F1 Track Picker

Twenty iconic Formula 1 circuits, no wheel in sight. Choose which tracks are in, then hit it — the five lights go out, a car sweeps the straight, and the winning Grand Prix draws itself.

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Which circuit will it be?

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Which circuits are in?

Tap a circuit to keep it on the grid — all 20 fit at once, and you can add your own.

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Random F1 Circuit Picker

A random F1 circuit, decided when the lights go out

The F1 Track Picker draws one of twenty Grand Prix circuits at random — but instead of a wheel, you get a start. The five red lights fill and go out, a car sweeps down the pit straight, and only when it settles does the winning circuit draw itself on screen. Whichever track appears is the one you get.

How it works

SECTOR 1

Choose the grid

All 20 circuits are in by default. Tap any off to cut it to the classics, the street tracks, or a shortlist of two.

SECTOR 2

Lights out

The five reds fill, then go out. The car sweeps the straight past anonymous marker boards and settles under the gantry.

SECTOR 3

The track draws itself

Only then does the winning circuit reveal its outline and Grand Prix name — no popup unless you ask.

Why lights out, not a wheel

A wheel shows you the answer as it lands. The pointer slows into the winning slice and you read it on the way in — there is no surprise left by the time it stops. The lights-out hot lap keeps the outcome hidden right to the end: the car sweeps a straight line past boards that say nothing, so there is nothing to read.

Then it reveals the winner the way Formula 1 itself does — by drawing the circuit. The outline you would recognise a track from does not even exist on screen until the pick is already locked, so an F1 fan cannot call it early from the movement.

The near-miss

The car does not simply stop on the line. It runs slightly long and settles back, the way a car actually arrives at rest — a small moment of doubt that a sliding pointer never has. It changes nothing about the result, which was drawn before the lights went out; it just makes the arrival worth watching.

Why circuits, not drivers

A random F1 driver list has a problem: the grid changes almost every season, so within a year half of it is wrong. The circuits that make up the calendar are far more stable — most have been raced on for decades — which makes them the evergreen version of the same idea.

They are also what you actually plan around. An F1 game career, a race-weekend watch plan, a sim-racing night — all of them are organised by track, not by who is driving. And a circuit has an unmistakable shape, which means it can be drawn as original artwork; a driver's likeness cannot.

Street circuits and permanent tracks

The twenty split into two families, and it changes how a lap feels. Permanent circuits are purpose-built with run-off and fast, flowing corners — Spa, Silverstone, Suzuka. Street circuits run between real-world barriers with no room for error — Monaco, Singapore, Baku, Jeddah.

Want a theme? Leave only the street circuits on for a run of barrier-lined night races, or only the permanent tracks for the classic road courses. The draw spreads evenly across whatever you keep.

All 20 circuits

Each circuit appears as its own outline, with the Grand Prix and country on the result. Here is the full grid the picker draws from.

Circuit	Grand Prix	Country	Type	Known for
Monaco	Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco	Street	The barriers and the hairpin
Monza	Italian Grand Prix	Italy	Permanent	The Temple of Speed
Silverstone	British Grand Prix	United Kingdom	Permanent	Maggotts and Becketts
Spa	Belgian Grand Prix	Belgium	Permanent	Eau Rouge and the longest lap
Suzuka	Japanese Grand Prix	Japan	Permanent	The figure-8 crossover
Interlagos	São Paulo Grand Prix	Brazil	Permanent	The Senna S, run anti-clockwise
Barcelona	Spanish Grand Prix	Spain	Permanent	The car's classic proving ground
COTA	United States Grand Prix	United States	Permanent	The uphill Turn 1, Austin
Zandvoort	Dutch Grand Prix	Netherlands	Permanent	The banked dune corners
Bahrain	Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain	Permanent	The desert night race at Sakhir
Hungaroring	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungary	Permanent	Tight and twisty, hard to pass
Red Bull Ring	Austrian Grand Prix	Austria	Permanent	A short lap with big elevation
Singapore	Singapore Grand Prix	Singapore	Street	Marina Bay, run under lights
Montreal	Canadian Grand Prix	Canada	Street	The Wall of Champions
Yas Marina	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	United Arab Emirates	Permanent	The day-to-night season finale
Jeddah	Saudi Arabian Grand Prix	Saudi Arabia	Street	The fastest street circuit
Melbourne	Australian Grand Prix	Australia	Street	Albert Park, around the lake
Mexico City	Mexico City Grand Prix	Mexico	Permanent	The stadium section, high altitude
Imola	Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix	Italy	Permanent	Old-school, run anti-clockwise
Baku	Azerbaijan Grand Prix	Azerbaijan	Street	The castle section and a 2 km straight

