All you need to know about the 19 race tracks in the upcoming F1 season

The 65th F1 season is set to start on 16th March and we take a look at the 19 different tracks that will be used this season. (Note: Photos taken from Wikimedia Commons)

#1 Australian Grand Prix

Laps: 58

Length: 5.027 km

Most wins (driver): Michael Schumacher, Lex Davison (4)

Most wins (Constructor): McLaren (12)

Lap record: Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 1’23.919

Trivia: Turn five is a flat-out right hander with high g-forces.

#2 Malaysian Grand Prix

Laps: 56

Length: 5.543 km

Most wins (driver): John MacDonald (4)

Most wins (Constructor): Ferrari (6)

Lap record: Fernando Alonso, 1’32.582

Trivia: Turn 11, which is a medium-speed right hander, requires braking and turning simultaneously.

#3 Bahrain Grand Prix

Laps: 57

Length: 5.412 km

Most wins (driver): Fernando Alonso (3)

Most wins (Constructor): Ferrari (4)

Lap record: Mark Webber, Williams, 1’29.527

Trivia: Turns 9 and 10 are two blind left-handers where cars must break, downshift and turn simultaneously; they go from 205 km/h in gear 5 down to 63 km/h in gear 1.

#4 Chinese Grand Prix

Laps: 56

Length: 5.451 km

Most wins (driver): Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso (2)

Most wins (Constructor): Ferrari (4)

Lap record: Michael Schumacher, 1’32.238

Trivia: The track layout was inspired from the Chinese character Shang (), the first character in the name of the city Shanghai, meaning "above" or "ascend”

#5 Spanish Grand Prix

Laps: 66

Length: 4.655 km

Most wins (driver): Michael Schumacher (6)

Most wins (Constructor): Ferrari (12)

Lap record: Rubens Barrichello, 1’19.954

Trivia: Turn 9, the Campsa Corner, is a very fast, sixth gear right-hander which is made incredibly difficult due to the fact that it is completely blind to the drivers.

#6 Monaco Grand Prix

Laps: 78

Length: 3.340 km

Most wins (driver): Ayrton Senna (6)

Most wins (Constructor): McLaren (15)

Lap record: Kimi Raikkonen, 1’13.532

Trivia: Narrow course lay out in the streets of Monaco, a tunnel, and the Monte Carlo harbor make this street circuit really special.

#7 Canadian Grand Prix

Laps: 70

Length: 4.361 km

Most wins (driver): Michael Schumacher (7)

Most wins (Constructor): Ferrari, McLaren (13)

Lap record: Rubens Barrichello, 1’13.622

Trivia: Almost half of the track – from the hairpin turn until after the pit area – runs alongside the Bassin Olympique, a huge rectangular basin.

#8 Austrian Grand Prix

Laps: 71

Length: 4.326 km

Most wins (driver): Alain Prost (3)

Most wins (Constructor): McLaren (6)

Lap record: Michael Schumacher, 1’07.908

Trivia: A track that is remembered for the Team order in the Scuderia Ferrari team when Rubens Barrichello let Michael Schumacher pass, who then went on to win the race, causing huge outrage among fans and in the media.

#9 British Grand Prix

Laps: 71

Length: 5.901 km

Most wins (driver): Jim Clark, Alain Prost (5)

Most wins (Constructor): Ferrari (15)

Lap record: Michael Schumacher, 1’08.337

Trivia: Silverstone is built on the site of a World War II Royal Air Force bomber station, RAF Silverstone, which opened in 1943. The airfield's three runways, in classic WWII triangle format, lie within the outline of the present track.

#10 German Grand Prix

Laps: 60

Length: 5.148 km

Most wins (driver): Rudolf Caracciola (6)

Most wins (Constructor): Ferrari (22)

Lap record: Michael Schumacher, 1’13.306

Trivia: The complex also features a quarter-mile track for drag racing. It hosts one of the largest drag racing events in Europe, known as the NitrOlympx, and was one of the last Top Fuel circuits to race to 1,320 feet before the FIA switched the nitro categories to the now-recognized 1,000 foot distance in 2012.

