F1 Circuit Difficulty Rankings

422 races analysed, 2005–2026

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	Circuit Zandvoort Zandvoort, Netherlands	5	100.0%	23.7%	3.6
2	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Barcelona, Spain	21	71.4%	22.0%	3.4
3	Yas Marina Circuit Abu Dhabi, UAE	17	70.6%	17.4%	3.3
4	Circuit de Monaco Monte Carlo, Monaco	20	70.0%	32.0%	3.7
5	Marina Bay Street Circuit Singapore, Singapore	16	68.8%	28.6%	4.0
6	Istanbul Park Istanbul, Turkey	9	66.7%	15.3%	3.4
7	Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France	8	62.5%	16.6%	3.0
8	Shanghai International Circuit Shanghai, China	18	61.1%	20.1%	3.6
9	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal, Canada	18	61.1%	28.1%	4.2
10	Suzuka Int. Racing Course Suzuka, Japan	20	60.0%	20.8%	3.6
11	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Mexico City, Mexico	5	60.0%	28.6%	3.4
12	Jeddah Corniche Circuit Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	5	60.0%	28.3%	3.0
13	Autodromo Nazionale Monza Monza, Italy	21	57.1%	18.0%	3.7
14	Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Austria	14	57.1%	26.2%	3.6
15	Autódromo José Carlos Pace São Paulo, Brazil	20	55.0%	20.0%	4.2
16	Albert Park Circuit Melbourne, Australia	20	50.0%	35.3%	4.6
17	Bahrain International Circuit Sakhir, Bahrain	20	50.0%	22.9%	3.6
18	Circuit of the Americas Austin, USA	16	50.0%	27.7%	4.2
19	Sepang International Circuit Sepang, Malaysia	13	46.2%	24.5%	4.6
20	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Spa, Belgium	20	45.0%	19.0%	4.3
21	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari Imola, Italy	5	40.0%	23.5%	3.9
22	Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, UK	22	36.4%	20.7%	3.7
23	Baku City Circuit Baku, Azerbaijan	17	35.3%	21.8%	4.1
24	Hockenheimring Hockenheim, Germany	12	33.3%	18.1%	4.0
25	Hungaroring Budapest, Hungary	21	28.6%	22.9%	3.8
26	Sochi Autodrom Sochi, Russia	8	25.0%	17.3%	3.8
27	Miami International Autodrome Miami, USA	5	20.0%	26.0%	3.1

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