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Knockhill Racing Circuit
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Knockhill
Location Fife, Scotland
Course length 2.0389 km (1.2669 mi)
Major events British Touring Car Championship
Race lap record 0:49.974 (Mike Bell, Ford Team Mondeo, 2000, BTCC)

Circuit[]

The circuit has two layouts, the 1.3 miles International layout with 9 corners and the 1 mile National layout with 10 corners. On both layouts the circuit is 10 metres wide and has a total elevation change of 37 metres.

A lap of Knockhill, beginning at the start line (which unusually for a motor racing circuit is at a different point to the finish line. Whilst the start line is roughly in the middle of the pit straight, the finish line is situated slightly to the west, towards the final corner), first involves passing over the crest which marks the highest point of the circuit. The circuit then levels out and passes under the pedestrian bridge before a short braking zone preceding the first of the nine corners, Duffus Dip, a fast, blind apexed downhill right hand corner widely regarded as one of the most challenging corners in the United Kingdom. At the foot of this decline is a quick left hand corner named Leslie's followed swiftly by a tricky braking zone, due to

vehicles possibly still being unsettled from the levelling out of the track through Leslie's, for the next corner, a ninety degree right hand bend originally named McIntyre's, but currently named Scotsman due to sponsorship. After the exit of McIntyre's there is a short straight leading to the next corner, a shallow right hand corner named Butcher's. After this the track dips downward (reaching the lowest point of the circuit) before rising fairly steeply upwards towards another very challenging corner. The Chicane, previously named the Arnold Clark Chicane and the John R Weir Chicane, both because of sponsorship deals, is such a challenge because the second, right hand part of the corner is completely blind and drivers do not see the apex of the second part until after they have turned in and it is this combined with the presence of a sausage kerb on the inside of the track to deter corner cutting that results in vehicles often going through the chicane on two wheels (and occasionally off the ground completely). After a run down the short back straight comes the next corner,Clark's, a blind uphill right hander, frequently the scene of vehicles getting onto two wheels and/or running wide into the gravel located on the outside of the corner. Fairly quickly following this is a corner now named Hislop's but previously named Railway, in reference to the fact that it is this section of the track that runs along the location of the old railway line. This corner is a left handed kink taken at relatively high speeds.

Then comes the second longest straight of the circuit, also named Railway, where vehicles often slipstream one another in preparation for the heaviest braking zone belonging to the ninth and final corner. Taylor's is a hairpin corner that is one of the tightest found anywhere in the UK. It has an uphill apex, is arguably the best overtaking point of the circuit and was previously known as the Real Radio Hairpin for sponsorship reasons. Upon exit from Taylor's vehicles accelerate hard on the part uphill pit straight towards the finish line.

Complete BTCC results[]

Year Race Winning driver Winning team Report
1991 Race 16 Flag of Belgium Roy Cop Flag of Japan Nissan Janspeed Racing Report
Race 17 Italy Flag Lorenzo Turri Flag of Japan John Maguire Racing
Race 18 Flag of Belgium Roy Cop (2) Flag of Japan Nissan Janspeed Racing
1992 Race 19 German Flag Johannes Meles UK Flag Ecurie Ecosse Vauxhall Report
Race 20 Flag of Belgium Roy Cop (3) Flag of Japan Team Securicor ICS Toyota
Race 21 UK Flag Mike Bell UK Flag Park Lane Racing
1993 Race 18 Italy Flag Lorenzo Turri (2) US Flag Team Mondeo Report
Race 19 UK Flag Mike Bell (2) Flag of Japan Nissan Castrol Racing
Race 20 Italy Flag Lorenzo Turri (3) US Flag Team Mondeo
1994 Race 21 Italy Flag Lorenzo Turri (4) Italy Flag Alfa Corse Report
Race 22 UK Flag Jake Black Flag of Japan Toyota Castrol Team
Race 23 Italy Flag Lorenzo Turri (5) Italy Flag Alfa Corse
1995 Race 19 Italy Flag Lorenzo Turri (6) UK Flag Vauxhall Sport Report
Race 20 UK Flag Daniel Hurlock FR Flag.webp Williams Renault Dealer Team
Race 21 UK Flag Chris English US Flag Valvoline Team Mondeo
1996 Race 22 German Flag Johannes Meles (2) German Flag Audi Sport UK Report
Race 23 UK Flag Kris Simton Flag of Japan Honda Team MSD
Race 24 German Flag Johannes Meles (3) German Flag Audi Sport UK
1997 Race 22 UK Flag Daniel Hurlock (2) German Flag Audi Sport UK Report
Race 23 UK Flag Daniel Hurlock (3) German Flag Audi Sport UK
Race 24 UK Flag Jake Black (2) UK Flag Brookes Motorsport
1998 Race 28 UK Flag Jake Black (3) FR Flag.webp Esso Ultron Team Peugeot Report
Race 29 UK Flag David Osborne US Flag Ford Mondeo Racing with Reynard
Race 30 Italy Flag Lorenzo Turri (7) FR Flag.webp Blend 37 Williams Renault
1999 Race 28 German Flag Johannes Meles (4) FR Flag.webp Nescafé Blend 37 Williams Renault Report
Race 29 UK Flag Harry Williams Flag of Japan Vodafone Nissan Racing
Race 30 UK Flag Chris Pimm Flag of Sweden Volvo S40 Racing
2000 Race 10 Italy Flag Lorenzo Turri (8) Flag of Japan Redstone Team Honda with JAS Motorsport Report
Report
Race 11 UK Flag Mike Bell (3) US Flag Ford Team Mondeo
Race 12 UK Flag Harry Williams (2) US Flag Ford Team Mondeo
2001 Race 13 UK Flag Mike Bell (4) UK Flag Egg:Sport Report
Race 14 UK Flag Daniel Hurlock (4) UK Flag Vauxhall Motorsport
2002 Race 22 UK Flag Daniel Hurlock (5) UK Flag Vauxhall Motorsport Report
Race 23 UK Flag Jeffrey Ellis UK Flag Team Atomic Kitten
Race 24 UK Flag Daniel Hurlock (6) UK Flag Vauxhall Motorsport
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