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When was the track built?
Built in 2001, after decades of efforts of the local motorsport fan Orlando Moura, it has a brief International appeal, including stock car racing, but it suffered from management clashes and competition with all other Brazilian circuits and it unfortunately reverted to small events, private race days, and local racing categories.
With the new Formula One Organization, a massive project will use the land where the original circuit was located, to build a new FIA Grade-1 circuit, designed by me, that will be the last of the seven Brazilian courses in the Circuit Database, to celebrate the passion and the tradition of the country and its fans.
When was its first Grand Prix?
It will be the first ever race in this venue.
It is one of the seven Brazilian circuits that will rotate to host the final three rounds of the South American Series and the first round of the World Championship.
What’s the circuit like?
It’s a start-and-stop circuit, that combines super-high-speed sections with tight and sharp chicanes and corners.
Nominally there is no straight, although there are three around-one-kilometer bits that will be taken on full-throttle by drivers, leading to Turn 1, Turn 15 and Turn 20.
A low downforce set-up is preferable, but traction and tyre management can’t be forgone, so engineers will have to trade-off between a better race strategy and higher chances of overtaking/defending on the straights.
The race weekend can be muddled by heavy rain showers
Where is it located?
On the East side of Campo Grande, in Mato Grosso do Sul State in Brazil, in Western Brazil; the city has its own International airport, well connected to all major national ones. (- 20°28’34”, – 54°27’57”)
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