GBR - UNITED KINGDOM | |||||||||||||||||
DAVIDSTOW | |||||||||||||||||
Description | Circuit no longer operational built on a former military airfield used during World War II. It hosted - among the others - three non-Championship Formula 1 events (Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Race). The second of these races marked the first Formula One victory for a Lotus, driven by John Coombs. | ||||||||||||||||
Location | Davidstow CON - Cornwall - England | ||||||||||||||||
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Latitude - Longitude | + 50°38'09" - 4°37'10" 50.635833 -4.619444 | ||||||||||||||||
UTM Coordinates | X = 385480.012 - Y = 5610580.823 - Zone 30U | ||||||||||||||||
Aerial photo / Map (*) | OpenStreetMap - Google Maps - Bing Maps - Flash Earth - Wikimapia | ||||||||||||||||
Altitude AMSL | 292 m - 958 ft | ||||||||||||||||
Inauguration | 1952 | ||||||||||||||||
Closing | 1955 | ||||||||||||||||
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Davidstow | |||||
Description | |||||
Years | 1952 | ||||
Direction | Clockwise | ||||
Proposal | NO | ||||
No longer operational | YES | ||||
Car Circuit | YES | ||||
Motorbike circuit | |||||
Type | Airfield course | ||||
Inauguration | 1952 | ||||
Closing | 1952 | ||||
Last update of this page | July 21st 2009 | ||||
Info last update | |||||
Designer | |||||
Distinctive points | Melbourne Hairpin - Back straight | ||||
length | 4184 m | 13728 ft | 2.6 mi | (1) | |
length | 4184 m | 13728 ft | 2.6 mi | (4) |
Davidstow | |||||
Description | |||||
Years | 1953÷1955 | ||||
Direction | Clockwise | ||||
Proposal | NO | ||||
No longer operational | YES | ||||
Car Circuit | YES | ||||
Motorbike circuit | |||||
Type | Airfield course | ||||
Inauguration | 1953 | ||||
Closing | 1955 | ||||
Last update of this page | July 21st 2009 | ||||
Info last update | |||||
Designer | |||||
Distinctive points | Davidstow Chicane - Melbourne Hairpin - Back straight - Altarnum Corner - South Corner | ||||
length | 2973 m | 9755 ft | 1.848 mi | (2) | |
length | 2977 m | 9768 ft | 1.85 mi | (1) | |
length (approx) | 3058 m | 10032 ft | 1.9 mi | (4) | |
length (approx) | 3100 m | 10171 ft | 1.926 mi | (4) |
Updates | |||||||
Date | Track layout | Years | Description by | Map by | Thanks to | Note | |
July 21st 2009 | Guido de Carli | Update | Description | ||||
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list |