Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet
The Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet started operating as a permanent racing facility in March 2010, almost 90 years after the street roads of the city of Mellet, Belgium, started receiving motorcycle racers that came to compete in its perimeter. Since its inception, the 1.44-mile (2.31-km) Mettet circuit has become a synonym of motorcycling racing in Belgium, hosting high-profile events like World RX of Belgium or the EuroRX, among many others. The road course is also available for race car driver training, open lapping, product testing, and other related activities. The climate in Mettet is temperate and wet, with 200 rainy days a year on average.
The Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet runs counterclockwise, starting from the middle of the front straight. The first three corners are 90-degree left-handers, and the fourth one goes to the right to lead into a short straightaway. A tight turn number five leads into another straight right before the 90-degree corner number six. The trajectory gets trickier from now on because of the sudden elevation change experienced through turn seven, which continues through the tight left-hander corner number eight. A fast-paced sweeper at turn nine allows velocities of up to 160 km/h (99 mph) that slow down to 50 km/h (31) on the sharp corner ten.
