BROOKLANDS (UNITED KINGDOM) – year 1926
Speed limit on English roads to 20 mil/h, being a remnant of the well-known Red Flag Act, it practically did not allow to organize car races on public roads.
In this situation, H. helped. F. Locke King, motorsport enthusiast and owner of an area near London, called Brooklands (wet). He built in 1906— 1907 concrete according to the design of colonel Haldan, an oval autodrome with two inclined turns to develop speed 200 km/h. There were straight sections inside the route, separated by a fragmented road, make the route more complicated. A track approx 4,4 km cost a quarter of a million pounds, and the audience could accommodate 30 000 viewers. The ride was counterclockwise. The first races were organized along the lines of traditional horse races. In addition, various advertising endurance rides were organized on the Brooklands circuit, London taxi competitions, car reliability competitions, etc..
The first British Grand Prix races were held here in 1926 year. Senechal, being Wagner's replacement, has reached the average speed 115,2 km/h. The Grand Prix was organized there the following year, then the British automobile club made a final decision, that it is impossible to make a racetrack out of an autodrome. However, Great Britain had to wait for the new track at Donnington Park 1935 year. After the war, the damaged Brooklands was sold to the Vickers-Armstrong aviation factory.