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FRA - FRANCE
ROUEN LES ESSARTS
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Description
Location	Les Essarts, Grand-Couronne 76 - Seine-Maritime - Haute-Normandie
Location	Near Les-Essarts village, 12 km - 7.5 mi South from Rouen and 5 km - 3 mi far from Elbeuf
Latitude - Longitude	+ 49°20'00"     + 1°00'42" 49.333333     1.011667
UTM Coordinates	X = 355545.617  -  Y = 5466413.471  -  Zone 31U
Aerial photo / Map (*)	Google Maps  -    Bing Maps  -    Flash Earth  -    GéoPortail
Altitude AMSL
Inauguration
Closing
Designer
Sources and links (Translation) (**)	(1) (page 206) Author: Tommaso Tommasi - Published by: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore - Published in: Italia - year: 1973 (2) (page 42) Author: Louis Klemantaski & Michael Frostick - Published by: Batsford Book - year: 1958 Description (3) 8w.forix.com/rouen.html 8W: articles and photos (4) www.circuitsofthepast.nl Circuit of the Past (5) www.lugnutsracing.com/rouen.php A trip to Rouen Les Essarts: story and photos by Chris Hall (2001) (6) www.racingcircuits.net Motor Racing Circuits Database (7) Conoscere la Formula 1 1 (page 259) Published by: Rizzoli Editore - Published in: Italia - year: 1984 (8) Autosprint 21/1969 (page 20) Mappa e dati essenziali (9) Autosprint 24/1971 (page 38) Quasi certo: gara di F.2 del 27 giugno 1971 con una chicane provvisoria (10) Autosprint 49/1971 (page 44) (11) Autosprint 13/1972 (page 44) Cambiano i box (12) Autosprint 26/1972 (page 26) Rouen Les-Essarts (13) Autosprint 27/1973 (page 35) Foto della chicane provvisoria (14) Autosprint 18/1987 (page 24) Totale rifacimento in vista (15) F.1 Storia del Mondiale 1950-1957 /1991 (page 53) Author: Gianni Cancellieri e Cesare De Agostini - Published by: Conti Editore - Published in: Bologna, Italia - year: 1991

(*) 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.

Rouen Les Essarts
Description	Original track layout, opened in 1951 and used up to 1954, when track lengthened was begun.
Years	1951÷1954
Direction	Clockwise
Proposal	NO
No longer operational	YES
Car Circuit	YES
Motorbike circuit
Type	Road course
Inauguration	1951
Closing	1954
Last update of this page	March 20th 2004
Info last update
Designer
Distinctive points	Six fréres - Virage du Nouveau Monde - Virage Samson - Virage de Beauval - Chemin de l’Étoile - Virage du Paradis
length	5100  m	16732  ft	3.169  mi		(15)

Rouen Les Essarts
Description	In 1955 original track was lengthened by replacing Chemin de l’Étoile with Gresil, Scierie and Paradis corners.
Years	1955÷1970
Direction	Clockwise
Proposal	NO
No longer operational	YES
Car Circuit	YES
Motorbike circuit
Type	Road course
Inauguration	1955
Closing	1970
Last update of this page	March 20th 2004
Info last update
Designer
Distinctive points	Six fréres - Virage du Nouveau Monde - Virage Samson - Virage de Beauval - Courbe de l’Étoile - Gresil - Scierie - Virage du Paradis
length	6542  m	21463  ft	4.065  mi		(7)

Rouen Les Essarts
Description	In 1971 the circuit was too dangerous and two temporary chicanes were added, one at Virage du Gresil and one at Virage du Paradis (shown on the map only by a symbol)
Years	1971
Direction	Clockwise
Proposal	NO
No longer operational	YES
Car Circuit	YES
Motorbike circuit
Type	Road course
Inauguration	1971
Closing	1971
Last update of this page	March 20th 2004
Info last update
Designer
Distinctive points	Six fréres - Virage du Nouveau Monde - Virage Samson - Virage de Beauval - Courbe de l’Étoile - Gresil - Scierie - Virage du Paradis

Rouen Les Essarts
Description	In 1972 this circuit was shortened in order to satisfy modern safety standard and - more important - because new motorway A13 would have cut old track. Even boxes were rebuilt: in 1971 pit lane was behind boxes, so it was hidden for spectators on main tribune. In 1973, after Gerry Birrell’sfatal crash at Six Fréres during F.2 GP practice, a temporary chicane (shown on the map by a symbol) was added on race day. In 1974 it was replaced by a new layout of Six Fréres bend (not shown on the map)
Years	1972÷1973
Direction	Clockwise
Proposal	NO
No longer operational	YES
Car Circuit	YES
Motorbike circuit
Type	Road course
Inauguration	1972
Closing	1973
Last update of this page	March 20th 2004
Info last update
Designer
Distinctive points	Six fréres - Virage du Nouveau Monde - Virage Samson - Virage de Beauval - Courbe de l’Étoile - Gresil - Virage de la Forét - Virage de l’Autoroute - Virage Cote 134 - Virage du Paradis
length	5542  m	18182  ft	3.444  mi		(6)
length	5543  m	18186  ft	3.444  mi		(1)

Rouen Les Essarts
Description	After a temporary chicane was introduced in 1974, a new chicane was built at Six Fréres
Years	1974÷1994
Direction	Clockwise
Proposal	YES
Proposal not developed	YES
Car Circuit
Motorbike circuit
Type	Permanent
Inauguration
Closing
Last update of this page	March 7th 2007
Info last update
Designer
Distinctive points	Six fréres - Virage du Nouveau Monde - Virage Samson - Virage de Beauval - Courbe de l’Étoile - Gresil - Virage de la Forét - Virage de l’Autoroute - Virage Cote 134 - Virage du Paradis
length	5542  m	18182  ft	3.444  mi		(6)

Rouen Les Essarts
Description	Abandoned proposal for a new track layout at Rouen Les-Essarts. It should have used partially the old track from virage du Gresil to the old start/finish line. Target was to host again France GP. At first a short circuit (2.7 km approx.) shoult have been built, later to be extended up to 4.5 km. Corners name are copied from previous track layouts
Years	1987
Direction	Clockwise
Proposal	YES
Proposal not developed	YES
Car Circuit
Motorbike circuit
Type	Permanent
Inauguration
Closing
Last update of this page	March 20th 2004
Info last update	April 1987
Designer
Distinctive points	Chemin de l’Étoile - Gresil - Virage de la Forét - Virage de l’Autoroute - Virage Cote 134 - Virage du Paradis
length	2700  m	8858  ft	1.678  mi	Short circuit	(14)
length	4500  m	14764  ft	2.796  mi	Later extension	(14)

Latitude - Longitude: + 49°20'00", + 1°00'42"
If the aerial photo is not visible, you have to zoom out by clicking (maybe more then once) button ’-’ in top left corner

Updates
Date	Track layout	Years	Description by	Map by	Thanks to	Note
March 7th 2007		1974÷1994	Guido de Carli
November 16th 2005			Guido de Carli		Barry Boor	Update	Description
April 28th 2004		1987	Guido de Carli			Update	Description
March 20th 2004		1951÷1954	Guido de Carli	Guido de Carli		New	Description with map
March 20th 2004		1955÷1970	Guido de Carli	Guido de Carli		New	Description with map
March 20th 2004		1972÷1973	Guido de Carli	Guido de Carli		New	Description with map
September 17th 2003			Guido de Carli			New	Description
October 2nd 2002			Guido de Carli			New	Description without map
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list

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