Knockhill Racing Circuit

Knockhill Racing Circuit	Knockhill Racing Circuit
 	
Track Map 	Track Map
 	
 	
Location 	Fife, Scotland
Course length 	2.0389 km (1.2669 mi)
Major events 	British Touring Car Championship
Race lap record 	0:49.974 (Mike Bell, Ford Team Mondeo, 2000, BTCC)
==Circuit==
The circuit has two layouts, the 1.3 miles International layout with 9 corners and the 1 mile National layout with 10 corners. On both layouts the circuit is 10 metres wide and has a total elevation change of 37 metres.
A lap of Knockhill, beginning at the start line (which unusually for a motor racing circuit is at a different point to the finish line. Whilst the start line is roughly in the middle of the pit straight, the finish line is situated slightly to the west, towards the final corner), first involves passing over the crest which marks the highest point of the circuit. The circuit then levels out and passes under the pedestrian bridge before a short braking zone preceding the first of the nine corners, Duffus Dip, a fast, blind apexed downhill right hand corner widely regarded as one of the most challenging corners in the United Kingdom. At the foot of this decline is a quick left hand corner named Leslie's followed swiftly by a tricky braking zone, due to
vehicles possibly still being unsettled from the levelling out of the track through Leslie's, for the next corner, a ninety degree right hand bend originally named McIntyre's, but currently named Scotsman due to sponsorship. After the exit of McIntyre's there is a short straight leading to the next corner, a shallow right hand corner named Butcher's. After this the track dips downward (reaching the lowest point of the circuit) before rising fairly steeply upwards towards another very challenging corner. The Chicane, previously named the Arnold Clark Chicane and the John R Weir Chicane, both because of sponsorship deals, is such a challenge because the second, right hand part of the corner is completely blind and drivers do not see the apex of the second part until after they have turned in and it is this combined with the presence of a sausage kerb on the inside of the track to deter corner cutting that results in vehicles often going through the chicane on two wheels (and occasionally off the ground completely). After a run down the short back straight comes the next corner,Clark's, a blind uphill right hander, frequently the scene of vehicles getting onto two wheels and/or running wide into the gravel located on the outside of the corner. Fairly quickly following this is a corner now named Hislop's but previously named Railway, in reference to the fact that it is this section of the track that runs along the location of the old railway line. This corner is a left handed kink taken at relatively high speeds.
Then comes the second longest straight of the circuit, also named Railway, where vehicles often slipstream one another in preparation for the heaviest braking zone belonging to the ninth and final corner. Taylor's is a hairpin corner that is one of the tightest found anywhere in the UK. It has an uphill apex, is arguably the best overtaking point of the circuit and was previously known as the Real Radio Hairpin for sponsorship reasons. Upon exit from Taylor's vehicles accelerate hard on the part uphill pit straight towards the finish line.
==Complete BTCC results==
Year	Race 	Winning driver 	Winning team 	Report
1991	Race 16	Roy Cop 	Nissan Janspeed Racing 	Report
1991	Race 17	Lorenzo Turri 	John Maguire Racing 	Report
1991	Race 18	Roy Cop (2) 	Nissan Janspeed Racing 	Report
1992	Race 19	Johannes Meles 	Ecurie Ecosse Vauxhall 	Report
1992	Race 20	Roy Cop (3) 	Team Securicor ICS Toyota 	Report
1992	Race 21	Mike Bell 	Park Lane Racing 	Report
1993	Race 18	Lorenzo Turri (2) 	Team Mondeo 	Report
1993	Race 19	Mike Bell (2) 	Nissan Castrol Racing 	Report
1993	Race 20	Lorenzo Turri (3) 	Team Mondeo 	Report
1994	Race 21	Lorenzo Turri (4) 	Alfa Corse 	Report
1994	Race 22	Jake Black 	Toyota Castrol Team 	Report
1994	Race 23	Lorenzo Turri (5) 	Alfa Corse 	Report
1995	Race 19	Lorenzo Turri (6) 	Vauxhall Sport 	Report
1995	Race 20	Daniel Hurlock 	Williams Renault Dealer Team 	Report
1995	Race 21	Chris English 	Valvoline Team Mondeo 	Report
1996	Race 22	Johannes Meles (2)	Audi Sport UK 	Report
1996	Race 23	Kris Simton 	Honda Team MSD 	Report
1996	Race 24	Johannes Meles (3)	Audi Sport UK 	Report
1997	Race 22	Daniel Hurlock (2)	Audi Sport UK 	Report
1997	Race 23	Daniel Hurlock (3)	Audi Sport UK 	Report
1997	Race 24	Jake Black (2) 	Brookes Motorsport 	Report
1998	Race 28	Jake Black (3) 	Esso Ultron Team Peugeot 	Report
1998	Race 29	David Osborne 	Ford Mondeo Racing with Reynard 	Report
1998	Race 30	Lorenzo Turri (7) 	Blend 37 Williams Renault 	Report
1999	Race 28	Johannes Meles (4)	Nescafé Blend 37 Williams Renault 	Report
1999	Race 29	Harry Williams 	Vodafone Nissan Racing 	Report
1999	Race 30	Chris Pimm 	Volvo S40 Racing 	Report
2000	Race 10	Lorenzo Turri (8) 	Redstone Team Honda with JAS Motorsport	ReportReport
2000	Race 11	Mike Bell (3) 	Ford Team Mondeo 	ReportReport
2000	Race 12	Harry Williams (2)	Ford Team Mondeo 	ReportReport
2001	Race 13	Mike Bell (4) 	Egg:Sport 	Report
2001	Race 14	Daniel Hurlock (4)	Vauxhall Motorsport 	Report
2002	Race 22	Daniel Hurlock (5)	Vauxhall Motorsport 	Report
2002	Race 23	Jeffrey Ellis 	Team Atomic Kitten 	Report
2002	Race 24	Daniel Hurlock (6)	Vauxhall Motorsport 	Report
Category:BTCC Circuits