Reims-Gueux

Circuit de Reims-Gueux

Location	Gueux, France
Coordinates	49°15′14.67″N 3°55′50.02″E / 49.2540750°N 3.9305611°E / 49.2540750; 3.9305611
Opened	1926
Closed	1972
Major events	Formula One French Grand Prix (1950–1951, 1953–1954, 1956, 1958–1961, 1963, 1966) Grand Prix motorcycle racing French motorcycle Grand Prix (1954–1955) Grand Prix de la Marne (1925–1931, 1933–1937, 1952) 12 Hours of Reims (1926, 1953–1954, 1956–1958, 1964–1965, 1967)
Website	https://www.amis-du-circuit-de-gueux.fr/
Grand Prix Circuit (1954–1972)
Length	8.302 km (5.159 miles)
Turns	7
Race lap record	2:10.500 ( Paul Hawkins, Lola T70, 1967, Group 4)
Grand Prix Circuit (1953)
Length	8.372 km (5.202 miles)
Turns	7
Race lap record	2:41.000 ( Juan Manuel Fangio, Maserati A6GCM, 1953, F1)
Grand Prix Circuit (1952)
Length	7.152 km (4.444 miles)
Turns	5
Race lap record	2:28.700 ( Jean Behra, Gordini T16, 1952, F2)
Original Circuit (1926–1951)
Length	7.826 km (4.863 miles)
Turns	8
Race lap record	2:27.800 ( Juan Manuel Fangio, Alfa Romeo 159, 1951, F1)

The circuit Reims-Gueux was a motor racing circuit made up of rural public roads, located in Gueux, 8 km (5 miles) west of Reims in the Champagne region of north-eastern France, established in 1926 as the second venue of the Grand Prix de la Marne.^[1][2] The triangular layout of public roads formed three sectors between the villages of Thillois and Gueux over the La Garenne / Gueux intersection of Route nationale 31. The circuit became known to be among the fastest of the era for its two long straights (approximately 2.2 km; 1¼ miles in length each) allowing maximum straight-line speed, resulting in many famous slipstream battles.