# Anderstorp Raceway

Anderstorp Raceway, previously known as Scandinavian Raceway, is a 4.025 km (2.501 mi) motorsport race track in Anderstorp (Gislaved Municipality), Sweden and the sole Nordic host of a Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, when the Swedish Grand Prix was held for six years between 1973 and 1978.

## Track history

The track was built on marshlands in 1968 and became an extremely popular venue in the 1970s, just as Swede Ronnie Peterson was at the height of his career. It has a long straight (called Flight Straight, which is also used as an aircraft runway), as well as several banked corners, making car setup an engineering compromise. Unusually, the pit lane is located halfway round the lap.
The raceway hosted six Formula One Swedish Grand Prix events in the 1970s. When Peterson and Gunnar Nilsson died during the 1978 Formula One season, public support for the event dried up and the Swedish Grand Prix came to an end. The circuit is also noteworthy because it was the site of the first and only win of two unconventional F1 cars: the six-wheeled Tyrrell P34 car in 1976 and the infamous Brabham 'fan car' in 1978.
Anderstorp also hosted the Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix in 1971–1977 and 1981–1990, the European Touring Car Championship in 1985–1987, the Superbike World Championship in 1991 and 1993, and the FIA GT Championship in 2002 and 2003.
In 1993, the circuit along with FIM organized a 24-hour motorcycle race. Just one week ahead of the race, an appeal was lodged against the permit for the competition, due to noise concerns. Although the organizers obtained permission to race on the morning of the event, "media had trumpeted that the competition was canceled. At the ferry berths in Skåne, passport staff turned away visitors from Denmark and the continent". During the race itself a heavy thunderstorm occurred, with torrential rain drowning the circuit. Although racing continued, no local or international audience showed up, and the circuit was forced to declare bankruptcy after the event.
The FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) returned to Anderstorp in 2007, replacing the Istanbul Park in Turkey on the WTCC calendar. For the 2008 season however, it was replaced by the Imola Circuit.
International motorsport was due to return to Anderstorp in 2020 with a round of the DTM. Then, it was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

## Events
### Current

* May: Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia Porsche Weekend, Nordic 4 Championship
* August: Anderstorp Race Festival

### Former

* BPR Global GT Series (1995–1996)
* EuroBOSS Series (2009)
* European Formula 5000 Championship (1970)
* European Touring Car Championship (1985–1987, 2002–2003)
* FIA European Formula 3 Cup (1975)
* FIA GT Championship (2002–2003)
* FIA Sportscar Championship (1998)
* FIM Endurance World Championship (1993)
* Formula 750 (1973, 1975)
* Formula One
** Swedish Grand Prix (1973–1978)
* Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup (2002)
* Formula Renault V6 Eurocup (2003)
* Grand Prix motorcycle racing
** Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix (1971–1977, 1981–1990)
* GT4 Scandinavia (2019, 2021–2023)
* International Formula Master (2007)
* Scandinavian Touring Car Championship (1997–2000, 2005–2007, 2015–2022)
* Sidecar World Championship (1981–1990, 1993, 1997)
* SMP F4 Championship (2016)
* Superbike World Championship (1991, 1993)
* TTA – Racing Elite League (2012)
* World Touring Car Championship
** FIA WTCC Race of Sweden (2007)

## Layout modifications

The circuit has been modified at least 4 times in its history. The chicane in Norra corner has been added sometime in 1975 before the 1975 Swedish Grand Prix. The chicane has been re-aligned and tightened in time for the 1976 Swedish Grand Prix. It had been modified again before the final Formula One Grand Prix run on the circuit (1978 Swedish Grand Prix), with modifications to the penultimate Norra corner and slight re-orientation of the following straight, which resulted in the length increase from 4.018 km (2.497 mi) to 4.031 km (2.505 mi). It remained in that configuration through the 1980s until sometime between 1997 and 1998 it was modified again and slightly shortened to its present-day length of 4.025 km (2.501 mi).
Track variations:
* 4.025 km (2.501 mi) – 1968–1974
* 4.018 km (2.497 mi) – 1975–1977
* 4.031 km (2.505 mi) – 1978–1997
* 4.025 km (2.501 mi) – 1998–present

