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RSA - SOUTH AFRICA
DURBAN
Not to be confused with	Durban (201x) - Durban Snell Parade
Description
Location	Durban - KwaZulu-Natal
Location	Near Suncoast Casino. Same streets (but with a completely different landscape) were used even by Snell Parade from 1938 to 1950s.
Latitude - Longitude	- 29°50'10"     + 31°01'59" -29.836111     31.033056
UTM Coordinates	X = 309962.875  -  Y = 6697751.357  -  Zone 36J
Aerial photo / Map (*)	Google Maps  -    Bing Maps  -    Flash Earth
Altitude AMSL	6 m - 20 ft
Inauguration	January 29th 2006
Closing
Designer
Sources and links (Translation) (**)	(1) mail, note Mails from Lorenzo Tommasi dated February 1st 2006 and following days (2) Forum Forum Africa African Countries South Africa - Durban street circuits [ENG] (3) forums.autosport.com (...) Autosport.com Bulletin Board The Nostalgia Forum The best city for a Grand Prix street circuit? (4) forums.autosport.com (...) Autosport.com Bulletin Board The Nostalgia Forum The racing history of Durban (5) www.a1gp.com/Circuit/CircuitInfo.aspx?circuitId=15 (6) www.a1gp.com/racing/season.php?raceid=9 (7) www.d3motorsport.com/portfolio/durban-republic-south-africa (8) www.spcc.co.za/production-cars-head-for-durban 2013 Layout (9) www.thomasjpitts.co.uk/a1gp/2005/09/durban_south_africa.html Original proposal (10) www.wheels24.co.za/Wheels24/A1_Grand_Prix/0,,1369-1949_1867816,00.html (11) www.wheels24.co.za/Wheels24/Motorsport/0,,1369-1451_1773488,00.html (12) Autosprint 32/1983 (page 74) 1983 proposal

(*) NOTE: a complete and detailed view of the circuit can be found (if available) on Street View by Google Maps and/or Bird's Eye and 3D views by Bing Maps for Enterprise (former Microsoft Virtual Earth): both can be reached using their own link in Aerial photo / Map cell.

(**) For on-line not-English speaking sources, click on each small flag and you open the corresponding Google Translator page with automatic translation.

Durban
Description	Proposed road track at Durbn that should have hosted 1985 South African GP. But president of South African Federation declared this is a "stupid and ridicolous" idea and GP will never be raced at Durban. I don’t know if it should have been in the same street used form 2005 by A1GP
Years	1983
Direction
Proposal	YES
Proposal not developed	YES
Car Circuit	YES
Motorbike circuit
Type	Street course
Inauguration
Closing
Last update of this page	February 18th 2007
Info last update	August 1983
Designer
Distinctive points

Durban Sun Casino
Description	Stret circuit created in 2004 in order to host a South African V8 Supercar Championship (I don’t know it it has ever been raced) and in view of a future possible Champ Car event (never raced). In 2005, it was proposed for hosting here A1 GP race scheduled on January 29th 2006, but another circuit was drawn using more or less the same roads. This value is equal to 2005 proposal (surely correct), so I’m not sure this one is right
Years	2004
Direction	Clockwise
Proposal	YES
Proposal not developed	YES
Car Circuit	YES
Motorbike circuit
Type	Street course
Inauguration
Closing
Last update of this page	February 17th 2006
Info last update
Designer
Distinctive points	Snell Paradise - Argyle Street - Suncoast Boulevard
length	2990  m	9810  ft	1.858  mi		(9)

Durban Sun Casino
Description	On September 20th 2005, few days before the beginning of A1 GP Championship, the South African website Wheels24 gathered info about the track and tried to draw a layout of the circuit where the race scheduled on January 29th 2006 would be raced. This hypotesis is quite different from the previous 2004 layout and very similar to the final layout, that was not unveiled at that time.
Years	2005
Direction	Clockwise
Proposal	YES
Proposal not developed	YES
Car Circuit	YES
Motorbike circuit
Type	Street course
Inauguration
Closing
Last update of this page	December 20th 2007
Info last update	September 20th 2005
Designer
Distinctive points	Snell Paradise - Argyle Street - Brickhill Road - NMR Avenue - Suncoast Boulevard
length	2990  m	9810  ft	1.858  mi		(10)

Durban Sun Casino
Description	At the end of November 2005, finally official layout of the circuit where to race A1 GP on January 29th 2006 was unveiled. The circuit was built in 6 weeks only, but in spite of all that during the race it was ready and all racing and safety requirements were fulfilled
Years	2006÷...
Direction	Clockwise
Proposal	NO
No longer operational	YES
Car Circuit	YES
Motorbike circuit
Type	Street course
Inauguration	January 29th 2006
Closing
Last update of this page	March 1st 2010
Info last update
Designer	D3 D3 Motorsport Development
Distinctive points	Snell Paradise - Argyle Street - Brickhill Road - NMR Avenue - Suncoast Boulevard
length	3508  m	11510  ft	2.18  mi		(7)
length	3310  m	10860  ft	2.057  mi		(7)
length	3283  m	10771  ft	2.04  mi		(6)

Durban
Description	Layout slighly shorter than 2013 layout (that is 2.51 km - 1.56 mi long)
Years	2012
Direction
Proposal	NO
No longer operational	YES
Car Circuit	YES
Motorbike circuit
Type	Street course
Inauguration	2012
Closing	2012
Last update of this page	August 19th 2013
Info last update
Designer
Distinctive points

Durban
Description
Years	2013
Direction	Clockwise
Proposal	NO
No longer operational
Car Circuit	YES
Motorbike circuit
Type	Street course
Inauguration	June 15th 2013
Closing
Last update of this page	August 19th 2013
Info last update
Designer
Distinctive points
length	2510  m	8235  ft	1.56  mi		(8)

Location: - 29°50'10", + 31°01'59"
If the aerial photo is not visible, you have to zoom out by clicking (maybe more then once) button ’-’ in top left corner

Updates
Date	Track layout	Years	Description by	Map by	Thanks to	Note
August 19th 2013			Guido de Carli		Yves-Henri Randier	Update	Description
March 1st 2010	Durban Sun Casino	2006÷...	Guido de Carli			Update	Description
February 18th 2007		1983	Guido de Carli			Update	Description
February 18th 2006	Durban Sun Casino	2004	Guido de Carli	Guido de Carli	Lorenzo Tommasi	Update	Description with map
February 18th 2006	Durban Sun Casino	2006÷...	Guido de Carli	Guido de Carli	Lorenzo Tommasi	Update	Description with map
February 18th 2006	Durban Sun Casino	2005	Guido de Carli	Guido de Carli	Lorenzo Tommasi	Update	Description with map
February 17th 2006	Durban Sun Casino	2005	Guido de Carli		Lorenzo Tommasi	Update	Description
February 17th 2006	Durban Sun Casino	2006÷...	Guido de Carli		Lorenzo Tommasi	Update	Description
September 21st 2005	Durban Sun Casino	2006÷...	Guido de Carli			Update	Description
September 19th 2005	Durban Sun Casino	2006÷...	Guido de Carli			Update	Description
December 27th 2003			Guido de Carli			New	Description without map
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list

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