Anderstorp Raceway

Anderstorp Raceway, previously known as Scandinavian Raceway, is a 4.025 km (2.501 mi) motorsport race track in Anderstorp (Gislaved Municipality), Sweden and the sole Nordic host of a Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, when the Swedish Grand Prix was held for six years between 1973 and 1978.

Anderstorp Raceway
Track map
LocationAnderstorp, Sweden
Time zoneCET (UTC+1)
CEST (DST)
Coordinates57°15′51″N 13°36′5″E
FIA Grade2[lower-alpha 1]
Opened16 June 1968 (1968-06-16)
Former namesScandinavian Raceway
Major eventsCurrent:
PSC Scandinavia (2005–2007, 2015–present)
F4 Danish Championship (2023)
Former:
Formula One
Swedish Grand Prix (1973–1978)
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix (1971–1977, 1981–1990)
WTCC Race of Sweden (2007)
World SBK (1991, 1993)
FIM EWC (1993)
Sidecar World Championship (1981–1990, 1993, 1997)
STCC (1997–2000, 2005–2007, 2015–2022)
FIA GT (2002–2003)
ETCC (1985–1987, 2002–2003)
Grand Prix Circuit (1998–present)
Length4.025 km (2.501 miles)
Turns8
Race lap record1:21.525 (Netherlands Marijn van Kalmthout, Benetton B197, 2009, EuroBOSS)
Grand Prix Circuit (1978–1997)
Length4.031 km (2.505 miles)
Turns8
Race lap record1:24.836 (Austria Niki Lauda, Brabham BT46B, 1978, F1)
Grand Prix Circuit (1975–1977)
Length4.018 km (2.497 miles)
Turns8
Race lap record1:27.607 (United States Mario Andretti, Lotus 78, 1977, F1)
Original Grand Prix Circuit (1968–1974)
Length4.025 km (2.501 miles)
Turns8
Race lap record1:26.146 (New Zealand Denny Hulme, McLaren M23, 1973, F1)

Track history

The track was built on marshlands in 1968 and became an extremely popular venue in the 1970s, just as Swede Ronnie Peterson was at the height of his career. It has a long straight (called Flight Straight, which is also used as an aircraft runway), as well as several banked corners, making car setup an engineering compromise. Unusually, the pit lane is located halfway round the lap.

The raceway hosted six Formula One 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 in 1971–1977 and 1981–1990, the European Touring Car Championship in 1985–1987, the Superbike World Championship in 1991 and 1993, and the FIA GT Championship in 2002 and 2003.

In 1993, the circuit along with FIM organized a 24-hour motorcycle race. Just one week ahead of the race, an appeal was lodged against the permit for the competition, due to noise concerns. Although the organizers obtained permission to race on the morning of the event, "media had trumpeted that the competition was canceled. At the ferry berths in Skåne, passport staff turned away visitors from Denmark and the continent". During the race itself a heavy thunderstorm occurred, with torrential rain drowning the circuit. Although racing continued, no local or international audience showed up, and the circuit was forced to declare bankruptcy after the event.[1]

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.

International motorsport was due to return to Anderstorp in 2020 with a round of the DTM.[2] Then, it was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Events
Current
Former

Layout modifications

The circuit has been modified at least 4 times in its history. The chicane in Norra corner has been added sometime in 1975 before the 1975 Swedish Grand Prix.[3][4][5] The chicane has been re-aligned and tightened in time for the 1976 Swedish Grand Prix.[6] It had been modified again before the final Formula One Grand Prix run on the circuit (1978 Swedish Grand Prix), with modifications to the penultimate Norra corner[N 2] and slight re-orientation of the following straight,[7] which resulted in the length increase from 4.018 km (2.497 mi) [8][9] to 4.031 km (2.505 mi).[10] It remained in that configuration through the 1980s[11] until sometime between 1997 and 1998 it was modified again and slightly shortened to its present-day length of 4.025 km (2.501 mi).[7][12]

Track variations:

  • 4.025 km (2.501 mi) – 1968–1974[7]
  • 4.018 km (2.497 mi) – 1975–1977[7]
  • 4.031 km (2.505 mi) – 1978–1997[7]
  • 4.025 km (2.501 mi) – 1998–present[7]

Lap records

As of August 2022, the fastest official race lap records at the Anderstorp Raceway are listed as:

