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Biķernieki Complex Sports Base
Race track in Bikernieki forest, Riga, Latvia

Biķernieki Complex Sports Base is a racing circuit and cross-country skiing course in the Biķernieki Forest in Riga. Adjacent to the racing circuit is the Riga Speedway Stadium.

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History

In 1962, the design of the track was started. Eduards Kiope was appointed director of the sports complex, and the project manager was Gunars Binde. A group of specialists were also invited: Pēteris Dzenis, Jānis Roops, Kārlis Rība and Vilnis Vasulis. During the first phase of the project, it was planned to create two circles which initially were to be used for motorcycle racing and kart racing.1

In January 1966 the construction of the circuit began. The first difficulties appeared as there were swamps and underground springs at the start line for the karts, so in places, constructors had to dig up to seven metres deep and fill it with several tens of thousands of cubic metres of sand. Because of the difficulty of building the track, many local volunteers were involved in the project. In July of the same year, the first races were held there, with motorcycle races in six different classes taking place.2

Fifty years later, a Rallycross circuit was created after Latvia won a contract to host a round of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. This circuit also hosts rounds of the FIA European Rallycross Championship and the FIA NEZ Rallycross Championship. The rallycross rounds were held until 2022, the circuit was dropped from the 2023 season.

In the 3.580 km (2.225 mi) Ring of Skill layout, Andrejs Grīnbergs broke the lap record with a time of 1:38.480 in superbike.3

The track record is 1:12.725, set on 17 June 2024 by Tõnis Vanaselja with Estonian supercar Oldbac Kalana.45

Layouts

TrackLengthMaximum widthMinimum widthSurfaceMaximum cars on track
Main673.662 km (2.275 mi)16 m (52 ft)10 m (33 ft)asphalt38
Rallycross81.295 km (0.805 mi)asphalt (60%), dirt (40%)
Karting9101.227 km (0.762 mi)10 m (33 ft)8 m (26 ft)asphalt17 (25 karts)
Small (ovāls)11121.700 km (1.056 mi)16 m (52 ft)10 m (33 ft)asphalt17
Big Circle13145.949 km (3.697 mi)16 m (52 ft)10 m (33 ft)asphalt49
Forest Circuit152.375 km (1.476 mi)10 m (33 ft)8 m (26 ft)asphalt23

See also

References

  1. Trases vēsture Archived 2013-09-27 at the Wayback Machine bksb.lv https://www.bksb.lv/trase/vesture/ ↩

  2. Trases vēsture Archived 2013-09-27 at the Wayback Machine bksb.lv https://www.bksb.lv/trase/vesture/ ↩

  3. "2014.Gada Sezonā Biķernieku Trasē Laboti Vairāki Apļa Rekordi". Retrieved 25 December 2022. http://www.bksb.lv/index.php/games/122-2014-gada-sezona-bikernieku-trase-laboti-vairaki-apla-rekordi ↩

  4. "VIDEO: Eesti inseneride loodud superauto püstitas Bikernieki ringraja rekordi". Delfi (in Estonian). 18 June 2024. https://sport.delfi.ee/artikkel/120301469/video-eesti-inseneride-loodud-superauto-pustitas-bikernieki-ringraja-rekordi ↩

  5. "Biķerniekos jauns trases rekords, uzvaras Batrakam un Šubeckim" [New track record, wins for Batrak and Shubeckim]. bksb.lv. 17 June 2024. http://www.bksb.lv/index.php/games/762-bikerniekos-jauns-trases-rekords-uzvaras-batrakam-un-subeckim ↩

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  10. "Biķernieki - Racing Circuits". Retrieved 25 December 2022. https://www.racingcircuits.info/europe/latvia/bikernieki.html ↩

  11. Trases apraksts un konfigurācijas Archived 2013-09-27 at the Wayback Machine bksb.lv https://www.bksb.lv/trase/trases-apraksts-un-plans/ ↩

  12. "Biķernieki - Racing Circuits". Retrieved 25 December 2022. https://www.racingcircuits.info/europe/latvia/bikernieki.html ↩

  13. Trases apraksts un konfigurācijas Archived 2013-09-27 at the Wayback Machine bksb.lv https://www.bksb.lv/trase/trases-apraksts-un-plans/ ↩

  14. "Biķernieki - Racing Circuits". Retrieved 25 December 2022. https://www.racingcircuits.info/europe/latvia/bikernieki.html ↩

  15. Trases apraksts un konfigurācijas Archived 2013-09-27 at the Wayback Machine bksb.lv https://www.bksb.lv/trase/trases-apraksts-un-plans/ ↩