Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix Explained

Bellahøj Park
Location:Bellahøj, Copenhagen, Denmark
Time:CET (UTC+1)
CEST (DST)
Events:Current:
Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix (2013–present)
Former:
TCR Denmark (2021–2023)
Pure ETCR (2021)
Opened:2013
Layout1:Grand Prix Circuit (2013–present)
Length Km:2.274
Length Mi:1.413
Turns:15
Record Time:1:04.312
Record Driver: Mike Halder
Record Car:Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)
Record Year:2022
Record Class:TCR

Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix is a vintage motor sports car race held annually on the grounds of Bellahøj in Copenhagen, Denmark. It has been arranged since 2001 (at Fælledparken from 2001 to 2012) and takes place in the first weekend of August. Prince Joachim of Denmark is a regular participator along with numerous Danish and International professional racing drivers.

Cars compete separately in various classes, including a large number of vehicles in the pre-World War II class. Around 200 vintage cars participate, such as Bentley's from the 1920s, Bugatti's from the 1930s, Jaguar's and Porsche's from the 1950s and Lotus Cortina's, Alfa Romeo's and Jaguar E's from the 1960s. The only non-historic car to participate in the event was the Zenvo ST1.

The Royal Pro-Am Class is the class where Prince Joachim and other amateurs share their cars with professional drivers. In 2008, 25 Le Mans drivers attended the race, including the eight time Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen.[1]

The event also features other races, such as the Danish Thundersport Championship, Super GT Danmark, TCR Denmark, Pure ETCR, and Legends Cars.

In addition, various other demonstrations, presentations and car shows take place as well as the marking of historic car models.

Lap records

As of August 2022, the fastest official race lap records at the Bellahøj Park Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix Circuit are listed as:

CategoryTimeDriverVehicleEvent
Grand Prix Circuit: 2.274 km (2013–present)
1:04.312[2] 2022 Copenhagen TCR Denmark round
1:09.902[3] 2021 Copenhagen Pure ETCR round

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix. AOK. 2009-05-30. 2009-12-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20091218083245/http://www.aok.dk/byen-rundt/copenhagen-historic-grand-prix. dead.
  2. Web site: TCR DM 2022 » Copenhagen Street Circuit Round 10 Results . 7 August 2022.
  3. Web site: PURE ETCR Denmark 6-8 August 2021 Pool B - Round 4 - DHL Super Final B - 6 Laps at 300 kW Final Classification . 4 May 2022.