Top 10 Weirdest Race Tracks - Improved Version
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In this video the 10 weirdest race tracks I visited during my Circuit Tours. Some race circuits are weird because of the layout. Others because of their history.
And some tracks are weird for both reasons, like the Norisring on the old Reichsparteitagsgelände (Hitlers Rally Ground) in Nuremberg.
In the video you see onboard footage, track walks, even a drone flight and more. With funny comment of Simon Smith, the voice of Circuits of the past.
Warning: If you read further you see the circuits in this video, and their position in the top 10.
Motodrom Gelsenkirchen 0:08
Grenzlandring 1:38
Old Mettet 3:33
Old Monza Banking 5:27
Old Hockenheim 7:55
Pescara 10:53
Norisring 12:11
Roskilde Ring 13:43
Sitges-Terramar 15:25
AVUS 17:08
Special thanks to:
Simon Smith for the voice-over. Visit also his channel / higherplaingames
Yuri Bruschi for the footage of the Monza crash. Visit also his channel / @yuribruschi
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@bigklamoty2137 4 жыл бұрын
There was another weird racetrack in Germany wich was made on a Autobahn. It was called "Autobahnspinne Dresden and was litteratly on a Autobhan Crossing. It held Formula 2 and Formula 3 events from 1951 to 1971
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah that's pretty weird. I visited Dresden twice, so maybe I drove there :)
@aussieaudir8lms871 3 жыл бұрын
It's name tho
@zanemurcha2675 3 жыл бұрын
In 1954 my Grand Father watched "The Berlin Grand Prix" aged 12 and he even saw Fangio in the Mercedes W196. He said those Mercedes' went like "silver bullets".
@silverdarlin 4 жыл бұрын
Fun fact about Pescara: Ferrari didn't attend the 1957 Pescara Grand Prix because Enzo was scared one of drivers would be killed... Enzo Ferrari was well known for not caring about his drivers safety. I'm glad F1 only ever went there once
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
Actually, ther have driven there more than one time. But only the 1957 race counted for the championship.
@PunChris_92 4 жыл бұрын
I see Norisring, I press like
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
Do you also like the cartoon?
@yhelloh 3 жыл бұрын
Damn they named a circuit after Lando Norris??
@domdomdom5396 4 жыл бұрын
The outside line of the Hockenheim Ostkurve that just comes from the bushes always makes me wonder what could have been. So sad to see it rot away. I don't understand why they didn't at least put up signs at the sites of the chicanes and the Ostkurve, to remind what once was. It's like they're trying to forget, even Jim Clark's original crash site is hidden next to the site of the Jim Clark chicane. Thanks for these videos Herman, I absolutely love them!
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks. I'm also a bit confused about that line. If you see old footage of the track there was a small asphalt connection with the old part if the "Dreieckskurs". So I wonder when they restored that connection. If they did it after the demolishing it wouldn't make sense to keep that line.
@domdomdom5396 4 жыл бұрын
Yes, they restored that connection while demolishing the old track. Here's a picture from 2002 at the freshly paved connection looking down the straight/exit of the Ostkurve that is still here today. www.pro-steilstrecke.de/images/Hockenheimring/AusfahrtOstkurve.jpg
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the additional information!
@foxcraft3207 4 ай бұрын
I going to the Ostkurve for metal detecting im so exited
@HyperVanilo 4 жыл бұрын
So AVUS is a real-life counterpart of Special Stage Route 7 from Gran Turismo 5
@DDS029 4 жыл бұрын
And Gran Turismo 4, Gran Turismo 3, etc.
@aussieaudir8lms871 3 жыл бұрын
Or special stage route x
@NerfMaster000 3 жыл бұрын
Nope, Special Stage Route 7 is based off Route Wangan that stretches from Tokyo to Yokohama.
@exoroxx 4 жыл бұрын
I was hoping to see the 'Großdeutschlandring' (which translates to 'Great Germany Circuit'), located in the Saxon Switzerland. It's around 10 km long and contains a long banked corner, a downhill section through the woods and some zigzags. Nowaydays the whole circuit is a public road.
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
I know, because I visited it in 2016. Here the video I made there: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jJuCe7WCvM_elKc.html Apologies for the misaligned camera. I discovered it when I was back home. So I have to go another time, to make a better video. By the way: Translating Sachsische Schweiz to Saxon Switzerland can cause some confusion with the country. In German they use the word Schweiz to indicate a mountain range.
@lobby55_77 4 жыл бұрын
@@Circuitsofthepast no in german we dont jus Schweiz to indicat i maunten renge Its just the name for Schweiz (srhwitzerland)
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
@@lobby55_77 I didn't say it's just for a mountain range. It's used for the country AND a mountain range as well. Or do you think the "Sachsische Schweiz" is in Switserland?
