Brands Hatch layout & records

Brands Hatch cicuit Details

Location:Brands Hatch circuit West Kingsdown, UK
Event:British GP & European GP
Used Since:1964-1986
Type:Closed Circuit
 Lap Distance:3.908 km

Lap Record

Lap Record:1:09.593 min
Date:13 Juli 1986
F1 Driver:Nigel Mansell
F1 Car:Williams FW11-Honda
Speed:202.158 km/h

Pole Record

Record Pole:1:06.961 min
Date:12 Juli 1986
F1 Driver:Nelson Piquet
F1 Car:Williams FW11 Honda
Speed:210.104 km/h

Onboard Lap

Nelson Piquet, Williams FW11 leads Nigel Mansell 1986 British Grand Prix, Brands HatchBrands Hatch, Kent, UK

Brands Hatch Circuit Layout

Brands Hatch layout & records

 

Description

 

Brands Hatch History


Nelson Piquet, Williams FW11 leads Nigel Mansell 1986 British Grand Prix, Brands Hatch

Nelson Piquet, Williams FW11 leads Nigel Mansell 1986 British Grand Prix, Brands Hatch

Brands Hatch first used as a grasstrack motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently hosts many British and International racing events. The venue is owned and operated by Jonathan Palmer's MotorSport Vision organisation.

Gerhard Berger once said that Brands Hatch is "the best circuit in the world". Paddock Hill Bend is a renowned corner.

The full Grand Prix circuit begins on the Brabham Straight, an off-camber, slightly curved stretch, before plunging into the right-hander at Paddock Hill Bend, with gradients of 8%.[1] Despite the difficulty of the curve, due to the straight that precedes it, it is one of the track's few overtaking spots. The next corner, Druids, is a hairpin bend, negotiated after an uphill braking zone at Hailwood Hill.

The track then curves around the south bank spectator area into the downhill, off-camber Graham Hill Bend, and another, slightly bent stretch at the Cooper Straight, which runs parallel to the pit lane. After the straight, the circuit climbs uphill though the decreasing-radius Surtees turn, before moving onto the back straight where the track's top speeds can be reached. The most significant elevation changes on the circuit occur here at Pilgrim's Drop and Hawthorn Hill, which leads into Hawthorn Bend (with some parts approaching 7%).

The track then loops around the woodland with a series of mid-speed corners, most notably the dip at Westfield and Dingle Dell and the blind Sheene curve. From there the track then emerges from the left hand and cambered Stirlings Bend onto the short straight to Clearways and rejoins the Indy Circuit for Clark Curve with its uphill off-camber approach to the pit straight and the start/finish line.

Driver Ranking

 

