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1158:Current (
1083:Fortaleza
1006:Current (
731:"A pista"
437:bleachers
395:near the
62:UTC-03:00
58:Time zone
1484:Velopark
1459:Curitiba
1423:Cascavel
1408:Londrina
1290:Londrina
1265:Curitiba
1255:Brasília
1208:El Pinar
1198:Velopark
1193:Cascavel
1108:Velopark
1078:Curitiba
1058:Brasília
1037:Londrina
1027:Cascavel
630:1:27.476
603:1:16.172
569:1:14.015
535:1:12.018
508:1:11.928
481:1:08.342
453:Category
393:Velopark
348:pit lane
159:Current:
115:Operator
107:Capacity
40:Location
1469:Guaporé
1454:Caruaru
1433:Curvelo
1403:Goiânia
1285:Guaporé
1275:Estoril
1270:Curvelo
1178:Goiânia
1088:Goiânia
1073:Córdoba
1068:Caruaru
1022:Guaporé
462:Vehicle
298:History
276:Guaporé
272:circuit
210:Asphalt
206:Surface
170:Former:
144: (
131: (
44:Guaporé
1474:Rivera
1442:Former
1428:Tarumã
1305:Tarumã
1239:Former
1051:Former
1042:Tarumã
1017:Rivera
465:Event
459:Driver
280:Brazil
216:Length
196:(1999)
186:(2018)
176:(2012)
123:Opened
110:60,000
52:Brazil
653:Notes
581:]
547:]
328:mayor
224:Turns
194:SASTC
1389:2024
1160:2024
1008:2024
935:2023
914:2023
893:2023
872:2023
851:2023
830:2023
809:2023
788:2023
762:2011
739:2011
713:2011
687:2011
456:Time
414:ICUs
252:2012
530:GT4
476:GT3
274:in
256:GT3
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721:^
695:^
661:^
579:pt
545:pt
254:,
250:,
246:,
50:,
46:,
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976:v
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