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Racing between planes & endless Nature⬇Anderstorp Raceway It was previously known as Scandinavian Raceway, is a 4.03 km long racing Circuit in Anderstorp (Gislaved Municipality), Sweden. The race track was opened in 1968 on a former airport. It has a long straight (called Flight Straight, which was also used as a 980m aircraft runway, as well as several banked & 180°/200° corners, making car setup an engineering compromise. Unusually, the pit lane is located halfway round the lap. The pit area is generally a bit different to other tracks. The cars had a long way from the paddock to the pithouse, which was more a carport. From 1972 to 1978 Swedish Grand Prix events in the 1970s. When Peterson and Gunnar Nilsson died during the 1978 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-wheeled Tyrrell P34 car in 1976 and the infamous Brabham ‘fan car’ in 1978. Anderstorp also hosted the Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix from 1971-1977 & 1981-1990, the European Touring Car Championship from 1985-1987, the Superbike World Championship in 1991 and 1993, and the FIA GT Championship in 2002 and 2003. The circuit has been a popular car club venue since the 1990s. The FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) returned to Anderstorp in 2007, replacing the Istanbul Park in Turkey on the WTCC calendar. For the 2008 season however, it was replaced by the Imola circuit. Marijn van Kalmthout set the standing lap record of 1:21.525 on a Benetton B197-Judd V10 at the EuroBOSS Super Prix in 2009. The F1 lap record (1:24.836) is set by Niki Lauda in the Brabham BT46 in 1978. Recruiters are the Tyrrell driver Jody Scheckter('74/'76) & the Austrian Niki Lauda('75/'78) with Ferrari/ Brabham, each with 2 victories. Other f1 winners are Denny Hulme (1973) & Jacques Laffite (1977). It’s a beautiful track. Full of nature, flowers everywhere. A paradise for f1 photographers. I found a lot of great photos of there.(to see at my IG story) I wish that f1 could drive again at such natural tracks. Do you agree?

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Lewis Hamilton l Great Britain 2016

Lewis Hamilton into the crowd l Great Britain 2016

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