Anglesey Race Circuit
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Anglesey Circuit Photographic Guide - Updated June 2024
You might be familiar with the original Anglesey Circuit from early Fifth Gear programmes of the Tiff Needell / Vicki Butler Henderson years. That circuit, built on an old Army Camp was extensively redesigned to the latest FIA specification in 2007 to create the circuit we see today.
Also known as Trac Môn, or sometimes Ty Croes, it is on the south coast of the island and is only equalled by Phillip Island in Australia for the sea as a back drop !
Spectators are well catered for with access all the way round the outside of the track. We will start at Target – the first turn after the start – a fast left hander.
Walking in the direction of the racing takes you to The Banking, a 10% banked corner (the only one in the UK now that Rockingham has closed ?).
The next corner is Church – so named for the St Cwyfan’s - a church set on the island of Cribinau just offshore. I had been intrigued to see a church break on the programme for Sunday’s races – it appears that the church is used four times a year including the weekend we were there ! Church is a fast right hander with a range of lines taken by drivers.
The track then runs opposite the pit lane in a gentle right hander rising all the way to Rocket. It is possible to get shots of the cars entering the start / finish straight at Bus Stop, passing the pitlane and heading into Target.
The track steepens on the approach to Rocket – a tight left hand bend which occasionally catches out the unwary.
Rocket continues into a right hand hairpin followed by a short straight to Peel. This right hander is named after John Peel, who was stationed at the Army Camp that preceded the circuit.
The track then swoops back down the hill and turns left onto the Tom Pryce Straight.
The full International Circuit uses the run up to The Hairpin and back. Some race meetings don’t use this loop and instead head downhill through the left, right Corkscrew
The cars then return to the start finish straight via the left hand Bus Stop – a chance for that late out-braking manoeuvre or waving the inside front wheel.
Spectators are well catered for with access all the way round the outside of the track. We will start at Target – the first turn after the start – a fast left hander. In common with much of the circuit, the backdrop is a million miles away from many British circuits. It’s a sympathetic development in beautiful countryside.
Area B
Walking in the direction of the racing takes you to The Banking, a 10% banked corner (the only one in the UK now that Rockingham has closed ?). This can be the scene of overtaking or the opportunity to find out if the front wheel is correctly located.
The next corner is Church – so named for the St Cwyfan’s - a church set on the island of Cribinau just offshore. I had been intrigued to see a church break on the programme for Sunday’s races – it appears that the church is used four times a year including the weekend we were there ! Church is a fast right hander with a range of lines taken by drivers.
In 2022, there was a small area just past The Banking that was inaccessible to spectators, but access has now been restored.
The track then runs opposite the pit lane in a gentle right hander rising all the way to Rocket. It is possible to get shots of the cars entering the start / finish straight at Bus Stop, passing the pitlane and heading into Target.
The track steepens on the approach to Rocket – a tight left hand bend which occasionally catches out the unwary.
Rocket continues into a right hand hairpin followed by a short straight to Peel. This right hander is named after John Peel, who was stationed at the Army Camp that preceded the circuit.
The full International Circuit uses the run up to The Hairpin and back. Some race meetings don’t use this loop and instead head downhill through the left, right Corkscrew – I’d have liked to see the cars through there ! For our races, the cars head up to The Hairpin.
The cars then return to the start finish straight via the left hand Bus Stop – a chance for that late out-braking manoeuvre or waving the inside front wheel.
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