SIN - SINGAPORE | |||||||||||||||||
THOMSON ROAD | |||||||||||||||||
Description | |||||||||||||||||
Location | Singapore | ||||||||||||||||
Location | Upper Thomson Road and Old Upper Thomson Road (and not Thompson, as many sources report by mistake), close to Sembawang Hills Circus (the latter was not part of the circuit; instead, the cars turned right at the hairpin before it) | ||||||||||||||||
Latitude - Longitude | + 1°23'00" +103°49'19" 1.383333 103.821944 | ||||||||||||||||
UTM Coordinates | X = 368940.526 - Y = 152932.689 - Zone 48N | ||||||||||||||||
Aerial photo / Map (*) | OpenStreetMap - Google Maps - Bing Maps - Flash Earth - Wikimapia | ||||||||||||||||
Altitude AMSL | 40 m - 131 ft | ||||||||||||||||
Inauguration | 1961 | ||||||||||||||||
Closing | 1973 | ||||||||||||||||
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Sources and links (Translation) (**) |
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Thomson Road | |||||
Description | Several chicanes were placed along the circuit | ||||
Years | 1961 | ||||
Direction | Clockwise | ||||
Proposal | NO | ||||
No longer operational | YES | ||||
Car Circuit | YES | ||||
Motorbike circuit | |||||
Type | Street course | ||||
Inauguration | |||||
Closing | |||||
Last update of this page | February 6th 2007 | ||||
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Designer | |||||
Distinctive points |
Thomson Road | |||||
Description | In 1962 nearly all chicanes were removed with the exception of a bus-stop like one located.... at a bus stop itself (!) prior to the hairpin near Sembawang Hills Circus. | ||||
Years | 1962÷1973 | ||||
Direction | Clockwise | ||||
Proposal | NO | ||||
No longer operational | YES | ||||
Car Circuit | YES | ||||
Motorbike circuit | |||||
Type | Street course | ||||
Inauguration | |||||
Closing | 1973 | ||||
Last update of this page | February 6th 2007 | ||||
Info last update | |||||
Designer | |||||
Distinctive points | |||||
length | 4865 m | 15961 ft | 3.023 mi | ||
length | 4865 m | 15961 ft | 3.023 mi | (4) | |
length | 4836 m | 15866 ft | 3.005 mi | (4) |
Updates | |||||||
Date | Track layout | Years | Description by | Map by | Thanks to | Note | |
February 6th 2007 | Guido de Carli | ||||||
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list |