HUN - HUNGARY
VELENCEI-TÓ
Description In 1974, mail and transportation vice-minister, Deszò Kiss, proposed a couple of permanent circuit to be built on the hill around Lake Velence. One of them was very close to be built, but it wasn’t. A decade later there were rumors about a Hungarian F.1 GP. In January 1985, Budapest town council forbade to use Népliget Park (People Park): in that moment again a permanent circut was proposed around Lake Velence. The proposal was dropped because too far from Budapest and it was replaced by the circuit later known as Hungaroring. I don’t know what proposal shows my map, I think the last dated 1985. I have no more details, because autó-motor magazine is writte in Hungarian, language that I can’t understand.
Location Velence - Fejér - Közép-Dunántúl
Location On the hill North of Velencei-tó (Lake Velence)
Latitude - Longitude (approx) + 47°14'54"     + 18°36'29"     (approx)
47.248333     18.608056     (approx)
UTM Coordinates (approx) X = 318999.432  -  Y = 5235536.136  -  Zone 34T     (approx)
Aerial photo / Map (*) Aerial photo / Map (*) OpenStreetMap  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Google Maps  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Bing Maps  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Flash Earth  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Wikimapia
Altitude AMSL (approx) 200 m - 656 ft    (approx)
Inauguration  
Closing  
Designer  
Sources and links (Translation) (**)
(1) Australia autó-motor 19/1985 (page 58)(Hungarian magazine) Thanks to Leo67 for having sent me the article
(2) Italian Rombo 2/1986 (page 36)Map of a previous proposal

(*) NOTE: a complete and detailed view of the circuit can be found (if available) on Street View by Google Maps and/or Bird's Eye and 3D views by Bing Maps for Enterprise (former Microsoft Virtual Earth): both can be reached using their own link in Aerial photo / Map cell.

(**) For on-line not-English speaking sources, click on each small flag and you open the corresponding Google Translator page with automatic translation.

Velencei-tó
Description  
Years 1985
Direction Clockwise   Clockwise
Progetto Proposal Proposal  YES
Proposal not developed YES
Car Circuit YES
Motorbike circuit  
Type Permanent
Inauguration  
Closing  
Last update of this page October 22nd 2007
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points  
length 4400  m 14436  ft 2.734  mi Long circuit (1)

Velencei-tó, long course (4400 m)

Velencei-tó, long course (4400 m)

Velencei-tó, long course (4400 m)



Updates
Date Track layout Years Description by Map by Thanks to Note
August 31st 2005     Guido de Carli     Update Description
July 29th 2005     Guido de Carli Guido de Carli Leo67 New Description with map
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list
 
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