Do they change tracks every season? Why? Who decides?
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No, the tracks were built over a long period of time. Some like in Dubai and the US are very new, while others like in Japan, France, Italy and the UK are quite old. Typically, there are local groups that decide to build a track, and rarely, they want an F1 quality track and they work with F1 to put a deal together to make it happen. F1 does not own the tracks. Also, they do not change tracks year to year, unless a new one is built, and it is added to the rotation.
I guess I can answer some of these to some extent. The tracks stay the same for a set number of years (like 5-10, etc.) and new tracks are added if a new one is built or for whatever reason. The FIA decides when it what is added and removed and I’m guessing the teams have some sort of say. The rest is up to formula 1/motor racing organizations in different countries who lobby to create/host a race on their tracks.
Further, these racetracks weren’t built together and another important thing to remember is they most probably weren’t built for the same exact purpose either. Lots of different motor racing like motogp take place on these tracks so it’s not like f1 said let’s built these many tracks.
Tracks are built in countries where racing is popular I guess. I come from India, they built a brand new f1 track and had one race it’s opening year but never again. It depends on so many factors like how keenly the particular organization pursues a permanent place on the race calendar, how well equipped they are to handle races (including logistics, cost, etc.). In the case of India, since its very expensive to host and the sport is not as mainstream, I’m guessing that discouraged continuous investment. Also, the FIA might’ve decided against it due to the track itself and other factors.
I’m not expecting to be 100% right, i got into f1 recently myself. But tried my best to not be wrong lol.
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Silverstone and a fair number of other British tracks were originally based on the perimeter tracks of WW2 air fields. Silverstone has changed dramatically over the last forty years, so it’s less obvious now than it was then.
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