Dundrod Circuit

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Dundrod Circuit
Dún dTrod
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Dundrod Circuit (United Kingdom)
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Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Antrim , County Antrim , Northern Ireland
Route type: temporary racetrack
Opening: 1950

Formula 1 venue :
1950-1953
Track layout
Dundrod Circuit.svg
Route data
Important
events:
RAC Tourist Trophy, Ulster Grand Prix, Dundrod 150, Killinchy 150
Route length: 11.910  km (7.4  mi )
Curves: more than 20
Records
Track record:
(motorcycle)
3: 15,316 min.
( Peter Hickman , BMW, 2019)
Track record:
(automobile)
4:42 min.
( Mike Hawthorn , Jaguar D-Type, 1955)

Coordinates: 54 ° 34 ′ 51 ″  N , 6 ° 5 ′ 5 ″  W.

The Dundrod Circuit ( Irish Dún dTrod ) is a temporary motor racing circuit set up on closed public roads in County Antrim in Northern Ireland .

The Ulster Grand Prix has been held on the track since 1953, and the RAC Tourist Trophy for automobiles was also hosted here from 1950 to 1955 . The Ulster Grand Prix was based on the neighboring Clady Circuit from 1922 to 1952 until it moved to Dundrod in 1953.

history

In 1950 the first RAC Tourist Trophy was held in Dundrod on an 11.934 km (7.416 miles) variant of the route, later the route was changed to the 11.910 km (7.401 miles) driven today.

For the 1953 season, the FIM - Motorcycle World Championship moved with the Ulster Grand Prix from the neighboring Clady Circuit on the Dundrod Circuit in County Antrim.

formula 1

From 1950 to 1953, Formula 1 also started in Dundrod at the Ulster Trophy . The race in Dundrod, like many other races back then, was not part of the relatively new Formula 1 World Championship and was not rated there.

Hairpin bend Lindsay Hairpin

Routing

For the Ulster Grand Prix, part of Hannahstown Road (B38) between Glenavy and Hannahstown Antrim, Leathemstown Road (B101) from Leathemstown Corner to Dunrod and Quarterland / Tornagrough Road (B153) from Cochranstown to Lindsay Hairpin are closed every year.

Speed ​​and records

Since there have been no car races in Dundrod since 1955, Mike Hawthorn's record continues . He mastered the lap of the RAC Tourist Trophy with his Jaguar D-Type in 4:42 minutes, which corresponds to an average speed of 152.36 km / h.

The overall winners at the time were Stirling Moss and John Fitch in their Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR . The 1000 km race ended after 84 laps (corresponds to 1002.5 km) or 7 hours, 3 minutes and 12 seconds with an average speed of 142.14 km / h.

The current lap record is 3: 15.316 minutes and was set by Peter Hickman on his BMW S1000RR at the 2019 Ulster Grand Prix . This corresponds to an average speed of 136.415  mph (219.539  km / h ). He finished the race with an average speed over the entire race distance of 133.307 mph (214.537 km / h).

See also

literature

  • Alastair Cook: Days of Thunder: The History of the Ulster Grand Prix . Gill & MacMillan Ltd., Dublin, 2004, ISBN 0-7171-3800-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Alastair Cook: Days of Thunder .