@Mishima505 2 ай бұрын
I have an article from Motor magazine dated 1938 which really praised the proposed circuit. However the planned 100000 spectators would never turn up at all…
@YuriBruschi 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing my bike crash in Monza, and for the link of my channel in the video description. I wish happy holidays and a happy 2020 to Herman and Simon! Grazie ciao!
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
Grazie e buon anno!
@joestephan1111 4 жыл бұрын
The Avus banking was not progressive, was paved with bricks, and had no guardrail. A number of name drivers disappeared over the top, most fatal. In the late 1930s Mercedes & Auto Union factory grand prix teams, using fully enclosed wheel & cockpit streamlined bodies, ran the then fastest races ever. But as crazy as the car races were, during that time there were also motorcycle races held at Avus. One of the competitors was a young engineering student named Zora Duntov riding a motorcycle of his own design & construction. He went on to become a designer & builder of top speed equipment and, going to work for General Motors, "godfather" of the Corvette where he took a bad "joke" and made a real sports car out of it. That didn't stop him in 1954 from taking his two week vacation to Le Mans and, though in the employ of GM, co-driving a factory team Porsche to the small car class win.
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this interesting story :)
@joestephan1111 4 жыл бұрын
@@Circuitsofthepast Thank you, glad I could share. There is a lot of good stuff that has been lost to time and to urban legend/mythology. If you search around KZfaq there are some videos from the glory days of Avus. The one I'm looking for is a guy who was Dr Porsche's personal secretary & right hand man, who in the early 1950s went over the top in a 550 Spyder, with the car somehow finding the few trees on the outside which broke his fall, and then driving back around the outside where he unsuccessfully tried to re-enter the race in the badly smashed car. Wildest of all was his staying in it and surviving in an era when road racing drivers didn't wear seat belts, believing it safer to be thrown clear in case of fire. Though I've been around motor sports for 67 of my 72 years I am finding and learning new stuff all the time. Makes it more interesting & enjoyable.
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
@@joestephan1111 That's a cool story (or urban legend/mythologie). Never heard about, so I can't help you with that. I only know about a miracle escape in the flat South Corner. But I will do some research to this story.
@joestephan1111 4 жыл бұрын
@@Circuitsofthepast Thank you. The first part of his name was Richard von. Last part is falkenburg, valkenburg or something like that. Until his death in a road accident in the early '70s he was the official company historian, editor and writer. He authored the biography of Dr Porsche which included rare factory archive photos & being close to him background far better and accurate than the garbage/brain candy that's out there today. If you can find a copy buy it & read it.
@joestephan1111 4 жыл бұрын
@@Circuitsofthepast I just found a bunch of stuff on line about Richard von Frankenburg, including his Avus crash. Go to Google and enter his name in the search box.
@mrrolandlawrence 3 жыл бұрын
the avus was just a temple for speed. hence the 2 long straights. nice to see the track in spain has plans to open again!
@Circuitsofthepast 3 жыл бұрын
I heard they are building a horse track inside Sitges-Terramar, as part of the project to preserve the banking.
@PaulMcElligott 4 жыл бұрын
Stiges-Terramar was featured in an episode of _The Grand Tour_ (Season 2, #8), where the boys competed to see who was bravest by seeing who could hit the highest speed in a speed trap.
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
I know, but long before I drove the banking. Here the story: www.circuitsofthepast.com/sitges-terramar-track-visit/
@elchungo5026 4 жыл бұрын
8:00 T H I C C B O I
@rickvisser8296 4 жыл бұрын
So... Number 2 is a bean-shaped track... Nascar should re-introduce that concept.
@vixenwolfvirtualfarms4185 4 жыл бұрын
Nascar banking Talladega 33 Daytona 31 2000 Bristol 36 Also number 2 is kinda like trenton an oval with a right kink
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
Inderdaad, de vorm van een boon :)
@WynnofThule 4 жыл бұрын
*B E A N S*
@Kvapilnation 4 жыл бұрын
Actually they used to race on a bean type track called Trenton Speedway
@NaNi-rx2cc 4 жыл бұрын
Michigan is like that
@MrLargePig 4 жыл бұрын
Bravo, Hermann, and, apparently, Simon!
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Also good you mention Simon. He does a great job.
@Briz2y 3 жыл бұрын
I actually didn't know we had a race circuit in Denmark
@Circuitsofthepast 3 жыл бұрын
Even Kevin Magnussen didn't know about it. and he's from Roskilde! A Dutch reporter who knew it from me told it him.
@Circuitsofthepast 3 жыл бұрын
@The Lads Lounge Yeat that's also a peculiar circuit. There are more weird circuits in Scandinavia. A lot are combined with an airfield. Maybe I do a circuit tour through Scandinavia once.
