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Brands Hatch
Length: 1.198 miles (1.929 km)
Brands Hatch is regarded by many as Britain's finest race circuit, in terms of both challenge and quality of the spectacle. Located in a natural amphitheatre, the track swoops through undulations and shifting cambers, whilst all spectators are given excellent views of the entire 'Indy' configuration.
The circuit's principal strength is the variety of challenges on offer to the driver. The course begins on the Brabham Straight, an off-camber, slightly curved stretch, before plunging into the ultra-challenging right-hander at Paddock. Despite the difficulty of the curve, due to the straight that precedes it, it is one of the track's few overtaking spots. The next corner, Druids, is an almost perfect hairpin, negotiated after a tricky uphill braking zone at Hailwood Hill.
The track then curves around the South Bank spectator area into the downhill, off-camber Graham Hill Bend, and another, slightly bent stretch at the Cooper Straight, which runs parallel to, albeit approximately ten metres below, the pits. After the straight, the shorter "Indy" circuit has a very fast, in fact usually flat-out left at Surtees before the fast but definitely not flat-out right-hander into Clearways and the exceptionally tricky Clark Curve, whose off-camber, uphill approach tends to carry the car towards the outside. After the Clark Curve comes the pit straight, and another lap of the daunting Kent circuit.
Donington ParkLength: 4.023 kilometres (2.5 miles)
Turns: 12
Lap record: 1.18.029 min. 185.608 km/h. (Ayrton Senna, McLaren, 1993)
The original Donington track was opened in 1931, and initially used for motorcycle races. In 1935 it saw Richard Shuttleworth win the Donington Grand Prix in an Alfa Romeo P3, in the 1937 British Grand Prix and 1938 British Grand Prix, the race winners were respectively Bernd Rosemeyer and Tazio Nuvolari, both in Auto Union 'Silver Arrows'.
The circuit was closed in 1939 due to World War 2, when it became a military vehicle depot. In the early 1970s the circuit was bought by Tom Wheatcroft, who funded the rebuilding of the track, which was re-opened in 1977.
In recent times it has held meetings of the British Touring Car Championship, British Superbikes and MotoGP as well as, most famously, the 1993 European Grand Prix. This race was won by the late Ayrton Senna, and was described by Atlas F1 as the 'Drive of the Decade'. There is a memorial to Senna in the grounds of the racetrack, outside a shop selling motorsports memorabilia.
Other events taking place at the track include the World Series by Renault and the Great and British Motorsport Festival. The track is also the location of a museum, the Donington Grand Prix Collection. This opened in 1973, and is the largest collection of Grand Prix cars anywhere in the world.
Goodwood
Goodwood Circuit is a name that is ingrained in motorsport, being one of the truly historic venues for both 2- and 4-wheeled motorsport in the UK. Goodwood is based in the lands around Goodwood House where there is both a short-circuit track and a hill track. Goodwood is most famous for its annual Festival of Speed and Goodwood Revival meetings.
This is one of the fastest tracks in the UK and has, over the years, played host to many famous drivers - Mike Hawthorn and Graham Hill had their first single seat races there, Roger Penske visited in 1963 and Jim Clark and Jack Sears competed in 1964. The accident which ended the International career of Stirling Moss happened at St. Mary's corner. The circuit also claimed the life of Mclaren founder Bruce McLaren in a testing accident in 1970
Goodwood saw its last race meeting for over 30 years in 1966. Following the success of the Festival of Speed hill climb, racing returned to the Goodwood circuit in 1998 and since then has remained the English home of historic motorsport. The track is now used for classic races, track days and test days.
Mallory Park
Mallory Park is a race track situated in the village of Kirkby Mallory, just off the A47, between Leicester and Hinckley.
Only Lydden Hill is a shorter race track in the UK. It has two formations of a one-mile oval and a full circuit of 1.35 miles. There is a lake in the middle on the oval. Despite its short length and its having Shaw's hairpin, the tightest corner of any UK track, Mallory is a fast circuit, as from the hairpin on it is flat-out all the way to Gerard's, a very long right-hander. Gerard's is the only corner of any real note, and is also the longest corner on the UK circuit scene, one that sees most racers actually accelerating through the bend and changing up a gear half way round.
In recent years a new bend "Edwina's" has been added following the straight after Gerard's.
Annually in October, The Festival of Sidecars takes place. No solo machines compete, but sidecars of all categories are entered, including three wheelers such as those made by the Morgan Motor Company.
Snetterton
Circuit
Length: 3.1232 kilometres (1.952 miles)
Turns: 7
Lap record: 1.09.395 (Jason Plato, Vauxhall Motorsport, 2000)
Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit is a motor racing circuit in Norfolk, England. It is situated on the A11 road some 20 km north-east of the town of Thetford and 30 km south-west of the city of Norwich. The circuit is named after the village of Snetterton, which lies about 2 km to the north-west of the circuit, although much of the circuit is actually in the adjoining civil parish of Quidenham.
Snetterton originally started off life as an RAF airfield ( RAF Snetterton Heath ) which was then designated for use by the United States Army Air Force. The airfield was opened in May 1943 and closed down in November 1948.
In October 2005, it was announced by the owner of the circuit; Jonathan Palmer of MotorSport Vision, that the circuit would undergo extensive rebuilding work, in order to lengthen the circuit, and improve its facilities. Snetterton has a long straight that allows extremely high speed entry into a continuous corner through the Esses, Bomb Hole and Coram before reaching one of the slowest chicanes (Russell) in the UK.
