Jacarepaguá: A Retrospective

[prisonermonkeys]

In the past twenty-four hours, the Interntional Olympic Commitee has annouced that the 2016 Olympic Games will be held in Rio de Janeiro. While this is the first time the world's largest sporting event has ever been held on the South American continent, it unfortunately means that the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet and the Emmerson Fittipaldi Speedway - better known as the Jacarepaguá circuit - will be destoryed to make way for the Olympic Training Centre.

Jacarepaguá hosted the Brazilian Grand Prix ten times between 1978 and 1989, while the oval circuit was home to CART from 1996 to 2000. The circuit was also the scene of the Brazilian Motorcycle Grand Prix bewteen 1995 and 2004. The site was partially consumed for the 2007 Pan-American Games, and the rest of the site fell into dsrepair. By 2016, Jacarepaguá will be erased from the Earth; while perhaps not the greatest circuit ever built, it was always a home of the turbo-powered cars and deserves a better end.

Farewell, Jacarepaguá. We barely knew ye.

 

[Ian Poole]

Such a shame to hear that

 

[CAMikaze]

I remember EA releasing a game for the PC's back in 1988 called Ferrari Formula One that included the track you're talking about. If memory serves, that track had a main grandstand that's located in what would be the back stretch of the track in the road course configuration.

Fortunately for many of us, the track has been virtually preserved by some thoughtful modders for use in some sims like rFactor.

 

[ranhammerR34]

I remember EA releasing a game for the PC's back in 1988 called Ferrari Formula One that included the track you're talking about. If memory serves, that track had a main grandstand that's located in what would be the back stretch of the track in the road course configuration.

Fortunately for many of us, the track has been virtually preserved by some thoughtful modders for use in some sims like rFactor.

Yes in rFactor the track looks very good.