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OSS, VORSTENGRAFDONK, GRAAFSE BAAN, PAALGRAVEN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description | Not to be confused with 1967÷1968 circuit, Circuit Maashaven and Circuit Elzenburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Oss - Noord Brabant - Zuid-Nederland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Latitude - Longitude | + 51°44'16" + 5°33'50" 51.737778 5.563889 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UTM Coordinates | X = 677025.206 - Y = 5734984.662 - Zone 31U | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Aerial photo / Map (*) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Altitude AMSL | 11 m - 36 ft | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inauguration | 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Closing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sources and links (Translation) (**) |
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Circuit Graafse Baan / Circuit Vorstengrafdonk | |||||
Description | |||||
Years | 2004 | ||||
Direction | ![]() | ||||
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NO | ||||
No longer operational | YES | ||||
Car Circuit | |||||
Motorbike circuit | YES | ||||
Type | Road course | ||||
Inauguration | 2004 | ||||
Closing | 2004 | ||||
Last update of this page | June 8th 2009 | ||||
Info last update | |||||
Designer | |||||
Distinctive points | |||||
length | 3400 m | 11156 ft | 2.113 mi | (8) | |
length | 3330 m | 10925 ft | 2.069 mi | ||
length | 3336 m | 10944 ft | 2.073 mi | Calculated from aerial photo (*) | (3) |
Circuit Graafse Baan / Circuit Vorstengrafdonk | |||||
Description | |||||
Years | 2005 | ||||
Direction | ![]() | ||||
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NO | ||||
No longer operational | YES | ||||
Car Circuit | |||||
Motorbike circuit | YES | ||||
Type | Road course | ||||
Inauguration | 2005 | ||||
Closing | 2005 | ||||
Last update of this page | June 8th 2009 | ||||
Info last update | |||||
Designer | |||||
Distinctive points | |||||
length | 3560 m | 11680 ft | 2.212 mi | ||
length | 3650 m | 11975 ft | 2.268 mi | (8) | |
length | 3571 m | 11717 ft | 2.219 mi | Calculated from aerial photo (*) | (4) |
Circuit Paalgraven / Circuit Vorstengrafdonk | |||||
Description | |||||
Years | 2006 | ||||
Direction | ![]() | ||||
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NO | ||||
No longer operational | YES | ||||
Car Circuit | |||||
Motorbike circuit | YES | ||||
Type | Road course | ||||
Inauguration | 2006 | ||||
Closing | 2006 | ||||
Last update of this page | June 8th 2009 | ||||
Info last update | |||||
Designer | |||||
Distinctive points | |||||
length | 3560 m | 11680 ft | 2.212 mi | ||
length | 3579 m | 11742 ft | 2.224 mi | Calculated from aerial photo (*) | (5) |
Circuit Paalgraven / Circuit Vorstengrafdonk | |||||
Description | |||||
Years | 2007÷2008 | ||||
Direction | ![]() | ||||
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NO | ||||
No longer operational | YES | ||||
Car Circuit | |||||
Motorbike circuit | YES | ||||
Type | Road course | ||||
Inauguration | 2007 | ||||
Closing | 2008 | ||||
Last update of this page | June 8th 2009 | ||||
Info last update | |||||
Designer | |||||
Distinctive points | |||||
length | 3560 m | 11680 ft | 2.212 mi | ||
length | 3562 m | 11687 ft | 2.214 mi | Calculated from aerial photo (*) | (2) |
Circuit Paalgraven / Circuit Vorstengrafdonk | |||||
Description | |||||
Years | 2009÷... | ||||
Direction | ![]() | ||||
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NO | ||||
No longer operational | |||||
Car Circuit | |||||
Motorbike circuit | YES | ||||
Type | Road course | ||||
Inauguration | 2009 | ||||
Closing | |||||
Last update of this page | June 8th 2009 | ||||
Info last update | |||||
Designer | |||||
Distinctive points | |||||
length | 3480 m | 11417 ft | 2.162 mi | (7) | |
length | 3400 m | 11155 ft | 2.113 mi | Calculated from aerial photo (*) | (6) |
Oss: Circuit Graafse Baan / Circuit Vorstengrafdonk (2004)
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Oss: Circuit Graafse Baan / Circuit Vorstengrafdonk (2005)
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Oss: Circuit Paalgraven / Circuit Vorstengrafdonk (2006)
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Oss: Circuit Paalgraven / Circuit Vorstengrafdonk (2007÷2008)
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Oss: Circuit Paalgraven / Circuit Vorstengrafdonk (2009÷...)
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PHOTOS |
Circuit Paalgraven / Circuit Vorstengrafdonk 2007÷2008 Photos and description in English by Quintin03, translation into Italian by Guido de Carli |
Photos by Quintin03 - June 8th 2009 |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
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Starting grid | Pit lane | Pit exit | The first corner in the background |
5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
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You can see a slight kink | The turn one run off | The camping | High tech safety devices |
9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
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An old chicane, not used anymore | The exit of the chicane | More high tech safety devices | Around the right side |
13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
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Would you like a beer? No, I want champagne | And back to the left | Another kink | A short straght |
17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
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The only bit of guardrail along the track | This road through the forest was part of the circuit in 2004 | Turn 3 and some youngsters pretending to be racing | Turn 4 |
21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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Turn 5 | Looking to the turn 6 grandstand | Turn 6 | The grandstand over an old part of the track |
25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
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Turn 7 | Another short straight | Part of an old chicane | The other side |
29 | 30 | 31 | 32 |
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Back on the straight | The original start line | Turn 8 | Turn 9 |
33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
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Turn 10 in the background | Turn 10 | Turn 11, named after the sponsor Vice Versa, notice the wooden run off that runs over a canal | Finish |
Updates | |||||||
Date | Track layout | Years | Description by | Map by | Thanks to | Note | |
June 8th 2009 | Circuit Paalgraven / Circuit Vorstengrafdonk | 2007÷2008 | Quintin03 | Quintin03 | Update | Photos (on this site) | |
June 8th 2009 | Guido de Carli | Guido de Carli | Quintin03 | Update | Description with map | ||
June 8th 2009 | Circuit Paalgraven / Circuit Vorstengrafdonk | 2009÷... | Guido de Carli | Quintin03 | Quintin03 | Update | Description with map |
September 12th 2008 | Guido de Carli | New | Description without map | ||||
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list |