A street circuit is a
motorsportracing circuit composed of temporarily closed-off public
roads of a
city,
town or
village, used in
motor races.
Airportrunways and
taxiways are also sometimes part of street circuits. Facilities such as the paddock, pit boxes, fences and grandstands are usually installed temporarily and removed soon after the race is over but in modern times the pits, garages, race control and main grandstands are sometimes permanently constructed in the area. Since the track surface is originally planned for normal speeds, race drivers often find street circuits bumpy and lacking grip. Run-off areas may be non-existent, which makes driving mistakes more expensive than in purpose-built circuits with wider run-off areas.
Racing on a street circuit is also called "legal street racing".
Local governments sometimes support races held in street circuits to promote
tourism. In some cases, short segments or connector roads of the circuit are purpose-built for the racecourse, and remain in place year-round, but are not otherwise utilized by public traffic.
^Mandalika is not a street circuit as defined in the Wikipedia article; the name was created by the Indonesian government, which owns and has developed the circuit from scrubland. See
Talk:Mandalika International Street Circuit#Street circuit
A street circuit is a
motorsportracing circuit composed of temporarily closed-off public
roads of a
city,
town or
village, used in
motor races.
Airportrunways and
taxiways are also sometimes part of street circuits. Facilities such as the paddock, pit boxes, fences and grandstands are usually installed temporarily and removed soon after the race is over but in modern times the pits, garages, race control and main grandstands are sometimes permanently constructed in the area. Since the track surface is originally planned for normal speeds, race drivers often find street circuits bumpy and lacking grip. Run-off areas may be non-existent, which makes driving mistakes more expensive than in purpose-built circuits with wider run-off areas.
Racing on a street circuit is also called "legal street racing".
Local governments sometimes support races held in street circuits to promote
tourism. In some cases, short segments or connector roads of the circuit are purpose-built for the racecourse, and remain in place year-round, but are not otherwise utilized by public traffic.
^Mandalika is not a street circuit as defined in the Wikipedia article; the name was created by the Indonesian government, which owns and has developed the circuit from scrubland. See
Talk:Mandalika International Street Circuit#Street circuit