Flins-Les Mureaux
| Location | Flins-sur-Seine – Les Mureaux, France |
|---|---|
| Time zone | GMT +1 |
| Coordinates | 48°59′0″N 1°52′30″E / 48.98333°N 1.87500°E |
| Length | 4.50 km (2.79 miles) |
| Turns | 11 |
Flins-Les Mureaux was a proposed motorsport race track, to be located in the Seine Valley between Flins-sur-Seine and Les Mureaux (to the northwest of Paris), as a future host for the French Grand Prix, to replace its former home at Magny-Cours.
The final Grand Prix on Magny-Cours was held in 2008, and the race's promoter FFSA was looking for an alternative host. There were six different proposals for a new circuit which included a street circuit located near Disneyland Resort Paris[1] ,[2] Versailles,[3] Sarcelles,[4] and finally a new track to build in Flins-Les Mureaux, near the Flins Renault Factory.
Work on the circuit was to be carried out by British company Apex Circuit Design, with plans submitted by a Parisian Architect to include a 1 km straight and seating for 120,000 people.[5] The 112 million euro project was said to have started work immediately, even though F1 Boss Bernie Ecclestone had not given the full green light for the track to host a Grand Prix in 2011.[6]
Plans for the development of the circuit to host Formula One were scrapped on 1 December 2009.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Euro Disney the next venue for French GP? Archived 2011-10-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Disney Grand Prix plans shelved Archived October 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Versailles possible for French GP[permanent dead link]
- ^ Sarcelles bidding for a Grand Prix Archived June 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ France unveils plans for new F1 track Retrieved from www.autosport.com on 20 April 2009. Archived June 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ France on track for F1 return Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.flagworld.com on 20 April 2009.
- ^ Noble, Jonathan (2009-12-01). "French GP plans suffer fresh blow". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Archived from the original on 2011-06-09. Retrieved 2009-12-01.