Turkey, Körfez
Körfez Yarış Pisti
A 1.83 km circuit in Körfez. Timed layouts, lap times and what you need to know before a track day here.
Going to Körfez Yarış Pisti?
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.
Going to Körfez Yarış Pisti?
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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Körfez Yarış Pisti 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.
No recorded laps on Ana Pist yet.
Record a session on this layout and your lap becomes the time other drivers in your class compare against.
Track day guide
Track day at Körfez Yarış Pisti
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: 16°C by day, 5°C at night, rain on 9 days. Warmest in August, 30°C by day on average. Coldest in January, −1°C at night. Fewest days with rain: August.
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
Körfez Yarış Pisti elevation
Elevation change 2 m. That is within the margin of the terrain model, so Körfez Yarış Pisti counts as flat and there is no profile to draw.
From a terrain model, sampled every 10 m along the track line and smoothed over 100 m. 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.
Going to Körfez Yarış Pisti?
More to do with the session than the lap time
About Körfez Yarış Pisti
Overview
Körfez Yarış Pisti lies on the north-eastern shore of the Sea of Marmara, in the Körfez district about 17 km west of İzmit, wrapped around the small Fener Gölü lake. It is reached from both İstanbul and İzmit by the O-4 motorway or the D-100 highway, leaving at the Körfez exit. The Turkish Automobile Sports Federation, TOSFED, has run the venue since 1993. Known in its early years as the Yarımca Rallikros Pisti, it is regarded as Turkey's first asphalt race track. Alongside national championships it hosts company events, driver training, tests and filming, and on days without activity it stays open to the public for walking and cycling.
Technical Specifications and Track Features
The facility covers about 250,000 square metres. The main circuit is 10 to 12 metres wide, with nine corners, four to the right and five to the left. The site is essentially flat, with a steepest longitudinal gradient of one per cent, yet top speeds in Turkish track races exceed 220 km/h. The federation describes the layout as demanding and technical, which has made it popular with competitors. Lap times are recorded to a thousandth of a second, and the venue can hold around 5,000 spectators.
Facilities and Specialized Areas
The facility has 22 closed pit garages, areas that can be used for product launches, a cafeteria with a garden and training rooms. Inside the main circuit lies a 950 metre karting track with long and short versions, open to drivers of any age and used for rounds of the Turkish Karting Championship and the Rotax Max Challenge. The federation's programme includes national track, karting and rallycross championships run by approved clubs, open track days for car and motorcycle enthusiasts, club and private track days, courses by driving schools and academies, and test sessions. On Mondays, drivers with a current TOSFED licence can practise free of charge. The track is also lent without charge to other sports federations and to schools.
History
The circuit was built by the İstanbul Motorsports Club and opened in 1993 as the first asphalt track in the country. Over the years it has hosted Formula 3, street-car drag racing and national motorcycle classes from Superbike and Supersport to Supermoto and the Honda 125 and 250 cups, and it is described as staging more motorsport events than any other venue in Turkey. Magazines, television and YouTube channels and tyre, fuel and parts makers use it for testing and filming. The 2024 Turkish Track Championship opened here in July, organised by the Kocaeli Automobile Sports Club. In 2025 the venue staged Formula Student over four days in October with teams from eleven universities, rounds of the MOTUL Turkish Karting Championship ending with a December final for 47 drivers, and the eliminations of the seventh TOSFED and FIAT young-driver search, in which drivers aged 28 or under raced Fiat Egea cars against the clock.
Address
Güney Mah., Fener Sk. No:10
41780 Körfez
Turkey
Contact
korfezyarispisti.org