@Gabe-by5zt 3 жыл бұрын
Wow det vidste jeg ikke engang...
@samueleliasen4595 3 жыл бұрын
Jeg bor ca 40 km fra!
@Briz2y 3 жыл бұрын
@@samueleliasen4595 ja fandme
@geesek5776 4 жыл бұрын
How sad is to see some tracks rotting away Amazing vid
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Yah it's allways mixed feeling when exploring some bygone motorsport history. At one side it are very cool locations to explore. But on the other side it's motorsport history fading away.
@Rodeo-Bangers351 4 жыл бұрын
The oval circuit at venray is somewhat weird. Not necissarily the circuit itself but the fact that after some issues with the local council they had to move over the circuit to a new (nearby if im not mistaken) plot of land. Not entirely sure though but I remember the old circuit from when I was a little boy
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
Bedoel je de oude Baarlo Speedway? Die van Venray is min of meer de opvolger daarvan.
@a2z60s 4 жыл бұрын
Venray /Yselsteyn heeft inderdaad 2 locaties, het oude circuit lag ten noorden van de Bakelsedijk, het huidige circuit op amper 300 meter ten zuiden van de Bakelsedijk. (en dan een kwart slag gedraaid)
@Rodeo-Bangers351 4 жыл бұрын
Wat a2z60s zegt ja, las het een tijdje terug dus wist niet precies meer hoe het zat, wist alleen zeker dat er een nieuw circuit was gebouwt
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
@@a2z60s Bedankt voor de informatie!
@a2z60s 4 жыл бұрын
Op google maps kun je het huidige circuit zien liggen, het oude kun je qua vorm van de begroeiing nog terug zien. p.s. altijd mooie website & video's Herman. Wegberg is amper op 20 km afstand. Bestaat ook een boek van over de historie en natuurlijk het ongeluk wat het einde betekende voor de racerij. mvg Geert
@thomasroth84 3 жыл бұрын
It is worth noting that the Norisring also used todays layout with longer straights instead of the over/under thing. The Grundigkehre (Turn 1) was a lot further down the road with the length being 3,7km. It was shortened after Pedro Rodriguez fatal accident in 1971. Sachsenring also worth checking out, especially the old street circuit layout. Not only was it part of the MotoGP in the 60's and 70's, but it also held GDR Formula car races as well as a final hooray after the reunification of Germany with IDM Superbike. If you drive from the A4 Autobahn to the circuit, you drive on the final section of the old track. Warning, speed camera!
@Circuitsofthepast 3 жыл бұрын
I drove a few laps on the old Sachsenring in 2016 and noticed the speed cameras ;) Especially the old MTS-Kurve was very cool. Here the lap I filmed there: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jtuIeauUrd-ufYk.html Note: This onboard needs an update with voiceover.
@pauls5745 4 жыл бұрын
lovely compendium of some racing history. some footage of races on these forgotten tracks still exist. sometimes you can find original 8mm films for sale online
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the information!
@Mercedes-Benz_CLR_1999 8 ай бұрын
That footage of Monza banking is impeccable. I`m extremely lucky to find this movie! Appreciate it! The process of circuits history researching inspires me, especially, street circuits(AVUS).
@mc689 4 жыл бұрын
No mention of Brno in the Czech Republic? It was a wild street circuit that changed in 1987. The ETCC has some footage. Otherwise. Great video!
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I made a photo tour around the pre war verion of Brno in 2010. See kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fdGKeaiSyZ6tZGQ.html However, the reason it is not in this video is it is not weird engough :)
@ohiopower 3 жыл бұрын
Funny. Shumacher retired shortly after. And the Lausitzring never really lived up to expectation. I read Dekra bought it and closed it down for major events and was just gonna use it for testing. So they could have left Hockenhiem the way it was. They would still have a German GP. And the fans around the world would have a unique track to watch motorsport on.
@Circuitsofthepast 3 жыл бұрын
I agree. Afterwards you can say that everything was for nothing.
@Gordanovich02 4 жыл бұрын
I rather wish that the Hockenheim rebuild (if it happened at all) had stuck with the original idea to connect the first and third chicanes. A long sweeping right-hand curve would have retained a lot of the character of the old track.
@joestephan1111 2 жыл бұрын
Published maps (books etc) I have of 1950s Hockenheim show no chicanes.
@flylikealbatross7441 4 жыл бұрын
5:15 Alpine A610
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah that was a funny moment :)
@DavidNewlandz 4 жыл бұрын
excellent explanation, details, locations, history!!
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@Mistertbones 4 жыл бұрын
Great video. Too many tracks these days are similar, so I'm glad that the designers of these tracks had different ideas.
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
Very good point!