CategoryTimeDriverVehicleEventCircuit Map
Grand Prix Circuit: 4.025 km (1998–present)[13]
EuroBOSS1:21.525[14]Netherlands Marijn van KalmthoutBenetton B197-Judd V102009 EuroBOSS Anderstorp Super Prix
WSC1:24.920[15]France Emmanuel CollardFerrari 333 SP1998 Anderstorp International Sports Racing Series round
International Formula Master1:26.094[16]Denmark Kasper AndersenTatuus N.T072007 Anderstorp Formula Master round
Formula Renault 3.51:26.489[17]Argentina José María LópezTatuus FRV62003 Anderstorp Formula Renault V6 Eurocup round
Formula Three1:31.044[18]Sweden Thed BjörkDallara F3941999 Anderstorp Nordic F3 round
GT1 (GTS)1:31.424[19]Austria Walter LechnerSaleen S7-R2003 FIA GT Anderstorp 500km
Formula 41:31.449[20]Netherlands Richard VerschoorTatuus F4-T0142016 Anderstorp SMP F4 round
Formula Renault 2.01:31.679[21]Sweden Daniel RoosTatuus FR20002009 Anderstorp Formula Renault 2.0 Sweden round
Porsche Carrera Cup1:32.604[22]Sweden Lukas SundahlPorsche 911 (992) GT3 Cup2022 2nd Anderstorp Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia round
GT31:32.902[23]Sweden Fredrik LestrupBMW Z4 GT32012 Anderstorp Swedish GT round
N-GT1:34.081[19]Italy Andrea BertoliniFerrari 360 Modena GT2003 FIA GT Anderstorp 500km
STCC1:34.274[24]Sweden Johan KristofferssonSEAT León STCC2016 Anderstorp STCC round
GT21:34.830[25]Germany Elmar GrimmPorsche 911 (993) GT22001 Anderstorp Nordic Challenge
Super Touring1:37.057[26]Norway Tommy RustadNissan Primera GT1999 1st Anderstorp STCC round
TCR Touring Car1:38.247[27]Sweden Robert DahlgrenCUPRA León Competición TCR2021 Anderstorp STCC round
GT41:38.459[28]Sweden Emil SkäråsToyota GR Supra GT42022 1st Anderstorp GT4 Scandinavia round
Super 20001:39.945[29]Italy Nicola LariniAlfa Romeo 156 GTA Super 20002003 Anderstorp ETCC round
Ferrari Challenge1:43.080[25]Sweden Kari MäkinenFerrari 360 Modena Challenge2001 Anderstorp Nordic Challenge
Grand Prix Circuit: 4.031 km (1978–1997)
Formula One1:24.836Austria Niki LaudaBrabham BT46B1978 Swedish Grand Prix
GT11:30.344[30]France Jean-Marc GounonFerrari F40 LM1996 BPR 4 Hours of Anderstorp
500cc1:31.107United States Wayne RaineyYamaha YZR5001990 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix
World SBK1:33.480[31]United Kingdom Carl FogartyDucati 888 SBK1993 Anderstorp World SBK round
250cc1:34.833United States John KocinskiYamaha TZ 2501990 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix
Super Touring1:40.113[32]Sweden Mattias EkströmVolvo 850 GLT1997 Anderstorp STCC round
125cc1:41.909Germany Stefan PreinHonda RS125R1990 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix
Group A1:44.564[11]United Kingdom Tom WalkinshawRover Vitesse1986 Anderstorp ETCC round
Grand Prix Circuit: 4.018 km (1975–1977)
Formula One1:27.607United States Mario AndrettiLotus 781977 Swedish Grand Prix
Formula Three1:36.314[33]Sweden Conny LjungfeldtMarch 7431975 Anderstorp European F3 round
500cc1:39.802United Kingdom Barry SheeneSuzuki RG 5001977 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix
350cc1:42.281South Africa Kork BallingtonYamaha TZ 3501977 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix
250cc1:46.285United Kingdom Mick GrantKawasaki KR2501977 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix
125cc1:49.263Italy Pier Paolo BianchiMorbidelli 1251976 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix
50cc1:58.444Spain Ángel NietoBultaco TSS 501976 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix
Original Grand Prix Circuit: 4.025 km (1968–1974)
Formula One1:26.146New Zealand Denny HulmeMcLaren M231973 Swedish Grand Prix
Group 61:31.300[34]Finland Leo KinnunenPorsche 908/021969 Anderstorp Nordic Challenge Cup round
Formula 50001:31.900[35]United Kingdom Peter GethinMcLaren M10B1970 Anderstorp F5000 round
Sports 20001:35.500[36]Sweden Jo BonnierLola T2101970 Anderstorp European 2-Litre Championship round
Group 41:38.400[37]Sweden Ulf NorinderLola T70 Mk.IIIB GT1969 Anderstorp Sports Prototype race
Formula Three1:38.800[38]Sweden Håkan DahlqvistMerlyn MK 211972 Anderstorp Swedish F3 round
500cc1:44.300Finland Teuvo LänsivuoriYamaha YZR5001974 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix
350cc1:44.500France Patrick PonsYamaha TZ 3501974 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix
Group 21:44.520[39]Sweden Bo EmanuelssonFord Escort RS 16001973 Swedish Grand Prix GT support race
250cc1:47.700Japan Takazumi KatayamaYamaha TZ 2501974 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix
Group 31:49.100[40]Sweden Bengt EkbergPorsche 911 S1972 Anderstorp Swedish Sportscar round
125cc1:52.000Sweden Kent AnderssonYamaha TA 1251974 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix
50cc2:01.000Netherlands Henk van KesselKreidler 50 GP1974 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix

