Circuito do Estoril
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Estoril , Portugal | ||
Route type: | permanent race track | |
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Formula 1 venue : |
1984-1996 | |
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Important events: |
MotoGP , GT Championship , A1 Grand Prix , WTCC | |
Route length: | 4,360 km (2.71 mi ) | |
Curves: | 13 | |
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Track record: (Formula 1) |
1:11:494 min. ( Damon Hill , Williams , 1993 ) |
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http://www.circuito-estoril.pt |
Coordinates: 38 ° 45 ′ 7 " N , 9 ° 23 ′ 45.8" W.
The Autódromo do Estoril (official name Autódromo Fernanda Pires da Silva ) is a motorsport race track near the Portuguese city of Estoril , about 30 km west of Lisbon . Until the opening of the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, it was the most important and longest race track in Portugal.
From 1984 bis 1996 was here Grand Prix of Portugal of Formula 1 is discharged. The motorcycle world championship guest appearance with the Grand Prix of Portugal to this day on this course, as well as the FIA - World Touring Car Championship (WTCC).
Route description
The Circuito do Estoril is located in a hilly area, but there are only significant inclines and slopes on the west side opposite the start-finish straight. Due to the mild climate, the track was also used as a test track in the winter months when the Portuguese Grand Prix was on the Formula 1 racing calendar, similar to the courses in Le Castellet or currently Barcelona .
Like most other racetracks, the track is driven clockwise. In the original version, the long start-finish straight was followed by two elongated and correspondingly fast right-hand bends, interrupted by a short straight in between. After another short straight, a sequence of two narrower hairpin bends leads into the infield, the Curva VIP is followed by the back straight with a slight bend, which ends at the Parabolica Interior - one of the few curves of this type that leads around to the left. Another straight line leads to the hairpin bend in Orelha , after which the Esses section follows in the original course , in which two bends to the right finally lead into a sharp left bend. The return to the start-finish straight follows with the second parabolic. Today this curve is named after Ayrton Senna , who celebrated his first Grand Prix victory here in 1985 .
The Autódromo do Estoril has since been rebuilt several times. The first change took place during the Formula 1 World Championship in 1994 . After a series of serious accidents in the first half of the season, in an effort to reduce the racing speed and defuse potentially dangerous spots, the very slowly driven loop Gancho was inserted in front of the combination of curves in Esses , with which the speed was reduced when entering Esses . As a result, the length of the track increased from 4,349 m to 4,360 m; Formula 1 stayed here in this configuration until 1996.
Another renovation took place in 1997 and affected the area after the start-finish straight. Instead of the long right-hand curves, the new curve 1 is significantly more pointed, narrower and slower, while the following curve 2 now consists of a flatter, but also very sudden and therefore narrower bend.
history
The racetrack was built in 1972 on a rocky plateau. Characteristic features are two switchbacks, significant differences in altitude along the route and an above-average long home straight.
In the first few years only local races were held. Only after serious modernization measures did international motorsport find its way onto the track in 1984. Formula 1 stopped in Estoril until 1996. Originally, Formula 1 was also supposed to make a guest appearance here in 1997 and contest its last race of the season, but due to the lack of conversion work, it was decided during the season to hold the race under the name of the European Grand Prix on the Spanish Circuito de Jerez . To this day u. a. Race of the FIA GT Championship held here.
In July 2015, the ruling PSD / CDS coalition of the Cascais city administration decided against the votes of the opposition to buy the racetrack for 4.921 million euros. In cooperation with the motorsport associations Federação Portuguesa de Automobilismo e Karting (FPAK, Automobilsport) and Federação Motociclismo Portugal (FMP, Motorcycle Racing ), karting and other races are to take place here, as well as learning courses, training and further education facilities, a research center for the automotive industry, and a Museum and training center are built. The opposition of the PS , CDU and Ser Cascais citizens' list , on the other hand, speaks of unrealistic plans and expected cost explosions.
statistics
All winners of Formula 1 races in Estoril
No. | year | driver | constructor | engine | tires | time | Route length | Round | Ø pace | date | GP of |
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1 | 1984 | Alain Prost | McLaren | Porsche ( TAG ) | M. | 1: 41: 11.753 h | 4,350 km | 70 | 180.541 km / h | Oct 21 | Portugal |
2 | 1985 | Ayrton Senna | lotus | Renault | G | 2:00: 28.006 h | 4,350 km | 67 | 145.160 km / h | Apr 21 | |
3 | 1986 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | Honda | G | 1: 37: 21,900 h | 4,350 km | 70 | 187.644 km / h | 21 Sep | |
4th | 1987 | Alain Prost | McLaren | Porsche ( TAG ) | G | 1: 37: 03.906 h | 4,350 km | 70 | 188.224 km / h | Sep 20 | |
5 | 1988 | Alain Prost | McLaren | Honda | G | 1: 37: 40.958 h | 4,350 km | 70 | 187.034 km / h | 25 Sep | |
6th | 1989 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | Ferrari | G | 1: 36: 48.546 h | 4,350 km | 71 | 191.418 km / h | Sep 24 | |
7th | 1990 | Nigel Mansell | Ferrari | Ferrari | G | 1: 22: 11.014 h | 4,350 km | 61 | 193.725 km / h | 23 Sep | |
8th | 1991 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | Renault | G | 1: 35: 42.304 h | 4,350 km | 71 | 193.626 km / h | 22 Sep | |
9 | 1992 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | Renault | G | 1: 34: 46.659 h | 4,350 km | 71 | 195.521 km / h | 27 Sep | |
10 | 1993 | Michael sSchumacher | Benetton | ford | G | 1: 32: 46.309 h | 4,350 km | 71 | 199.748 km / h | 26 Sep | |
11 | 1994 | Damon Hill | Williams | Renault | G | 1: 41: 10.165 h | 4,360 km | 71 | 183.589 km / h | 25 Sep | |
12 | 1995 | David Coulthard | Williams | Renault | G | 1: 41: 52.145 h | 4,360 km | 71 | 182.328 km / h | Sep 24 | |
13 | 1996 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | Renault | G | 1: 40: 22.915 h | 4,360 km | 70 | 182.423 km / h | 22 Sep |
Record winner
Drivers: Nigel Mansell / Alain Prost (3 each) • Driver nations: Great Britain (5) • Constructors: Williams (6) • Engine manufacturers: Renault (6) • Tire manufacturers: Goodyear (12)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Câmara de Cascais aprova compra do Autódromo do Estoril por 4.9 milhões de euros - "Cascais City Council decides to buy the Autódromo from Estoril for 4.9 million euros" , article dated July 20, 2015 on the website of the public legal television broadcaster RTP , accessed September 4, 2015