AUTO #30 Q1 / 2020
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UP FRONT Gallery News Opinion
DRIVING FORCES Nick Cassidy
TECH REPORT FIA backs low-cost, high-safety road helmet
COVER STORY FIA response to health crisis; impact on global competition; series promoters look ahead; FIA clubs show adaptability; member clubs aid virus fight; team effort against COVID-19; motor racing goes digital
GLOBAL CIRCUIT MAP 2020
AUTO FOCUS 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety; JCDecaux’s life-saving goals; Porsche’s electric future; Hydrogen LMP shows promise
REAR VIEW Sir Stirling Moss; Monaco Grand Prix
AUTO GRAPH The rise of FIA-graded race circuits
FINAL LAP Duncan Hamilton
There are more FIA Grade race circuits than ever before with 315 currently worldwide compared to 200 just five years ago. Of these, over half (53 per cent) are in Europe but the rest of the world is catching up. There are now 46 circuits (15 per cent) in Asia and 40 (13 per cent) in North and Central America. And with new projects underway in places as far afield as Hawaii and Perth, this number is set to continue to rise.
40 NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA
9 SOUTH AMERICA
FIA Grade 1 circuits FIA Grade 2 circuits FIA Grade 3 circuits FIA Grade 4 circuits FIA Grade 5 circuits FIA Grade 6 circuits
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23 MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
30 OCEANIA