Indianapolis Motor Speedway the most dangerous F1 circuit ever

The most dangerous F1 racetracks in the world have been revealed by a new study, and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway tops the list.

Vegas Gems’ study analyzed the number of fatal accidents at all current and former F1 circuits.

Those accidents were then compared to the number of times the circuit hosted a grand prix to give a percentage the tracks could be ranked with.

The study found that the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is the most dangerous speedway with a 36.84 percent rate of fatal accidents.

Despite being best known for hosting the Indianapolis 500, the circuit held the United States Grand Prix between 2000 and 2007 and from 1950 to 1960 the Indy 500 was part of the F1 calendar. It is during that decade when most of the crashes occurred.

Brands Hatch in Kent placed second with three fatal accidents from its 14 F1 races.

Meanwhile, the Nurburgring, which previously hosted the German Grand Prix, is third with an 11.9 percent fatal accident rate.

There were five fatal accidents across the 42 GPs at the track, most recently in 1969 when Gerhard Mitter crashed during practice.

Further down the list, Silverstone ranks eighth with four fatal accidents in 58 races, putting it one spot above Imola.

From 1950 to 1958 the Indy 500 was part of the F1 calendar until the Europeans decided that racing on ovals was suicidal. Indianapolis Motor Speedway