Dijon-Prenois

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What is a lap of Dijon-Prenois like?

A permanent road course opened in 1972 in wooded country at Prenois, north-west of Dijon; after a flat start-finish straight the lap plunges downhill through sweeping, off-camber bends and climbs back up the hill. The first Formula 1 race, in 1974, used the original 3.289 km layout, where sub-one-minute laps caused heavy traffic with back-markers; a 1976 extension with the uphill Parabolique hairpin lengthened the lap to 3.801 km for the races from 1977. The 1979 French Grand Prix brought the first win for a turbocharged car (Jean-Pierre Jabouille, Renault) and the famous wheel-banging fight for second between Gilles Villeneuve and René Arnoux; in 1982 the circuit hosted the Swiss Grand Prix, because motor racing had been banned in Switzerland since 1955. The last Formula 1 race was the 1984 French Grand Prix, won by Niki Lauda, after which the French Grand Prix went to Paul Ricard; the circuit now hosts national, club and historic racing such as the Grand Prix de l'Age d'Or.

Lap length

3.801 km

Direction

clockwise

Altitude

479 m

Layout described

Grand Prix Circuit with the 1976 Parabolique extension, 3.801 km, used for the Formula 1 races of 1977-1984 (last F1 race: 1984 French Grand Prix)

Sources for the checked facts (15)

• formula1.com/en/results/1984/races/470/france/race-result
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dijon-Prenois
• racingcircuits.info/europe/france/dijon-prenois.html
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_French_Grand_Prix
• commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dijon-Prenois_Circuit.svg
• lapmeta.com/fr/track/variation/741
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_French_Grand_Prix
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_French_Grand_Prix
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_Swiss_Grand_Prix
• motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/june-1984/26/french-grand-prix-12/
• dijonbeaunemag.fr/les-virages-du-circuit-dijon-prenois-1-vers-linfini-et-villeroy/
• dijonbeaunemag.fr/les-virages-du-circuit-dijon-prenois-3-la-cuvette-a-laveuglette/
• dijonbeaunemag.fr/les-virages-du-circuit-dijon-prenois-5-la-bataille-puis-la-combe/
• dijonbeaunemag.fr/les-virages-du-circuit-dijon-prenois-6-remontada-dans-pouas/
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_French_Grand_Prix

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Does pole position win at Dijon-Prenois?

The pole sitter has won 2 of 6 races here (33%). Across all circuits since 1950 the pole sitter wins 44% of races. The winner started from the front row (P1 or P2) in 3 of 6 races (50%) and from the top three in 4 (67%). Lowest grid position to win: 9th, Niki Lauda in 1984.

Where the winner started, every race at this circuit. Pole sitter means the driver who set the fastest qualifying time (first on the grid where no qualifying data exists); a grid penalty can move the pole sitter back, and that race still counts for them. Compare every circuit.

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