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Anderstorp Raceway

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Anderstorp Raceway, previously known as Scandinavian Raceway, is a Template:Convert 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.

Track historyEdit

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Then, it was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

EventsEdit

Current
Former

Layout modificationsEdit

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.<ref>The chicane is absent in Lantmäteriet Historic Orthophoto 1975 (from lantmateriet.se), but is reported in the contemporary race report in the Motorsport magazine: Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Youtube</ref><ref>Template:Youtube</ref> The chicane has been re-aligned and tightened in time for the 1976 Swedish Grand Prix.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> 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{{#if:[N 2]|[N 2]|[1]}} and slight re-orientation of the following straight,<ref name="racingcircuits_anderstorp" /> which resulted in the length increase from Template:Convert <ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> to Template:Convert.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> It remained in that configuration through the 1980s<ref name=1986_ETCC/> until sometime between 1997 and 1998 it was modified again and slightly shortened to its present-day length of Template:Convert.<ref name="racingcircuits_anderstorp">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="WTCC Heat 2 Race">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Track variations:

Lap recordsEdit

As of May 2025, the fastest official race lap records at the Anderstorp Raceway are listed as:

Category Time Driver Vehicle Event Circuit Map
Grand Prix Circuit: 4.025 km (1998–present)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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EuroBOSS citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref> || Template:Flagicon Marijn van Kalmthout || Benetton B197-Judd V10 || 2009 EuroBOSS Anderstorp Super Prix || rowspan="18" | File:Scandinavian Raceway.svg

WSC citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref> || Template:Flagicon Emmanuel Collard || Ferrari 333 SP || 1998 Anderstorp International Sports Racing Series round

International Formula Master citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref> || Template:Flagicon Kasper Andersen || Tatuus N.T07 || 2007 Anderstorp International Formula Master round

Formula Renault 3.5 citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref> || Template:Flagicon José María López || Tatuus FRV6 || 2003 Anderstorp Formula Renault V6 Eurocup round

Formula Three citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref> || Template:Flagicon Thed Björk || Dallara F394 || 1999 Anderstorp Nordic F3 round

GT1 (GTS) citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref> || Template:Flagicon Walter Lechner || Saleen S7-R || 2003 FIA GT Anderstorp 500km

Formula 4 citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref> || Template:Flagicon Richard Verschoor || Tatuus F4-T014 || 2016 Anderstorp SMP F4 round

Formula Renault 2.0 citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref> || Template:Flagicon Daniel Roos || Tatuus FR2000 || 2009 Anderstorp Formula Renault 2.0 Sweden round

Porsche Carrera Cup citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref> || Template:Flagicon Lukas Sundahl || Porsche 911 (992) GT3 Cup || 2022 2nd Anderstorp Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia round

GT3 citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref> || Template:Flagicon Template:Ill || BMW Z4 GT3 || 2012 Anderstorp Swedish GT round

N-GT 1:34.081<ref name='fia_gt_2003_anderstorp' /> Template:Flagicon Andrea Bertolini Ferrari 360 Modena GT 2003 FIA GT Anderstorp 500km
Silhouette racing car citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref> || Template:Flagicon Johan Kristoffersson || SEAT León STCC || 2016 Anderstorp STCC round

GT2 citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref> || Template:Flagicon Elmar Grimm || Porsche 911 (993) GT2 || 2001 Anderstorp Nordic Challenge

GT4 citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref> || Template:Flagicon Lærke Rønn Sørensen || Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport || 2025 Anderstorp Porsche Sprint Challenge Scandinavia round

Super Touring citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref> || Template:Flagicon Tommy Rustad || Nissan Primera GT || 1999 1st Anderstorp STCC round

TCR Touring Car citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref> || Template:Flagicon Robert Dahlgren || CUPRA León Competición TCR || 2021 Anderstorp STCC round

Super 2000 citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref> || Template:Flagicon Nicola Larini || Alfa Romeo 156 GTA Super 2000 || 2003 Anderstorp ETCC round

Ferrari Challenge 1:43.080<ref name='anderstorp_euro_gt_2001' /> Template:Flagicon Kari Mäkinen Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge 2001 Anderstorp Nordic Challenge
Grand Prix Circuit: 4.031 km (1978–1997)
Formula One 1:24.836 Template:Flagicon Niki Lauda Brabham BT46B 1978 Swedish Grand Prix File:Scandinavian Raceway 1978.svg
Formula Three citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref> || Template:Flagicon Template:Ill || Ralt RT35 || 1992 Anderstorp Swedish F3 round

