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PIRITA-KOSE-KLOOSTRIMETSA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description | Road circuit used from 1933 to 1939 for motorbike and car races, including Estonian GP. It was reopened in 1962 for motorbikes and 1997 for cars. In 1982 there were many rumors about a F.1 GP in Sovit Union, at Moscow or Leningrad. At beginning of 1983, also thanks to many problems of these proposals, Estonia proposed itself for hosting GP: they printed some documentation about "Tallin ’83 - Vormel 1". During a visit in 1986 it seems that the track needed a lot of works in order to satisfy F.1 requirements: the traks goes through two bridges to be widened, a wood and some houses should be removed in order to have room for paddock. I think that 1986 layout was a little different to the one shown in my map, in Pirita Kurv section, where new start/finish line should have been located. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Pirita, Kose, Kloostrimetsa - Harjumaa - Põhja-Eesti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Between Pirita, Kose and Kloostrimetsa, 6 km North-East from Tallin From 1940 to 1991, Estonia was part of USSR (Soviet Union) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Latitude - Longitude | + 59°27'50" + 24°50'54" 59.463889 24.848333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UTM Coordinates | X = 378062.446 - Y = 6593680.587 - Zone 35V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Aerial photo / Map (*) | OpenStreetMap - Google Maps - Bing Maps - Flash Earth - Wikimapia - New Kosmosnimki | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Altitude AMSL | 26 m - 85 ft | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inauguration | 1933 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kalevi Circuit | |||||
Description | In 1933 (and maybe in following years too) only approx. 2/3 of the track were tarmac, the rest was made of sand. Start/finish line was in the section no longer in use today, more or less close ti Uus Kurve (top right on the map) | ||||
Years | 1933÷1939 | ||||
Direction | Anticlockwise | ||||
Proposal | NO | ||||
No longer operational | YES | ||||
Car Circuit | YES | ||||
Motorbike circuit | YES | ||||
Type | Road course | ||||
Inauguration | 1933 | ||||
Closing | 1939 | ||||
Last update of this page | February 6th 2007 | ||||
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Distinctive points | |||||
length | 6761 m | 22182 ft | 4.201 mi | (5) | |
length | 6761 m | 22182 ft | 4.201 mi | (4) |
Pirita-Kose-Kloostrimetsa | |||||
Description | This circuit had only a small section in common with the 1933÷1939 one; remaining part was shifted East (right on the map) inside the valley of Pirita river. For this reason, the circuit included a number of considerable slopes. | ||||
Years | 1959÷? | ||||
Direction | Anticlockwise | ||||
Proposal | NO | ||||
No longer operational | YES | ||||
Car Circuit | YES | ||||
Motorbike circuit | YES | ||||
Type | Road course | ||||
Inauguration | 1959 | ||||
Closing | |||||
Last update of this page | February 6th 2007 | ||||
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Distinctive points | |||||
length | 8566 m | 28104 ft | 5.323 mi | (5) | |
Min width | 6 m | 20 ft | (1) | ||
Max width | 8 m | 26 ft | (1) |
Pirita-Kose-Kloostrimetsa | |||||
Description | Track layout very similar to 1959 one. | ||||
Years | 1962÷1964 | ||||
Direction | Anticlockwise | ||||
Proposal | NO | ||||
No longer operational | YES | ||||
Car Circuit | YES | ||||
Motorbike circuit | YES | ||||
Type | Road course | ||||
Inauguration | 1962 | ||||
Closing | 1964 | ||||
Last update of this page | February 6th 2007 | ||||
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Distinctive points | |||||
length (approx) | 9000 m | 29528 ft | 5.592 mi | (8) | |
length | 8648 m | 28373 ft | 5.374 mi | (5) | |
Min width | 6 m | 20 ft | (1) | ||
Max width | 8 m | 26 ft | (1) |
Kalevi Circuit | |||||
Description | Track very similar to the pre-war one, it was used at the same time that 8.6 km circuit was in use | ||||
Years | 1960÷1962 | ||||
Direction | Anticlockwise | ||||
Proposal | NO | ||||
No longer operational | |||||
Car Circuit | YES | ||||
Motorbike circuit | YES | ||||
Type | Road course | ||||
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Closing | |||||
Last update of this page | February 6th 2007 | ||||
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Distinctive points | |||||
length | 6755 m | 22162 ft | 4.197 mi | (5) | |
Min width | 7 m | 23 ft | (1) | ||
Max width | 8 m | 26 ft | (1) |
Kalevi Circuit | |||||
Description | Circuit was shortened by excluding Kalmistu Kurv replacing it with Uus kurb (= the new curve). The circuit was temporary closed in 1977 because of rebuiliding of the bridge over the Pirita. Motorcycle racing was resumed there later. According to Racingcircuits.net, Uus Kurv was added only in 1970s, while from 1965 to 197? Plangu Kurv was a left bend for joiing directly the following straight | ||||
Years | 1965÷... | ||||
Direction | Anticlockwise | ||||
Proposal | NO | ||||
No longer operational | |||||
Car Circuit | YES | ||||
Motorbike circuit | YES | ||||
Type | Road course | ||||
Inauguration | January 1st 1965 | ||||
Closing | |||||
Last update of this page | February 6th 2007 | ||||
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Designer | |||||
Distinctive points | Kose Kurv - Ambrose Kurv - Kloostrimetsa Kurv - Ambrose Mägi - Plangu Kurv - Uus Kurv - Tagasirge - Sur ’S’ - Pirita Kurv - Rummu Kurv - Väika ’S’ - Kose Sirge | ||||
length | 6000 m | 19685 ft | 3.728 mi | (2) | |
length | 6000 m | 19685 ft | 3.728 mi | (4) | |
length | 6026 m | 19770 ft | 3.744 mi | (5) | |
Min width | 10 m | 33 ft | (2) |
Pirita-Kose-Kloostrimetsa - Kalevi Circuit - 1963÷...
Updates | |||||||
Date | Track layout | Years | Description by | Map by | Thanks to | Note | |
February 10th 2008 |   | 1962÷1964 | Guido de Carli | Update | Description | ||
February 6th 2007 | Guido de Carli | ||||||
June 9th 2006 | Guido de Carli | Roelard Smit | Update | Description | |||
August 21st 2005 | Guido de Carli | Update | Description | ||||
August 15th 2005 | Guido de Carli | Update | Description | ||||
October 19th 2004 |   | 1959÷? | Guido de Carli | New | Description | ||
October 19th 2004 | Kalevi Circuit | 1965÷... | Guido de Carli | New | Description | ||
October 16th 2004 | Guido de Carli | New | Description with map | ||||
August 9th 2002 | Guido de Carli | Update | Description | ||||
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list |