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Knockhill Racing Circuit is a motor racing circuit in Fife, Scotland. It opened in September 1974 and is Scotland's national motorsport centre. The circuit is in the countryside about north of Dunfermline. It is the only FIA-approved circuit in Scotland.
Between 1974 and 1983 the circuit had several owners, who helped to steadily develop the circuit's facilities and attractions. Derek Butcher became the owner in 1984 and since then Knockhill has been developed to a point where it is able to host rounds of most of the major British car and motorbike championships. The circuit hosted a round of the British Touring Car Championships for twelve years until the deal ended in 2002 with the promoters seeking infrastructure upgrades. Knockhill made improvements and the touring car series returned to Knockhill in 2004 with ITV televising the event live. The British Formula Three Championship and British GT Championship returned to Knockhill in May 2005.
In 2008 Knockhill named a corner Leslie's Bend in honour of the racing-car driver David Leslie shortly after his death in a small jet-aircraft accident at Farnborough.
In 2012 the circuit restarted racing and track days in the anti-clockwise direction. It gained a licence for motorbikes and cars to compete in both directions, the first racing circuit to achieve that in the UK in modern times. the circuit has an FIA grade 3 licence, the only circuit in Scotland issued with a licence by the FIA at this time.
After the exit of McIntyre's there is a short straight leading to the next corner, a shallow right-hand corner named Butcher's. After this the track dips downward (reaching the lowest point of the circuit) before rising fairly steeply towards another very challenging corner. The Chicane is a challenge because the second, right-hand part of the corner is completely blind and drivers do not see the apex of the second part until after they have turned in and it is this combined with the presence of a sausage kerb on the inside of the track to deter corner cutting that results in vehicles often going through the chicane on two wheels (and occasionally off the ground completely). After a run down the short back straight comes the next corner, Clark's, a blind uphill right hander, frequently the scene of vehicles getting onto two wheels and/or running wide into the gravel on the outside of the corner. Fairly quickly following this is a corner now named Hislop's but previously named Railway, with reference to the fact that it is this section of the track that runs along the location of the old railway line. This corner is a left-handed kink taken at relatively high speeds. at Taylor's corner]]
Then comes the second-longest straight of the circuit, also named Railway, where vehicles often slipstream one another in preparation for the heaviest braking zone, belonging to the ninth and final corner. Taylor's is a hairpin corner that is one of the tightest found anywhere in the UK. It has an uphill apex, is arguably the best overtaking point of the circuit and was previously known as the Real Radio Hairpin for sponsorship reasons. Leaving Taylor's vehicles accelerate hard on the partly uphill pit straight towards the finish line.
Knockhill offers a range of motorsport facilities. In addition to the main circuit it has a concrete rallying stage to the south of the hairpin, a 500-metre long karting circuit located east of the main paddock area, a skid pan to the east of the karting circuit and an offroad course located to the north of the main circuit. There is also another offroading course in the main circuit's infield, which is now used for Rallycross events following its re-profiling in 2019.
The main circuit offers track-driving experiences using a choice of Ferrari F430, Aston Martin Vantage, Legend race car, Honda Civic Type Rs and Audi-powered, Van Diemen single-seater formula cars. The rally stage can be used for a rally driving experience in modified Ford Fiestas, the skid pan for a skid-control driving experience in a number of different cars, and the offroad course using a Jeep Wrangler. The circuit offers motorsport taster days for people with disabilities, as well as a driving experience for those too young to legally drive on the public roads using Ford Fiestas.
| 2018 Knockhill British Sprint Championship round |
| 2005 Knockhill British F3 round |
| 2022 Knockhill BSB round |
| 2024 Knockhill British Superkart Championship round |
| 2023 Knockhill British F4 round |
| 2010 Knockhill Formula Renault 2.0 UK round |
| 2023 Knockhill Porsche Carrera Cup GB round |
| 2014 Knockhill British Formula Ford round |
| 2023 Knockhill BSS round |
| 2002 Knockhill British GT round |
| 2010 Knockhill British GT round |
| 2025 Knockhill Porsche Sprint Challenge Great Britain round |
| 2020 Knockhill BTCC round |
| 2007 Knockhill Formula BMW UK round |
| 2025 Knockhill British Sportbike round |
| 2023 Knockhill TCR UK round |
| 2002 Knockhill British GT round |
| 1999 Knockhill BTCC round |
| 2023 Knockhill British Talent Cup round |
| 2008 Knockhill SEAT Cupra Championship round |
| 2001 Knockhill BTCC round |
| 2019 Knockhill Renault UK Clio Cup round |
| 1975 RAC Knockhill |
| 2018 Knockhill British Sprint Championship round |
| 2018 Knockhill TCR UK round |
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