#11 Hungarian Grand Prix

Laps: 70

Length: 4.381 km

Most wins (driver): Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton (4)

Most wins (Constructor): McLaren (11)

Lap record: Michael Schumacher, 1’19.071

Trivia: The twisted and bumpy nature of the circuit makes overtaking very difficult.

#12 Belgian Grand Prix

Laps: 44

Length: 7.004 km

Most wins (driver): Michael Schumacher (6)

Most wins (Constructor): Ferrari (16)

Lap record: Sebastien Vettel 1’47.263

Trivia: The most famous part of the circuit is the Eau Rouge / Raidillon combination. Having negotiated the La Source hairpin, drivers race down a straight to the point where the track crosses the Eau Rouge stream for the first time, before being launched steeply uphill into a sweeping left-right-left collection of corners with a blind summit.

#13 Italian Grand Prix

Laps: 53

Length: 5.793 km

Most wins (driver): Michael Schumacher (5)

Most wins (Constructor): Ferrari (19)

Lap record: Rubens Barrichello, 1’21.046

Trivia: The high-speed oval 4.250 km with banked sopraelevata curves. The two circuits can be combined to re-create the former 10 km long circuit, with cars running parallel on the main straight.

#14 Singapore Grand Prix

Laps: 61

Length: 5.065 km

Most wins (driver): Graeme Lawrence, Sebastien Vettel (3)

Most wins (Constructor): Red Bull (3)

Lap record: Sebastien Vettel, 1’48.574

Trivia: Everything about this race is special. All the way from the hotels and the resorts to the grand stands and the circuit. Holds the bragging rights of being the first ever night race too!

#15 Japanese Grand Prix

Laps: 53

Length: 5.807 km

Most wins (driver): Michael Schumacher (6)

Most wins (Constructor): McLaren (9)

Lap record: Kimi Raikkonen, 1’31.540

Trivia: One of the most demanding tracks on the calendar, Suzuka is known for its neck crunching turns. And then there is the feud between Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost which has been etched in the history of this circuit.

#16 Russian Grand Prix

Laps: 52

Length: 5.853 km

Most wins (driver): NA

Most wins (Constructor): NA

Lap record: NA

Trivia: The Russian Grand Prix was last held in the year 1914. It returns after a 100-year absence and the track has an intriguing look to it. The turns 2, 3, 4 and 5 look the most demanding. One can expect some overtaking manoeuvres between turns 11 and 14.

#17 United States Grand Prix

Laps: 56

Length: 5.513 km

Most wins (driver): Michael Schumacher (5)

Most wins (Constructor): Ferrari (9)

Lap record: Sebastien Vettel, 1’39.347

Trivia: The Grand Plaza, 20 acres in size, includes a large reflecting pool, lawn, and varying landscape zones.

Then there is the Austin 360 Amphitheatre, which can accommodate up to 14,000 people with 5,240 permanent reserved seats. Another 1,700 seats can be configured on the stage-front floor and there is standing room for 2,300. The remaining general admission spots are on a sloping grass area behind the reserved seats.

#18 Brazilian Grand Prix

Laps: 71

Length: 4.309 km

Most wins (driver): Alain Prost (6)

Most wins (Constructor): McLaren (12)

Lap record: Juan Pablo Montoya, 1’11.473

Trivia: The circuit contains an "S" (i.e. Senna’s S), which was designed after legendary F1 driver Ayrton Senna, at turns 1 & 2.

#19 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Laps: 55

Length: 5.554 km

Most wins (driver): Sebastien Vettel (3)

Most wins (Constructor): Red Bull (3)

Lap record: Sebastien Vettel, 1’40.279

Trivia: Best way to finish the season? Have a day and night race! The circuit cost £800 million and one of the most exciting attractions in proximity of the track is the Ferrari world theme park. It isn’t the easiest race to drive in as the transition from day to night can be a little tricky.