TRACKS: VOROBYOVY GORY / SPARROW HILLS / ВОРОБЪЕВЫ ГОРЫ

RUS - RUSSIA

VOROBYOVY GORY / SPARROW HILLS / ВОРОБЪЕВЫ ГОРЫ

Not to be confused with

Luzhniki / Лужники - Moscow Raceway - 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

Description

In this area there has been several circuits, both real ones and proposals. Maybe there were some more not shown here.

Location

Moskva / Москва́

Location

Near Moscow University, Vorobyovy Gory (Sparrow Hills in English); from 1935 to 1999 they were known as Leninskie Gory (Lenin Hills), in Moscow town center, not far from Luzhniki and from 1982 proposal

Latitude - Longitude

+ 55°42'23" + 37°32'11"
55.706389 37.536389

UTM Coordinates

X = 408030.598 - Y = 6174372.817 - Zone 37U

Aerial photo / Map (*)

OpenStreetMap - Aerial photo / Map (*)

Google Maps - Aerial photo / Map (*)

Bing Maps - Aerial photo / Map (*)

Zoom Earth - Aerial photo / Map (*)

Wikimapia - Aerial photo / Map (*)

New Kosmosnimki

Altitude AMSL

193 m - 633 ft

Inauguration

Closing

Designer

Sources and links (Translation) (**)

(1)	mail, note	Alexey Rogachev's and Dracula's help has been very important for studyinh story of this track.
(2)	Formula 1	Thanks to Dracula that give me a copy of that Russian magazine, to Alexey Rogachev that translated it
(3)	Forum	Forum Europe More countries RUS - Russian Circuits [ENG]
(4)	forums.autosport.com (...)	Autosport.com Bulletin Board The Nostalgia Forum Soviet racing
(5)	forums.autosport.com (...)	Autosport.com Bulletin Board The Nostalgia Forum Soviet racing
(6)	forums.autosport.com (...)	Autosport.com Bulletin Board The Nostalgia Forum Soviet racing
(7)	forums.autosport.com (...)	Autosport.com Bulletin Board The Nostalgia Forum Soviet racing
(8)	nakarte.rambler.ru	City map
(9)	ru.wikipedia.org (...)	Wikipedia
(10)	www.canopusracing.webzone.ru/crs3.htm
(11)	www.formularus.ru/index.php?topic=24	2005 and 2006 maps
(12)	www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4192671	Track layout
(13)	www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4192724	Track layout
(14)	www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4194841	Track layout
(15)	www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4194845	Track layout
(16)	www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4194999	Track layout
(17)	www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4196334	Track layout
(18)	www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4594565	Track layout
(19)	www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4594676	Track layout
(20)	www.ngsa.ru/2007/?id=34
(21)	www.puru.de/moststr.html#russ	Puru's & Franz Page
(22)	www.puru.de/moststre.html#russ	Puru's & Franz Page
(23)	www.silhouet.com/motorsport/tracks/vorobyov.html	The GEL Motorsport - Tracks Around The World
(24)	Autosprint 7/1992 (page 8)		February 11^th 1992

(*) NOTE: a complete and detailed view of the circuit can be found (if available) on Street View by Google Maps and/or Bird's Eye and 3D views by Bing Maps for Enterprise (former Microsoft Virtual Earth): both can be reached using their own link in Aerial photo / Map cell.

(**) For on-line not-English speaking sources, click on each small flag and you open the corresponding Google Translator page with automatic translation.

Vorobyovy Gory / Sparrow Hills / ВОРОБЪЕВЫ ГОРЫ
Description	This is one of several proposals dated 1980s for a F.1 circuit in Moscow. This one was developed by the Italian Giorgio Rossi, and of course it was never developed
Years	1987
Direction
Proposal	YES
Proposal not developed	YES
Car Circuit	YES
Motorbike circuit
Type	Street course
Inauguration
Closing
Last update of this page	December 17^th 2010
Info last update	January 2000
Designer
Distinctive points
length	5557 m	18232 ft	3.453 mi	Calculated from aerial photo (*)	(12)

Vorobyovy Gory / Sparrow Hills / ВОРОБЪЕВЫ ГОРЫ
Description	Proposal not developed dated January 1992. Inauguration should have been on August 1992 (Moscow Super Prix)
Years	1992
Direction	Clockwise
Proposal	YES
Proposal not developed	YES
Car Circuit	YES
Motorbike circuit
Type	Street course
Inauguration
Closing
Last update of this page	December 17^th 2010
Info last update	January 1992
Designer
Distinctive points
length (approx)	2750 m	9022 ft	1.709 mi		(24)
length	2806 m	9207 ft	1.744 mi	Calculated from aerial photo (*)	(13)

