Phakisa Freeway
The Phakisa Freeway is a motorsport race track in the Free State Province in South Africa .
The route with the unusual nickname "Freeway" was opened in April 1999 after seven months of construction and is located near the town of Welkom . It consists of a street course 4242 meters long and twelve meters wide and a 1.5 mile (2.5 km) long tri-oval . The area has a spectator capacity of 60,000. The word "Phakisa" means hurry up in Sotho .
From 1999 to 2004 the track hosted the Grand Prix of South Africa as part of the motorcycle world championship .
In 2014 , a run for the Superbike and Supersport World Championship will be held on the track for the first time .
A race track, the Goldfields Raceway, was located in the same place .
Winner of the motorcycle world championship races
year | 125 cc | 250 cc | 500 cc |
---|---|---|---|
1999 | Gianluigi Scalvini ( Aprilia ) | Valentino Rossi ( Aprilia ) | Max Biaggi ( Yamaha ) |
2000 | Arnaud Vincent ( Aprilia ) | Shin'ya Nakano ( Yamaha ) | Garry McCoy ( Yamaha ) |
2001 | Yōichi Ui ( Derbi ) | Daijirō Katō ( Honda ) | Valentino Rossi ( Honda ) |
2002 | Manuel Poggiali ( Gilera ) | Marco Melandri ( Aprilia ) | Tōru Ukawa ( Honda ) |
year | 125 cc | 250 cc | MotoGP |
2003 | Dani Pedrosa ( Honda ) | Manuel Poggiali ( Aprilia ) | Sete Gibernau ( Honda ) |
2004 | Andrea Dovizioso ( Honda ) | Dani Pedrosa ( Honda ) | Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha ) |
References
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Isabelle Larivière: FIM Superbike & Supersport World Championships - FIM Superstock 1000 cc Cup 2014 provisional calendar, 29 November. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Www.fim-live.com, November 29, 2013, formerly in the original ; accessed on December 6, 2013 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ↑ About (Phakisa Freeway) phakisa.com
Coordinates: 27 ° 54 ′ 16 ″ S , 26 ° 42 ′ 45 ″ E