Brands Hatch

Brands Hatch Circuit

Address: Brands Hatch Circuit Fawkham, Longfield, DA3 8NG
Fawkham (near Dartford ), Kent , England
Route type:	permanent race track
Opening:	April 16, 1950
Formula 1 venue :	1964-1986
Track layout
Route data
Important events:	DTM , BTCC , British Superbike Championship
Route length:	3.908  km (2.43  mi )
Height difference:	32  m (104.99  ft )
Curves:	9
Records
Track record: (Formula 1)	1: 09.593 min. ( Nigel Mansell , Williams-Honda , 1986)
http://www.motorsportvision.co.uk/brands-hatch

Coordinates: 51 ° 21 ′ 34 "  N , 0 ° 15 ′ 38"  E

Paddock Hill Bend, Brands Hatch

Brands Hatch or Brands Hatch Circuit is a motorsport racetrack in England . It is located in the community of Fawkham (near Dartford ) in the county of Kent, south-east of London , and is located directly between the A20 motorway and the M20 motorway . The first races took place in Brands Hatch as early as 1926 , but at that time it was still on a grass track.

history

In 1950 the slightly lengthened course was given an asphalt surface and Formula 3 races took place. From 1956 there were also Formula 2 races here . Since the renovation in 1959, there have been two route variants; the short version with a length of 1.93 kilometers is known as the Brands Hatch Indy Circuit . The first Formula 1 GP on the long variant took place in July 1964, and from then on the Great Britain Grand Prix was held here in alternation with Silverstone . In addition to the twelve so-called races, the European Grand Prix, which was also part of the Formula 1 World Championship, took place here in 1983 and 1985 . In addition, Brands Hatch was also known for numerous Formula 1 races without world championship status. In particular, the Race of Champions , which was held a total of 14 times up to 1983 , was able to establish itself here. In the course of time, however, the racing course no longer met the ever-increasing safety requirements of Formula 1 and at some point both the paddock and the pit area were also classified as completely inadequate. The last Formula 1 GP was held at Brands Hatch in 1986.

The 3.908-kilometer Brands Hatch Race Circuit is a mountain and valley railway across a forest landscape and is considered to be very demanding from a driving point of view. The earlier Dingle Dell chicane was removed in 2003 and replaced by the Sheene’s curve. In addition to the pure asphalt track, there are also gravel passages in the front part of the facility, because rallycross races were also held here. The annual British Rallycross Grand Prix was extremely popular with drivers and spectators . From 1982 to 1994 it was driven out a total of 13 times at the beginning of December and, despite the mostly icy cold, often attracted around 25,000 spectators from Germany and abroad to Fawkham.

In Brands Hatch , although no Formula 1 races are longer take, but there are still a number of other important motor sports events such as Superbike, Touring Car - Champ Car 3 race Formula discharged and there -.

During the 2012 Summer Paralympics , the cycling races were held on part of the route.

Deadly accidents

There were also some fatal accidents here, in which the Formula 1 racing drivers Shane Summers and Joseph “Jo” Siffert lost their lives. On August 3, 2008, Brit Craig Jones fell and was hit in the head by Andrew Pitt driving behind him . Jones succumbed to serious injuries a day later. On July 19, 2009, Formula 2 driver Henry Surtees was killed here. He was hit by a tire flying through the air in the fast Westfield section, passed out and hit the curb at Sheene's corner. He later died in a hospital in London.

On August 17, 2013, the former head of BMW Motorsport Karl-Heinz Kalbfell died in a motorcycle race at Brands Hatch. During training for a run of the English championship for historic motorcycles (WRR Lansdowne Cup Championship 500 cm³) Kalbfell fell on the exit of the Druids curve and was hit by a subsequent pilot.

statistics

All winners of Formula 1 races at Brands Hatch

No.	year	driver	constructor	engine	tires	time	Route length	Round	Ø pace	date	GP of
1	1964	Jim Clark	lotus	Climax	D.	2: 15: 07,000 h	4.265 km	80	151.514 km / h	July 11th	Great Britain
2	1966	Jack Brabham	Brabham	Repco	G	2: 13: 13.400 h	4.265 km	80	153.667 km / h	16th of July
3	1968	Joseph Siffert	lotus	ford	F.	2: 01: 20,300 h	4.265 km	80	168.718 km / h	20th of July
4th	1970	Jochen Rindt	lotus	ford	F.	1: 57: 02,000 h	4.265 km	80	174.925 km / h	July 18th
5	1972	Emerson Fittipaldi	lotus	ford	F.	1: 47: 50,200 h	4.265 km	76	180.351 km / h	15th of July
6th	1974	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell	ford	G	1: 43: 02,200 h	4.265 km	75	186.269 km / h	20th of July
7th	1976	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	Ferrari	G	1: 44: 19.660 h	4.207 km	76	183.881 km / h	July 18th
8th	1978	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	Ferrari	M.	1: 42: 12.390 h	4.207 km	76	187.698 km / h	16th of July
9	1980	Alan Jones	Williams	ford	G	1: 34: 49.228 h	4.207 km	76	202.318 km / h	July 13th
10	1982	Niki Lauda	McLaren	ford	M.	1: 35: 33.812 h	4.207 km	76	200.745 km / h	July 18th
11	1983	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	BMW	M.	1: 36: 45.865 h	4.207 km	76	198.254 km / h	25 Sep	Europe
12	1984	Niki Lauda	McLaren	Porsche ( TAG )	M.	1: 29: 28.532 h	4.207 km	71	200.299 km / h	22nd of July	Great Britain
13	1985	Nigel Mansell	Williams	Honda	G	1: 32: 58.109 h	4.207 km	75	203.634 km / h	06 Sep	Europe
14th	1986	Nigel Mansell	Williams	Honda	G	1: 30: 38.471 h	4.207 km	75	208.862 km / h	July 13th	Great Britain

Record winner
Driver: Niki Lauda (3) • Driver nations: Austria (4) • Constructors: Lotus (4) • Engine manufacturer: Ford (6) • Tire manufacturer: Goodyear (6)

See also

• List of motorsport racetracks

Web links

Commons : Brands Hatch  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage (English)

Individual evidence

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