@verdiguy 4 жыл бұрын
Ah, AVUS and it's "Wall of Death". I can't imagine racing on a 43 degree banked slope. Brave, brave men. Have you ever visited Zeltweg air field, the site of the original Austrian Grand Prix on your travels? The whole surface was concrete pads that came up in sections during the race and shattered a few suspensions.Are you excited about Zandvoort returning? Have you been able to get a sense of how the updates to the track will impact the circuit's ability to host Formula 1? I'd be interested in getting your insight as a frequent visitor to the track.
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
I visited the old Österreichring, but not the Zeltweg Airfield. Actually, it's a military airfield so filming there could bring me in trouble. About Zandvoort: When I heard about bringing back F1 I was worried about the adjustments. There was a terrible plan from the late 80's to cut off the Gerlach and Hugenholtz Corners to enlarge the paddock. That would destroy the character of the classic track. But fortunately, they cancelled that plan. The FIA accepts the narrow paddock. The changes to the track are mostly to the new section. So the character of the track will not be destroyed. Now I'm happy F1 is back to the Netherlands and I look forward to the Grand Prix.
@verdiguy 4 жыл бұрын
I've seen quite a few You Tube videos of the recent work that people have filmed using drones. The banked sections look pretty interesting and from what I can see, they have done a terrific job of maintaining the look and feel of the track. And, best of all they didn't let Tilke Design near it. I have very fond memories of Zandvoort as the first race I really remember watching when I was a boy was the 1973 Dutch Grand Prix. Jackie Stewart won but it was also a dark day as Roger Williamson died in a horrible crash during the race.Thanks for the update, I'm looking forward to Zandvoort and the first weekend of May.
@javichaguin1593 4 жыл бұрын
Great job, thanks!
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
@ianlawrie919 4 жыл бұрын
Fascinating content, riveting viewing.
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@baktru 4 жыл бұрын
Mettet! I've raced there! In regularity racing. We had to go around that roundabout to get to the parking lot of the now "normal" Mettet track to grab a Time Control there. Then we had to get through that weird roundabout again to get to our next Regularity stage coincidentally the best stage of the entire 650km race.
@varalobaone4339 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent video, very interesting and informative - thank you Herman
@Circuitsofthepast 3 жыл бұрын
You're welcome.
@tomdrex 3 жыл бұрын
I love your videos! Really great stuff for a racing-addict like myself. Slightly disturbing is the strange music, when talking about old German tracks like Avus and Norisring ...
@Circuitsofthepast 3 жыл бұрын
I always try to add music that is as appropriate as possible. The march at the Norisring is a reference to the original function of the site. The number at the AVUS is called 'Old Berlin'. It couldn't be more appropriate.
@bronzite_ Жыл бұрын
13:43 the lads at The Grand Tour know how easy it is to get these two mixed up
@christophermathern6796 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this. I miss the old Monza circuit.
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome. The combination of the currens Monza circuit with a lap through the banking would be cool, but it's from another era. Fortunately, the banking is still there as a memory from the past.
@senorsoupe 2 жыл бұрын
The old Monza also hosted the fascinating "Race of Two Worlds" in 1958 and 1959 between Formula One cars and Indycars
@robin_marriott Ай бұрын
I know this is a 4 year old upload but I’m in the midst of planning a road trip through Germany and Italy amongst other places and this video has given me the info I was looking for about access at Monza and Hockenheim. I’ll also be passing the Norisring and staying nearby overnight but I’m really not sure I’m comfortable being a tourist who is visiting that… architecture.
@scouttrooper1215 3 жыл бұрын
1:40 i actually live like 5 minutes away from the ring my grandpa was at the race in 52 and after that it got integratet into the streets. One of my best friends lives like 200 meters from a part of it so yeah a lot of memories
@Circuitsofthepast 3 жыл бұрын
So your grandpa was at the tragic race of 1952? By the way: Here my lap on the Grenzlandring at normal speed: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o9xde5masMrHYoU.html
@bingbingwow 4 жыл бұрын
I love how you make "Gelsenkirchen" sound like a Finnish town!
@mikespearwood3914 4 жыл бұрын
Is that supposed to be correct German pronunciation?
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
Come on, Simon is a native English speaker and Motodrom Gelsenkichten is difficult for him. However, I think he does a great job with the voice-over. I'm Dutch and I speak German, so for me it's not that difficult. In this vlog you here me saying "Motodrom Gelsenkirchen": kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mrOWfM6S0Za3f4U.html
@DatFinnishGuy 4 жыл бұрын
Wtf, if u can make Turku sound like DurchschedschdagenChrgchshesenrku, grats.
@tonywheeler1281 4 жыл бұрын
another superb video
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@Bastian_Zugnappen33 3 жыл бұрын
I love all your Video! You are the best, Cheers from Bayern 🏎🏁🇩🇪
@Circuitsofthepast 3 жыл бұрын
Danke!
