Tracks and track days
58 circuits where a road car can get on track, and the organisers who run the days. A circuit is the right place to find out what your Porsche can do.
Europe
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Towcester · United Kingdom
Silverstone
Home of the British Grand Prix. Fast and wide, with long high-speed corners; track days run on the Grand Prix, National and International layouts.
- 5.891 km / 3.7 mi
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Fawkham, Kent · United Kingdom
Brands Hatch
A natural amphitheatre with the plunging Paddock Hill Bend. Most track days use the short Indy circuit; the full Grand Prix loop through the woods is offered less often.
- 3.908 km / 2.4 mi
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Castle Donington · United Kingdom
Donington Park
Flowing and downhill through the Craner Curves, with a strict noise limit because of nearby housing.
- 4.02 km / 2.5 mi
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Tarporley, Cheshire · United Kingdom
Oulton Park
A narrow parkland circuit with crests, blind corners and little run-off. Rewarding and unforgiving.
- 4.307 km / 2.7 mi
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Norwich, Norfolk · United Kingdom
Snetterton
A former airfield with two long straights and a technical infield on the 300 layout. Run-off is generous, which makes it a good first circuit.
- 4.779 km / 3.0 mi
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Louth, Lincolnshire · United Kingdom
Cadwell Park
Very narrow and steeply undulating, often called a miniature Nürburgring, with the crest known as the Mountain.
- 3.477 km / 2.2 mi
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Aberffraw, Anglesey · United Kingdom
Anglesey Circuit
A coastal circuit with sea views, a banked hairpin and a downhill corkscrew section. Kind to brakes and tyres.
- 3.38 km / 2.1 mi
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Dunfermline, Fife · United Kingdom
Knockhill
Scotland's national circuit. Short, steep and busy, and run in both directions on different days.
- 2.04 km / 1.3 mi
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Chichester, West Sussex · United Kingdom
Goodwood Motor Circuit
A very fast perimeter-road circuit unchanged since the 1950s, with tight noise limits and a limited number of track days.
- 3.809 km / 2.4 mi
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Chippenham, Wiltshire · United Kingdom
Castle Combe
Fast and bumpy, with three chicanes to slow an otherwise flat-out lap.
- 2.977 km / 1.8 mi
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Andover, Hampshire · United Kingdom
Thruxton
The fastest circuit in Britain by average speed. Planning restrictions mean very few open track days each year.
- 3.791 km / 2.4 mi
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Thurleigh, Bedfordshire · United Kingdom
Bedford Autodrome
Built purely for track days and testing, with no racing, very large run-off areas and several layouts.
- 6.1 km / 3.8 mi
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Naas, County Kildare · Ireland
Mondello Park
Ireland's international circuit, tight and technical.
- 3.5 km / 2.2 mi
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Stavelot · Belgium
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Seven kilometres through the Ardennes forest, including Eau Rouge and Raidillon. Public days are run by track-day organisers and are in high demand.
- 7.004 km / 4.4 mi
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Heusden-Zolder · Belgium
Circuit Zolder
A flat, stop-start circuit with chicanes, hard on brakes.
- 4.011 km / 2.5 mi
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Zandvoort · Netherlands
Circuit Zandvoort
Set in the dunes on the North Sea coast, with two steeply banked corners added for the return of the Dutch Grand Prix.
- 4.259 km / 2.6 mi
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Nürburg · Germany
Nürburgring Grand Prix circuit
The modern circuit beside the Nordschleife. It has its own public sessions and is the safer place to start.
- 5.148 km / 3.2 mi
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Hockenheim · Germany
Hockenheimring
A stadium section with grandstands on all sides and a long back straight into a hairpin.
- 4.574 km / 2.8 mi
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Bad Driburg · Germany
Bilster Berg
A private resort circuit with steep gradients and blind crests, laid out on a former ammunition depot.
- 4.2 km / 2.6 mi
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Le Mans · France
Circuit de la Sarthe (Bugatti)
The permanent Bugatti circuit shares the pits and the Dunlop curve with the 24 Hours track, most of which is public road for the rest of the year.
- 4.185 km / 2.6 mi
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Magny-Cours · France
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours
A smooth former Grand Prix circuit in central France, with a long hairpin and fast chicanes.
- 4.411 km / 2.7 mi
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Le Castellet · France
Circuit Paul Ricard
Known for its painted abrasive run-off areas and the long Mistral straight. Close to the Route Napoléon.
- 5.842 km / 3.6 mi
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Scarperia e San Piero · Italy
Mugello
A fast, flowing circuit in the Tuscan hills, owned by Ferrari.
- 5.245 km / 3.3 mi
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Monza · Italy
Autodromo Nazionale Monza
Long straights and heavy braking in a royal park, with the old banking still standing beside the track.
