In my opinion, it is the pinnacle of Formula One.
The glamour is unmatched at any other circuit during the season, and it also offers the drivers one of their greatest challenges.
It's history speaks for itself.
My own favourite driver won this GP in 2000 and 2002, and those David Coulthard victories definitely add to its glory for me.
Street circuits are something special, and I'm looking forward to Valencia's debut this season. It could quite easily become my second favourite circuit very soon.
For now, though, in what other sport or race in fact, do you get to compete in such surroundings?
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Billy Sexton - Spa Francorchamps
My favourite F1 circuit has to be Spa Francorchamps which holds the Belgian Grand Prix, and there are many reasons why Spa is my favourite circuit.
The first reason is because of the Eau Rouge corner complex. A truly amazing turn, I am not surprised that it has been recently voted best F1 corner ever by F1 Racing Magazine.
For me, nothing is better than watching Hamilton or Raikkonen go flat out up the hill and then along the top straight. The bendy corner needs to be taken flat out for a good lap time.
Many say this complex is the best at demonstrating driver skill (some say that the Maggots and Beckett's corners at Silverstone, are the best but I disagree). Eau Rouge is simply amazing.
Fernando Alonso says: “It’s an important corner for the driver's feeling. It makes a special impression every lap, because you also have a compression in your body as you go through the bottom of the corner. It is very strange, but good fun as well.”
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