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LESSAY | ||||||
Not to be confused with | Lessay (rallycross) - Lessay, Manche | |||||
Description | Bruno Péquin e Emmanuel Lupé (former Larrousse F.1 team members) in winter 1989/90 had created «Formula Project», a Formula 3 team. At Mexico F.1 GP 1990 they announced their will to manufacture a Formula 1 within the end of 1991 in order to run 1993 championship. For this reason, they wanted to build a factory with a proving ground at Lessay | |||||
Location |
Lessay 50 - Manche - Basse-Normandie |
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Location | ||||||
Latitude - Longitude (approx) |
+ 49°12'16" - 1°30'39" (approx) 49.204444 -1.510833 (approx) |
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UTM Coordinates (approx) | X = 608473.159 - Y = 5451250.541 - Zone 30U (approx) | |||||
Aerial photo / Map (*) |
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Altitude AMSL (approx) | 21 m - 69 ft (approx) | |||||
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Lessay | |||||
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Proposal not developed | YES | ||||
Car Circuit | YES | ||||
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Type | Proving ground | ||||
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Last update of this page | October 16th 2004 | ||||
Info last update | July 1990 | ||||
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Distinctive points |
Lessay
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Date | Track layout | Years | Description by | Map by | Thanks to | Note | |
October 16th 2004 | Guido de Carli | New | Description with map | ||||
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list |