Picking a circuit when you cannot choose

A random track is most fun when you have narrowed it to a set you would happily get. Turn off the rest, then let the lights decide between what is left.

The old-school greats. Leave on Monaco, Monza, Spa, Silverstone and Suzuka for a draw between the circuits that have defined the sport for generations.
A night-race theme. Keep only Singapore, Jeddah, Bahrain and Baku for barrier-lined races run after dark.
The drivers' favourites. Spa, Suzuka and COTA top most drivers' lists for the corners alone — a good set if you want the best lap to drive.
A shortlist of two. Down to two circuits, the hot lap becomes a straight coin flip you get to watch, with a track drawn at the end of it.

Ways to use it

F1 game careers

Draw the next circuit for a career or a one-off race. Turn off the ones you have already mastered for a fresh challenge.

Sim-racing nights

Let the picker set the track for the lobby so nobody argues, and reshuffle for the next race.

Watch-along plans

Rewatch a classic race by drawing a circuit at random and pulling up the best Grand Prix held there.

Settling an argument

Two circuits left on the grid is a fair coin flip you can watch happen, with a hot lap at the end of it.

About the artwork

There are no logos, liveries or official track maps anywhere on this page. Every circuit is an original, stylised outline — the signature shape of the track rather than a reproduction of any map. A layout is a fact, not a protected mark, and the Grand Prix name always appears alongside the drawing so the circuit is never in doubt.

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F1 Track Picker FAQ

The winning circuit is drawn with your browser's cryptographic random generator before the lights go out, using rejection sampling so there is no remainder bias. The sweep down the straight and the near-miss are cosmetic — they never change which circuit was picked. Because the answer is decided first and only drawn at the end, the run cannot be read early.

Twenty of the circuits that anchor the modern calendar: Monaco, Monza, Silverstone, Spa, Suzuka, Interlagos, Barcelona, the Circuit of the Americas, Zandvoort, Bahrain, the Hungaroring, the Red Bull Ring, Singapore, Montreal, Yas Marina, Jeddah, Melbourne, Mexico City, Imola and Baku. You can turn any off to narrow the draw, and add your own.

No — that is deliberate. The marker boards the car sweeps past are anonymous, and the car travels a straight line rather than driving a lap, so neither the motion nor any shape identifies a circuit. The track outline that would give it away only draws itself after the winner is already locked.

Because the driver line-up changes almost every season, so a driver list goes out of date fast. The circuits that make up the calendar are far more stable, they are what an F1 game or a race-weekend plan is actually built around, and a track has an iconic shape that can be drawn as original artwork — where a driver's likeness cannot.

A wheel just slides to a stop, and it shows you the answer as it lands. The lights-out hot lap keeps the outcome hidden until the very end and reveals it the way F1 reveals a track — by drawing the circuit. It is the sport's own imagery rather than an abstract spinner, and the random pick underneath is identical.

They are original, stylised hand-drawn schematics — the signature shape of each circuit rather than a reproduction of any official track map. A track layout is a fact, so no logo, livery or copyrighted map is used anywhere. The Grand Prix name always appears with the outline, so the answer is never in doubt.

Yes. Tap off the circuits you do not want and only the rest stay on the grid. Leave on Monaco, Monza, Spa, Silverstone and Suzuka for a draw between the old-school greats, or the street circuits for a night-race theme. The odds always spread evenly across whatever is left.

Completely free, with no signup and no ads in the tool itself. It runs entirely in your browser and works on phones, tablets and laptops, and each result card can be saved as an image.