GT1 citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref> || Template:Flagicon Jean-Marc Gounon || Ferrari F40 LM || 1996 BPR 4 Hours of Anderstorp

500cc 1:31.107 Template:Flagicon Wayne Rainey Yamaha YZR500 1990 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix
World SBK citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref> || Template:Flagicon Carl Fogarty || Ducati 888 SBK || 1993 Anderstorp World SBK round

250cc 1:34.833 Template:Flagicon John Kocinski Yamaha TZ 250 1990 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix
Super Touring citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref> || Template:Flagicon Mattias Ekström || Volvo 850 GLT || 1997 Anderstorp STCC round

125cc 1:41.909 Template:Flagicon Stefan Prein Honda RS125R 1990 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix
Group A citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref> || Template:Flagicon Tom Walkinshaw || Rover Vitesse || 1986 Anderstorp ETCC round

Grand Prix Circuit: 4.018 km (1975–1977)
Formula One 1:27.607 Template:Flagicon Mario Andretti Lotus 78 1977 Swedish Grand Prix File:Circuit Anderstorp.png
Formula Three citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref> || Template:Flagicon Conny Ljungfeldt || March 743 || 1975 Anderstorp European F3 round

500cc 1:39.802 Template:Flagicon Barry Sheene Suzuki RG 500 1977 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix
350cc 1:42.281 Template:Flagicon Kork Ballington Yamaha TZ 350 1977 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix
250cc 1:46.285 Template:Flagicon Mick Grant Kawasaki KR250 1977 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix
125cc 1:49.263 Template:Flagicon Pier Paolo Bianchi Morbidelli 125 1976 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix
50cc 1:58.444 Template:Flagicon Ángel Nieto Bultaco TSS 50 1976 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix
Original Grand Prix Circuit: 4.025 km (1968–1974)
Formula One 1:26.146 Template:Flagicon Denny Hulme McLaren M23 1973 Swedish Grand Prix File:Scandinavian Raceway 1968–1974.svg
Group 6 citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref> || Template:Flagicon Leo Kinnunen || Porsche 908/02 || 1969 Anderstorp Nordic Challenge Cup round

Formula 5000 citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref> || Template:Flagicon Peter Gethin || McLaren M10B || 1970 Anderstorp F5000 round

Sports 2000 citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref> || Template:Flagicon Jo Bonnier || Lola T210 || 1970 Anderstorp European 2-Litre Championship round

Group 4 citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref> || Template:Flagicon Ulf Norinder || Lola T70 Mk.IIIB GT || 1969 Anderstorp Sports Prototype race

Formula Three citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref> || Template:Flagicon Håkan Dahlqvist || Merlyn MK 21 || 1972 Anderstorp Swedish F3 round

500cc 1:44.300 Template:Flagicon Teuvo Länsivuori Yamaha YZR500 Template:Ill
350cc 1:44.500 Template:Flagicon Patrick Pons Yamaha TZ 350 Template:Ill
Group 2 citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref> || Template:Flagicon Bo Emanuelsson || Ford Escort RS 1600 || 1973 Swedish Grand Prix GT support race

250cc 1:47.700 Template:Flagicon Takazumi Katayama Yamaha TZ 250 Template:Ill
Group 3 citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref> || Template:Flagicon Bengt Ekberg || Porsche 911 S || 1972 Anderstorp Swedish Sportscar round

125cc 1:52.000 Template:Flagicon Kent Andersson Yamaha TA 125 Template:Ill
50cc 2:01.000 Template:Flagicon Henk van Kessel Kreidler 50 GP Template:Ill

AirfieldEdit

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In order to get more financiers the long straight was adopted as a Template:Convert runway for small aircraft Template:Airport codes. It is Template:As of open for aircraft operations.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> There is also a helipad, planned for ambulance helicopters at racing accidents.

NotesEdit

<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^[N 2]{{#if:| }} 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.<ref>Template:Youtube – on-board camera view</ref><ref>Template:Youtube – 1978 Grand Prix highlights</ref><ref>Template:Youtube – full coverage of the 1978 Grand Prix</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Template:Notelist

ReferencesEdit

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External linksEdit

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