Vorobyovy Gory / Sparrow Hills / ВОРОБЪЕВЫ ГОРЫ
Description	Layout used in 1994 and 1998. According to my sources, it wasn't used any more time
Years	1994, 1998
Direction	Anticlockwise
Proposal	NO
No longer operational	YES
Car Circuit	YES
Motorbike circuit
Type	Street course
Inauguration	1994
Closing	1998
Last update of this page	December 17^th 2010
Info last update
Designer
Distinctive points
length (approx)	2070 m	6791 ft	1.286 mi	Approximated length	(5)
length	2108 m	6914 ft	1.31 mi	Calculated from aerial photo (*)	(14)

Vorobyovy Gory / Sparrow Hills / ВОРОБЪЕВЫ ГОРЫ
Description	Layout used in 1997; it was very similar to layout used in 1994 and 1998.
Years	1997
Direction	Anticlockwise
Proposal	NO
No longer operational	YES
Car Circuit	YES
Motorbike circuit
Type	Street course
Inauguration	1997
Closing	1997
Last update of this page	November 18^th 2007
Info last update
Designer
Distinctive points
length	2112 m	6928 ft	1.312 mi	Calculated from aerial photo (*)	(15)

Vorobyovy Gory / Sparrow Hills / ВОРОБЪЕВЫ ГОРЫ
Description
Years	2002
Direction	Anticlockwise
Proposal	NO
No longer operational	YES
Car Circuit	YES
Motorbike circuit
Type	Street course
Inauguration	2002
Closing	2002
Last update of this page	December 17^th 2010
Info last update
Designer
Distinctive points
length	3028 m	9934 ft	1.882 mi	Calculated from aerial photo (*)	(16)

Vorobyovy Gory / Sparrow Hills / ВОРОБЪЕВЫ ГОРЫ
Description	Layout used for some Russian race and for a Renault F.1 parade, held in October 2003. According to Dracula (The Nostalgia Forum), Renault Parade used slightly different route: he thinks it used only a part of back straight of racing track variant.
Years	2003
Direction	Anticlockwise
Proposal	NO
No longer operational	YES
Car Circuit	YES
Motorbike circuit
Type	Demo/parade circuit
Inauguration
Closing
Last update of this page	December 17^th 2010
Info last update
Designer
Distinctive points
length	1338 m	4389 ft	0.831 mi	Calculated from aerial photo (*)	(17)

Vorobyovy Gory / Sparrow Hills / ВОРОБЪЕВЫ ГОРЫ
Description
Years	...÷2005
Direction	Anticlockwise
Proposal	NO
No longer operational	YES
Car Circuit	YES
Motorbike circuit
Type	Street course
Inauguration
Closing	2005
Last update of this page	June 21^st 2011
Info last update
Designer
Distinctive points
length	2000 m	6562 ft	1.243 mi		(11)
length	2006 m	6581 ft	1.247 mi		(20)
length	2024 m	6639 ft	1.257 mi	Calculated from aerial photo (*)	(18)
Min width	12.6 m	41 ft			(20)
Min width	12.6 m	41 ft			(11)
Max width	16 m	52 ft			(11)

Vorobyovy Gory / Sparrow Hills / ВОРОБЪЕВЫ ГОРЫ
Description	Track layout is veru similar to the one used until 2005
Years	2006÷2007÷...
Direction	Anticlockwise
Proposal	NO
No longer operational
Car Circuit	YES
Motorbike circuit
Type	Street course
Inauguration
Closing
Last update of this page	June 21^st 2011
Info last update
Designer
Distinctive points
length	2031 m	6665 ft	1.262 mi	Calculated from aerial photo (*)	(19)

Comparison between Moscow circuits: Luzhniki, 1982 proposal, Kremlin Proposal and Vorobyovy Gory

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Vorobyovy Gory: comparison between all layouts

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Vorobyovy Gory: comparison between al layout used from 1992 to 2003

Vorobyovy Gory: 1987 proposal

Vorobyovy Gory / Sparrow Hills

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See this track layout with Google Earth - milermeter.com

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Vorobyovy Gory: 1992 proposal

Vorobyovy Gory 1994 and 1998

Vorobyovy Gory 1997

Vorobyovy Gory 2002

Vorobyovy Gory 2005

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Vorobyovy Gory / Sparrow Hills

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Vorobyovy Gory 2006

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Updates
Date	Track layout	Years	Description by	Map by	Thanks to	Note
June 22^nd 2011			Guido de Carli	Guido de Carli	Lutz Huppenbauer	Update	Description with map
December 17^th 2010			Guido de Carli			Update	Description
November 18^th 2007			Guido de Carli			Update	Description
June 24^th 2007			Guido de Carli			Update	Description
March 17^th 2006			Guido de Carli		Roelard Smit	Update	Description
March 10^th 2006			Guido de Carli		Lorenzo Tommasi	Update	Description
November 14^th 2003			Guido de Carli			Update	Description
October 11^th 2003		1994, 1998	Guido de Carli			Update	Description
September 7^th 2003		1997	Guido de Carli			Update	Description
September 7^th 2003		2002	Guido de Carli			Update	Description
July 12^th 2003			Guido de Carli	Guido de Carli		Update	Description with map
August 5^th 2002			Guido de Carli			New	Description without map
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list

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