POR - PORTUGAL
GRANJA DO MARQUÊS
SORRY, SOME DATA ARE NOT TRANSLATED YET
Description Circuit used frm 1967 to 1969. In 2007 it has been reopened after nearly 40 years, with a completely different track layout
Location Sintra - Lisboa - Portugal continental
Location At Granja do Marquês military airfield, still in use
Latitude - Longitude + 38°50'04"     - 9°20'24"
38.834444     -9.34
UTM Coordinates X = 470490.281  -  Y = 4298459.822  -  Zone 29S
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 138 m - 453 ft
Inauguration 1967
Closing  
Designer  
Sources and links (Translation) (**)
(1) Portuguese sportscarportugal.com.sapo.pt/gp_acp_1969.htm
(2) Portuguese teamfamalicao.blogspot.com/2007/06/circuito-granja-do-marqus.html 2007 track layout
(3) Portuguese www.autoportal.iol.pt/noticia.php?id=817934 Granja do Marquês is back 40 years later
(4) Portuguese www.geocities.com/portugalracers/Granja.html
(5) English www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1399898 Track layout
(6) English www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2004986 Track layout
(7) Portuguese História Automobilismo Português 2004 (page 86) Author: José Barros Rodrigues - Published by: ACP - Published in: Portugal - ISBN: 972-8868-00-6
Descrizione
2004

(*) 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.

Granja do Marquês
Description  
Years 1967÷1969
Direction  
Progetto Proposal NO
No longer operational YES
Car Circuit YES
Motorbike circuit  
Type Airfield course
Inauguration 1967
Closing 1969
Last update of this page October 20th 2008
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points  
length 3186  m 10453  ft 1.98  mi    
length 3137  m 10291  ft 1.949  mi Calculated from aerial photo (*) (5)

Granja do Marquês
Description  
Years 2007÷...
Direction Anticlockwise   Anticlockwise
Progetto Proposal NO
No longer operational  
Car Circuit YES
Motorbike circuit  
Type Airfield course
Inauguration June 16th 2007
Closing  
Last update of this page June 20th 2008
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points  
length 2192  m 7191  ft 1.362  mi Calculated from aerial photo (*) (6)

Granja do Marquês: comparison between different layouts

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Granja do Marquês 1967÷1969

Granja do Marquês 1967÷1969

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Granja do Marquês 2007

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
October 20th 2008   1967÷1969 Guido de Carli Vasco Vasco Update Map
June 20th 2008   2007÷... Guido de Carli Guido de Carli Sal Chiappetta "Muzza" Update Description with map
January 21st 2007   1967÷1969 Guido de Carli Guido de Carli   New Description with map
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list
 
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