Belvedere Airport Circuit
The Belvedere Airport Circuit was a temporary motorsport race track around 18 kilometers south of the capital Harare in Zimbabwe .
The airfield circuit at today's Harare International Airport was set up in 1955 and had a length of 3219 meters with four curves and a chicane. The Belvedere Circuit was the venue for the first Formula 1 race in 1960 for the Grand Prix of Rhodesia . At the end of the 1960s, the number of flights in Harare became too high and the airfield could no longer be closed for several days for sporting events. The last race on the Belvedere Circuit took place in October 1972, after which the races took place on the newly built Donnybrook Raceway .
literature
- Ken Stewart, Norman Reich: Sun on the Grid. Grand Prix and Endurance Racing in Southern Africa . London 1967. ISBN 1-870519-49-3
Web links
- History on motorsport.co.zw
Coordinates: 17 ° 55 ′ 54.5 ″ S , 31 ° 5 ′ 33.7 ″ E