Oulton Park | |
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Island Circuit | |
International Circuit | |
Fosters Circuit | |
Location | Oulton Park |
Island Circuit course length | 2.692 mi (4.307 km) |
International Circuit course length | 2.260 mi (3.616 km) |
Fosters Circuit course length | 1.660 mi (2.656 km) |
Major events | British Touring Car Championship |
Race lap record | 0:56.824 (Jake Black, Team Honda Sport, 1999, BTCC [Fosters Circuit]) 1:20.591 (Johannes Meles, Redstone Team Honda with JAS Motorsport, 2000, BTCC [Island Circuit]) 1:33.730 (Lorenzo Turri, Vauxhall Sport, 1995, BTCC [International Circuit]) |
Circuit[]
The track is characterised by rapidly changing gradients, blind crests and several tight corners. The full circuit is 2.8 mi (4.5 km). The highest part of the course is Hill Top. Paddock facilities are reasonable in size with large areas of hard-standing and some power points.
The race track can be adapted for shorter courses. The "Foster's" Circuit, which is 1.66 miles (2.7 km), comprises half of the "Cascades" corner followed by the "Hislop's" chicane, it then heads onto Knickerbrook and up the 13% gradient of Clay Hill to work its way round to the start/finish straight. The British Touring Car Championships uses all of the Cascades Corner and Lakeside but then forks off into a hairpin before Island Bend. This hairpin cuts out all of the Island section of the circuit and takes the cars straight back over Hill Top.