Hungaroring Grand Prix Circuit, Hungary

The Hungaroring is a 4.381 km, 2.722 miles motorsport racetrack in Mogyoród, Pest County, Hungary where the Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix is held. In 1986, it became the location of the first Formula One Grand Prix behind the Iron Curtain. Bernie Ecclestone wanted a race in the USSR, but a Hungarian friend recommended Budapest. They wanted a street circuit similar to the Circuit de Monaco to be built in the Népliget, Budapest's largest park but the government decided to build a new circuit just outside the city near a major highway.