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Description | This circuit was organized by then top Slovak bike racer František Srna in 1972 as an international and national event. There was no racing in Bratislava since 1950s, and this event was a great success. In 1973 event however, Srna died on the track he designed (on a borrowed motorcycle and helmet) and that was the end of racing in Bratislava up until now. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Bratislava - Bratislavský kraj - Bratislavský kraj | ||||||||||||||||||||
Location | North Eastern suburb of Bratislava, around Pasienky Stadium and not far from Slavín, war victim monument. The circuit was named after it. Up to 1992 it was in Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Latitude - Longitude | + 48°10'00" + 17°08'38" 48.166667 17.143889 | ||||||||||||||||||||
UTM Coordinates | X = 659404.631 - Y = 5337047.405 - Zone 33U | ||||||||||||||||||||
Aerial photo / Map (*) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||
Altitude AMSL | 133 m - 436 ft | ||||||||||||||||||||
Inauguration | 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Closing | October 7th 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Designer | Srna František Srna | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sources and links (Translation) (**) |
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Slavín | |||||
Description | |||||
Years | 1972 | ||||
Direction | ![]() | ||||
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NO | ||||
No longer operational | YES | ||||
Car Circuit | |||||
Motorbike circuit | YES | ||||
Type | Street course | ||||
Inauguration | 1972 | ||||
Closing | 1972 | ||||
Last update of this page | May 4th 2008 | ||||
Info last update | |||||
Designer | Srna František Srna | ||||
Distinctive points | |||||
length | 3400 m | 11155 ft | 2.113 mi | (1) | |
length | 3298 m | 10821 ft | 2.05 mi | Calculated from aerial photo (*) | (2) |
Slavín | |||||
Description | |||||
Years | 1973 | ||||
Direction | ![]() | ||||
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NO | ||||
No longer operational | YES | ||||
Car Circuit | |||||
Motorbike circuit | YES | ||||
Type | Street course | ||||
Inauguration | October 6th 1973 | ||||
Closing | October 7th 1973 | ||||
Last update of this page | May 4th 2008 | ||||
Info last update | |||||
Designer | Srna František Srna | ||||
Distinctive points | |||||
length | 4100 m | 13451 ft | 2.548 mi | (1) | |
length | 4120 m | 13517 ft | 2.56 mi | Calculated from aerial photo (*) | (3) |
Slavín 1972 and 1973
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 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)
Slavín 1972
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)
Slavín 1973
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)
PHOTOS |
Photos taken in three different days between August and October 2008 and published here with author’s authorization. Description in English are by the author, translation in Italian is mine. Turns have been named by David Griac (jpm) for a better comprehension, they are not official names. Modern and high buildings were built few years ago, they were not there in 1970s |
Photos by David Griac (jpm) - 2008 |
Click on thumbnail to open original large photo |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
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Start | down Bajkalska |
5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
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straight on | Bajkalska (Turn 2 too) | nearing hairpin |
9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
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into hairpin | hairpin | hairpin |
13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
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exiting hairpin |
17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
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out of hairpin | nearing Turn 2 | into Turn 2 | Turn 2, blue point apex |
21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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Turn 2, blue point apex | Turn 2, blue point apex | out of Turn 2 | out of Turn 2 |
25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
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Turn 2 exit backwards | down Trnavska |
29 | 30 | 31 | 32 |
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wrong chequered flag | nearing Turns 3 and 4 |
33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
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into Turns 3 and 4 | Turn 3 entry | Turn 3 |
37 | 38 | 39 | 40 |
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Turns 3 and 4 | Turn 3 backwards | Turn 4 |
41 | 42 | 43 | 44 |
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Turn 4, chicane perhaps | Turns 4 and 3 backwards | chicane perhaps |
45 | 46 | 47 | 48 |
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chicane and Turn 4 backwards | second part of chicane |
49 | 50 | 51 | 52 |
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chicane twist | chicane exit |
53 | 54 | 55 | 56 |
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chicane exit backwards | Railway Bend |
57 | 58 | 59 | 60 |
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61 | 62 | 63 | 64 |
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Railway Bend backwards | Railway Bend exit | Railway Bend exit backwards |
65 | 66 | 67 | 68 |
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down Tomasikova | jpm offices | Tomasikova backwards | nearing Kuchajda turn |
69 | 70 | 71 | 72 |
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into Kuchajda Turn | Kuchajda turn | inside Kuchajda Turn backwards |
73 | 74 | 75 | 76 |
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Kuchajda Turn backwards | Kuchajda Turn | out of Kuchajda Turn |
77 | 78 | 79 | 80 |
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jpm offices | down Vajnorska | original curbs | down Vajnorska |
81 | 82 | 83 | 84 |
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into Nova Doba | Nova Doba turn | Nova Doba turn backwards |
85 | 86 | 87 | 88 |
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Nova Doba, blue point apex | exiting Nova Doba |
89 | 90 | 91 | 92 |
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into Slovan Bend | Slovan Bend | Slovan Bend banking |
93 | 94 | 95 | 96 |
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Slovan Bend exit | back to start |
97 | 98 | 99 | 100 |
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Slovan Bend bwds, banked | Slavin track & monument | Kuchajda turn |
101 | 102 | 103 | 104 |
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down Vajnorska | Railway Bend | town and track panorama | Vajnorska |
105 | 106 | 107 | 108 |
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Kuchajda Turn aerial | Kuchajda Lake and Railway |
109 | 110 | ||
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Updates | |||||||
Date | Track layout | Years | Description by | Map by | Thanks to | Note | |
October 21st 2008 |   | 1973 | Guido de Carli | David Griac (jpm) | Update | Photos (on this site) | |
May 4th 2008 | Guido de Carli | Guido de Carli | David Griac (jpm) | New | Description with map | ||
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list |