URU - URUGUAY
PIRIÁPOLIS, PUNTA FRÍA (1952)
Not to be confused with Piriápolis (1994÷...), Bayardo
Description  
Location Piriápolis - Maldonado
Location  
Latitude - Longitude - 34°52'55"     - 55°16'13"
-34.881944     -55.270278
UTM Coordinates X = 658074.734  -  Y = 6138683.951  -  Zone 21H
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 30 m - 98 ft
Inauguration January 21st 1952
Closing March 30th 1952
Designer  
Sources and links (Translation) (**)
(1) English Spanish ForumForum --> Latin America --> More countries --> URU Piriápolis 1952 [ENG ESP]
(2) Argentinian Spanish www.jmfangio.org/gp1952piriapolis.htmUn tributo al Chueco (a tribute to Fangio’s career): map and description of 1952 race
(3) English www.milermeter.com/?r=5284264Track layout
(4) English www.silhouet.com/motorsport/tracks/piriapol.htmlThe GEL Motorsport - Tracks Around The World

(*) 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 de Punta Fría
Description  
Years 1952
Direction  
Progetto Proposal NO
No longer operational YES
Car Circuit YES
Motorbike circuit  
Type Street course
Inauguration January 21st 1952
Closing March 30th 1952
Last update of this page September 14th 2013
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points  
length 2247  m 7372  ft 1.396  mi   (2)
length 2360  m 7743  ft 1.466  mi    
length 2288  m 7508  ft 1.422  mi Calculated from aerial photo (*) (3)

Piriápolis: comparison between different layouts

Due to technical problems, temporarily it’s no longer possible to see the circuits on Google Maps embedded in the current page.
This feature will be restored as soon as I figure out how to do (any help would be appreciated!)

See this track layout with Google Earth
(milermeter.com can be used in your browser, without installing anything; Google Earth is a program that must be installed in your computer)
(Map shown here above can show at the same time all eventual layouts drawn. If you want to see only some of them, please go to Google Maps or Google Earth, by clicking on its own link)


Piriápolis (1952)

Due to technical problems, temporarily it’s no longer possible to see the circuits on Google Maps embedded in the current page.
This feature will be restored as soon as I figure out how to do (any help would be appreciated!)

See this track layout with Google Earth - milermeter.com
(milermeter.com can be used in your browser, without installing anything; Google Earth is a program that must be installed in your computer)
(Map shown here above can show at the same time all eventual layouts drawn. If you want to see only some of them, please go to Google Maps or Google Earth, by clicking on its own link)



Updates
Date Track layout Years Description by Map by Thanks to Note
September 14th 2013 Autódromo de Punta Fría 1952 Guido de Carli   Yves-Henri Randier Update Description
February 5th 2012 Autódromo de Punta Fría 1952 Guido de Carli Guido de Carli David Griac (jpm) Update Description with map
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list
 
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