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Not to be confused with | Luzhniki / Лужники - Moscow Ring - Moskva (14 km) - Moskva (1982) / Москва (1982) - Moskva (2005÷2006) / Москва (2005÷2006) - Moskva (2520 m) / Москва (2520 м) - Moskva, Kremlin / Москва, Кремль - Vorobyovy Gory / Sparrow Hills / Воробъевы Горы | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
Construction of this circuit started on October 1st 2008 and in 2008 the goal was to host MotoGP and DTM events in 2010 . In September 2011 the track is still under construction and inauguration is scheduled in July 2012. It should be suitable for Formula 1 too. Not to be confused with Moscow Ring, operational at the end of 1990s. |
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Location | Volokolamsk / Волокола́мск | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Approx. 80 km - 8ì50 mi West of Moscow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Latitude - Longitude |
+ 56°00'03" + 36°15'26" 56.000833 36.257222 |
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UTM Coordinates | X = 328967.065 - Y = 6209567.233 - Zone 37V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Aerial photo / Map (*) |
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Altitude AMSL | 231 m - 758 ft | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Designer |
Tilke Hermann Tilke |
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Sources and links (Translation) (**) |
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Moscow Raceway | |||||
Description | Preliminary proposal. It has 15 corners, 9 left and 6 right | ||||
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Proposal not developed | YES | ||||
Car Circuit | YES | ||||
Motorbike circuit | YES | ||||
Type | Permanent | ||||
Inauguration | |||||
Closing | |||||
Last update of this page | February 12th 2009 | ||||
Info last update | April 22nd 2008 | ||||
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Distinctive points | |||||
length | 4070 m | 13353 ft | 2.529 mi | (5) | |
Min width | 11 m | 36 ft | (5) | ||
Max width | 21 m | 69 ft | (5) | ||
Difference in level | 22 m | 72 ft | (5) | ||
Straight length | 873 m | 2864 ft | 0.542 mi | Longest straight | (5) |
Max. gradient (uphill) | 4 % | 2.3 ° | (5) | ||
Max. gradient (downhill) | 4.5 % | 2.6 ° | (5) | ||
Total area | 72 hectares | 720000 m² | 177.914 acres | (5) |
Moscow Raceway | |||||
Description |
Final layout. There should be 17 different track layouts available. I don't think this layout is different from the preliminary one, probably there was some confusion in sources |
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Direction |
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Proposal not developed | |||||
Car Circuit | YES | ||||
Motorbike circuit | YES | ||||
Type | Permanent | ||||
Inauguration | |||||
Closing | |||||
Last update of this page | September 8th 2011 | ||||
Info last update | October 1st 2008 | ||||
Designer |
Tilke Hermann Tilke |
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Distinctive points | |||||
length | 3878 m | 12723 ft | 2.41 mi | Main Course | (7) |
length | 4070 m | 13353 ft | 2.529 mi | Main Course | (2) |
Width | 15 m | 49 ft | Start finish straight | (2) | |
Min width | 12 m | 39 ft | (2) | ||
Max width | 21 m | 69 ft | (2) | ||
Difference in level | 22 m | 72 ft | Main Course | (7) | |
Difference in level | 22 m | 72 ft | Main Course | (2) | |
Straight length | 873 m | 2864 ft | 0.542 mi | Longest straight | (2) |
Max. gradient (uphill) | 4 % | 2.3 ° | (2) | ||
Max. gradient (downhill) | 4.5 % | 2.6 ° | (2) | ||
Total area | 262 hectares | 2620000 m² | 647.409 acres | (2) |
Updates | |||||||
Date | Track layout | Years | Description by | Map by | Thanks to | Note | |
October 1st 2011 | Guido de Carli | Pieter W. Slinger | Update | Description | |||
September 8th 2011 | Guido de Carli | Pieter W. Slinger | Update | Description | |||
May 25th 2009 | Guido de Carli | Gregory Golyshev | Update | Description | |||
February 12th 2009 |   | Guido de Carli | Update | Description | |||
October 2nd 2008 |   | Guido de Carli | joe | New | Description without map | ||
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list |