Ronnie Peterson
Dijon-Prenois – F1 Track Layout, Records & Winners
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Circuit de Dijon-Prenois, located in the Burgundy countryside near Dijon, France, opened in 1972 and hosted six French Grands Prix between 1974 and 1984. The 3.801 km layout was extended to its current configuration in 1976 by adding the high-speed Parabolique section. Famous for the 1979 French GP duel between Gilles Villeneuve and René Arnoux — considered one of the greatest overtaking battles in F1 history.
Layout & Facts
Track Geometry
| Lap distance | 3.800 km / 2.361 mi |
| Circuit type | Permanent circuit |
| Elevation change | 30 meters / 98 feet |
| Driving direction | Clockwise ↻ |
| Corners | 12 corners (3 low / 6 medium / 3 high speed) |
Driving Demands
Traction
Braking
Lateral
Downforce
Performance
| Wins by grid position | P133%P217%P317%P6+33%based on 6 races |
| Pole position side | Left side |
| Top speed | 295 km/h (183 mph) |
| Average race speed | 228 km/h (142 mph) |
| Pit lane time loss | 18.0 seconds |
| Lap record | 1:00.000 (228 km/h / 142 mph) (Jody Scheckter, 1974) Tyrrell 007 · Ford |
Race Strategy
Overtaking
Track Evolution
Rain Risk
Safety Car
Heritage
| Opened | 1972 (54 years ago) |
| Local timezone | Europe/Paris (CEST, UTC+02) |
| Owner | Société du Circuit de Dijon-Prenois |
| Official website | www.circuit-dijon-prenois.com |
Surface & Tyres
Asphalt Grip
Asphalt Abrasion
Tyre Stress
Tyre Degradation
History
Key corners
01 Parabolique
A long, sweeping right-hander at the end of the back straight, taken at over 270 km/h. The corner where the legendary 1979 Villeneuve-Arnoux side-by-side battle unfolded.
02 Pouas Hairpin
The slowest corner of the lap, a tight downhill left-hander offering the principal overtaking opportunity during the circuit's F1 years.
03 Bretelle
A medium-fast right-hander climbing back to the start-finish line. Exit speed defined lap pace through the longest sustained acceleration zone on the lap.
Winners & Podiums
F1 winners & podiums
| No. | Year | Podium | Team | Fastest Lap | Laps | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 1984 | 1  Niki Lauda 1:31:11.9512  Patrick Tambay +7.1543  Nigel Mansell +23.969 | McLaren Renault Team Lotus | 1:05.257 Alain Prost McLaren | 79 | 1984 Race Report & Results |
| 5 | 1982 | 1  Keke Rosberg 1:32:41.0872 Alain Prost +4.4423 Niki Lauda +1:00.343 | Williams Renault McLaren | 1:07.477 Alain Prost Renault | 80 | 1982 Race Report & Results |
| 4 | 1981 | 1 Alain Prost 1:35:48.130 2 John Watson +2.2903  Nelson Piquet +24.220 | Renault McLaren Brabham | 1:09.140 Alain Prost Renault | 80 | 1981 Race Report & Results |
| 3 | 1979 | 1 Jean-Pierre Jabouille 1:35:20.420 2  Gilles Villeneuve +14.5903 René Arnoux +14.830 | Renault Ferrari Renault | 1:09.160 René Arnoux Renault | 80 | 1979 Race Report & Results |
| 2 | 1977 | 1  Mario Andretti 1:39:40.1302 John Watson +1.5503 James Hunt +33.870 | Team Lotus Brabham McLaren | 1:13.750 Mario Andretti Team Lotus | 80 | 1977 Race Report & Results |
| 1 | 1974 | 1  Ronnie Peterson 1:21:55.0202 Niki Lauda +20.3603  Clay Regazzoni +27.840 | Team Lotus Ferrari Ferrari | 1:00.000 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell | 80 | 1974 Race Report & Results |
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Drivers Ranking
All-time driver ranking
| NO | Driver | GP | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Pod | Pole | FL | Avg Grid | Avg Pos | Points | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Niki Lauda | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5.8 | 7.0 | 21 | 48 |
| 2 |  Alain Prost | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 15 | 99 |
| 3 |  Keke Rosberg | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 9.5 | 10 | 2 |
| 4 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 9 | 34 |
| 5 | Ronnie Peterson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 6.5 | 9 | 64 |
| 6 |  Mario Andretti | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.7 | 10.3 | 9 | 1 |
| 7 | John Watson | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 8.8 | 12 | 75 |
| 8 | Gilles Villeneuve | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 11.0 | 6 | 46 |
| 9 | Patrick Tambay | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11.8 | 14.8 | 6 | 47 |
| 10 | René Arnoux | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 6.8 | 10 | 1 |
| 11 |  Nelson Piquet | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 12.8 | 7 | 58 |
| 12 | Clay Regazzoni | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 5.3 | 5 | 0 |
| 13 |  James Hunt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 12.5 | 4 | 4 |
| 14 |  Nigel Mansell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 6.0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | Elio de Angelis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.3 | 8.3 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | Gunnar Nilsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 |  Jody Scheckter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.7 | 8.7 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 |  Alan Jones | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 12.7 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | Didier Pironi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 12.0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 |  Jacky Ickx | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Riccardo Patrese | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 |  Denny Hulme | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 |  Carlos Reutemann | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 | 11.8 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Tom Pryce | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Brian Henton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Martin Brundle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | François Migault | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 |  Roberto Guerrero | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 |  Hans Joachim Stuck | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Philippe Alliot | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 |  Johnny Cecotto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Henri Pescarolo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Mauro Baldi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 |  Jan Lammers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Mike Hailwood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Guy Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Jonathan Palmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | David Purley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 |  Graham Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Thierry Boutsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Ian Scheckter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Stefan Bellof | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Raul Boesel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 |  Ayrton Senna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Patrick Depailler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 | 13.