UAE - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
DUBAI (1981) |
SORRY, SOME DATA ARE NOT TRANSLATED YET |
Description |
Street circuit held in an open area and on the asphalt streets around Hyatt Regency hotel. A section approx 1 km - 0.62 mi long used an existing two-lanes road, while remaining section is completely new. On December 4th 1981 it hosted Dubai Grand Prix: it was an exhibition, a general test for hosting a Formula 1 race in 1983. |
Location |
Dubai - Dubai |
Location |
Around Hyatt Regency hotel |
Latitude - Longitude |
+ 25°16'39" + 55°18'13" 25.2775 55.303611 |
UTM Coordinates |
X = 329188.393 - Y = 2796755.457 - Zone 40R |
Aerial photo / Map (*) |
OpenStreetMap - Google Maps - Bing Maps - Flash Earth - Wikimapia |
Altitude AMSL |
5 m - 16 ft |
Inauguration |
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Closing |
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Designer |
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Sources and links (Translation) (**) |
(1) |
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Forum |
Forum Asia More countries UAE - Dubai Autodrome [ENG] |
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www.forix.com/8w/bsp-81.html |
8W: 1981 - Martin Hone gains some experience at the Dubai Grand Prix - by David Page |
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Autosprint 41/1981 (page 6) |
Il circuito per la dimostrazione F.1 di fine dicembre |
October 6th 1981 | (4) |
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Rombo 26/1981 (page 52) |
Circuito per la gara di dicembre |
October 12th 1981 | (5) |
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Rombo 33/1981 (page 16) |
Dubai |
November 30th 1981 |
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