Check also this long video about old Spa-Francorchamps: kzitem.info/news/bejne/sp6Nu5WFe6t4en4
@leumas75
4 жыл бұрын
Love the drone footage - such a fantastically good way to use new tech for historic education!
@Circuitsofthepast
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@alextimofee
4 жыл бұрын
One of the coolest channels about motorsport history, love your videos. Can't understand why so few subscribers.
@Circuitsofthepast
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@blackmoonsunshineparanorma7479
4 жыл бұрын
Awesome video. How about a drone flight over the old hockenheimring. The new and old thanks.
@Circuitsofthepast
4 жыл бұрын
A drone flight over old Hockenheim is on my to-do-list. And if they are willing to cooperate I will also do some onboard footage of the current track.
@leumas75
4 жыл бұрын
YESSS!!!!! (To both request and response...)
@christophermathern6796
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I just found this. Assen is such a cool track
@Circuitsofthepast
4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome.
@harshithsadhana7475
4 жыл бұрын
it is very good track they have massive solar panels, i think it is fast track
@Circuitsofthepast
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah it's still a fast track. But there are no long straights, it's because of the many fast corners, just like Silverstone.
@LapoftheWorld
4 жыл бұрын
Cool perspective and great historical info as always. 'Would love to drive Assen at some point.
@Circuitsofthepast
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah it is still a great track. Especially the fast Southern Loop.
@TypicallyThomas
4 жыл бұрын
I've worked at this track for a little. Met W series Champion Jamie Chadwick before she became Champion and a bunch of other really cool people
@Circuitsofthepast
4 жыл бұрын
Leuk :)
@BlokartS260
4 жыл бұрын
I really loved the old circuit. In the sixties as a kid I sat along the "Drentse Hoofdvaart" in Dieverbrug and watched many of the visiting bikeriders going home. Request, next time please mute the music when you speak.
@Circuitsofthepast
4 жыл бұрын
Ja na de TT zag je altijd mensen staan kijken naar de terugkerende motorrijders. De muziek is al voor 90% gedempt.
@sergiopiresbr
4 жыл бұрын
Great video and info again, congrats
@Circuitsofthepast
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@MrLargePig
4 жыл бұрын
Well done! And what a beautiful circuit. It's a lot easier to see the layout with the drone footage- how long is the Assen circuit?
@Circuitsofthepast
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! The length of the current circuit is 4.542 km, which is 2.822 Miles.
@MrLargePig
4 жыл бұрын
@@Circuitsofthepast Thanks, Hermann!
@saltbjorn
4 жыл бұрын
Should make this F1...
@Circuitsofthepast
4 жыл бұрын
They had the ambition to do so, but F1 choosed for Zandvoort.
@psyclonetheseahawk9261
4 жыл бұрын
Nevcer heard of a circuit built specifically for bikes before.
@Circuitsofthepast
4 жыл бұрын
Yes, it was originally designed for motorcycles only. In the 90's they start to organize car races too.
@sebonator3000
4 жыл бұрын
@@Circuitsofthepast are there any other tracks designed specifically to any form of motorcycle racing ?
@Circuitsofthepast
4 жыл бұрын
Not much. In the 80's and 90's they told Assen was the only circuit especially designed for bikes. However, there are some street circuits only used for bikes too. But that are not designed circuits. Or you must count the artificial corners at Mettet (Belgium).
@LapoftheWorld
4 жыл бұрын
There are a handful (only a handful) world-wide that are exclusively bikes "JenningsGP" in Florida in the U.S. is a current example. There are many tracks that were designed with bikes in mind though, with different run-off requirements (i.e. nothing solid to hit). An obscure example (if you don't live nearby) Talladega Grand Prix Raceway (Alabama, US) was designed for bikes, but allows cars.
@Circuitsofthepast
4 жыл бұрын
@@LapoftheWorld Thanks for this interesting information!
@AlonsoRules
4 жыл бұрын
People complain about Hockenheim's rebuilding works, but the destruction of Assen was even worse
@Circuitsofthepast
4 жыл бұрын
Maybe even more. Assen lost a technical section while Hockenheim lost straights and chicanes. However, the first part of the second version of the North Loop was a little boring. But the last part was fantastic with a very fast blind corner before braking for the original Strubben Hairpin.
@matthewgroff433
4 жыл бұрын
I am surprised Formula 1 has never raced there! It looks like it would be a good circuit for a Formula 1 race! The only drawback is there is no long straight, This is a little similar to Silverstone.
@Circuitsofthepast
4 жыл бұрын
There was a plan to make it more suitable for overtaking for F1. A bypass at the Ruskenhoek should create a longer full throttle section and a harder braking zone. However, that was before F1 choosed for Zandvoort. And to be honoust, that's where it belongs. Assen cliuld have been an alternative when F1 abandoned Zandvoort after 1985. But those days Assen had no ambition for car races at all.
@therealdutchidiot
2 жыл бұрын
@@Circuitsofthepast "That's where it belongs". Except Zandvoort doesn't have the supporting infrastructure. It's not even anywhere near a highway. Assen does have all this.
@Circuitsofthepast
2 жыл бұрын
@@therealdutchidiot Ondanks dat hebben ze het goed weten te organiseren, zonder files. Met "that's where it belong" bedoel ik dat historisch gezien de Formule 1 op Zandvoort thuishoort en de MotoGP op Assen.
@StraightOuttaPaddock
4 жыл бұрын
DTM drove there this weekend!
@Circuitsofthepast
4 жыл бұрын
I know ;)
@pedro7g5
4 жыл бұрын
Sad to see how the owners neutered this circuit...
@doktorhund6926
3 жыл бұрын
look how they massacred my boy. i miss the old layout.
@martonpetersumegi2598
4 жыл бұрын
Wich is your favourite circuit?
@Circuitsofthepast
4 жыл бұрын
Difficult question, because I visited so many circuits. I would say Zandvoort. First it's a very cool circuit and it is also the circuit where I have the best memories. And also Assen is one of my faforites, because this was my first circuit ever. Old Clermont-Ferrand is also one of my favorite tracks. Further Donington Park, Oulton Park, Cadwell Park and Brands Hatch. Other great circuits are the Nürburgring Nordschleife, only I don't like the company behind this circuit. Off course Spa-Francorchamps is also great, but with the same arrogant press officers as the Nürburgring. And it may sound strange, but also Nivelles-Baulers is a special place for me, even now the circuit is almost gone. Because of my visit to the abandoned circuit of Nivelles in 1998 I came to the idea for a website about lost race tracks. And the rest is history :)
@martonpetersumegi2598
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for answering! Have a nice day!
@cringemaster1307
4 жыл бұрын
first comment?
@Circuitsofthepast
4 жыл бұрын
The video is actually not published yet. So yes, you're the first. I hope you will also post a substantive response after the premiere ;)
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