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Manfred Winkelhock | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 21.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 |  Derek Daly | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 |  Hector Rebaque | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Vittorio Brambilla | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.5 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Rupert Keegan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 16.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 |  Eliseo Salazar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.5 | 18.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Teo Fabi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Arturo Merzario | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.5 | 13.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | Derek Warwick | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Jochen Mass | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.7 | 14.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | Michele Alboreto | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 14.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 |  Emerson Fittipaldi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | Bruno Giacomelli | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.7 | 14.7 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | Andrea de Cesaris | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 10.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Eddie Cheever | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | Marc Surer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 14.7 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | Jacques Laffite | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.8 | 12.4 | 0 | 0 |
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Constructors Ranking
All-time constructor ranking
| NO | Team | GP | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Pod | Pole | FL | Avg Grid | Avg Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Renault | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2.3 | 5.6 | 37 |
| 2 |  Team Lotus | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10.5 | 7.2 | 31 |
| 3 |  McLaren | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 24 |
| 4 |  Williams | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 14 |
| 5 |  Ferrari | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7.6 | 9.1 | 24 |
| 6 |  Brabham | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 12.5 | 15 |
| 7 | Tyrrell | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15.1 | 12.7 | 5 |
| 8 | LEC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 0 |
| 9 | Penske | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 22.0 | 0 |
| 10 | Iso Marlboro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 9.0 | 0 |
| 11 | Lola | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.5 | 14.0 | 0 |
| 12 | Spirit | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 15.0 | 0 |
| 13 | RAM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.5 | 19.5 | 0 |
| 14 |  Theodore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 12.0 | 0 |
| 15 | BRM | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.3 | 15.0 | 0 |
| 16 | Hesketh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 16.0 | 0 |
| 17 | Wolf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0 |
| 18 | Surtees | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.5 | 16.0 | 0 |
| 19 | Osella | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 15.5 | 0 |
| 20 | Shadow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.2 | 17.2 | 0 |
| 21 | Toleman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.8 | 21.3 | 0 |
| 22 | March | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 17.8 | 0 |
| 23 | Arrows | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.7 | 14.3 | 0 |
| 24 | Fittipaldi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 17.7 | 0 |
| 25 |  Alfa Romeo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 14.6 | 0 |
| 26 | ATS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.7 | 19.0 | 0 |
| 27 | Ensign | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 18.3 | 0 |
| 28 | Ligier | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 15.6 | 0 |
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Dijon-Prenois — Frequently Asked Questions
How many F1 Grands Prix have been held at Dijon-Prenois?
Dijon-Prenois has hosted 6 Formula 1 Grands Prix since the first edition in 1974.
Who has the most F1 wins at Dijon-Prenois?
Ronnie Peterson holds the record at Dijon-Prenois with 1 victories.
Which constructor has won most often at Dijon-Prenois?
Team Lotus is the most successful constructor at Dijon-Prenois with 2 wins.
What is the lap record at Dijon-Prenois?
The lap record at Dijon-Prenois is 01:00.000, set by Jody Scheckter in 1974.
Where is Dijon-Prenois located?
Dijon-Prenois is located in Prenois.
When was Dijon-Prenois built?
Dijon-Prenois opened in 1972.
In which direction is Dijon-Prenois driven?
Dijon-Prenois is driven clockwise.
How many corners does Dijon-Prenois have?
Dijon-Prenois has 12 corners.
Is Dijon-Prenois a street or permanent circuit?
Dijon-Prenois is a permanent circuit.
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