Famous Circuits

Rouen

Every now and then the French Grand Prix, oldest of all the classic Grandes Epreuves, shifts from its now almost traditional home at Rheims to the much smaller (1.97 miles), prettier, wooded circuit of Les Essarts, near Rouen in north-west France: part of the circuit is on RN.840 about 80 miles from Paris.

Rheims is very fast with long straights and few corners, a circuit where the fastest car, rather than the fastest driver, will win. Rouen is just the opposite: short straights, many corners - a real driver's circuit, in fact. The last two Grands Prix held at Rouen, in 1962 and 1964 were both won by the American Dan Gurney driving a Porsche and a Brabham respectively.

Rouen layout plan

Rouen

SCX-1464b
Rouen
Track List
C820411
C820528
C82026
C82001
C82354
C82342
C82067
C82781
C82075
Circuit Details
Lanes 2
Width 6.52 m 21.39 ft
Depth 3.36 m 11.01 ft
Lane Lengths
16.42 m 53.87 ft
15.93 m 52.26 ft
Layout plan
SCX-1292
Track List
C82048
C820513
C82361
C82354
C82066
C82071
Circuit Details
Lanes 2
Width 3.41 m 11.17 ft
Depth 1.66 m 5.45 ft
Lane Lengths
8.53 m 28.00 ft
Layout plan
SCX-2527
Track List
C820416
C820512
C82003
C82358
C82342
C82068
C82072
Circuit Details
Lanes 2
Width 2.96 m 9.70 ft
Depth 1.36 m 4.48 ft
Lane Lengths
11.83 m 38.82 ft
11.34 m 37.21 ft
Layout plan
SCX-1113
Track List
C82043
C820513
C82361
C82353
C82069
C82072
Circuit Details
Lanes 2
Width 3.45 m 11.31 ft
Depth 1.26 m 4.13 ft
Lane Lengths
8.28 m 27.17 ft
8.28 m 27.17 ft
Layout plan
SCX-1313
Track List
C82044
C82059
C82001
C82361
C82352
C820614
C82072
Circuit Details
Lanes 2
Width 2.81 m 9.23 ft
Depth 1.32 m 4.32 ft
Lane Lengths
8.05 m 26.42 ft
Layout plan
SCX-860
Track List
C820436
C820514
C82001
C82062
C82072
Circuit Details
Lanes 2
Width 2.73 m 8.97 ft
Depth 1.42 m 4.66 ft
Lane Lengths
12.13 m 39.79 ft
12.13 m 39.79 ft
Layout plan
SCX-1308
Track List
C82042
C820511
C82001
C82361
C82352
C820612
C82071
Circuit Details
Lanes 2
Width 2.86 m 9.39 ft
Depth 1.44 m 4.72 ft
Lane Lengths
7.77 m 25.48 ft
Layout plan
SCX-1322
Track List
C820520
C82001
C82361
C82356
C820617
Circuit Details
Lanes 2
Width 3.04 m 9.96 ft
Depth 2.08 m 6.83 ft
Lane Lengths
12.49 m 40.96 ft
Layout plan
SCX-1307
Track List
C82045
C820515
C82001
C82353
C820616
C82071
Circuit Details
Lanes 2
Width 2.83 m 9.28 ft
Depth 2.13 m 6.98 ft
Lane Lengths
11.02 m 36.14 ft
10.53 m 34.54 ft

Rouen Posters

A faithful recreation of the original Rouen feature page in various sizes, free to download.

Rouen Scalextric poster