Circuit Zolder

Circuit Zolder

Address: Circuit Zolder Terlaemen 30 3550 Zolder
Zolder , Belgium
Route type:	permanent race track
Opening:	June 19, 1963
Formula 1 venue :	1973-1984
Track layout
Route data
Important events:	World Touring Car Championship , FIA GT1 World Championship , Blancpain Sprint Series , national touring and sports car series
Route length:	4.011  km (2.49  mi )
Curves:	10
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Coordinates: 50 ° 59 ′ 21.9 ″  N , 5 ° 15 ′ 25.4 ″  E

Start and finish in Zolder

The Circuit Zolder (pronounced: Solder) is a 3977 meter long race track in the town of Zolder -Terlaemen near Hasselt in Belgium . It was planned by the Dutchman Hans Hugenholtz and opened in 1963 by the local motorsport club Zolder. Between 1973 and 1984, ten times the total was here Belgian Grand Prix of Formula 1 is discharged. In 1980 the Belgian Grand Prix for motorcycles took place here.

The Circuit Zolder is best known for the fact that the Canadian Gilles Villeneuve died on this racetrack in an accident during qualifying for the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix. Instead of the fast right-hand bend at the time, the so-called Gilles-Villeneuve chicane now exists at the accident site .

In 2002 and 2019 the DTM was also a guest in Zolder, but nowadays mainly Benelux racing series (e.g. Belcar , 24 Hours of Zolder , Formula Ford , Formula Renault ) drive here .

On August 26, 2007 a race of the Champ Car series was held on the slightly modified track . Sébastien Bourdais won the race . On October 21, 2007 and October 19, 2008 , races for the international FIA GT championship took place on the course . On June 20, 2010, two races of the World Touring Car Championship and Formula 2 were held on the circuit . In 2011 the WTCC repeated its event and a race for the FIA GT1 World Championship also took place over a weekend in 2011.

Route variants

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  Route until 1972.

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  Route 1973–1974.

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  Routing 1975–1985.

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  Routing 1986–2001.

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  Routing since 2002.

All winners of Formula 1 races in Zolder

No.	year	driver	constructor	engine	tires	time	Route length	Round	Ø pace	date	GP of
1	1973	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell	ford	G	1: 42: 13.430 h	4,220 km	70	173.384 km / h	May 20th	Belgium
2	1975	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	Ferrari	G	1: 43: 53.980 h	4.262 km	70	172.285 km / h	25. May
3	1976	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	Ferrari	G	1: 42: 53.230 h	4.262 km	70	173.981 km / h	May 16
4th	1977	Gunnar Nilsson	lotus	ford	G	1: 55: 05.710 h	4.262 km	70	155.527 km / h	05th of May
5	1978	Mario Andretti	lotus	ford	G	1: 39: 52.020 h	4.262 km	70	179.242 km / h	May 21
6th	1979	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	Ferrari	M.	1: 39: 59.530 h	4.262 km	70	179.018 km / h	May 13th
7th	1980	Didier Pironi	Ligier	ford	G	1: 38: 46.510 h	4.262 km	72	186.402 km / h	0May 4th
8th	1981	Carlos Reutemann	Williams	ford	M.	1: 16: 31.610 h	4.262 km	54	180.445 km / h	17th of May
9	1982	John Watson	McLaren	ford	M.	1: 35: 41.995 h	4.262 km	70	187.047 km / h	0May 9
10	1984	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	Ferrari	G	1: 36: 32.048 h	4.262 km	70	185.431 km / h	29 Apr

Record winner
Driver: Niki Lauda (2) • Driver nations: Great Britain / Austria (2 each) • Design engineers: Ferrari (4) • Engine manufacturer: Ford (6) • Tire manufacturer: Goodyear (7)

Web links

Commons : Circuit Zolder  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Circuit-Zolder homepage (Dutch / French / English)