Kazakhstan, Aksay
Sokol International Circuit
A 4.495 km circuit in Aksay. Timed layouts, lap times and what you need to know before a track day here.
Going to Sokol International Circuit?
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 Sokol International Circuit?
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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Sokol International Circuit 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 Main Circuit 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 Sokol International Circuit
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: 11°C by day, 0°C at night, rain on 7 days. Warmest in July, 35°C by day on average. Coldest in January, −4°C at night. Fewest days with rain: August to September.
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
Sokol International Circuit elevation
Elevation change 3 m. That is within the margin of the terrain model, so Sokol International Circuit 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 Sokol International Circuit?
More to do with the session than the lap time
About Sokol International Circuit
Overview
Sokol International Circuit is a motorsport complex at the 76th kilometre of the highway from Almaty towards Astana, in the Ili District of Almaty Region, at the foot of the Alatau mountains. It is run by STC Sokol LLP and spreads over about 205 hectares. Its centrepiece is a Hermann Tilke-designed road circuit, built to attract international championships, and today it hosts national time attack, superbike, drifting, drag and karting events as well as open track days.
Technical Specifications and Track Features
The main circuit is 4,495 m long with 13 corners, eight of them right-handers and five left-handers. The track is 12 to 15 m wide, and the elevation change around the lap is 5.8 m. Two fast straights of about 1 km and 700 m dominate the layout, and the operator quotes top speeds of up to 300 km/h. The Sokol Time Attack series runs open pit track days on the circuit, where drivers bring their own cars and are timed through SpeedHive, and the full circuit can also be hired for testing, filming and private events.
Facilities and Specialized Areas
The complex has six tracks. Besides the main circuit there is a 1,650 m karting track, 10 m wide, which can be set up in up to seven configurations, and a quarter-mile drag strip with electronic timing and up to 1,000 m of total length including the braking zone. A 16,000 m² drift arena of 100 by 120 m has an asphalt surface with an irrigation system. A 1,700 m motocross track with jumps, wave and rhythm sections and an off-road course with climbs and water crossings complete the set. The pit building contains team garages with a drivers' hotel above them. Visitors also find a hotel, a restaurant with a panoramic dining hall, a swimming pool, a museum of vintage vehicles, a paintball arena and a karting school.
History
Kazakh businessman Alijan Ibragimov announced plans for a US$40 million motorsport facility near Almaty in July 2012, with RacingLoop as consultants and Hermann Tilke designing a circuit meant to attract MotoGP and DTM. Ground was not broken until 2014. By 2016 the karting track and the drag strip were open, with Jorge Lorenzo attending, and the pit building had been completed. Work reached the electronics and timing installation by early 2019 before it stalled. In September 2022 the circuit was announced as host of the Kazakhstan motorcycle Grand Prix from 2023 until at least 2028. The 2023 race was dropped because the track was not yet ready for FIM homologation, and the 2024 event was postponed and then cancelled after floods damaged the area. The circuit was not on the 2025 calendar. National racing went on: in autumn 2025 the outright motorcycle lap record was set on a Ducati Panigale V4. In September 2026 the circuit also hosted the first FIA Central Asian Drifting Cup.
Address
76 km of the Almaty–Karaganda highway, bldg. 20
040000 Aksay
Kazakhstan
Contact
sokol.kz