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2008-03-14Russian Circuit Breaks Cover
2007-12-10Apex to design UK 4x4 course with Xtreme Offroad
2007-12-10Apex helps to engineer overtaking in Formula One
2007-12-10Iceland MotoPark project reaches key milestone
2007-12-10Apex supports ‘Engineering Your Future’ at Oxford Brookes University
2007-12-07Abu Dhabi International Kart Circuit nearing completion at ADISC
2007-09-28Apex and ROC Timing Systems Ltd agree technical partnership
2007-03-16Planning continues for Alabama Motorsports Park
2007-03-01Construction starts at Iceland MotoPark Kart circuit
2007-02-21Apex Circuit Design Ltd to join MIA
2007-01-22Construction starts at ADISC International Kart Circuit, Abu Dhabi
2007-01-18Apex Circuit Design and Motorsport Asia to work together
2007-01-09Iceland MotoPark kart circuit gets CiK-FIA design approval
2007-01-08Bowen named on Top 50 Autosport list
2006-09-30Commencement of Iceland MotoPark works onsite
2006-09-21Apex Circuit Design website created by Trimedia, Finland
Russian Circuit Breaks Cover
Eurasia City LLC, one of Moscow’s leading property developers, is proud to announce the commencement of the Eurasia Autodrome Domededovo race circuit. Formal FIA dialogue commenced with a meeting on January 18th 2008 between Pavel Volkov, Project Manager for Eurasia City LLC and Sergey Ushakov, the Secretary General of the Russian Automobile Association. Eurasia City LLC has appointed Ridge and Partners and Apex Circuit Design from Great Britain to provide architectural, master planning, race circuit and engineering design; The final design for a 3.0km circuit, satisfying FIA requirements, has been concluded and was issued to the FIA for design review in February; design approval has now been granted by the FIA Circuits Commission to Grade 2 standard. The project will be developed over two phases; Phase 1, a 1.7km Category 3 race circuit for Russian National racing, will be completed in Autumn 2008; Phase 2, the extension to 3.0km and Category 2 status will be completed by Autumn 2009. Contractors are now being evaluated by Eurasia City LLC and construction is scheduled to commence immediately a contractor has been appointed; the first works on site are expected in May 2008. Graham Blackburn, lead architect and Partner at Ridge also commented; “We are very excited with this project; we intend to create a home and an identity for Russian motorsport . It will be a destination to entertain at all levels of road safety education, corporate entertainment and, of course, of motor sport.” Clive Bowen, the circuit designer and Managing Director of Apex Circuit Design Ltd., followed this by saying; “we’ve been given a good location on the outskirts of Moscow to create a superb racing destination; we’ll have an exciting mix of high, medium and low speed corners on a hillside site, and we have been able to engineer challenging grade change to ensure great racing in a safe environment.”