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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Motorsport venue<br />
| Name = Circuit de Dijon-Prenois<br />
| Location = Dijon, France<br />
| Time = GMT +1<br />
| Image = [[Image:Dijon-Prenois.png]]<br />
| Events = [[French Grand Prix]], [[Grand Prix de l'Age d'Or]], [[Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup]]<br />
| Layout1 = Grand Prix Circuit<br />
| Length_km = 3.886<br />
| Length_mi = 2.415<br />
| Turns = 8<br />
| Record_time = 1:05.257<br />
| Record_driver = [[Alain Prost]]<br />
| Record_team = [[McLaren]] [[McLaren MP4/2|MP4/2]]<br />
| Record_year = [[1984 French Grand Prix|1984]]<br />
| Layout2 = Short Circuit<br />
| Length_km2 = 3.289<br />
| Length_mi2 = 2.044<br />
| Turns2 = 8<br />
| Record_time2 = <br />
| Record_driver2 = <br />
| Record_team2 = <br />
| Record_year2 = <br />
}}<br />
'''Dijon-Prenois''' is a 3.801&nbsp;km (2.361 mile) motor racing circuit located in Prenois, near Dijon, France. The undulating track is noted for its fast, sweeping bends.<br />
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Built in 1972, Dijon-Prenois hosted the [[Formula One]] [[French Grand Prix]] five times, and the [[Swiss Grand Prix]] once in [[1982 Swiss Grand Prix|1982]]. The first F1 race was run in [[1974 French Grand Prix|1974]] on the circuit's original 3.289&nbsp;km (2 mile) layout; with lap times under the one minute mark, there was an extreme problem with congested traffic between the race leaders and the back-markers. Therefore, in 1975 an extension was added to lengthen the circuit as well as to reprofile many of its corners before the time F1 could return to Dijon in [[1977 French Grand Prix|1977]]. The [[1979 French Grand Prix]] featured a memorable battle for second place in the final laps between [[Gilles Villeneuve|Gilles Villeneuve's]] [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] and [[René Arnoux|René Arnoux's]] [[Renault F1|Renault]], which was finally won by Villeneuve. The race itself was won by [[Jean-Pierre Jabouille]] in the other [[Renault F1|Renault]].<br />
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Although Formula One has not returned to Dijon since [[1984 French Grand Prix|1984]], the circuit continues to be used today for minor, mostly local races. These include club level events and Motorcycle racing.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.circuit-dijon-prenois.com/ Official website]<br />
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Dijon,+France&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=15&ll=47.362461,4.89913&spn=0.012296,0.043259&t=k&iwloc=addr Satellite picture by Google Maps]<br />
*[http://trackreviewers.com/reviews/circuit-dijon-prenois/ More information on the circuit]<br />
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[[Category:Motorsport venues in France]]</div>
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