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Istanbul
Park auto race
track is in Kurtköy,
near Tuzla,
about 62 km (38 miles, a one-hour
drive) southeast of the center
of Istanbul on
the Asian side of the Bosphorus near Sabiha
Gökçen Airport.
Built
in 2005 at a cost of €80 million,
the 5.378-km (3.34-mile) track was
rushed to completion
for the Formula
1 Grand Prix at Istanbul in
August 2005,
and is thus one of the world's newest
and
most modern auto race tracks.
It will host the next Formula
1 Grand Prix on 28-30
May 2010.
Here's the best
way to attend the Grand Prix.
Built
on four ground levels, the anti-(counter-)
clockwise track has 14 corners
(eight left, six right), a top speed
of 320
km/h
(199
mph),
and can host about 125,000 fans for
a race.
Leave the Trans-European Motorway
(TEM) O2 expressway at the Kurtköy exit (Kurtköy Çikisi,
the same exit as for Sabiha
Gökçen Airport) and
look for signs to Göçbeyli,
northwest of the airport. Istanbul
Park is 6 km (3.7 miles)
from the TEM 02 exit.
For more information, see the Official
Formula 1 website,
or the official
website of Istanbul
Park.
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