FRA - FRANCE
ALBI, LE SÉQUESTRE
SORRY, SOME DATA ARE NOT TRANSLATED YET
Not to be confused with Albi, Les Planques & Sommer
Description  
Location Le Séquestre
81 - Tarn - Midi-Pyrénées
Location  
Latitude - Longitude + 43°54'58"     + 2°07'12"
43.916111     2.12
UTM Coordinates X = 429347.34  -  Y = 4862931.89  -  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 169 m - 554 ft
Inauguration 1959
Closing  
Designer  
Sources and links (Translation) (**)
(1) English World Motor Racing Circuits: A Spectator’s Guide (page 12)Author: Peter Higham, Bruce Jones - Published by: Andre Deutsch - year: 1999 - ISBN: 0-233-99619-2
Description
(2) English ForumForum --> Europe --> France --> FRA - Albi, Circuit de Séquestre [ENG]
(3) French cal.circuit-albi.org/le-circuit/historique/les-traces
(4) French www.cb500.com/sport/circuit_1.htm
(5) English www.silhouet.com/motorsport/tracks/albi.htmlThe GEL Motorsport - Tracks Around The World
(6) Italian Autosprint 21/1969 (page 19)Mappa e dati essenziali
(7) Italian Autosprint 42/1974 (page 63)Pista da modificare per l’allungamento della vicina pista di atterraggio dell’aeroporto
(8) French www.circuit-albi.com/hist-traces.phpOfficial website
(9) French www.circuit-albi.com/plan-circuit.phpOfficial 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.

Circuit du Séquestre
Description  
Years 1959÷1980
Direction Clockwise   Clockwise
Progetto Proposal NO
No longer operational YES
Car Circuit YES
Motorbike circuit  
Type Airfield course
Inauguration 1959
Closing 1980
Last update of this page April 8th 2008
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points Ligne de Départ Ville d’Albi - Courbe Armand Brouzes - Ligne Droite du Rajol - Ligne Droite Tarn Pays Passion - Virage du Parc - Virage du Karting
length 3636  m 11929  ft 2.259  mi   (8)
length 3636  m 11929  ft 2.259  mi   (1)

Circuit du Séquestre
Description  
Years 1981÷1987
Direction Clockwise   Clockwise
Progetto Proposal NO
No longer operational YES
Car Circuit YES
Motorbike circuit  
Type Airfield course
Inauguration 1981
Closing 1987
Last update of this page April 8th 2008
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points Ligne de Départ Ville d’Albi - Courbe Armand Brouzes - Ligne Droite du Rajol - Double Droite de l’Aérodrome - Ligne Droite Tarn Pays Passion - Virage du Parc - Virage du Karting
length 3546  m 11634  ft 2.203  mi   (8)

Circuit du Séquestre
Description  
Years 1988÷1993
Direction Clockwise   Clockwise
Progetto Proposal NO
No longer operational YES
Car Circuit YES
Motorbike circuit  
Type Airfield course
Inauguration 1988
Closing 1993
Last update of this page April 8th 2008
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points Ligne de Départ Ville d’Albi - Courbe Armand Brouzes - Chicane du Séquestre - Ligne Droite du Rajol - Double Droite de l’Aérodrome - Ligne Droite Tarn Pays Passion - Virage du Parc - Virage du Karting
length 3536  m 11601  ft 2.197  mi   (8)

Circuit du Séquestre
Description  
Years 1994÷2002
Direction Clockwise   Clockwise
Progetto Proposal NO
No longer operational YES
Car Circuit YES
Motorbike circuit  
Type Airfield course
Inauguration 1994
Closing 2002
Last update of this page April 8th 2008
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points  
length 3551  m 11650  ft 2.207  mi   (8)

Circuit du Séquestre
Description  
Years 2003÷2008
Direction Clockwise   Clockwise
Progetto Proposal NO
No longer operational YES
Car Circuit YES
Motorbike circuit  
Type Airfield course
Inauguration 2003
Closing 2008
Last update of this page April 8th 2008
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points Ligne de Départ Ville d’Albi - S Fronçois Flad - Courbe Armand Brouzes - Chicane du Séquestre - Ligne Droite du Rajol - Double Droite de l’Aérodrome - Ligne Droite Tarn Pays Passion - Virage du Parc - Virage du Karting
length 3550  m 11647  ft 2.206  mi   (4)
length 3573  m 11722  ft 2.22  mi   (8)
Min width 10  m 33  ft      (9)
Max width 12  m 39  ft      (9)

Circuit du Séquestre
Description Courbe Armand Brouzes and Double Droite de l’Aérodrome have been modified
Years 2009÷...
Direction Clockwise   Clockwise
Progetto Proposal NO
No longer operational  
Car Circuit YES
Motorbike circuit  
Type Airfield course
Inauguration 2009
Closing  
Last update of this page January 5th 2010
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points Ligne de Départ Ville d’Albi - S Fronçois Flad - Courbe Armand Brouzes - Chicane du Séquestre - Ligne Droite du Rajol - Double Droite de l’Aérodrome - Ligne Droite Tarn Pays Passion - Virage du Parc - Virage du Karting
length 3565  m 11696  ft 2.215  mi   (3)

Albi, Le Séquestre
Description  
Years  
Direction  
Progetto Proposal NO
No longer operational  
Car Circuit  
Motorbike circuit  
Type Kart track
Inauguration  
Closing  
Last update of this page April 8th 2008
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points  





Updates
Date Track layout Years Description by Map by Thanks to Note
January 5th 2010 Circuit du Séquestre 2009÷... Guido de Carli   Quintin03 Update Description
April 8th 2008     Guido de Carli     Update Description
March 17th 2006 Circuit du Séquestre 1959÷1980 Guido de Carli   Lorenzo Tommasi Update Description
August 12th 2005     Guido de Carli     Update Description
August 19th 2002     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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