@lexuslfaguy3758 4 жыл бұрын
Great Video Sir..For about circuit in the fast
@air8orne734 4 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thx!
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
@darkfoxly7227 4 жыл бұрын
I love ovals racing but that Grenzlandring look so strange oval to me
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
A street oval :) That's why it is in this top 10.
@dielegende9141 4 жыл бұрын
I heard Hockenheim was built because the Wildpark track in Karlsruhe was abandoned, is there any truth to that?
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
That's new for me. However, some websites claim it. However, I contacted the Hockenheimring many years ago ( the early years of my website) and get a book with the history. There is nothing said about the Wildpark Track. Actually, the Hockenheimring was an initative from the local motorsport fan Ernst Christ, who want a circuit in his hometown Hockenheim. Maybe the fact the Wildpark Track was cosed helped to get the support of the German Motorsport Association. Here my article about the history of Hockenheim: www.circuitsofthepast.com/hockenheim-circuit/
@caspardejonge5902 4 жыл бұрын
Well done!
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
Bedankt!
@Xs2... Ай бұрын
Never knew where the name Noris(ring) came from. Now I know. Thanks.
@kevin.kroeber Жыл бұрын
Great Video
@Circuitsofthepast Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@WynnofThule 4 жыл бұрын
Who is Hermann again? Tilke?
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
My name is also Herman, but with one n and my family name is not Tilke ;)
@jeffrielly 4 жыл бұрын
5:07 stuck behind farming equipment again lol
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah that was a cool moment. Fortunately I could overtake it immediately (after the Alpine). At the Grenzlandring I had more bad luck, when I stucked behind hay wagons. And at Spa-Francorchamps my laps were hampered by slow driving tourists.
@ddt3619 4 жыл бұрын
What's the car at 5:15? As you can tell by my comment i'm only at that time into the video, but i'm loving it👍 Update will be added Update: yeah i loved it, those old circuits are just something else, thanks for keeping those memories alive. A shame some of those racetracks are abandoned, but sometimes is their decaying state that gives them such a special feeling. See you below your next video
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
The car at 5:15 is a Renault Alpine. I agree, at one side it's sad to see circuits left abandoned. But on the other side it's also very cool to visit them and enjoy the strange atmosphere :)
@mattmattmatt131313 4 жыл бұрын
Dude...pause the video... read... RENAULT _Alpine_ ... write in browser... search images... find the car... find the name.
@ddt3619 4 жыл бұрын
@@mattmattmatt131313 didn't see it first time
@Team_Nico_Motorsport 3 жыл бұрын
@@ddt3619 a610 alpine
@MrRofl131 4 жыл бұрын
Best memory from the AVUS ring. Alex Würz in his formula 3 car gets hit from behind by the safety car.
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
Or Dieter Quester who finished upside down in a DTM race. By the way, it's just AVUS, without ring.
@sportquattro8430 3 жыл бұрын
Very interesting video! Do you have a list of the tracks with like the location and layout?
@Circuitsofthepast 3 жыл бұрын
I have a whole website about it: www.circuitsofthepast.com/
@frankly88 Жыл бұрын
Norisring is a fav of mine. There is a really in depth doco on it called Europa: The Last Battle i highly recommend to watch
@brunodurcek2868 4 жыл бұрын
For me the weirdest and fun track is porsche test track
@plazasta 4 жыл бұрын
Bruno Ďurček Leipzig? Yeah, it's like 10 different race tracks built into one. I love it too!
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for attending me to this track. Maybe I contact them for a visit if I make a circuit tour in Germany again :)
@krananlegg5849 4 жыл бұрын
Was actually at the 01 race @ Hockenheim. Had seats in Jim Clark curve... Makes me furious looking at what the track has become. Mount Fuji, also a strange track. Was there ever f1 racing there?
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
Yes, in 1976 (the famous race were Lauda withdrawal because of the heavy rain and Hunt became champion) and 1977. And in 2007 and 2008 F1 was back at Fuji for 2 more years.
@joestephan1111 4 жыл бұрын
The two separate trips down Monza's front straight were separated by a line of rubber cones. For the long distance sports car races of the sixties there was a major, square turn chicane built at the beginning of each banking.
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
I know. However, it is weird and funny they passed the straight twice a lap :)
@joestephan1111 4 жыл бұрын
@@Circuitsofthepast It was good for the fans in the main grandstand who got to see them twice in the same lap. And another item forgotten is there were a couple of Indy Car races on the banked oval in the late 1950s at speeds never before seen. A couple of F1 teams entered only to be left far behind.
