The Circuito Lasarte was an

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road course at Lasarte-Oria,

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in the Basque Country near the city of

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on the

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. The counterclockwise layout was used between 1923 and 1935 but racing ended with the eruption of the

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in 1936 and after the war auto racing resumed at new tracks near

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. The Circuito Lasarte played host to the San Sebastian Grand Prix, Spanish Grand Prix and the 1926 European Grand Prix. No longer operational for auto racing, in 1965 the layout was used for the World Cycling Championship.

Grand Prix results

San Sebastian Grand Prix

1923 Albert Guyot driving a Rolland-Pilain
1924 Henry Segrave driving a

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1925 Albert Divo/ André Morel driving a Delage 2LCV

European Grand Prix

1926 Jules Goux driving a Bugatti T39A

Spanish Grand Prix

1926 Bartolomeo Costantini driving a Bugatti T35
1927 Robert Benoist driving a Delage 15-S8

San Sebastian Grand Prix

1927 Emilio Materassi driving a Bugatti T35C
1928 Louis Chiron driving a Bugatti T35C
1929 Louis Chiron driving a Bugatti T35B
1930 Achille Varzi driving a

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Spanish Grand Prix

1933 Louis Chiron driving an Alfa Romeo Type B/P3
1934 Luigi Fagioli driving a

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1935

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driving a

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References

The Golden Age by Leif Snellman

Lasarte auto racing photos
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