Circuit Park Zandvoort

Netherlands / Noord-Holland / Zandvoort / Burgemeester van Alphenstraat
 race track -dont use, Formula One, car racing track, motorcycle racing track
Circuit Park Zandvoort is a motorsport race track located in the dunes near the town of Zandvoort, in the Netherlands. A real circuit was not built until after the war, mainly designed by John Hugenholtz. The circuit was inaugurated on August, 7, 1948. Next year, in 1949 the circuit hosted the Zandvoort Grand Prix. The following year, the race was called the Dutch Grand Prix, and it was included in the Formula One World Championship in 1952. It remained on the F1 calendar for 30 out of the next 34 years.

In 1985, the Dutch Grand Prix was held for the last time. The company that commercially ran the circuit (CENAV) went out of business, marking the end of Circuit Zandvoort. The track, owned by the municipality of Zandvoort, was not used for some time and part of the grounds and approximately half of the track was sold in 1987 to Vendorado, a Bungalow park developer at that time. The remaining track was saved and Circuit Park Zandvoort was born. The club circuit was remodeled to 2.6 kilometers (1.6 mi) in the summer of 1989, and again in 2001, when the track was lengthened to a 4.3 kilometers (2.7 mi) circuit. A new pits building and grandstand were situated along the long straight.

One of the major events that is currently held at the circuit, along with DTM and A1GP, is the BP Ultimate Masters of Formula 3, where Formula 3 cars of several national racing series compete with each other (originally called Marlboro Masters, before tobacco advertising ban).

www.circuit-zandvoort.nl/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_Park_Zandvoort
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Coordinates:   52°23'17"N   4°32'45"E

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  • I ve been here on Mini United 2007! Cheers Zandvoort!