Iceland MotoPark

V8_TURBO · 21 May 2006, 09:01 (Ref:1615411)

Iceland MotoPark is going to be Icelands first ever permenant motorsport facility. This is going to be a big development for them. first off, they are going to build a 1.49mile club circuit (the top half), ready for 2007. then they will extend the track to its full facility (the bottom section) , which will make a total of 2.7 miles track length. also the developers have targeted an A1 Grand Prix race for their proposed new circuit.
oh and I learned all this from Autosport.

V8_TURBO · 21 May 2006, 09:03 (Ref:1615415)

oh yeah, has anyone heard any news about Imola's new pit and things?

Yannick · 21 May 2006, 13:08 (Ref:1615559)

The shape of this reminds me very much of a combination of the clockwise half of Suzuka (first corner and the Esses) and Donington with the Melbourne hairpin and some other corners missing.

Purist · 22 May 2006, 03:22 (Ref:1615952)

I see what you mean Yannick.

BTW, did Autosport show where the pits would be, or which direction they will run?

V8_TURBO · 22 May 2006, 16:16 (Ref:1616406)

nope. the text said nothing about the pits or the way that the track is supposed to go. but I could try and find out for you.

Suze · 22 May 2006, 19:14 (Ref:1616514)

More information on the new circuit here http://www.icelandmotopark.com/

crozier74 · 22 May 2006, 19:53 (Ref:1616570)

Yeah, spotted this in Autosport. Great to see Iceland finally starting up a motorsport scene. I've always thought it had potential with all that beautiful open space, and hey, if Bahrain can have a circuit!

Anyone else thinking this might be a bit tricky to overtake on though, at least for the big single seaters like A1GP which they plan to attract? Only really the first corner, and maybe at the end of the backstraight, but the rest looks tricky. Esses should be good fun though

Alwaysfirst · 22 May 2006, 23:13 (Ref:1616704)

Can't say than I'm that impressed by the layout. Overtaking looks very limited & from the scale I doubt that many of the esses will be that fast-this isn't a long circuit at all. IMO it gets a could do better.

trackdesign · 23 May 2006, 09:23 (Ref:1616937)

The track has 3 key overtaking opportunities, the first corner, end of the back straight, and the final corner, otherwise the track is very quick, and should be good fun for track days, which it will be used for most of the year.

trackdesign · 23 May 2006, 09:27 (Ref:1616940)

sorry forgot to mention the other overtaking opportunity, which is downhill into the hairpin on the west.

**ScotsBrutesFan** · 23 May 2006, 12:02 (Ref:1617074)

Looking at the images on the iceland Motopark website, the artists impression (the top right pic) makes it look much longer than is given on the plan, so while it might have the feel of a fast circuit, the proportions of it tell another story.

It also appears to be built as part of a larger and very close complex of light industry and housing, which could lead to the dreaded noise controls.

V8_TURBO · 23 May 2006, 18:37 (Ref:1617312)

nope its being built next to a dual carriageway that links Keflavik to Reykjavik.

Alwaysfirst · 23 May 2006, 19:00 (Ref:1617322)

That may very well be the case but as ScotsBrutesFan said it is being built as part of an industrial & housing complex-not good. I would also strongly contest that there are 4 good overtaking oppertunities at this track. This may be true of FFord but A1GP-NO! Larger cars need longer runs into corners than are being built here. Therefore I can see very little overtaking in higher level racing here. I don't think that it will be a slow track, it just isn't as fast as many are making out. It is still a short track & so I can't see the esses being as fast & challenging as they first appear. I'd be happy to be proved wrong but I just can't see it happening.

nickyf1 · 23 May 2006, 19:18 (Ref:1617332)

This is the plans:

Alwaysfirst · 23 May 2006, 23:31 (Ref:1617505)

& I quote from Autosport: "The complex is designed to house a hotel & conferencing facilities. The site will also feature high-rise apartment buildings designed for affluent Reykavik youngsters & overflow from the burgeoning Keflavik suburbs."

Why are they still doing this. Housing-high-rise apartment buildings, or whatever you want to call it is never a good idea near a race circuit so why are they still doing it?

I can see ovretaking in T1 but still not realistically anywhere else.

**ScotsBrutesFan** · 24 May 2006, 11:47 (Ref:1617821)

I was going to post the plan as nickyf1 did but I wasn't sure about copyrights etc.

As for as I can see the 1.5 mile first part of the development (the right hand loop) has just the one overtaking place for cars that being T1, Bikes might be able to block-pass on the final corner.
The second part of the development to put it in context is Brands Hatch Indy size or a touch smaller. So with the Esses being the length they are, The run to the hairpin and from there to the chicane can't really be long enough for cars to get along side.
Finally the long straight from the chicane rejoining the first part would be all right if the turn at the end of it was sharper, as it is it's a fairly open turn into esses...difficult to overtake I'd imagine.

**ScotsBrutesFan** · 24 May 2006, 12:25 (Ref:1617848)

Taking a few minutes to think about it, I don't think it would take much to turn it into a reasonable circuit....Here's a quick doodle, the Biggest difference is that it now runs Clockwise instead of Anti-clockwise as shown on the original plan.

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Airport Circuit in Reykjavik, Iceland	Lustigson	My Track Designs	12	5 Oct 2005 07:00
MOTOPARK Oschersleben (streaming video online?)	Frank_White	National & International Single Seaters	1	25 Jun 2005 20:20