Airfield
Anderstorp Airfield
Summary
Airport typePrivate
Opened1968
Elevation AMSL509 ft / 155 m
Websitewww.srwanderstorp.se/en/airfield/
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
04/22 1,000 Asphalt

In order to get more financiers the long straight was adopted as a 1,000 m (3,300 ft) runway for small aircraft (ICAO: ESMP). It is as of 2022 open for aircraft operations.[41] There is also a helipad, planned for ambulance helicopters at racing accidents.

Notes

^[N 2] Contrary to common depiction of the 1978 modification as having a chicane introduced to the Norra corner, there was no chicane ever used: the corner was made slower by decreasing its radius and making it a sharper bend instead of a sweeping curve it was before.[42][43][44][45]

  1. Anderstorp Raceway's Grade 2 license expired 28 May 2021.

References
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  2. "Sweden joins expanded 2020 DTM schedule". Motorsport.com. 19 September 2019.
  3. The chicane is absent in Lantmäteriet Historic Orthophoto 1975 (from lantmateriet.se), but is reported in the contemporary race report in the Motorsport magazine: "The Swedish Grand Prix". Motorsport: 717–720. July 1975. Retrieved 2022-02-05.
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  12. "WTCC Heat 2 Race". Archived from the original on 2016-09-21. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  13. "Anderstorp Motorsport Magazine". Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  14. "EuroBOSS Anderstorp Super Prix 2009 >> EuroBOSS, Heat 2, 15 laps". 23 August 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  15. "1998 International Sports Racing Series Round Anderstorp". Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  16. "2007 Anderstorp Formula Master - Round 9". Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  17. "2003 Anderstorp Formula Renault V6 – Round 11". Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  18. "1999 Nordic F3 Anderstorp Race 2". Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  19. "2003 FIA GT Championship Round Anderstorp". Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  20. "2016 SMP F4 NEZ Anderstorp Formula 4 Revision 1 - Final Results Race 1" (PDF). 3 September 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  21. "EuroBOSS Anderstorp Super Prix 2009 >> Formula Renault 2000, Heat 2, 15 laps". 23 August 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  22. "2022 Porsche Cup Scandinavia Anderstorp 2 (Race 3)". Retrieved 30 October 2022.
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  24. "STCC 2016 » Anderstorp Round 5 Results". Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  25. "Euro GT Anderstorp 2001". Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  26. "Swedish Touring Car Championship 1999 » Anderstorp Round 7 Results". Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  27. "TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship 2021 » Anderstorp Round 10 Results". Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  28. "Porsche Carrera Cup Anderstorp 2022 >> GT4 Scandinavia, Heat 1, 35 laps". 14 May 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  29. "ETCC 2003 » Anderstorp Round 14 Results". Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  30. "1996 BPR Global GT Series Round Anderstorp". Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  31. "1993-08-06 to 1993-08-08 World Superbike Scandinavian Round". Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  32. "Swedish Touring Car Championship 1997 » Anderstorp Round 5 Results". Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  33. "1975 Anderstorp European F3". Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  34. "Nordic Challenge Cup Anderstorp 1969". Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  35. "1970 Anderstorp F5000". Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  36. "Europamästerskap För 2L Sportvagnar Anderstorp". Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  37. "Anderstorp [SP] 1969". Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  38. "1972 Swedish Formula 3 Anderstorp". Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  39. "Anderstorp [T/GT] 1973". Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  40. "SM Anderstorp [GT3.0] 1972". Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  41. ANDERSTORP AIRFIELD ESMP
  42. Video on YouTube – on-board camera view
  43. Video on YouTube – 1978 Grand Prix highlights
  44. Video on YouTube – full coverage of the 1978 Grand Prix
  45. Ventura, Xavier (1978-06-15). "G.P. Suecia: ¿Andretti o Peterson?". El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). p. 21. Retrieved 2017-06-04. El difícil circuito de Anderstorp conoce este año una serie de cambios que pueden hacerlo más seguro pero también más difícil. La tradicional curva de la recta de salida ha sido modificada para convertirla en un ángulo recto de 90°... que puede tener importancia decisiva para la resolución de la carrera. Así mismo, nuevas barreras han mejorado las condiciones de seguridad del G.P. de Suecia de tal manera que ha recibido ya este circuito su homologación hasta 1981 por parte de la Federación Internacional.
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