Nivelles-Baulers
Sign in to saveNivelles-Baulers was a race track in Nivelles (in French)/Nijvel (in Dutch) near Brussels, Belgium.
Key facts
- Motorsport venue.name
- Nivelles-Baulers
- Motorsport venue.location
- Nivelles, Belgium
- Motorsport venue.image
- class=skin-invert|250px|The Nivelles-Baulers circuit
- Motorsport venue.image_caption
- Grand Prix Circuit (1972–1981)
- Motorsport venue.broke_ground
- 1971
- Motorsport venue.opened
- 1972
- Motorsport venue.architect
- John Hugenholtz
- Motorsport venue.events
- Formula OneBelgian Grand Prix (1972, 1974)Formula 750 (1976, 1978)Formula Two (1973)Formula 5000 (1972)
- Motorsport venue.layout
- Grand Prix Circuit (1972–1981)
- Motorsport venue.surface
- Tarmac
- Motorsport venue.length_km
- 3.724
- Motorsport venue.length_mi
- 2.314
- Motorsport venue.turns
- 7
- Motorsport venue.record_time
- 1:11.310
- Motorsport venue.record_driver
- Denny Hulme
- Motorsport venue.record_car
- McLaren M23
- Motorsport venue.record_year
- 1974
- Motorsport venue.record_class
- F1
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- motorsport racing track
- Country
- Belgium
- Located in
- Nivelles
- Location
- Baulers
- Image
- Nivelles circuit.jpg
- Significant event
- Belgian Grand Prix
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- Commons category
- Circuit de Nivelles-Baulers
- used by
- Formula One
- short name
- Nivelles
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 2
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- History
- Lap records
- External links
- References
Nivelles-Baulers was a race track in Nivelles (in French)/Nijvel (in Dutch) near Brussels, Belgium.
==History== thumb|left|Aerial view of the Nivelles-Baulers circuit Built in 1971, the circuit hosted two rounds of the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix in 1972 and 1974 both won by Emerson Fittipaldi, during the time when the race was supposed to alternate between Walloon and Flemish circuits. Designed by Roger Caignie and John Hugenholtz to be a safe alternative to Spa, Nivelles was perhaps too safe. It had massive runoff areas, was flat and featureless, and was described by many drivers as being bland and sterile. Nivelles was not popular amongst the paying spectators since they thought that they were not close enough to the action.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nivelles-Baulers” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (4)
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3 mapped locations