Automotodrom Grobnik
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 Rijeka , Croatia
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| Route type: | permanent | ||
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| Opening: | 1978 | ||
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| Route length: | 4,168 km (2,589.88 mi ) | ||
| Height difference: | 22 m (72.18 ft ) | ||
| Curves: | 15th | ||
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Coordinates: 45 ° 22 ′ 57.3 " N , 14 ° 30 ′ 31.2" E
The Automotodrom Grobnik is a motorsport racetrack near the port city of Rijeka in northwestern Croatia .
Between 1978 and 1990 the Grand Prix of Yugoslavia took place here 13 times as part of the motorcycle world championship .
Route information
The Automotodrom Grobnik complies with the FIA and FIM regulations .
The route is 4168 meters long, of which 2017 meters in a total of 15 curves. The difference in altitude is 22 meters.
history
The line was laid out in 1977 and completed after five months of construction. It was built specifically to preserve the Yugoslavian Grand Prix of the Motorcycle World Championship after two deaths and 19 injured on the Preluk runway in nearby Opatija, which had been used up until then, in 1977 , and the route was then removed from the World Championship calendar was.
In 1991 the end for the Grand Prix of Yugoslavia followed. The race planned for June 16 of that year was canceled due to the outbreak of the war in Yugoslavia .
In 2004 the Motodrom was booked for 290 days. In addition to private individuals who can drive there after registering, many well-known automobile and motorcycle manufacturers such as Audi , Subaru , Suzuki and Aprilia use the Automotodrom as a test track.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Opatija (Preluk). www.silhouet.com, accessed July 21, 2010 .