BRA - BRAZIL
BRASÍLIA (NELSON PIQUET / WALTINHO FERRARI)
Not to be confused with Brasília (1962) - Brasília (1966÷1970)
Description Road permanent track. This map is updated end of 1989, when this circuit - till then used for Formula 3 and Tourism Gr. A races - was proposed to host 1990 F.1 Brazil GP. For this reason facilities were renewed (boxes, ....), but I think without changing track layout. In 1996 car track was named after Nelson Piquet. Thanks to Leomar Nestor Teichmann who gave me correct track length; Autosprint track length is wrong and I write it here only as historical note
Location Brasília
DF - Distrito Federal - Região Centro-Oeste
Location Some few hundreds meters West of 1962 and 1966÷1970 street tracks
Latitude - Longitude - 15°46'33"     - 47°53'58"
-15.775833     -47.899444
UTM Coordinates X = 189326.649  -  Y = 8253722.003  -  Zone 23L
Aerial photo / Map (*) Aerial photo / Map (*) OpenStreetMap  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Google Maps  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Bing Maps  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Flash Earth  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Wikimapia
Altitude AMSL 1125 m - 3691 ft
Inauguration 1974
Closing  
Designer  
Sources and links (Translation) (**)
(1) English mail, note Mail from Leomar Nestor Teichmann
(2) Italian English ForumForum --> Latin America --> Brazil --> BRA - Brasilia MotoGP 2014 [ITA ENG]
(3) Brazilian Portuguese speedracing.50webs.com/autodromos_nacionais.html
(4) English www.apexcircuitdesign.co.uk (...)Apex Circuit Design Ltd.
(5) Brazilian Portuguese www.cronospeed.com.br/pistas.htmwww.cronospeed.com.br: main kart track in Brazil
(6) Brazilian Portuguese www.stockcar.com.br/autodromos/autodromos.htmlBrazilian Stock Car official website
(7) Brazilian Portuguese www.superpole.com.brSuper Pole - O mundo da velocidade: click on Autódromos or Kartódromos
(8) Brazilian Portuguese www2.uol.com.br/alanhellmeister/pistas.htmAlan Hellmeister’s official website
(9) Italian Autosprint 9/1974 (page 40)James Hunt writes about Brasilia
(10) Italian Autosprint 41/1989 (page 5)

(*) 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.

Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
Description  
Years  
Direction Clockwise   Clockwise
Progetto Proposal NO
No longer operational  
Car Circuit YES
Motorbike circuit  
Type Permanent
Inauguration 1974
Closing  
Last update of this page December 12th 2007
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points Curva Um - Curva Dois - Curva Da Piscina - Curva Da Juncão - Curva Do Cotovelo / Da Bruxa - Curva Oposta - Curva Do Placar - Curva Da Chegada
length 5475  m 17963  ft 3.402  mi   (1)
length 5475  m 17963  ft 3.402  mi   (6)
length 5100  m 16732  ft 3.169  mi Wrong datum (10)

Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
Description  
Years  
Direction Clockwise   Clockwise
Progetto Proposal NO
No longer operational  
Car Circuit YES
Motorbike circuit  
Type Oval course
Inauguration  
Closing  
Last update of this page December 12th 2007
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points Curva Um - Curva Dois - Curva Da Piscina - Curva Da Juncão - Curva Da Chegada
length 2919  m 9577  ft 1.814  mi   (1)

Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
Description Proposal for upgrade this circuit to FIA Category 1 standards. I don’t know any detail, but track length is much shorter.
Years  
Direction Clockwise   Clockwise
Progetto Proposal Proposal  YES
Proposal not developed  
Car Circuit YES
Motorbike circuit  
Type Permanent
Inauguration  
Closing  
Last update of this page November 7th 2008
Info last update August 2007
Designer Apex
Apex Circuit Design Ltd
Distinctive points  
length 4200  m 13780  ft 2.61  mi   (4)

Kartódromo Waltinho Ferrari
Description  
Years  
Direction  
Progetto Proposal NO
No longer operational  
Car Circuit  
Motorbike circuit  
Type Kart track
Inauguration  
Closing  
Last update of this page December 9th 2007
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points  
length 1050  m 3445  ft 0.652  mi   (5)
Width 8  m 26  ft      (5)

Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet: long course

Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet: long course


Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet: short (oval) course

Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet: short (oval) course



Updates
Date Track layout Years Description by Map by Thanks to Note
November 11th 2013     Guido de Carli   Francesco Bonvicini Update Description
May 11th 2009 Kartódromo Waltinho Ferrari   Guido de Carli   Francisco Muniz Update Description
November 7th 2008 Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet   Guido de Carli     Update Description
December 12th 2007     Guido de Carli     Update Description
December 9th 2007 Kartódromo Waltinho Ferrari   Guido de Carli     Update Description
August 4th 2005     Guido de Carli     Update Description
February 10th 2004     Guido de Carli     Update Description
December 27th 2003     Guido de Carli Guido de Carli   Update Description with map
March 28th 2003     Guido de Carli     New Description
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list
 
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