FRA - FRANCE
LADOUX (MICHELIN)
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Description  
Location Clermont-Ferrand
63 - Puy-de-Dôme - Auvergne
Location  
Latitude - Longitude + 45°51'02"     + 3°07'46"
45.850556     3.129444
UTM Coordinates X = 510050.098  -  Y = 5077451.603  -  Zone 31T
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  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) GéoPortail
Altitude AMSL 317 m - 1040 ft
Inauguration 1968
Closing  
Designer  
Sources and links (Translation) (**)
(1) Italian Autosprint 20/1968 (page 28)Centro prove Michelin vicino a Clermont-Ferrand (con mappa)
(2) Italian Autosprint 49/1983 (page 70)Mappa del centro prove Michelin vicino a Clermont-Ferrand
(3) Italian Rombo 15/1991 (page 69)Mappa del centro prove Michelin vicino a Clermont-Ferrand
(4) Italian Quattroruote 149/1968 (page 84)Map and description [Publishing date: May 1968]
(5) Italian Quattroruote 651/2010 (page 25) [Publishing date: January 2010]
(6) English www.michelin-engineering-and-services.com (...)Official website

(*) 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.

Circuito Alta Velocità

High Speed Track
Michelin Proving Ground
Description  
Years 1968÷...
Direction  
Progetto Proposal NO
No longer operational  
Car Circuit YES
Motorbike circuit  
Type Proving ground
Inauguration 1968
Closing  
Last update of this page June 16th 2012
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points  
length 7800  m 25591  ft 4.847  mi High Speed Track (1)
length 41  km    25.477  mi Total including all layouts (5)
Straight length 1420  m 4659  ft 0.882  mi Longest straight (4)
Total area 450  hectares 4500000  m² 1111.962  acres   (5)

Pista di maneggiabilità

Handling Circuit
Michelin Proving Ground
Description  
Years 1968÷...
Direction  
Progetto Proposal NO
No longer operational  
Car Circuit YES
Motorbike circuit  
Type Proving ground
Inauguration 1968
Closing  
Last update of this page April 15th 2006
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points  
length 2400  m 7874  ft 1.491  mi Handling Circuit (1)





Updates
Date Track layout Years Description by Map by Thanks to Note
June 16th 2012     Guido de Carli     Update Description
May 25th 2009     Guido de Carli     Update Description
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