6 hours of São Paulo

It is named after José Carlos Pace, a Brazilian racing driver of Italian descent, who won his home Formula 1 Grand Prix in 1975 and achieved success with Ferrari in closed-wheel racing alongside Arturo Merzario.

The original circuit layout, spanning nearly eight kilometres, featured long straights and a wide oval with high-speed banked turns.

In the early 1980s, renovations to the facilities and track design began, culminating in 1990 when the circuit once again hosted the Formula 1 Grand Prix. Additional upgrades throughout the 1990s and 2000s further improved services and enhanced safety.

The circuit’s faster initial section was removed and repurposed as a service road, while a downhill chicane known as the “S do Senna” replaced the first turn.

Following these modifications, the track now measures 4.309 kilometres and is one of the few that runs anticlockwise. With steep gradients, long straights, and several fast turns, the São Paulo circuit is considered one of the most challenging for drivers.

Within the track’s perimeter is a karting circuit named after Ayrton Senna, another São Paulo-born driver.