Gotland Ring
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Gotland Ring is a racetrack and multi-functional motorsport facility on the Swedish island of Gotland, the most popular tourist resort in Sweden. In April 2004, Allt Om Resor (a travel magazine) voted the island the number-one island destination in the world.
Gotland Ring is designed for both international racing and corporate entertainment motor sport events. When the complex is completed, three separate circuits will allow simultaneous testing and corporate events on different parts of the complex. Gotland Ring will be the biggest such facility in Scandinavia, and will arguably be unrivalled in the Nordic region and North Eastern Europe.
Today (January 2007), the tarmac extends more than 3.2 kilometres on the northern loop (it will be FIA graded and ready for racing during 2007). Also, steel barriers are in place on most of the circuit (remaining barriers will be installed 2007).
The other complete entity – the Southern Loop – has been under preconstruction development. It will be ready for tarmac installation during 2007 making Gotland Ring's longest profile 7.375 meters - the longest profile in the world with modern safety standard. The circuit profile architect - Alec Arho Havrén - has recently made these profile design changes to make the racetrack even more challenging and exciting.
The Northern Loop of Gotland Ring is booked for races on a preliminary basis for 2007 (pending FIA approval, after completion of the final 1.8 kilometres of barriers). Also, the circuit is busy conductig B2B events, international product launches, and automotive testing during 2007-2008. Negotiations with several race series are in progress.
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[edit] Gotland Ring functionality overview (when facility is complete)
- Multipurpose race and test circuit and centre for B2B-events
- Technology park for the research and development of wireless applications
- Training and research-and-development centre for traffic safety
- Testing and product development centre for mission-specific, zero- and low-emission vehicles
- Mobile laboratories
- Family theme park
[edit] Gotland Ring track profile
Three separate circuits and several different profiles/two full-sized circuits (3.2 kilometres currently operative, and 3.6 kilometres to be built 2008).
- Total length
- 7375 metres (complete Grand Prix profile)
- Track profile designer
- Alec Arho Havrén
- Elevation
- 25 metres
- Topography
- forest, limestone formations along coastal region, quarry area
- Width
- 12-25 metres
- Corners
- 14 left and 14 right
- Location
- The Island of Gotland
[edit] Gotland Ring logistics and infrastructure
- Harbours
Kappelshamn and Nordkalk industrial harbours next to the facility, Slite harbour is twenty kilometres away, and Visby harbour is forty kilometres south.
- Airports
International Visby Airport is thirty-five kilometres south, and there is a smaller airport in Bunge ten kilometres to the North.
- On-site logistics
Unique roll-in and roll-out logistics to and from the paddock area There are three major roads between the circuit and the capital of Visby.
