Potrero de los Funes Circuit, motorsports race track
Potrero de los Funes Circuit was a 6,270 m semi-permanent race track circling the Potrero de los Funes reservoir, 14 km from San Luis. Its asphalt ran along the village ring road, with 14 m of width, 3 m run-off strips, a pit building, a control tower with press room, a hospital and a heliport. Two chicanes and a tightened final corner were added in 2008.
The circuit opened in 1978 as a semi-permanent track of 6.206 km, laid out on the ring road around Lake Potrero de los Funes. It was abandoned after a 1987 Turismo Carretera round where two spectators died in separate crashes. Reopened on 23 November 2008 after ten months of work costing about 56 million pesos, with two chicanes added and the final corner tightened, it hosted FIA GT and TC2000; its last race was in 2018 and it was dismantled in February 2024.
The circuit was dismantled in February 2024, so the 6,270-metre layout no longer exists as a race venue. The paved road along the Embalse Potrero de los Funes remains a public route through the hills, 14 km from San Luis. Visitors can drive or cycle the bends and spot the white barrier with its yellow lower strip, but there is no racing access.
The circuit reused the ring road encircling Lake Potrero de los Funes, so its 6.270 km lap followed public streets rather than a purpose-built ribbon. Two chicanes were added in 2008 for lack of run-off area, and the final corner was tightened for a safer pit entry. In February 2024 the barriers and components were dismantled.
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