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Abandoned Circuit de Lezennes in France: Bridge over the track
Circuit de Lezennes

Circuit de Lezennes: The Abandoned Motorcycle Haven of France

The Circuit de Lezennes, located near Lille in northern France, was a unique motorcycle-only circuit, offering riders a safe space to test their skills away from public roads. Known officially

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Prinzenpark Street Circuit Braunschweig
Germany

Prinzenpark Street Circuit Braunschweig, Germany

Have you ever heard from the Prinzenpark Street Circuit in the German city of Braunschweig? In this article guest blogger and local from Braunschweig Yannik Haustein tells you about this

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Sitges-Terramar circuit 2008
History

Ode to the banked circuits of the past

Some time ago I discovered on Facebook some amazing pictures of the construction of the Monza banking. I shared a few with my own Facebook group "Circuits of the past

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Tripoli Circuit - Grandstand
History

Tripoli Circuit – The history of Circuito di Mellaha

Rarely became a circuit that has existed such a short time so famous as the Tripoli Circuit in Libya, then a protectorate of Fascist Italy. A race fixing scandal and

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Pescara Circuit - Cappelle sul Tavo
History

Pescara Circuit – The history of the longest F1 Track

Ask an average Formula One fan "What was the longest circuit that hosted an F1 Grand Prix?", and he will say the old Nürburgring. But the longest Formula One circuit

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Schleizer Dreieck Circuit
Germany

Schleizer Dreieck – Germany’s oldest street circuit

This page tells the history of the Schleizer Dreieck, the oldest street circuit in Germany. Located near the city of Schleiz in the former DDR (East Germany). This was once a

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Circuit Rouen-les-Essarts - Abandoned remains permanent section
France

Circuit Rouen-les-Essarts – The history

In this article I tell you the story of Circuit Rouen-les-Essarts, once one of the world's finest racing circuits. This street circuit located in the French region of Normandy was

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Roskilde Ring Denmark
Denmark

Roskilde Ring – The history of a most peculiar raceway

This page tells the history of the former Danish Grand Prix circuit the Roskilde Ring, now a park in the city of Roskilde. This twisty race track was one of

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Circuit Reims-Gueux
France

Circuit Reims-Gueux – A piece of Motorsport History

This page tells the story of the fast street circuit near the Northern French city of Reims, once the stage of the French Grand Prix. Today, the pit building and

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