Botniaring Racing Circuit

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Botniaring Racing Circuit
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Botniaring - Long Circuit
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Botniaring - Original Circuit
Location Jurva, Finland
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
EEST (DST)
Coordinates 62°37′37″N22°00′58″E / 62.62696°N 22.01622°E / 62.62696; 22.01622
Opened1989
Major eventsFinnish Championship racing
Road Racing
NEZ Racing Championship
Long Circuit (2013–present)
Length4,014 km (2.494 miles)
Turns16
Race lap record1:30.171 ( Flag of Finland.svg Jussi Kuivakangas, Dallara F309, 2022, F3)
Original Circuit (1989–present)
Surface9
Length2.618 km (1.627 miles)
Race lap record1:04.227 ( Flag of Finland.svg Teemu Tanninen, Dallara F394, 2003, F3)

The Botniaring is a racing circuit situated in Southern Ostrobothnia, Jurva, Finland. The track is mostly used for national races but in the last years[ when? ] there have been also arranged NEZ (North European Zone) races.

Contents

The circuit hosted the Legends World Course Road Finals in 2017. [1]

Lap records

As of June 2022, the fastest official race lap records at the Botniaring Racing Circuit are listed as: [2]

CategoryTimeDriverVehicleDate
Long Circuit (2013–present): 4.014 km [3]
Formula Three 1:30.171 [4] Jussi Kuivakangas Dallara F309 11 June 2022
Superbike 1:36.242 [2] Vesa Kallio  [ fi ] KTM 990 Super Duke 21 July 2013
Porsche Carrera Cup 1:36.668 [5] Mantas Janavicius Porsche 911 (992) GT3 Cup [6] 11 June 2022
Supersport 1:37.419 [7] Niki Tuuli Yamaha YZF-R6 24 May 2016
Formula Ford 1:37.587 [2] Joonas Lappalainen  [ fi ] Mygale SJ08A 21 July 2013
Formula Renault 1.6 1:39.900 [8] Joonas Lappalainen  [ fi ] Signatech FR1.6 18 May 2014
Moto3 1:41.597 [2] Niklas Ajo KTM RC250GP 20 July 2013
TCR Touring Car 1:42.200 [9] Julius Adomavicius CUPRA León TCR DSG [10] 16 June 2019
Supersport 300 1:49.923 [11] Arttu Matikainen Kawasaki Ninja 400 15 August 2021
Original Circuit (1989–present): 2.618 km [3]
Formula Three 1:04.227 [2] Teemu Tanninen  [ pl ] Dallara F394 29 June 2003
Formula Renault 2.0 1:04.629 [2] Valtteri Bottas Tatuus FR2000 12 May 2007
Superbike 1:05.680 [12] Erno Kostamo  [ fi ] BMW S1000RR 26 May 2018
250cc 1:09.016 [2] Vesa Kallio  [ fi ] Honda NSR250 12 August 2001
Supersport 1:09.330 [2] Erkka Korpiaho Suzuki GSX-R600 6 July 2003
Formula Ford 1:09.764 [2] Antti Buri Mygale SJ08A 13 August 2010
125cc 1:11.377 [2] Mika Kallio Honda RS125R 12 August 2001
Porsche Carrera Cup 1:12.175 [2] Raimo Niemi Porsche 911 (997 I) GT3 Cup 1 July 2012

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