Talk:Rouen-Les-Essarts

I have to question the length of the track listed at the start of this article.

My measurements in Google Earth turned up 3.3799 miles or 5.4395 kilometers. That is about halfa a mile less than what the article quotes. You can see the object I used for the measurements at Racing at Rouen-Les-Essarts. (You will need Google Earth.) I used a 3rd party webpage to compute the distance. I doubt the chicane was the problem. The amount I gave above was with the chicane. Dropping it shaved 8.8 meters off that length. Will (Talk - contribs) 06:20, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

It's explained in the middle of the article that 6.542 km is the most famous length of the circuit, not its current length:

"The circuit had a number of different configurations. From its construction in 1950 until 1954 it was 5.1 km (3.169 miles) in length. In 1955 major works increased the circuit's length to 6.542 km (4 miles), its most famous configuration. Construction of a new Autoroute across the circuit saw a new section of track built and the length of the circuit reduced to 5.543 km (3.444 miles). Finally, in 1974 a permanent chicane was built at Six Fréres..."

DH85868993 (talk) 08:46, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

Definitely the image is wrong. That is the "modern" version of the circuit used after 1970, which is why is much shorter as another user says. The correct image does not involve any chicane (there was none and in fact, it was put there after Jo Schlesser died there). Besides the turn at Gresil was much larger and the final part after Gresil was a straight that finished in a 90-degree curve to the right. Then, there was a small straight which led to the main straightaway. The length of the circuit was around 5 kilometers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raulv (talk • contribs) 05:19, 6 February 2013 (UTC)