- 5.793 km / 3.6 mi
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Imola · Italy
Imola
An anticlockwise circuit that climbs and falls along the Santerno river.
- 4.909 km / 3.1 mi
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Spielberg · Austria
Red Bull Ring
A short lap with long uphill straights and big braking zones, in the Styrian hills.
- 4.318 km / 2.7 mi
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Portimão · Portugal
Autódromo Internacional do Algarve
A modern circuit of blind crests and steep drops, popular for winter track days.
- 4.653 km / 2.9 mi
North America
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Monterey, California · United States
WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca
Home of the Corkscrew, a blind chicane that drops several storeys. Strict sound limits apply on most days.
- 3.602 km / 2.2 mi
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Sonoma, California · United States
Sonoma Raceway
A hillside road course of constant elevation change in wine country.
- 4.05 km / 2.5 mi
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Willows, California · United States
Thunderhill Raceway Park
Owned by the San Francisco Region of the SCCA and used heavily by clubs for track days.
- 4.83 km / 3.0 mi
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Buttonwillow, California · United States
Buttonwillow Raceway Park
A flat, technical circuit with many configurations, the regular testing ground for Southern California.
- 5 km / 3.1 mi
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Austin, Texas · United States
Circuit of the Americas
The United States Grand Prix circuit, with a steep climb to turn one and a fast sequence of esses.
- 5.513 km / 3.4 mi
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Braselton, Georgia · United States
Road Atlanta
Fast and hilly, with the downhill esses and a blind final corner under the bridge.
- 4.088 km / 2.5 mi
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Birmingham, Alabama · United States
Barber Motorsports Park
An immaculately kept circuit beside the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, one of the largest motorsport collections in the world.
- 3.83 km / 2.4 mi
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Alton, Virginia · United States
Virginia International Raceway
A long, fast country circuit with the climbing esses. A drive from the Blue Ridge Parkway.
- 5.263 km / 3.3 mi
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Lexington, Ohio · United States
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
Tight and technical with little grip off line.
- 3.63 km / 2.3 mi
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Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin · United States
Road America
Four miles through woodland with three long straights. One of the fastest road courses in North America.
- 6.515 km / 4.0 mi
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Watkins Glen, New York · United States
Watkins Glen International
A former United States Grand Prix venue, fast and lined with blue barriers.
- 5.43 km / 3.4 mi
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Lakeville, Connecticut · United States
Lime Rock Park
A short, fast lap with almost no left-hand corners, in the Berkshire hills.
- 2.41 km / 1.5 mi
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Bowmanville, Ontario · Canada
Canadian Tire Motorsport Park
Still widely known as Mosport. Very fast, with blind downhill corners.
- 3.957 km / 2.5 mi
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Mont-Tremblant, Quebec · Canada
Circuit Mont-Tremblant
A scenic circuit in the Laurentian mountains that once hosted the Canadian Grand Prix.
- 4.26 km / 2.6 mi
Asia & Middle East
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Suzuka, Mie · Japan
Suzuka Circuit
The figure-of-eight circuit of the Japanese Grand Prix, with the Esses and 130R.
- 5.807 km / 3.6 mi
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Oyama, Shizuoka · Japan
Fuji Speedway
A 1.5 km main straight beneath Mount Fuji. Host of large one-make owner gatherings.
- 4.563 km / 2.8 mi
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Shimotsuma, Ibaraki · Japan
Tsukuba Circuit
Two kilometres long and the benchmark lap for Japanese car magazines and time attack.
- 2.045 km / 1.3 mi
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Sepang, Selangor · Malaysia
Sepang International Circuit
Wide, hot and humid, with two long straights joined by a hairpin.
- 5.543 km / 3.4 mi
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Abu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates
Yas Marina Circuit
The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix circuit, floodlit for evening track days in the cooler months.
- 5.281 km / 3.3 mi
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Dubai · United Arab Emirates
Dubai Autodrome
A flowing circuit with several layouts and regular open track evenings.
- 5.39 km / 3.3 mi
Oceania
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Phillip Island, Victoria · Australia
Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
Fast, flowing corners above Bass Strait. Among the quickest circuits in Australia by average speed.
- 4.445 km / 2.8 mi
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Winton, Victoria · Australia
Winton Motor Raceway
A tight, twisting club circuit that favours handling over power. On the way to the Great Alpine Road.
- 3 km / 1.9 mi
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Bathurst, New South Wales · Australia
Mount Panorama
A public road with a 60 km/h limit for most of the year, so anyone can drive the lap of the Bathurst 1000 at walking pace across the top of the mountain.
- 6.213 km / 3.9 mi
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Eastern Creek, New South Wales · Australia
Sydney Motorsport Park
Sydney's permanent circuit, with a very fast first corner and several layouts.
