Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba (also known as Autódromo de Pinhais and Circuito Raul Boesel) was a motorsports circuit located in Pinhais, Brazil. It has been host to the World Touring Car Championship, TC2000, Fórmula Truck and Stock Car Brasil racing. Until 2013 the circuit has also been host of the South American Formula 3 Series, namely the Formula 3 Sudamericana. The circuit also formerly hosted the Brazilian Formula Three Championship.
A1 Grand Prix series The circuit was scheduled to host a round of the A1 Grand Prix series in February 2006. However, after the schedule was revised, the circuit was removed as a host venue for the series.
Simulation / Video Games Simulation / Video Game Year Configuration Outer Full Automobilista 2 2020 Automobilista 2016 Game Stock Car Extreme 2013 Game Stock Car 2012 2012 Game Stock Car 2010 Race Pro 2009 Race 07 2007
Ending of Activities At the end of 2021, it was known the land of the circuit was sold. Since 2014, the Inepar group, the owner of Autodromo, entered in judicial recovery and the plan of recoveries at the time was to sell the circuit. This was postponed after a real estate crisis throughout Brazil and gave a new opportunity for the circuit. The new plan is a project to build residential and commercial towers. The launch of these buildings is planned for the second half of 2022.
On December 17, 2021 the part of "Curva da Vitória" started to be demolished, but for a legal reasons the work stopped with complaints about the historical heritage of circuit and its land.
Lap records
The fastest official lap records at the Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba are listed as:
CategoryTimeDriverVehicleEvent Grand Prix Circuit (1988–2022): Formula Nissan 1:10.182 Bas Leinders Dallara SN01 2002 Curitiba World Series by Nissan round Formula Three 1:11.137 Pedro Piquet Dallara F309 2015 7th Curitiba F3 Brasil round Auto GP 1:12.549 Pål Varhaug Lola B05/52 2012 Curitiba Auto GP round GT3 1:16.643 Daniel Serra Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 2011 2nd Curitiba GT3 Brasil round GT1 1:18.180 Fabien Giroix McLaren F1 GTR 1996 2 Hours of Curitiba Stock Car Brasil 1.18.882 Diego Nunes Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car 2018 1st Curitiba Stock Car Brasil round Formula Renault 2.0 1:19.194 Nelson Merlo Tatuus FR2000 2005 Curitiba Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil round Porsche Carrera Cup 1:19.784 Enzo Elias Porsche 911 (991 II) GT3 Cup 2021 2nd Curitiba Porsche Carrera Cup Brasil round Super 2000 1:22.890 Robert Huff Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 2011 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil TCR Touring Car 1:23.530 Rodrigo Baptista Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 2021 Curitiba TCR South America round GT4 1:23.656 Sergio Laganá Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 2013 1st Curitiba Campeonato Sudamericano de GT round Ferrari Challenge 1:23.933 Ferrari F430 Challenge 2011 1st Curitiba GT3 Brasil round Stock Car Light 1:24.550 Felipe Baptista Chevrolet Cruze JL-G12 2021 1st Curitiba Stock Car Light round TC2000 1:26.682 Norberto Fontana Toyota Corolla 2006 Curitiba TC2000 round Super Touring 1:26.683 Juan Manuel Fangio II Peugeot 406 1998 Curitiba SASTC round Truck racing 1:41.453 Felipe Giaffone Volkswagen Truck 2010 Curitiba Fórmula Truck round Outer Circuit (1988–2022): Stock Car Pro 0:50.371 Daniel Serra Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car 2021 2nd Curitiba Stock Car Pro round Stock Car Light 0:52.773 Felipe Baptista Chevrolet Cruze JL-G12 2021 2nd Curitiba Stock Car Light round
References
External links
Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba at Google Maps Map and circuit history at RacingCircuits.info