Formula One's Abandoned Race Tracks (Part 2)

I always used to love Rio. Opening race of the season . Always a sketchy tv picture & the track was a bit scabby but the racing was always good & the backdrop was always picturesque. Such a shame the circuit has gone

OMG YOUR HAIR

Really like your style of presenting. Interesting vids

Zandvoort has this massive "abandoned" part that was used for F1... It's now become a street where homes are and such. Zandvoort still exists but the track is much smaller.

AlexZafro … In the old Osterreichring only one driver, Mike Donahue, died in 1975. So this race track wasn't so dangerous as you say. Anyway nice video.

I can't see Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez ever being used again, I would love to see F1 at Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo , this is used for MotoGP

I miss Imola, Indianapolis, and Istanbul 😌

What about Imola?

Currently (as of 2019), the Olympic site that replaced Jacarépagua is also abandoned. The lavish and flagrant overspending by the corrupt Brazillian government has led to a lack of demand to keep the complex active post-Olympics. It got to the point where the water in the swimming pool was stagnant and green. Vandals have also stolen seats in the main stadium and littered the entire place with graffiti.


Moral of the story: restoring the track would have been better and cheaper than nearly bankrupting your country by hosting the World Cup and the Olympics over a 2 year period.

wat about any old USA gp tracks?

Love this small series. Talk about the mythical Estoril in Portugal where Senna was so happy

Argentina racetrack is active and held several Argentinian national champioships like ACTC Turismo Carretera, Super TC2000, Top Race and others

Lo más lamentablemente del circuito de Río de Janeiro que, fue demolido para construir la Villa Olímpica de Río, es que actualmente la Villa olímpica está abandonada.

I feel like Adelaide could bring a better Grand Prix than Melbourne

How you could not add Istanbul Park on the list?!

Did you ever cover Imola? Yeah it is still around but F1 doesn't go there anymore.

I think you should inform yourself more about the autodromo of Buenos Aires, because they are still used by national and regional categories ...
a big mistake on your part, mate

I'm a year late on this, but Kyalami was bought by Porsche and now we have the IGTC ( International Grand Touring Challenge ) , and yeah, alot of national events :D

The British grand prix was once held at Aintree!

I really miss Estoril. Amazing track

the layout of the South African Grand Prix looks like the layout of the Indian GP

That brazilian track with a long Portuguese name was actually known simply as Jacarepaguá, which is the name of the neighborhood where it was located. "Jacarepaguá" is a tupi (one of the main native brazilian languages) word and it sounds quite odd even to brazilians.

Mate.. your section on Kyalami.. you've used an aerial view of Cape Town (table mountain is in the back ground), whereas Kyalami is in Johannesburg?? You may have confused Kyalami with Killarney race track in Cape Town... also, Kyalami is once again at FIA Grade 2 status with a lot of reprofiling of track sections having taken place, along with a brand new pit building. Lastly, Jean Todt recently visited and it has been mentioned that they simply need to invest in TecPro barriers to get it to Grade 1 status

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How about Zandvoort and Aintree

South Africas new ANC government destroyed Kyalami through corruption, no one would mention that though its not politically correct.

Just a word on Kyalami. The track is open for international competition and on 23 November it will host the final round of the 2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge series with the Kyalami 9 Hours (the other races in the series are the Bathurst 12 Hour, California 8 Hours [Laguna Seca], Spa 24 Hours and Suzuka 10 Hours). The GT series is open to GT3 and GT4 cars.

Lost Formula One tracks would be a good video as there are many that still hold major racing, just not F1. Tracks like Adelaide, Brands Hatch, Donington, Zolder, Dijon, Le Mans (Bugatti), Istanbul, Fuji, Sebring, Indianapolis, Watkins Glen, Magny Cours, Jarama, Long Beach, Jerez, Mosport, Sepang and Imola immediately spring to mind.

Monndelo park

Zandfort, Turkey, San Marino

When he said spa old track was so big at:3:34

Lost

Kylami is still used for smaller local racing but is also now being used for endurance races soon it seems

I'm not sure when Kyalami moved to Cape Town....!  But, that aside, interesting stuff, thanks.

Indy is also a lost f1 track

I lost count of how many times you said it's really sad. Too many words. Not enough basic track info.

You totally have to visit the Austrian GP. On TV, you cannot really experience how breathtaking the course is and how much altitude differences there are (especially when looking at the straight between turn 1 - nowadays Lauda - and turn 2 - nowadays Remus). It's like they are climbing a small mountain.

Mais um vídeo excelente, mas muito triste......
Obrigado pelo vídeo e parabéns pelo canal.......
Abraço do Brasil......

Sou brasileiro e fico envergonhado de ver que a pista de Jacarépagua não existe mais diferente e em seu lugar foi construido um dos maiores Elefantes Brancos da história.

i remember, watching A1gp in kyalami in 2008 or 7 or 9 idk i forget abt it ...

Watkins Glen!

ok, fully lost? GP OF CUBA.

I want a track that is a literall oval on the modern F1

I live in kyalami I hope it comes back

There’s been a fair amount of talk about the entire section of the Red Bull Ring (A1-Ring/Osterreichring) that was “abandoned” being brought back as a new layout for F1–don’t know if it’s gone much further than talk…?

Jaçarepagua was rubbish. Bumpy and almost always ridiculously hot.

South Africa for 2023! It’s almost official..