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| Location | Anderstorp,Sweden |
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| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) CEST (DST) |
| Coordinates | 57°15′51″N13°36′5″E / 57.26417°N 13.60139°E /57.26417; 13.60139 |
| FIA Grade | 2[a] |
| Opened | 16 June 1968; 56 years ago (1968-06-16) |
| Former names | Scandinavian Raceway |
| Major events | Current: PSC Scandinavia (2005–2007, 2015–present) Former: Formula One Swedish Grand Prix (1973–1978) Grand Prix motorcycle racing Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix (1971–1977, 1981–1990) GT4 Scandinavia (2019, 2021–2023) WTCCRace of Sweden (2007) World SBK (1991, 1993) FIM EWC (1993) Sidecar World Championship (1981–1990, 1993, 1997) STCC (1997–2000, 2005–2007, 2015–2022) FIA GT (2002–2003) ETCC (1985–1987, 2002–2003) |
| Grand Prix Circuit (1998–present) | |
| Length | 4.025 km (2.501 miles) |
| Turns | 8 |
| Race lap record | 1:21.525 ( Marijn van Kalmthout,Benetton B197,2009,EuroBOSS) |
| Grand Prix Circuit (1978–1997) | |
| Length | 4.031 km (2.505 miles) |
| Turns | 8 |
| Race lap record | 1:24.836 ( Niki Lauda,Brabham BT46B,1978,F1) |
| Grand Prix Circuit (1975–1977) | |
| Length | 4.018 km (2.497 miles) |
| Turns | 8 |
| Race lap record | 1:27.607 ( Mario Andretti,Lotus 78,1977,F1) |
| Original Grand Prix Circuit (1968–1974) | |
| Length | 4.025 km (2.501 miles) |
| Turns | 8 |
| Race lap record | 1:26.146 ( Denny Hulme,McLaren M23,1973,F1) |
Anderstorp Raceway, previously known asScandinavian Raceway, is a 4.025 km (2.501 mi)motorsportrace track inAnderstorp (Gislaved Municipality),Sweden and the sole Nordic host of aFormula One World Championship Grand Prix, when theSwedish Grand Prix was held for six years between 1973 and 1978.
The track was built onmarshlands in 1968 and became an extremely popular venue in the 1970s, just as SwedeRonnie Peterson was at the height of his career. It has a long straight (calledFlight Straight, which is also used as an aircraft runway), as well as several banked corners, making car setup an engineering compromise. Unusually, the pit lane is located halfway round the lap.
The raceway hosted sixFormula OneSwedish Grand Prix events in the 1970s. When Peterson andGunnar Nilsson died during the1978 Formula One season, public support for the event dried up and the Swedish Grand Prix came to an end. The circuit is also noteworthy because it was the site of the first and only win of two unconventional F1 cars: the six-wheeledTyrrell P34 car in 1976 and the infamousBrabham 'fan car' in 1978.
Anderstorp also hosted theSwedish motorcycle Grand Prix in 1971–1977 and 1981–1990, theEuropean Touring Car Championship in 1985–1987, theSuperbike World Championship in 1991 and 1993, and theFIA GT Championship in 2002 and 2003.
In 1993, the circuit along with FIM organized a 24-hour motorcycle race. Just one week ahead of the race, an appeal was lodged against the permit for the competition, due to noise concerns. Although the organizers obtained permission to race on the morning of the event, "media had trumpeted that the competition was canceled. At the ferry berths in Skåne, passport staff turned away visitors from Denmark and the continent". During the race itself a heavy thunderstorm occurred, with torrential rain drowning the circuit. Although racing continued, no local or international audience showed up, and the circuit was forced to declare bankruptcy after the event.[1]
TheFIAWorld Touring Car Championship (WTCC) returned to Anderstorp in 2007, replacing theIstanbul Park inTurkey on the WTCC calendar. For the 2008 season however, it was replaced by theImola Circuit.
International motorsport was due to return to Anderstorp in2020 with a round of theDTM.[2] Then, it was cancelled due toCOVID-19 pandemic.
The circuit has been modified at least 4 times in its history. The chicane in Norra corner has been added sometime in 1975 before the1975 Swedish Grand Prix.[3][4][5] The chicane has been re-aligned and tightened in time for the1976 Swedish Grand Prix.[6] It had been modified again before the finalFormula One Grand Prix run on the circuit (1978 Swedish Grand Prix), with modifications to the penultimate Norra corner[N 2] and slight re-orientation of the following straight,[7] which resulted in the length increase from 4.018 km (2.497 mi)[8][9] to 4.031 km (2.505 mi).[10] It remained in that configuration through the 1980s[11] until sometime between 1997 and 1998 it was modified again and slightly shortened to its present-day length of 4.025 km (2.501 mi).[7][12]
Track variations:
As of August 2022, the fastest official race lap records at the Anderstorp Raceway are listed as:
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| Opened | 1968 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 509 ft / 155 m | ||||||||||
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In order to get more financiers the long straight was adopted as a 1,000 m (3,300 ft) runway for small aircraft (ICAO:ESMP). It is as of 2022[update] open for aircraft operations.[42] There is also ahelipad, planned for ambulance helicopters at racing accidents.
^[N 2] Contrary to common depiction of the 1978 modification as having a chicane introduced to the Norra corner, there was no chicane ever used: the corner was made slower by decreasing its radius and making it a sharper bend instead of a sweeping curve it was before.[43][44][45][46]
El difícil circuito de Anderstorp conoce este año una serie de cambios que pueden hacerlo más seguro pero también más difícil. La tradicional curva de la recta de salida ha sido modificada para convertirla en un ángulo recto de 90°... que puede tener importancia decisiva para la resolución de la carrera. Así mismo, nuevas barreras han mejorado las condiciones de seguridad del G.P. de Suecia de tal manera que ha recibido ya este circuito su homologación hasta 1981 por parte de la Federación Internacional.
