TT Circuit Assen

TT Circuit Assen

Address: TT Circuit Assen De Haar 9 9405 TE Assen
Assen , Netherlands
Route type:	permanent race track
Opening:	1955
Track layout
Route data
Important events:	Motorcycle World Championship , Superbike World Championship , DTM
Route length:	4.555  km (2.83  mi )
Curves:	17th
Audience capacity:	100,000
Records
Track record: (motorcycle)	1: 33: 617 min. ( Marc Márquez , Honda , 2015 )
Track record: (Champ Car)	1:18:756 min. ( Sébastien Bourdais , Newman / Haas , 2007 )
http://www.tt-assen.com/

Coordinates: 52 ° 57 ′ 41.6 ″  N , 6 ° 31 ′ 23.9 ″  E

The TT Circuit Assen is a motorsport racetrack near the Dutch city ​​of Assen , where, among other things, the Dutch TT , the Dutch run for the motorcycle world championship , is held.

history

The first race in Assen was held on public roads in 1925. The route ran through the villages of Borger, Schoonloo and Grolloo over a length of 28.4 km. The winner was Piet van Wijngaarden on a 500 cm³ Norton with an average speed of 91.4 km / h.

In the following year the route was changed. It now led through de Haar, Barteldbocht, Oude Tol, Hooghalen and Laaghalerveen. The course record on this route is held by the Briton Geoff Duke on Gilera with an average speed of 169.7 km / h in 1954 .

Current route

In 1955 a permanent race track with a length of 7705 m replaced the old street circuit. In 2006 the length of the route was reduced to 4555 m due to the elimination of the north curve. The longest straight is 970 m. The corners on the TT Circuit are traditionally slightly elevated. The route offers space for 100,000 spectators.

Due to the high speeds that were regularly reached, especially on the variants of the TT Circuit Assen used in the past, the track is nicknamed "Cathedral of Speed".

useful information

• Assen is the only track on which a motorcycle world championship race has been held every year since 1949.
• Until 2015, the Dutch TT was traditionally driven on the last Saturday in June.
• The TT Circuit is the only current World Championship track specially designed for motorcycles.
• The DTM is currently visiting the TT Circuit Assen
• The opening time trial of the Vuelta a España 2009 was held on the TT Circuit.

Grandstands

The following grandstands are currently being offered for the Motorcycle Grand Prix:

• Hoofd: start-finish straight (starter field)
• Haarbocht: start-finish straight to turn 1
• Stumps: Between curve 1 and 2
• TTWorld: Between turns 2 and 3
• Ossebroeken: turn 3
• Global-Tickets grandstand: Between turns 3 and 4
• Stekkenwal: chicane at turns 8 and 9 and 10
• De Bult: Straight between turns 10 and 11
• Winterdijk: between turns 17 and 18
• Geert Timmer: Chicane between turns 18 and 21

and display information about the image

Start-and-finish straight of the TT Circuit Assen

Web links

Commons : TT Circuit Assen  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website (Dutch, German, English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Assen - Racing School Europe RSE - with Troy Corser. Retrieved January 28, 2020 (English). 
2. ↑ DTM Assen 2020 | DTM. Retrieved January 28, 2020 . 
3. ↑ MotoGP weekend tickets 3 days Motul TT-Assen 2020 - secure your tickets. Retrieved January 28, 2020 .