@mattmattmatt131313 4 жыл бұрын
They are separated by hay bales in Assetto Corsa :D
@DerThuringerM 4 жыл бұрын
Ich fände es auch interessant, wenn du uns die Strecken auf Satellitenbildern zeigst. Dann kann man das vielleich auch besser vergleichen. Aber ein sehr informatives Video.
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
Danke! Die Verwendung von Satellitenbildern ist aus urheberrechtlichen Gründen schwierig. Genau wie bei alten Aufnahmen.
@sl0wman047 4 жыл бұрын
Gelsenkircken 😂
@lobby55_77 4 жыл бұрын
Beste Aussprache
@michaelwerner3521 4 жыл бұрын
Nordkörf
@soundlessbird9181 4 жыл бұрын
Like 04, they sux
@AndreiTupolev 3 жыл бұрын
Alpine A610? Nice
@Circuitsofthepast 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah that was a cool sprint :)
@DocTommy1972 4 жыл бұрын
Anyone remember 8:00 from Geoff Crammond's GP games. I nearly cried
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
I remember it from real.
@Comet701 3 жыл бұрын
My biggest memory is the Jos Verstappen pitfire there. You can see it every other week during the F1 opening credits, where they decided to put Max's burning dad in the background of young Verstappen's portrait :)
@chrissss696 4 жыл бұрын
Autodromo di Pergusa?
@FelipeFreiredeSouza 3 жыл бұрын
Old Monza was good for suicidal drivers. Insane track.
@darvish2012 3 жыл бұрын
#2 has double the banking at Daytona and Talledaga in the US with 31 and 33 degree respectively.
@shvalovpavel9243 4 жыл бұрын
Old Nepliget-park circuit in Budapest is also worth mentioning
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
Yes that was also a weird circuit, with it's twisty layout. However, not weird enough for this top 10 ;) In 2002 and 2010 I visited it. This slide show was photographed in 2010: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jpxjoqRezZaWfJs.html Next tme I make a real video. By the way: During photographing the lap a drifter scared me by shouting very loudly from the bushes.
@soundlessbird9181 4 жыл бұрын
My recommendation: Taiwan Speedway in Lungtan, Taoyuan,Taiwan. It is a track, even only 2.5 km roughly(roval), but with a oval and a road course. And the oval have NO banking!
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the information!
@muhammadrahmanadinoto2532 4 жыл бұрын
They should've keep the old hockenheim course as a 2nd gp layout or maybe as a track for cart/champ car/indycar while the f1 and dtm use the new layout
@soundlessbird9181 4 жыл бұрын
I think old Hockenheim should be endurance layout
@leonardocodirenzi2284 Жыл бұрын
Vecchi ricordi sempre piacevoli
@Circuitsofthepast Жыл бұрын
Grazie
@jonhart9176 4 жыл бұрын
Here's a track we raced at in 2008, in FIA GT1. Argentina. circuit poterro de flume
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
There was also a very cool street circuit in Park Palermo in Buenos Aires.
@jonhart9176 4 жыл бұрын
I have many of the tracks you mentioned today on my simulator
@caspardejonge5902 4 жыл бұрын
I know that one from the computer, great track!!
@nachoalvarez7171 3 жыл бұрын
@@Circuitsofthepast yea they raced there in Formula e before
@nachoalvarez7171 3 жыл бұрын
@@Circuitsofthepast i went there once
@somebloke2238 4 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one genuinely saddened by this
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
You're not the only one. Some people tell me they cried, especially about old Hockenheim.
@brianferus9292 Ай бұрын
I thought you would have done the Targa Florio, I can't imagine practicing on open roads for 40 to 45 miles.
@Circuitsofthepast Ай бұрын
It's still on my to do list.
@Streetl3gal 3 жыл бұрын
Number 2 has been used by Topgear/the Grand Tour a few years ago
@mp24x 3 жыл бұрын
Where i can find the old layout of the pescara circuit in the google Earth, literally i can't found it 😢😢
@Circuitsofthepast 3 жыл бұрын
That's difficult because it's a huge circuit. You can look for the last angle point in Montesylvano. Then you follow the long straight. The first corner is near the railroad station.
@mp24x 3 жыл бұрын
@@Circuitsofthepast so the first corner is near the mumbo jumbo?
@Circuitsofthepast 3 жыл бұрын
@@mp24x Follow Via Michelangelo. On the site of the first corner is now a roundabout around a park. Then you turn right to a tunnel underneath the railway track, near the railway station.
@mp24x 3 жыл бұрын
@@Circuitsofthepast owh ok thank you Herman
@frdml01 4 жыл бұрын
I've lived in Stuttgart for 5 years, and there used to be the Solitude race track. Also a street circuit, with a length varying from 22km in the beginning to 11km later. The finish tower is still there: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solitude_Racetrack#/media/File:Solitude-Rennstrecke_Start-_und_Zielturm.jpg
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
I know about the Solitude Ring. I was there in 2016. Here my videos: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fNqqgMKI1M-yqaM.html
@DavidRSAT 4 жыл бұрын
10:45 made me vomit.
