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Also known as Circuit de Reims-Gueux

The circuit Reims-Gueux was a motor racing circuit made up of rural public roads, located in Gueux, west of Reims in the Champagne region of north-eastern France, established in 1926 as the second venue of the Grand Prix de la Marne. The triangular layout of public roads formed three sectors between the villages of Thillois and Gueux over the La Garenne / Gueux intersection of Route nationale 31. The circuit became known to be among the fastest of the era for its two long straights (approximately 2.2 km; 1¼ miles in length each) allowing maximum straight-line speed, resulting in many famo

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Motorsport venue.name
Circuit de Reims-Gueux
Motorsport venue.location
Gueux, France
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Grand Prix Circuit (1954–1972)
Motorsport venue.events
Formula OneFrench Grand Prix(1950–1951, 1953–1954, 1956, 1958–1961, 1963, 1966)Grand Prix motorcycle racingFrench motorcycle Grand Prix (1954–1955)Grand Prix de la Marne(1925–1931, 1933–1937, 1952)12 Hours of Reims(1926, 1953–1954, 1956–1958, 1964–1965, 1967)
Motorsport venue.opened
1926
Motorsport venue.closed
1972
Motorsport venue.layout
Grand Prix Circuit (1954–1972)
Motorsport venue.length_km
8.302
Motorsport venue.length_mi
5.159
Motorsport venue.turns
7
Motorsport venue.record_time
2:10.500
Motorsport venue.record_driver
Paul Hawkins
Motorsport venue.record_car
Lola T70
Motorsport venue.record_year
1967
Motorsport venue.record_class
Group 4
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Grand Prix Circuit (1953)

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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections
Contents
  • Circuit history
  • Reims-Gueux Circuits by years
  • Lap records
  • Racing series at Reims-Gueux
  • Reims-Gueux by year
  • Sports car racing at Reims-Gueux by year (condensed)
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links
  • External links

The circuit Reims-Gueux was a motor racing circuit made up of rural public roads, located in Gueux, west of Reims in the Champagne region of north-eastern France, established in 1926 as the second venue of the Grand Prix de la Marne. The triangular layout of public roads formed three sectors between the villages of Thillois and Gueux over the La Garenne / Gueux intersection of Route nationale 31. The circuit became known to be among the fastest of the era for its two long straights (approximately 2.2 km; 1¼ miles in length each) allowing maximum straight-line speed, resulting in many famous slipstream battles.

== Circuit history ==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Reims-Gueux” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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