Brazil, Santa Cruz do Sul
Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul
A 3.531 km circuit in Santa Cruz do Sul. Timed layouts, lap times and what you need to know before a track day here.
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Going to Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul?
See which corner costs you the most time.
Record the session on your phone. Vetkuro splits the laps, times every sector and shows where the gap to your best lap opens.
Filming your laps?
Put speed, delta and lap time on your onboard video.
Overlay the data from the same session on the footage, synced automatically. One file to watch back, or to share.
Driving with friends?
Find out who is faster, and in which corner.
Overlay two laps from the same day and see exactly where the gap opens, not only the final number.
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Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul lap times
Timed from GPS on real track days, not typed in. Compare within one layout and one vehicle class, because a motorcycle lap and a car lap are not the same thing.
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Track day guide
Track day at Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul
Weather by month, who runs the days and what to put in the car. Written for a first visit.
Who runs track days here
What to bring
- Helmet that meets the organiser's standard
- Long sleeves, long trousers, closed shoes
- Tyre pressure gauge, since pressures rise fast on track
- Removable towing eye fitted or in the car
- An empty boot: loose items out before the first session
- Your phone in a rigid mount, recording with Vetkuro
Weather by month
Now, in November: 27°C by day, 15°C at night, rain on 10 days. Warmest in February, 32°C by day on average. Coldest in July, 9°C at night. Fewest days with rain: June.
Rain: days with rain per month. Climate: NASA POWER, daily data 2016–2025. Monthly averages, not a forecast. Check the organiser's calendar for open dates. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division.
Elevation profile
Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul elevation
Elevation change 24 m, steepest gradient 5.6%. The highest point, about 67 m above sea level, is 3.18 km from the start line; the lowest, about 42 m, 1.22 km.
Height above sea level, approximate. HoverTouch the profile for any point.
From a terrain model, sampled every 10 m along the track line and smoothed over 100 m. Heights above sea level are approximate: trees and buildings along the line read up to about 15 m high. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The organisations in charge of the Copernicus programme by law or by delegation do not incur any liability for any use of the Copernicus WorldDEM-30.
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About Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul
Overview
The Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul stands at kilometre 102 of the RS-471 highway outside Santa Cruz do Sul, in the central region of Rio Grande do Sul, about 180 kilometres from Porto Alegre. The circuit belongs to the municipality, which administers it under a general regulation and a schedule of fees set by municipal decree. National championships such as Stock Car, Copa Truck and Fórmula Truck race here, alongside state and regional events, motorcycle racing and drag racing on the main straight. The city hires the complex out for championships, test drives and car or motorcycle track days, and practice days are reserved for drivers affiliated to the motor sport federations. Event dates are requested from the city's tourism department, and visits can be arranged on weekdays when the complex is not booked. In 2026 the circuit hosted rounds of the MBR championship in March, Copa Truck in April and Stock Car Pro Series in August.
Technical Specifications and Track Features
The asphalt circuit measures 3,530.7 metres and has 14 corners, seven to the right and seven to the left, ranging from high-speed bends to slow corners. A long pit straight runs past the pit building and the control tower. The highest speed recorded in a circuit race was 264 km/h at the end of the pit straight, set by an Audi TT in the 2005 endurance race. In drag racing on the straight, a top speed of 363 km/h has been reached over 402 metres. The official lap record belongs to Pedro Piquet, who lapped in 1:10.468 in Formula 3 in June 2015 at an average of more than 180 km/h, improving on Felipe Guimarães's 1:12.913 from 2007. In August 2026 Hélio Castroneves set the Stock Car Pro Series record of 1:18.976 in a Toyota Corolla Cross.
Facilities and Specialized Areas
The pit building houses a row of numbered garages facing a walled pit lane, with a paddock behind them and a secretariat and press room for race meetings. Fire hoses are installed along the boxes. The city hands the circuit over in working order, with water, power, boxes, secretariat and paddock, and inspects it before and after each hire. Organisers bring their own medical cover with an intensive-care ambulance, rescue teams, radio-equipped marshals, race officials, security, cleaning, a generator and an air compressor for the boxes. The main straight doubles as the strip for drag racing events, which the city's fee schedule prices separately from circuit races. The complex is also used for cycling events, and walking and running events on the track are free of charge.
History
Construction began in 2004 and the circuit was inaugurated on 12 June 2005. In its first years it hosted Stock Car, Formula 3 Sudamericana, Porsche Cup Brasil and GT Brasil meetings, followed by Fórmula Truck from 2009 and the Brazilian Formula Three Championship from 2014 to 2017. Stock Car Brasil raced here in most seasons until 2022. Modernisation works to meet national safety and infrastructure standards followed, and in 2025 Copa Truck moved its planned round to another circuit because the works had been extended. The national championships came back in 2026, with Copa Truck in April and Stock Car Pro Series in August, its first visit in four years.
Address
Rodovia RS-471, km 102
Santa Cruz do Sul
Brazil
