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BOGOTÁ, AUTÓDROMO MEJÍA
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Description CircuitoCircuito collinare progettato sulla falsariga di Ontario da architetti statunitensi e con la consulenza dell’ing. Bacciagaluppi. La pista è considerata estremamente sicura (per l’epoca): ai lati ci sono due fasce di 12 m - 39 ft, armcos and nets. Curiously, it’s perfectly symmmetric, so direction was not defined. Two opening races, F.2 events held on February 7th and 14th, were scheduled one in one direction and the other in the opposite one in order to decide which was the best one. The target was to host F.1 events: a non championship race in 1973 and a championship one in 1973. Of course none of them was never raced. I have no more info
Today only some section of the track are still visible, as the other ones have been built over
Location Bogotá - Cundinamarca
Location  
Latitude - Longitude + 4°46'41"     - 74°02'51"
4.778056     -74.0475
UTM Coordinates X = 605628.355  -  Y = 528204.166  -  Zone 18N
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 2550 m - 8366 ft
Inauguration February 7th 1971
Closing  
Designer  
Sources and links (Translation) (**)
(1) Italian ForumColombia: 1971 Circuito di Bogotá [ITA] --> map and info posted by bschenker
(2) English forums.autosport.com (...)Autosport.com Bulletin Board --> The Nostalgia Forum --> F2 Colombia 1971 - track maps?
(3) Italian Autosprint 49/1970 (page 35)2 gare di F.2 sul nuovissimo circuito di Bogotà appena completato (il 7 e 14 febbraio 1971)
(4) Italian Autosprint 50/1970 (page 24)Progetto ispirato alla pista di Ontario (USA)

(*) 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 Ricardo Mejía
Description  
Years 1971÷...
Direction Either   Either
Progetto Proposal NO
No longer operational YES
Car Circuit YES
Motorbike circuit  
Type Permanent
Inauguration February 7th 1971
Closing  
Last update of this page September 6th 2009
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points  
length 3925  m 12877  ft 2.439  mi Long circuit (1)
length 2300  m 7546  ft 1.429  mi Short circuit (1)
Width 14  m 46  ft      (4)

Bogotá, long course

Bogotá, long course

Bogotá, long course


Updates
Date Track layout Years Description by Map by Thanks to Note
September 6th 2009 Autódromo Ricardo Mejía 1971÷... Guido de Carli     Update Description
September 27th 2007 Autódromo Ricardo Mejía 1971÷... Guido de Carli     Update Description
September 17th 2007 Autódromo Ricardo Mejía 1971÷... Guido de Carli   Beat Schenker Update Map
September 14th 2007 Autódromo Ricardo Mejía 1971÷... Guido de Carli   Beat Schenker Update Description
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list
 
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