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Three panels headed Not All Streets Are Slow: a Mercedes at floodlit Jeddah marked 250+, a McLaren at Melbourne marked 238.1 and a Ferrari between the Monaco barriers marked 163.0 in red, average lap speed in km per hour.

The Fastest Street Circuit in F1, Measured

Jeddah is the fastest street circuit in Formula 1, but only just. Measured on the same cars, Melbourne is 1.9 km/h behind it and Monaco is 83 km/h slower.

Bhavin Lathia· Sep 5, 2026

Poster headed Madring, Madrid, Spain, showing the circuit outline traced in white over a dark satellite map of the city, with the banked La Monumental corner picked out in red and labelled 24% banking, alongside 5.416 km circuit length, 22 corners and a race day of 13 September.

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Madrid Grand Prix: The Madring Circuit Explained

F1 has now driven the Madring. We measured the first laps: 1:33.662, 204.8 km/h average, 64% full throttle, and 55 lap times deleted in two sessions.

Bhavin Lathia· Sep 4, 2026

Poster reading 86% safety car and almost no tyre wear, showing a red Ferrari between concrete walls beside Baku's old stone city walls, with the labels 2.2km straight, 7m at turn 8 and 20 corners.

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Why Baku Produces the Racing It Does

A 2.2km straight, a seven metre gap between walls, near-zero tyre wear and an 86% safety car rate. Baku's chaos is not luck, it is the direct product of four things.

Bhavin Lathia· Sep 1, 2026

Bar chart headed The Fastest Lap In F1 next to a black and teal Mercedes number 63, ranking average lap speed with Spa 238.8, Melbourne 238.1, Silverstone 237.5, Spielberg 233.1 and Monaco far shorter at 163.0, captioned all five set by Mercedes.

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The Fastest F1 Circuits, Ranked by Average Lap Speed

Every 2026 F1 circuit ranked by measured average lap speed, the fastest lap in Formula 1 history, and why the track with the highest top speed is not the fastest track.

Bhavin Lathia· Aug 6, 2026