- 3.93 km / 2.4 mi
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Tailem Bend, South Australia · Australia
The Bend Motorsport Park
A large modern complex an hour from Adelaide. The full GT circuit is 7.77 km, one of the longest permanent tracks in the world.
- 4.95 km / 3.1 mi
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Willowbank, Queensland · Australia
Queensland Raceway
A flat circuit of six corners west of Brisbane, known as the Paperclip.
- 3.12 km / 1.9 mi
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Te Kauwhata, Waikato · New Zealand
Hampton Downs Motorsport Park
Between Auckland and Hamilton, with a short national layout and a longer international one.
- 3.8 km / 2.4 mi
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Cromwell, Otago · New Zealand
Highlands Motorsport Park
A members' circuit in Central Otago with public experiences, under an hour from the Crown Range Road.
- 4.1 km / 2.5 mi
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Taupō · New Zealand
Taupo International Motorsport Park
A technical circuit in the central North Island that has hosted the Supercars championship.
- 3.5 km / 2.2 mi
Africa
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Midrand, Gauteng · South Africa
Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit
Rebuilt and resurfaced, at 1,500 m altitude, which costs naturally aspirated engines noticeable power.
- 4.529 km / 2.8 mi
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Cape Town · South Africa
Killarney International Raceway
Cape Town's club circuit, run by the Western Province Motor Club.
- 3.267 km / 2.0 mi
Track day organisers
Most circuits do not sell track time directly. These organisers hire the circuit and sell places on the day.
Europe
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MSV Trackdays
Car and bike track days run by MotorSport Vision, the operator of circuits including Brands Hatch, Oulton Park, Snetterton, Cadwell Park and Donington Park.
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OpenTrack
Independent track day organiser running open pit lane events at UK circuits and on the Continent.
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Circuit Days
Track day organiser that also runs road tours, including trips to European circuits.
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RMA Track Days
Long-running organiser of track days and driving events at UK and European circuits.
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Goldtrack
Organiser of low-numbers track days at UK circuits such as Castle Combe, Brands Hatch, Donington Park and Goodwood, and at Spa-Francorchamps and Zandvoort.
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Porsche Club GB Trackdays
Track days organised by Porsche Club Great Britain for its members, alongside the club's sprint and race championships.
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Porsche Experience Centre Silverstone
Booked driving sessions with a Porsche instructor on the centre's own handling tracks at Silverstone, in cars from the centre's fleet.
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Nürburgring Touristenfahrten
The circuit's own public sessions on the Nordschleife and Grand Prix track, open to road-legal vehicles on a pay-per-lap basis.
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Destination Nürburgring
Organiser of track days on the Nürburgring Nordschleife, with instruction and insurance options.
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Trackdays.de
Organiser of open pit lane track days for road-legal cars on the Nürburgring Nordschleife and at Spa-Francorchamps.
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Gedlich Racing
German organiser of track days, race test days and driver training at European circuits.
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RSRNurburg
Nürburgring-based company offering track car hire, instruction and track days, with a sister operation at Spa-Francorchamps.
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Porsche Track Experience
Porsche's own staged driver training programme at circuits including the Nürburgring, Hockenheimring, Spa-Francorchamps and Leipzig, in a Porsche-supplied car or, on some courses, your own.
North America
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Track Night in America
The Sports Car Club of America's entry-level programme of weekday evening track sessions for road cars at circuits across the country.
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NASA HPDE
The National Auto Sport Association's High Performance Driving Events, a graded programme with instruction run by regional chapters.
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Hooked on Driving
High performance driver education track days run by regional operators at circuits around the United States.
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Chin Track Days
Track day organiser running events at circuits mainly in the eastern and southern United States, including Daytona, Homestead-Miami and Lime Rock Park.
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Speed Ventures
Independent track day organiser running events at circuits on the West Coast.
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TrackDaze
Organiser of driver education track events with programmes for beginners through to experienced drivers.
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PCA High Performance Driver Education
Driver education events with instructors, organised by the regions of the Porsche Club of America; each region sets its own entry requirements.
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Porsche Experience Centers Atlanta and Los Angeles
Instructor-led driving sessions on purpose-built handling circuits in Atlanta and Los Angeles, in Porsche-supplied cars.
Oceania
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Drive Events
Track days for road cars at Phillip Island, Calder Park and Broadford.
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Trackschool
Track days, open pit lane sessions and driver tuition, including regular events at Winton Motor Raceway.
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Porsche Track Experience Australia
Porsche Cars Australia's graded track training programme, run in Porsche-supplied cars.
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Porsche Club of Victoria
Club motorsport programme of sprints and timed track sessions for members, including events at Phillip Island.
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Trackday Xperience
Track days with driving tuition at Manfeild Circuit, open to participants' own road cars.