Russian Federation, Moscow
Moscow Raceway
A 3.985 km circuit in Moscow. Timed layouts, lap times and what you need to know before a track day here.
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Track layouts
Lap times only compare within one layout.
Going to Moscow Raceway?
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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Moscow Raceway 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 Moscow Raceway
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: 0°C by day, −4°C at night, rain on 13 days. Warmest in July, 22°C by day on average. Coldest in January, −13°C at night. Fewest days with rain: February.
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
Moscow Raceway elevation
Elevation change 21 m, steepest gradient 5.1%. The highest point, about 250 m above sea level, is 0.46 km from the start line; the lowest, about 229 m, 2.22 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 Moscow Raceway
Overview
Moscow Raceway is a permanent motor racing circuit in the Volokolamsk district of Moscow Oblast, near the villages of Sheludkovo and Fedyukovo, at the 95th kilometre of the Novorizhskoye highway (M9) west of Moscow. The nearest railway station, Chismena on the line from Moscow towards Riga, is about 3.5 km away. Opened in July 2012, it hosted the DTM, the World Touring Car Championship and World Superbike in its first years. After international series withdrew in 2022, the circuit has continued with national championships such as the Russian Circuit Racing Series, SMP Formula 4 and the Russian Endurance Challenge, together with drifting, track days for cars and motorcycles, tests and corporate events.
Technical Specifications and Track Features
Hermann Tilke designed the circuit. The operator lists three main and 17 additional configurations. The FIA Grade 1 Grand Prix layout is 3,955 m long with 15 corners, and a motorcycle version of about 3,931 m was used by World Superbike; the DTM raced on a shorter sprint layout. The track is 12 to 21 m wide, with 15 m at the start and finish, and the total height difference is 22 m. The back straight, 873 m from end to end, is near the limit allowed by modern design guidelines, and Tilke expected Formula One cars to reach a theoretical 193 mph on it. Stoffel Vandoorne set the fastest lap in a Formula Renault 3.5 car in 2013, and Adrien Tambay lapped the sprint layout in 58.999 seconds in a DTM Audi the same year.
Facilities and Specialized Areas
The track area covers 720,000 square metres and the paddock 52,000. Six grandstands seat more than 30,000 spectators, and the operator gives a record of 85,000 visitors over a single weekend. The site has pit, support and medical buildings and VIP lodges, and it rents out the track and cars. Driving schools such as the Mercedes-AMG Academy and the Porsche Driving Centre have used the circuit, which also hosts tests, product presentations and conferences. On major international race days in the early years, organisers ran free buses from Chismena station.
History
Racingcircuits.info traces earlier attempts at a Grand Prix near Moscow to the 1980s, when a Soviet Grand Prix was dropped from the draft 1983 Formula One calendar, and to the early 2000s, when plans were again abandoned. The first stone of Moscow Raceway was laid on 1 October 2008. Work stopped during the financial crisis and resumed in June 2010, with the roads built by the Russian-German joint venture Avtoban and the buildings by Stroytech-5, at a total cost of 4.5 billion roubles. The circuit opened with a World Series by Renault round on 14-15 July 2012, attended by Alain Prost and Tilke. The FIA GT1 World Championship and World Superbike visited the same year, the WTCC ran from 2013 to 2016 and the DTM from 2013 to 2017. In July 2013 the Italian rider Andrea Antonelli was killed in a crash during a World Supersport race, and in August that year the Hungarian rider Ago Rozsival was fatally injured in a practice crash. The Russian Endurance Challenge first ran there in October 2015. The FIA Grade 1 licence expired in July 2024.
Address
143600 Moscow
Russian Federation
Contact
moscowraceway.ru