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, even after 17 years, emotions run high when I publsih about old Hockenheim.
@paulfromperth5713 4 жыл бұрын
The new Hockenheim track is very boring and dull, just like most of the F1 circuits. I’d love to see more banked corners incorporated into today’s tracks like those of the old Monza.
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
Well, at Zandvoort they built new banked corners.So maybe it's the beginning of a rebirth of the banking.
@Baltuc_Racing 4 жыл бұрын
Roskilde_ringen 💪 Use to live 5min away 😀
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
Than you can play golf on the old track ;)
@Baltuc_Racing 4 жыл бұрын
@@Circuitsofthepast yep if watergolf is ur thang 🤣
@jimpern Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, the Norisring will always be remembered as the site of the fatal accident of Pedro Rodriguez during a sports car race in 1971.
@andyjamess 4 жыл бұрын
Re: Monza. I am sure they had a makeshift wall between the 2 tracks
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
Yes there was a makeshift wall in the middle of the wide Start/Finish straight.
@joestephan1111 4 жыл бұрын
Pescara continued to have endurance sports car races, including on the championship schedule.
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
And it closed for racing after the 1961 season. However, when I was there in 2007 there was a temporary grandstand at Start/Finsih, and they also painted the S/F line on the road. I have no idea what the reason was. Maybe the Giro d'Italia? Here my article of the history of Pescara: www.circuitsofthepast.com/pescara-circuit/
@samuele64246 4 жыл бұрын
I'm Italian from Pescara and unfortunately a part some "revocation" no race because now it's a traffic road
@joestephan1111 4 жыл бұрын
@@samuele64246 Hi Samuele; the last Pescara race I found online reference to says it was held there in 1964. I first have great interest, and admiration for the drivers, of races held over closed off public roads. They were the bravest & best ever. Pescara is special to me because my mother's parents came to America from that area 100 years ago.
@joestephan1111 2 жыл бұрын
@@Circuitsofthepast Could all of that be for historical preservation or rememberance? Both Rheims & the Targa Florio have museums and are preserving & restoring their grandstands.
@joestephan1111 2 жыл бұрын
And, again, thank you for all of the excellent material you search out & provide. Your channel is one of the best racing historical spots on all of You Tube.😎
@NaNi-rx2cc 4 жыл бұрын
Terramar at this moment is being converted into a horse racing complex
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
And what about the banking?
@NaNi-rx2cc 4 жыл бұрын
@@Circuitsofthepast the old track will remain intact, and the complex will be inside, ah, and its not the typical 1 mile horse racing, its just horse jumping
@russcattell955i 2 жыл бұрын
Who else can remember watching F3 races at Avus in the 80's on the excellent "Screensport" channel.
@Circuitsofthepast 2 жыл бұрын
I remember the DTM and F3 races from the late 80's on Eurosport. In 1991 we got Screensport here (in the Netherlands) too. A few years later Screensport merged with Eurosport.
@russcattell955i 2 жыл бұрын
@@Circuitsofthepast As I remember, Eurosport bought out Screensport & gradually killed the content. Now here in France Eurosport is a pay channel.
@Circuitsofthepast 2 жыл бұрын
Yes that's correct. They bought it and actually eliminated the concurrent. If I remember well, Screensport had the rights for IndyCar, which was since then broadcasted by Eurosport.
@QemeH 4 жыл бұрын
17:25 - A better translation would be "automobile traffic and TESTING road" (as in testing [effects on] automobile traffic like lane closure or waves of a traffic jam, etc.)
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@stellingbanjodude 4 жыл бұрын
Environmentalists, gotta love em
@bilsbo8870 4 жыл бұрын
No.2 was in the Grand Tour?
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
Yes, Sitges-Terramar was in the Grand Tour. But long before they drove there, I did :) Check this article: www.circuitsofthepast.com/sitges-terramar-track-visit/
@samomega2616 Жыл бұрын
Top gear or grand tour did a episode at the Spanish oval circuit
@Circuitsofthepast Жыл бұрын
Yeas I know. But I was there already in 2008 ;)
@TheNachtschrei123 3 жыл бұрын
where ist the panzerplatte in germany? the best loop ever ;)
@Circuitsofthepast 3 жыл бұрын
That's a rally stage.
@TheNachtschrei123 3 жыл бұрын
@@Circuitsofthepast yeah but there is a round course version. :)
@Circuitsofthepast 3 жыл бұрын
Interesting. I will do some research. I understood that it is not far from the Nürburging, so I can have a look when I visit te Nürburgring.
