URU - URUGUAY
PIRIÁPOLIS (1994÷...), BAYARDO
Not to be confused with Piriápolis, Punta Fría (1952)
Description  
Location Piriápolis - Maldonado
Location Departamento de Maldonado, Piriápolis
Latitude - Longitude - 34°51'48"     - 55°16'41"
-34.863333     -55.278056
UTM Coordinates X = 657399.328  -  Y = 6140760.372  -  Zone 21H
Aerial photo / Map (*) Aerial photo / Map (*) OpenStreetMap  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Google Maps  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Bing Maps  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Flash Earth  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Wikimapia
Altitude AMSL 7 m - 23 ft
Inauguration March 19th 1994
Closing November 13th 2011
Designer  
Sources and links (Translation) (**)
(1) Uruguayan Spanish es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Premio_de_Piri%C3%A1polis Wikipedia
(2) Uruguayan Spanish webs.montevideo.com.uy/naburu/racing.html
(3) Uruguayan Spanish www.f3sudamweb.com (...)
(4) English www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5285542 Track layout
(5) English www.silhouet.com/motorsport/tracks/piriapol.html The GEL Motorsport - Tracks Around The World

(*) 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.

Circuito Asdrúbal Fontes Bayardo
Description In 2011 the circuit was named after Asdrúbal Fontes Bayardo
Years 1994÷2011
Direction Anticlockwise   Anticlockwise
Progetto Proposal NO
No longer operational YES
Car Circuit YES
Motorbike circuit  
Type Street course
Inauguration March 19th 1994
Closing November 13th 2011
Last update of this page September 28th 2013
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points  
length 2500  m 8202  ft 1.553  mi   (1)
length 2600  m 8530  ft 1.616  mi   (2)
length 2600  m 8530  ft 1.616  mi   (3)
length 2512  m 8240  ft 1.561  mi Calculated from aerial photo (*) (4)

Piriápolis: comparison between different layouts

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)


Piriápolis (1994÷...)

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 and description in English by Yves-Henri Randier and reproduced with his kind permission.

Photos by Yves-Henri Randier - May 3rd 2013
Click on thumbnail to open original large photo

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The finish line on the Rambla de los ArgentinosStarting grid on the right side, just below the red building, still on the Rambla de los ArgentinosThe main straight (Rambla de los Argentinos) on the sea front in front of the most famous hotel of Piriapolis, the 4 star Hotel ArgentinoDriving on the starting grid on the opposite direction (towards west)


Updates
Date Track layout Years Description by Map by Thanks to Note
September 28th 2013 Circuito Asdrúbal Fontes Bayardo 1994÷2011 Guido de Carli   Yves-Henri Randier Update Photos (on this site)
September 28th 2013 Circuito Asdrúbal Fontes Bayardo 1994÷2011 Guido de Carli     Update Description
February 5th 2012 Circuito Asdrúbal Fontes Bayardo 1994÷2011 Guido de Carli Guido de Carli   Update Description with map
August 5th 2002 Circuito Asdrúbal Fontes Bayardo 1994÷2011 Guido de Carli Guido de Carli   New Description with map
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list
 
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