The Pau-Arnos circuit is set in the heart of a green valley at the foot of the Pyrenees with some amazing scenery and a very different circuit layout. The circuit has plenty of gradiant change with a difference in height of 55 meter between its highest and lowest points.
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A lap of Pau has you crossing the start line with the pit complex on your left hand side. The first corner is a roller coaster of a ride as the road drops away through a very fast chicane and the car almost takes off over the kerb. This leads into the seemingly never ending right hand double apex turn 2, a trail brakers dream. Turn 3 is a downhill left hander with room to hoon. A short straight leads into the fast uphill Turn 4 which requires a lot of committment if a fast lap time is your aim. Turn 5 is a double apex right hander that crests over the top of a hill. As the corner is mostly blind, bravery and trust is the key to getting around this fast section.
The exit of turn 5 has you accelerating hard down a steep hill into the high commitment Turn 6. Again, this requires bravery, precision and committment if a fast laptime is to be achieved. The uphill hairpin of Turn 7 is another hoon-fest and this behaviour was actively encouraged by Jean-Paul. The downhill chicane of Turn 8 was another place that hooning was allowed and the tricky direction change will keep you amused for many a trackday. Turn 9 is the final corner of the lap and leads onto the main straight. A good exit from here will give a good overtaking opportunity in front of the crowd in the pit lane.
Closest Fuel Station
Turn right out of the circuit heading South, and in less
than 10km under the A64, to a villlage called Artix. Go
through Artix and turn right at D817 for Esso.
Accommodation in the Area
For FF5 we stayed in Lordes., which is less than 1 hours drive from the circuit although there are smaller B&B's much closer to the circuit.
