Bucharest Ring

The Bucharest Ring is a temporary race track, which was first established in the Romanian capital Bucharest in May 2007.

Route

The street circuit, which was designed by Hermann Tilke, is 3.180 meters long and runs in an irregular rectangle clockwise around the Palace of Parliament.

After the start, it 's about a 90 -degree right turn on a long straight, which is provided with two chicanes. Then it goes after a sharp right-left -right combination to the slightly bent right back straight, through another chicane on the last straight before you start and finish line passes through an omega- shaped right-hander on the.

Events

Let A first, planned for 2006 had to be canceled because of a lawsuit against a Romanian businessman, the track layout as the alleged author of the Romanian OSIM ( "State Office for Inventions and Trademarks ," comparable to the German Patent and Trademark Office ) had register.

From 18 to 20, 2007 races for the FIA GT Championship, British Formula 3, the Dacia Logan Cup and the FIA ​​GT3 European Championship were on the course for the first time finally discharged. The following year, from August 22 to 24, performed as the series with the exception of the FIA GT3 again on the Bucharest Ring.

In 2011, should be with the Auto GP again an international series to hold a race weekend at the track, but this failed because of the insufficient for realizing the event funds on the part of the Romanian organizer and the lack of grade 2 homologation by the FIA.

Photos

Cars of the British Formula 3 Championship at the Bucharest Ring

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