Mugello
Located in a very beautiful corner of a very beautiful country, Mugello is the epitome of La Dolce Vita, in racetrack form. The track itself, located near Florence, is a peach: 15 turns in its 3.26-mile length. Nestled in the hills, it goes up and down like a roller coaster, and has one of the longest straights around. The MotoGP bikes slipstream up to 200 mph-plus before braking hard for the uphill turn one. The track's proximity to the Paso della Futa, one of Italy's finest riding roads, only adds to its appeal.
Sepang
Built by the Malaysian government as a showcase for this emerging economy, the Sepang circuit is one of the new breed of mega-tracks aimed at attracting Formula One and the associated riches. It's a massive, super-long 3.44-mile track, with two fast straights up and down the start-finish grandstands, and a bewitching array of fast and slow corners-15 in total. The grandstands themselves have huge roofs shaped like the palm trees that the local economy relies on so much. And they need them: the tropical climate means there's almost always a heavy monsoon-like downpour each afternoon.
Suzuka
Often described as one of the most difficult tracks in the world, Suzuka was built in 1962 for Honda. Unique in its figure-eight layout, the 3.6-mile track crosses over itself at the Crossover straight, and has 17 technical turns. Its difficult, unforgiving nature was underlined by the tragic death of MotoGP racer Daijiro Kato in 2003 after crashing at the Japanese GP. Safety concerns mean MotoGP hasn't returned to Suzuka since, but the Suzuka Eight-Hour endurance race is still one of the most important events in the Japanese calendar.