22	Albert Park Circuit Melbourne, Australia	9	44.4%	29.9%	3.8
23	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari Imola, Italy	5	40.0%	23.5%	3.9
24	Autodromo Nazionale Monza Monza, Italy	11	36.4%	20.5%	3.6
25	Baku City Circuit Baku, Azerbaijan	9	33.3%	24.0%	4.1
26	Las Vegas Strip Circuit Las Vegas, USA	3	33.3%	23.3%	4.7
27	Hungaroring Budapest, Hungary	11	27.3%	24.3%	3.6
28	sochi	7	14.3%	18.4%	4.0
29	sepang	3	0.0%	18.3%	3.9
30	hockenheim	3	0.0%	22.6%	4.6
31	nurburgring	1	0.0%	25.0%	5.7
32	bahrain_outer	1	0.0%	15.0%	5.1
33	Miami International Autodrome Miami, USA	4	0.0%	17.9%	3.0

Sorted by pole-to-win rate (highest first). High pole-to-win + low position change = hard to overtake at.