The Imatra Circuit is a motorsport street circuit in Imatra , Finland . The circuit has existed in two versions, and has been exclusively used for the " Imatranajo [ fi ] " motorcycle road race . From 1962 to 1978 a 6.030 km (3.747 mi) clockwise street circuit in the east of the town of Imatra was used. The circuit ran along the Vuoksi river and a railway line that had to be crossed. From 1979 to 1986 a shorter circuit was used. This was only 4.950 km (3.076 mi) long and consisted mostly of the western part of the original circuit.
4-704: From the 1964 season until the 1982 season the Grand Prix of Finland was run 19 times in Imatra. From the 1983 season the "Imatranajo" lost its World Championship status due to the dangerous nature of the circuit and the death of sidecar driver Jock Taylor in 1982. The last road race on the Imatra Circuit for many years was held in 1986 when a six-year-old boy died after falling under a running wheel, but classic races still took place. Road racing returned to Imatra in August 2016 with
8-558: A round of the International Road Racing Championship , and another round was held in 2017. In the "Imatranajo" on June 15, 2019, a fatal crash occurred when a Swiss driver Mathias Gnägi with a Superbike class dropped off the track in the rain and was killed. As of July 2018, the fastest official race lap records at the Jarno Saarinen Imatranajo Circuit are listed as: (Coloured background =
12-607: The race was boycotted by international competitors) Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix The Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix was part of the FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing championship from 1962 to 1982. It was held at the Tampere Circuit in 1962 and 1963 before moving to the Imatra Circuit . Giacomo Agostini won the most Finnish Grands Prix with ten 500cc victories and seven 350cc victories. In July 2016, it
16-461: Was announced the Grand Prix would return on the new Kymi Ring circuit. After a 5-year contract was agreed, to start with a scheduled event in 2021 , this was cancelled on 14 May 2021 due to COVID-19 . The next anticipated event for 2022 was cancelled on 25 May 2022, due to incomplete homologation works at the track and the risks associated with the geopolitical situation in the region concerning
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