Apex Circuit Design

The PrimRing project in the Primorsky Region of eastern Russia, is situated on 78 Hectares of land under the control of Sumotori Machinery Group and has been selected by the Russian Automobile Federation (RAF), its satellite member club the PAF and by Sumotori as the location for the first integrated multi-purpose commercial race resort destination for Russia.

Apex were commissioned in early 2011 to undertake the detailed design to accommodate FIA and FIM guidelines for a 3.7km circuit, a CIK Grade A compliant kart circuit, a 1.7km FIM compliant motocross circuit and a 1/8th mile PAF compliant drag strip. The 3.7km race circuit design was granted FIA Design Approval in May 2011 and the design dossier for the kart circuit was submitted to the ASN in October 2011 for CIK design approval.

Through the FIAI’s Facility Improvement Programme in 2011, Apex and our partners Ridge, URS Scott Wilson, KPMG and the Sustainable Hospitality Group were also commissioned to design a master plan for the PrimRing site to accommodate these motor sport facilities and to develop a strategy for a commercially and environmentally sustainable destination. RAF and Sumotori required this master plan to accommodate road safety driver training in support of the many national and regional current education and driver training programs.

This project has good momentum, and work beyond the master plan is well advanced; the FIM compliant motocross facility has now been built and hosted its first regional event in early October 2011 and the kart circuit is scheduled for construction in 2012.