🇫🇷Circuit de Nogaro

Circuit Paul Armagnac (commonly Nogaro) is a 3.636 km, 14-corner motor racing circuit in Nogaro in the Gers department of south-western France — and was the first purpose-built permanent racing circuit ever constructed in France. The track opened on 3 October 1960, named after Nogaro-born French racing driver Paul Armagnac who died in 1962 in practice for the 1000 km de Paris at Montlhéry. The original 1.752 km layout was loosely inspired by Sebring (at the suggestion of Armagnac himself), but built on a much smaller parcel of land it inevitably ended up far tighter and twistier than its Florida inspiration. The circuit was extended in 1973 and again in 1989, reaching its current 3.636 km length. Nogaro briefly hosted the French Motorcycle Grand Prix in the late 1970s, and has been the home of the long-running French Trophée Tourisme Endurance car series for decades. The circuit is also a regular round of the French national motorcycle championship, the FFM Coupes de France Promosport series and the French Trofeo Andrés Pérez Companc. Surrounded by Armagnac vineyards in the Gascon countryside, Nogaro is one of the busiest trackday venues in south-western France and an ideal winter testing destination thanks to its mild Atlantic climate.