Brazil, Nova Santa Rita
Velopark
A 2.278 km circuit in Nova Santa Rita. Timed layouts, lap times and what you need to know before a track day here.
Going to Velopark?
See which corner costs you the most time.
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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 Velopark?
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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Velopark 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 Full 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 Velopark
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: 26°C by day, 16°C at night, rain on 10 days. Warmest in February, 31°C by day on average. Coldest in July, 10°C at night. Fewest days with rain: April.
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
Velopark elevation
Elevation change 5 m, steepest gradient 2.5%. The highest point, about 14 m above sea level, is 1.55 km from the start line; the lowest, about 8 m, 0.56 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.
Going to Velopark?
More to do with the session than the lap time
About Velopark
Overview
Velopark is a motorsport complex in Nova Santa Rita, Rio Grande do Sul, beside highway BR-386 and less than 25 kilometres from Porto Alegre. Since 1 January 2026 it has been run by FuelTech, a maker of high-performance automotive technology, which bought the complex and renamed it Autódromo FuelTech Velopark. The site covers an area equivalent to about 135 football pitches and combines a road circuit with a drag strip. Its calendar is built around drag racing, drifting, driving courses and track days, and FuelTech also uses the venue as a test field and laboratory for its own products.
Technical Specifications and Track Features
The road circuit is 2,278 metres long. When it opened, Velopark described it as a blend of the American style of quick, very fast laps with the technical demands of European tracks. Its main straight runs alongside the drag strip, a loop links it at the southern end to a long, curving section on the eastern side of the property, and a tighter sequence of bends closes the lap at the northern end. The drag strip hosts the venue's best-known events: the Copa FT BR Sport de Arrancada runs three-day rounds with 33 classes, and in 2026 its third round drew 200 drivers from six countries. In December the Festival FT de Arrancada brings cars and motorcycles running at more than 300 km/h.
Facilities and Specialized Areas
The circuit was built with 20 pit garages, each able to hold up to four cars, plus a control tower, a press room, a VIP area, a meeting building and two medical centres. The grandstands hold 30,000 spectators, and the site also has restaurants, bars, a ticket office and parking. The venue map shows four grandstands along the main straight, a footbridge over the track, the press and administration building and a heliport. The circuit hosts driving courses, product launches, test drives and corporate training. Its programmes have included drift courses with two-time Brazilian champion Matheus Sartor, a course run by Vitor Genz, and drive sessions in Veloce FuelTech prototypes with instructors. Private drivers can take their own cars on track at Cronoesp track days, a category recognised by the Brazilian motorsport confederation, with timed open running for up to 50 entries.
History
Velopark grew out of an idea from members of the Gerdau family. Felipe Johannpeter, a kart and drag racer who had leased and run the kart track at Tarumã, set out to build a complex to the standard he had seen abroad, with the support of his father Klaus Gerdau Johannpeter. The project grew from a modest plan into a large park that opened in 2008 with kart tracks and a drag strip, and the road circuit followed in 2010. Velopark went on to organise national drag racing championships over 402 and 201 metres. Stock Car Brasil raced on the circuit from 2010 to 2025, and the truck series Fórmula Truck and Copa Truck also visited. In December 2025 the complex was sold to FuelTech, which took over in 2026 with a stated aim of preserving the venue's legacy.
Address
Rodovia BR-386, Km 430
Nova Santa Rita
Brazil
Contact
autodromofueltech.com.br