@zikalokof1challenge414 3 жыл бұрын
1:47 Music name plz?
@Circuitsofthepast 3 жыл бұрын
Cruiser from Silent Partner.
@zikalokof1challenge414 3 жыл бұрын
@@Circuitsofthepast Ty!
@zikalokof1challenge414 3 жыл бұрын
@@Circuitsofthepast Also do u know the number 8 music?
@Circuitsofthepast 3 жыл бұрын
@@zikalokof1challenge414 Loophole Fragment, also from Silent Partner.
@zikalokof1challenge414 3 жыл бұрын
@@Circuitsofthepast Ty again!
@ElChasco_official 4 жыл бұрын
The 50s Monza south banking is not in the exact same space as the old one. Is more on the north the newer one
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
I know. Simon (voiceover) said its's ALMOST on the same site.
@draganluzija3823 2 жыл бұрын
5:07 that is local safety car
@Circuitsofthepast 2 жыл бұрын
Than we both overtook the safety car :O
@francoisdvanderwesthuizen6772 3 жыл бұрын
15.55 does that resemble a sugar bean, sure can be
@Circuitsofthepast 3 жыл бұрын
It looks like.
@mungers88 4 жыл бұрын
Catalina park is always forgotten :(
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah that was also a weird circuit by the shape. According to my information it seems to be there left unused. So maybe I will explore it, one day.
@martingaleana1493 4 жыл бұрын
7:48 are you ok
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
Yes, Yuri was OK after his crash on the Monza banking.
@YuriBruschi 3 жыл бұрын
Ciao, i'm fine after my crash
@titaxlp3677 3 жыл бұрын
"Ring" stands actually for circle. The german word for race circuit is "Renn strecke"
@Circuitsofthepast 3 жыл бұрын
Rennstrecke, nicht Renn strecke ;)
@hardwaylearner 2 жыл бұрын
Full Monza would be so sick for stock car racing. Too many Gs to pull for F1 tho, unfortunately
@alex9033 4 жыл бұрын
#1 AVUS? I miss old Hockenheimring. Wait, the Norisring has a standing Nazi government building right next to it? That's... why haven't they demolished it? Yep, AVUS. Anyway, here's some other weird ones: * Targa Florio * Carrera Panamericana * The parking lot of Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas * Reims * Juan y Oscar Galvez, specifically the layout with the really long straights that go around the lake * Old Spa-Francorchamps * Macau, which features probably the single worst turn on any racetrack on the planet, I mean it's so bad it's literally considered a permanent yellow flag zone * Symmons Plains, which is weirdly similar to the Norisring for a permanent circuit * Queensland Raceway * Warwick Farm * Calder Park, specifically the road + oval layout
@Circuitsofthepast 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the list of other weird circuits. But this is my selection of weird circuits I visited. By the way: old Hockenheim is at number 6 at 7:55.
@Dilley_G45 2 жыл бұрын
Why don't they demolish every building of the soviet union? It's just a building...
@lferreiraalvarenga 3 жыл бұрын
Old Hockenheimring 😢
@Circuitsofthepast 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah that was a weird race track :)
@Gracievision 3 жыл бұрын
Pescara was very typical of its time, just not for a Formula 1 race.
@vinctendo_tv 3 жыл бұрын
The way how "Reichsparteitagsgelände" was pronounced sounded like some finnish dish I guess :D Try to seperate the word, so you read "Reichs-partei-tags-gelände" should make it a bit easier for a non-native ;)
@Circuitsofthepast 3 жыл бұрын
Ich rede ja fließend Deutsch und kann Reichsparteitagsgelände aussprechen. Simon, der das Voice-Over macht, ist ein englischer Muttersprachler. Es ist also schwieriger für ihn. Trotzdem macht er einen perfekten Job für meinen Kanal. Herman
@vinctendo_tv 3 жыл бұрын
@@Circuitsofthepast Euer Kanal ist ja auch supper, ich fands nur ein bisschen witzig, wie's klang, dann dachte ich man könnte ja mal nen nützlichen Tipp geben ;)
@owenthornley8954 3 жыл бұрын
The grand tour went to Terramar
@Circuitsofthepast 3 жыл бұрын
But I was earlier: www.circuitsofthepast.com/sitges-terramar-track-visit/
@yudi8662 3 жыл бұрын
How about use Formula E car for abandoned race track cause noise complaint?
@Circuitsofthepast 3 жыл бұрын
That coiuld be a solution those days. But for most circuits it's too late. Maybe they can reopen Morano-Po for electic racing. The circuit closed because of noise complaints in the 1970's. Since then the site is left abandoned but could be refurbished. Check this video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ja2qodefprKVkWQ.html
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