The Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan (also known as Marrakech Street Circuit and Marrakech Racetrack) is a temporary
street circuit in Agdal district,
Marrakech,
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria t ...
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The circuit is operated by MGP.
[ ] It has a capacity of 10,000 spectators.
History
MGP’s partner in Morocco, D3 Motorsport Development, was given the responsibility of the design of the street circuit. It is the same architect company that designed the
Surfers Paradise Street Circuit
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in
Australia. Groupe Menara oversaw the construction on the Route de l'Ourika/Boulevard Mohammed based track.
The paddock had been paved alongside the walls of the Royal Garden and more than 2,500 concrete impact blocks and many debris fence panels had been put in place to bound the track.
The third round of the
2009 WTCC season was held there on 3 May 2009, becoming the first international car race in Morocco since the
1958 Moroccan Grand Prix at the
Ain-Diab Circuit in
Casablanca and the first event for the WTCC in
Africa
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The original circuit had a very simple layout. It was a flat oval circuit with a hairpin at one end and chicanes punctuating the straights, running in an anticlockwise direction. In December 2015 it was announced the circuit would undergo a major overhaul to make it more challenging. Only half of the original circuit was utilized when the new layout came into effect for the
2016 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco.
Lap Records
The lap records at the Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan are listed as:
Events
; Current
* January: Championnat du Maroc
* July:
Formula E ''
Marrakesh ePrix
The Marrakesh ePrix is a race of the single-seater, electrically powered Formula E championship, held in Marrakesh, Morocco
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Auto GP
Auto GP, sometimes referred to as the Auto GP World Series and formerly known as both Euro Formula 3000 and the Euroseries 3000, was a European formula racing series.
The series' roots can be traced back to 1999 and the Italian Formula 3000 serie ...
(2012–2014)
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FIA Formula Two (2010)
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World Touring Car Championship
The FIA World Touring Car Championship was an international touring car championship promoted by Eurosport Events and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). It has had several different incarnations, including a sin ...
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FIA WTCR Race of Morocco'' (2009–2010, 2012–2017)
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World Touring Car Cup
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FIA WTCR Race of Morocco'' (2018–2019)
Results
Formula E
WTCR
WTCC
AutoGP
References
External links
WTCC Official websiteCircuit's Official website
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