Mantorp Park is a motor racing circuit near the town of Mantorp in Mjölby Municipality, Sweden. The circuit was built in 1969 with finance from BP Sweden as a permanent road course and a drag strip. Mantorp Park is capable of four different layouts, but today only the short and long tracks are used.
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Location | Mantorp, Sweden |
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Time zone | CET (UTC+1) CEST (DST) |
Coordinates | 58°22′19″N 15°16′58″E |
Opened | 31 August 1969; 53 years ago (1969-08-31) |
Architect | Lars Olof Larsson |
Major events | Current: STCC (1996–present) Former: Formula Two (1971–1973, 1981–1982) European F3 (1976) ETCC (1973) |
Long Circuit (1997–present) | |
Length | 3.106 km (1.930 miles) |
Turns | 13 |
Race lap record | 1:14.720 (![]() |
Short Circuit (1997–present) | |
Length | 1.868 km (1.161 miles) |
Turns | 8 |
Race lap record | 0:47.102 (![]() |
Long Circuit (1981–1996) | |
Length | 3.125 km (1.942 miles) |
Turns | 11 |
Race lap record | 1:10.940 (![]() |
Full Circuit (1969–1980) | |
Length | 4.098 km (2.546 miles) |
Turns | 9 |
Race lap record | 1:24.000 (![]() |
Website | www |
The European Formula Two Championship visited from 1971 until 1973, and again in 1981 and 1982. Today it mainly hosts club events, dragracing, a driving school and rounds of the Swedish Formula Three Championship and the Swedish Touring Car Championship.
Mantorp Park was the first European drag racing circuit to adopt the new 301.75 m drag strip (about 3/16 mile, or 1,000 feet) format adopted by the NHRA in July 2008.
The official race lap records at the Mantorp Park are listed as:
Category | Time | Driver | Vehicle | Event |
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Long Circuit: 3.106 km (1997–present) | ||||
Formula Three | 1:14.720[1] | Joachim Johnsen | Dallara F398 | 2000 Mantorp Park Nordic F3 round |
Carrera Cup | 1:16.684[2] | Marcus Ericsson | Porsche 911 (992) GT3 Cup | 2022 Mantorp Park Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia round |
STCC | 1:17.034[3][4] | Richard Göransson[lower-alpha 1] Thed Björk[lower-alpha 1] | Volvo S60 TTA | 2013 Mantorp Park STCC round[lower-alpha 1] 2014 Mantorp Park STCC round[lower-alpha 1] |
Super Touring | 1:19.042[5] | Roberto Colciago | Audi A4 Quattro | 2002 2nd Mantorp Park STCC round |
TCR Touring Car | 1:20.264[6] | Tobias Brink | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 2019 Mantorp Park TCR STCC round |
GT4 | 1:20.338[7] | Otto Gullberg | Alpine A110 GT4 | 2019 Mantorp Park GT4 Scandinavia round |
Short Circuit: 1.868 km (1997–present) | ||||
STCC | 0:47.102[8] | Thed Björk | Volvo S60 TTA | 2015 Mantorp Park STCC round |
Super Touring | 0:49.129[9] | Tommy Rustad | Nissan Primera Mk3 GT | 2000 1st Mantorp Park STCC round |
Long Circuit: 3.125 km (1981–1996) | ||||
Formula Two | 1:10.940[10] | Johnny Cecotto | March 822 | 1982 Mantorp Park F2 round |
Super Touring | 1:24.670[11] | Jan Nilsson | Volvo 850 GLT | 1996 Mantorp Park STCC round |
Full Circuit: 4.098 km (1969–1980) | ||||
Formula Two | 1:24.000[12] | Patrick Depailler | Alpine A367 | 1973 Mantorp Park F2 round |
Formula 3 | 1:29.100[13] | Riccardo Patrese | Chevron B34 | 1976 Mantorp Park F3 round |
Group 2 | 1:37.980[14] | Jochen Mass | Ford Capri RS 2600 | 1973 Mantorp Park ETCC round |
Scandinavian Touring Car Championship & Swedish Touring Car Championship circuits (1996–present) | |
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Future/Returning (2023) |
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Former |
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European Formula Two circuits (1967–1984) | |
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FIA European Formula 3 Championship (1975–1984) circuits | |
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European Touring Car Championship circuits (1963–1988, 2000–2004) | |
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Road Courses |
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