## Lap records

As of August 2022, the fastest official race lap records at the Anderstorp Raceway are listed as:
| Category | Time | Driver | Vehicle | Event |
| Grand Prix Circuit: 4.025 km (1998–present) ||||||
| EuroBOSS | 1:21.525 | Marijn van Kalmthout | Benetton B197-Judd V10 | 2009 EuroBOSS Anderstorp Super Prix |
| WSC | 1:24.920 | Emmanuel Collard | Ferrari 333 SP | 1998 Anderstorp International Sports Racing Series round |
| International Formula Master | 1:26.094 | Kasper Andersen | Tatuus N.T07 | 2007 Anderstorp International Formula Master round |
| Formula Renault 3.5 | 1:26.489 | José María López | Tatuus FRV6 | 2003 Anderstorp Formula Renault V6 Eurocup round |
| Formula Three | 1:31.044 | Thed Björk | Dallara F394 | 1999 Anderstorp Nordic F3 round |
| GT1 (GTS) | 1:31.424 | Walter Lechner | Saleen S7-R | 2003 FIA GT Anderstorp 500km |
| Formula 4 | 1:31.449 | Richard Verschoor | Tatuus F4-T014 | 2016 Anderstorp SMP F4 round |
| Formula Renault 2.0 | 1:31.679 | Daniel Roos | Tatuus FR2000 | 2009 Anderstorp Formula Renault 2.0 Sweden round |
| Porsche Carrera Cup | 1:32.604 | Lukas Sundahl | Porsche 911 (992) GT3 Cup | 2022 2nd Anderstorp Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia round |
| GT3 | 1:32.902 | Fredrik Lestrup [sv] | BMW Z4 GT3 | 2012 Anderstorp Swedish GT round |
| N-GT | 1:34.081 | Andrea Bertolini | Ferrari 360 Modena GT | 2003 FIA GT Anderstorp 500km |
| Silhouette racing car | 1:34.274 | Johan Kristoffersson | SEAT León STCC | 2016 Anderstorp STCC round |
| GT2 | 1:34.830 | Elmar Grimm | Porsche 911 (993) GT2 | 2001 Anderstorp Nordic Challenge |
| Super Touring | 1:37.057 | Tommy Rustad | Nissan Primera GT | 1999 1st Anderstorp STCC round |
| TCR Touring Car | 1:38.247 | Robert Dahlgren | CUPRA León Competición TCR | 2021 Anderstorp STCC round |
| GT4 | 1:38.459 | Emil Skärås | Toyota GR Supra GT4 | 2022 1st Anderstorp GT4 Scandinavia round |
| Super 2000 | 1:39.945 | Nicola Larini | Alfa Romeo 156 GTA Super 2000 | 2003 Anderstorp ETCC round |
| Ferrari Challenge | 1:43.080 | Kari Mäkinen | Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge | 2001 Anderstorp Nordic Challenge |
| Grand Prix Circuit: 4.031 km (1978–1997) ||||||
| Formula One | 1:24.836 | Niki Lauda | Brabham BT46B | 1978 Swedish Grand Prix |
| Formula Three | 1:29.846 | Peter Åslund [de] | Ralt RT35 | 1992 Anderstorp Swedish F3 round |
| GT1 | 1:30.344 | Jean-Marc Gounon | Ferrari F40 LM | 1996 BPR 4 Hours of Anderstorp |
| 500cc | 1:31.107 | Wayne Rainey | Yamaha YZR500 | 1990 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix |
| World SBK | 1:33.480 | Carl Fogarty | Ducati 888 SBK | 1993 Anderstorp World SBK round |
| 250cc | 1:34.833 | John Kocinski | Yamaha TZ 250 | 1990 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix |
| Super Touring | 1:40.113 | Mattias Ekström | Volvo 850 GLT | 1997 Anderstorp STCC round |
| 125cc | 1:41.909 | Stefan Prein | Honda RS125R | 1990 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix |
| Group A | 1:44.564 | Tom Walkinshaw | Rover Vitesse | 1986 Anderstorp ETCC round |
| Grand Prix Circuit: 4.018 km (1975–1977) ||||||
| Formula One | 1:27.607 | Mario Andretti | Lotus 78 | 1977 Swedish Grand Prix |
| Formula Three | 1:36.314 | Conny Ljungfeldt | March 743 | 1975 Anderstorp European F3 round |
| 500cc | 1:39.802 | Barry Sheene | Suzuki RG 500 | 1977 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix |
| 350cc | 1:42.281 | Kork Ballington | Yamaha TZ 350 | 1977 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix |
| 250cc | 1:46.285 | Mick Grant | Kawasaki KR250 | 1977 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix |
| 125cc | 1:49.263 | Pier Paolo Bianchi | Morbidelli 125 | 1976 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix |
| 50cc | 1:58.444 | Ángel Nieto | Bultaco TSS 50 | 1976 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix |
| Original Grand Prix Circuit: 4.025 km (1968–1974) ||||||
| Formula One | 1:26.146 | Denny Hulme | McLaren M23 | 1973 Swedish Grand Prix |
| Group 6 | 1:31.300 | Leo Kinnunen | Porsche 908/02 | 1969 Anderstorp Nordic Challenge Cup round |
| Formula 5000 | 1:31.900 | Peter Gethin | McLaren M10B | 1970 Anderstorp F5000 round |
| Sports 2000 | 1:35.500 | Jo Bonnier | Lola T210 | 1970 Anderstorp European 2-Litre Championship round |
| Group 4 | 1:38.400 | Ulf Norinder | Lola T70 Mk.IIIB GT | 1969 Anderstorp Sports Prototype race |
| Formula Three | 1:38.800 | Håkan Dahlqvist | Merlyn MK 21 | 1972 Anderstorp Swedish F3 round |
| 500cc | 1:44.300 | Teuvo Länsivuori | Yamaha YZR500 | 1974 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix |
| 350cc | 1:44.500 | Patrick Pons | Yamaha TZ 350 | 1974 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix |
| Group 2 | 1:44.520 | Bo Emanuelsson | Ford Escort RS 1600 | 1973 Swedish Grand Prix GT support race |
| 250cc | 1:47.700 | Takazumi Katayama | Yamaha TZ 250 | 1974 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix |
| Group 3 | 1:49.100 | Bengt Ekberg | Porsche 911 S | 1972 Anderstorp Swedish Sportscar round |
| 125cc | 1:52.000 | Kent Andersson | Yamaha TA 125 | 1974 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix |
| 50cc | 2:01.000 | Henk van Kessel | Kreidler 50 GP | 1974 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix |

## Airfield

In order to get more financiers the long straight was adopted as a 1,000 m (3,300 ft) runway for small aircraft (ICAO: ESMP). It is as of 2022 open for aircraft operations. There is also a helipad, planned for ambulance helicopters at racing accidents.