Driver Ranking Brands Hatch Circuit

DriverGP  1st  2nd  3rd  Pod  Pole  FL  Avg GridAvg PosPoints
1Austria Niki Lauda73104246.66.135
2United Kingdom Nigel Mansell52013027.88.022
3Brazil Nelson Piquet61203202.79.221
4Australia Jack Brabham41102123.86.818
5Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi611020014.27.816
6South Africa Jody Scheckter41102009.37.515
7Argentina Carlos Reutemann51012008.26.614
8United Kingdom Jim Clark21001113.02.512
9Austria Jochen Rindt31001104.35.011
10Australia Alan Jones510010012.814.011
11Switzerland Jo Siffert410010112.810.89
12New Zealand Denny Hulme50112009.64.215
13France Alain Prost60112006.26.215
14United Kingdom Graham Hill601121012.09.311
15Brazil Ayrton Senna30112103.77.010
16New Zealand Chris Amon501010010.810.811
17United Kingdom Derek Warwick501010010.011.48
18United Kingdom Jackie Stewart40101016.89.87
19France Didier Pironi30101118.011.06
20Belgium Jacky Ickx40022107.011.38
21United Kingdom John Watson700220012.611.08
22United Kingdom John Surtees40011009.89.36
23France Patrick Tambay600110013.89.35
24United Kingdom Peter Revson200110012.59.54
25Finland Keke Rosberg60011108.815.74
26Italy Elio de Angelis50000107.012.28
27Switzerland Clay Regazzoni40000008.59.56
28Ireland Derek Daly300000011.79.75
29France René Arnoux50000009.611.64
30United Kingdom Tom Pryce200000012.56.03
31France Patrick Depailler40000008.314.83
32Italy Andrea de Cesaris400000016.310.83
33Italy Lorenzo Bandini10000008.05.02
34United Kingdom Martin Brundle200000013.511.52
35Germany Hans Joachim Stuck300000014.716.32
36France Jean-Pierre Jarier500000018.215.82
37Italy Michele Alboreto500000014.214.42
38United States Phil Hill100000015.06.01
39France Philippe Streiff200000010.57.01
40New Zealand Bruce McLaren30000009.711.71
41Italy Arturo Merzario400000014.015.51
42Italy Bruno Giacomelli400000012.09.51
43Belgium Thierry Boutsen400000013.811.31
44South Africa Dave Charlton100000024.022.00
45United Kingdom Robin Widdows100000018.013.00
46United States Bob Bondurant100000014.09.00
47Italy Giancarlo Baghetti100000021.012.00
48Austria Harald Ertl100000023.07.00
49Brazil Wilson Fittipaldi100000022.012.00
50United Kingdom Piers Courage100000016.08.00
51Germany Stefan Bellof100000026.013.00
52United States Danny Sullivan100000020.023.00
53United Kingdom Peter Arundell100000020.016.00
54South Africa Tony Maggs100000017.017.00
55Brazil Chico Serra100000021.022.00
56United Kingdom Guy Edwards100000025.026.00
57United Kingdom Rupert Keegan100000018.011.00
58Australia David Walker100000015.016.00
59Switzerland Silvio Moser100000019.011.00
60United Kingdom John Miles10000007.020.00
61Italy Nanni Galli100000018.023.00
62France Guy Ligier100000017.010.00
63United Kingdom Brian Henton100000117.08.00
64Sweden Gunnar Nilsson100000014.011.00
65United Kingdom Mike Beuttler100000023.013.00
66France François Hesnault100000020.015.00
67United Kingdom Richard Attwood100000015.017.00
68United States Pete Lovely100000023.010.00
69United Kingdom Ian Raby100000023.018.00
70Italy Ivan Capelli100000024.017.00
71Austria Jo Gartner100000027.027.00
72Canada George Eaton100000016.021.00
73Brazil Raul Boesel100000023.015.00
74United Kingdom Chris Irwin100000012.07.00
75United Kingdom Innes Ireland100000010.010.00
76United Kingdom Johnny Dumfries100000010.07.00
77Australia Frank Gardner100000019.023.00
78United Kingdom Vic Elford10000007.015.00
79Canada Allen Berg100000026.026.00
80France François Migault100000014.016.00
81United Kingdom Chris Lawrence100000019.011.00
82United Kingdom Bob Evans100000022.019.00
83Germany Rolf Stommelen100000025.010.00
84Italy Corrado Fabi100000014.021.00
85United States Richie Ginther100000014.08.00
86Italy Alessandro Nannini100000020.013.00
87Italy Pierluigi Martini100000026.026.00
88Germany Christian Danner200000024.020.00
89Italy Andrea de Adamich200000019.024.50
90Austria Gerhard Berger200000011.514.50
91France Philippe Alliot200000023.523.00
92Colombia Roberto Guerrero200000020.016.00
93United Kingdom Mike Spence200000011.013.50
94Canada Gilles Villeneuve200000016.021.00
95Netherlands Huub Rothengatter200000023.515.50
96France François Cevert200000013.011.00
97Italy Mauro Baldi200000020.515.00
98United Kingdom John Taylor200000018.011.00
99Germany Manfred Winkelhock200000010.015.00
100United Kingdom Bob Anderson20000008.510.00

Team Ranking

 

Team Ranking Brands Hatch Circuit

TeamGP  1st  2nd  3rd  Pod  Pole  FL  Avg GridAvg PosPoints
1United Kingdom Team Lotus144127639.712.762
2United Kingdom Williams73126218.19.943
3United Kingdom Brabham1424172310.211.050
4Italy Ferrari132237328.99.756
5United Kingdom McLaren1321360111.010.847
6United Kingdom Tyrrell1012030214.111.532
7France Renault602020010.112.913
8United Kingdom BRM601120013.513.110
9United Kingdom Toleman400110013.613.97
10United States Penske100110011.03.04
11United Kingdom Shadow300000016.79.55
12France Matra300000012.011.84
13Switzerland Alfa Romeo500000013.213.93
14France Ligier800001214.414.83
15United Kingdom Cooper-Maserati100000010.310.32
16Japan Honda10000009.05.02
17United Kingdom Surtees500000017.315.32
18United Kingdom March500000014.614.12
19United Kingdom Cooper-Climax200000015.013.31
20Brazil Fittipaldi400000018.814.51
21United Kingdom Arrows700000017.512.91
22Italy Merzario100000023.019.00
23United Kingdom Trojan100000025.023.00
24Italy Tecno100000018.023.00
25United Kingdom Cooper-BRM100000012.514.00
26Canada Wolf10000003.017.00
27United Kingdom Iso Marlboro100000015.021.00
28United Kingdom BRP100000010.010.00
29United Kingdom Politoys100000026.024.00
30Italy Benetton10000005.516.50
31United Kingdom Shannon100000018.020.00
32United Kingdom Spirit200000020.514.00
33Italy Minardi200000022.319.00
34Hong Kong Theodore200000021.012.00
35United Kingdom Hesketh200000018.019.00
36United States Eagle20000004.518.50
37Germany Zakspeed200000024.014.00
38United Kingdom Lola300000019.218.20
39United Kingdom RAM300000023.322.00
40United Kingdom Ensign500000013.320.70
41Italy Osella500000022.921.10
42Germany ATS500000016.613.80

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