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| Name = Circuit Zolder <br />
| Location = Heusden-Zolder, Belgium<br />
| Time = GMT +1 <br />
| Image = [[Image:Zolder.png]] <br />
| Events = '''[[FIA]] [[Formula One]]'''<br>[[Belgian Grand Prix]]<br>[[Superleague Formula]], [[Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft|DTM]]<br> [[Champ Car]]<br />
| Length_km = 4.011 <br />
| Length_mi = 2.492 <br />
| Turns = 10 <br />
| Record_time = 1:14.089<br />
| Record_driver = [[Sebastian Bourdais]]<br />
| Record_team = [[Newman-Haas Racing]]<br />
| Record_year = [[2007 Belgian Champ Car Grand Prix|2007]]<br />
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The '''Circuit Zolder''', also known as '''Circuit Terlaemen''', is an undulating 4.011 km (2.492-mile) [[motorsport]] race track in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium.<br />
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Built in 1963, Zolder hosted the [[Formula One]] [[Belgian Grand Prix]] on 10 separate occasions in the 1970s and 1980s. The F1 circus moved to Zolder after [[Spa-Francorchamps]] was deemed too fast and too dangerous. It switched between [[Nivelles-Baulers]] for 4 years until Nivelles was considered boring by the F1 community. From 1975 to 1982, Zolder was the location of the Belgian Grand Prix. Unfortunately, Zolder is probably best remembered as the place [[Gilles Villeneuve]] lost his life during qualifying at the [[1982 Belgian Grand Prix]], an event that signified the beginning of the end for the Flemish circuit as a Formula One venue (although the accident was not caused by problems with the track). The Belgian Grand Prix was held here only once more before going back to the shortened [[Spa-Francorchamps]] circuit which has hosted the Belgian Grand Prix nearly every year since.<br />
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On two occasions Zolder has hosted the World Championship Road Cycling; 1969 and 2002 and the World Championship Cyclo Cross in 1970 and 2002.<br />
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In the beginning of 2006, the track underwent some adaptations to increase safety. In 2007, the track hosted a [[Champ Car World Series]] [[Zolder Grand Prix|Grand Prix]], and a round of the [[FIA GT|FIA GT Championship]]. The track was venue of a round of the [[World Series by Renault]] championship from 2003 to 2006, and replaced [[Circuit Park Zandvoort|Zandvoort]] as site for the [[Masters of Formula 3]] in 2007 and 2008. Now, Zolder hosts the [[FIA WTCC Race of Belgium]] and the GT [[Belcar]] championship, including the [[24 Uren van Zolder|24 Hours of Zolder]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Belgian Champ Car Grand Prix]]<br />
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{{Formula One circuits}}<br />
{{Champ Car tracks}}<br />
{{Superleague Formula circuits}}<br />
{{FIA GT circuits}}<br />
{{DTM circuits}}<br />
{{WTCC circuits}}<br />
{{European Formula Two circuits}}<br />
{{International Formula 3000 circuits}}<br />
{{World Series by Renault circuits}}<br />
{{FIA Formula Two Championship circuits}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Zolder,+Limburg,+Belgium&hl=en&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=15&ll=50.990529,5.257215&spn=0.011427,0.043259&t=k&iwloc=addr Satellite picture by Google Maps]<br />
*[http://www.circuit-zolder.be Official website]<br />
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[[Category:Motorsport venues in Belgium]]<br />
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