Forgotten Race Tracks - Davidstow Cornwall - I do a lap of an F1 Circuit!

#F1 #abandoned #Cornwall
Davidstow seems like an unlikely place for Formula 1 race events but after RAF Davidstow Moor closed, that's exactly what we got!

If like me, you enjoy motorsport, history and looking at pieces of tarmac... you'll love "Forgotten Race Tracks" where we take a look at some of the old and abandoned race tracks around England.

From Drag strips to Formula 1 circuits, in this short series, we'll be investigating what remains of Britain's motor racing history.

[stevemarshall]

Taught my son and daughter to drive up there, surface is awful but it was safe enough to teach them pulling away and clutch control 👍

[roystonpapworth]

When I drove around there it was full of sheep! Nice to see Davidstow get some love…

[KoolKyschannel]

wouldn't call that a hot lap but certainly one of the fastest in years!

[neilsheppard]

Next time you're in Wales, you should visit former RAF Llandow, between Cardiff airport and RAF St. Athan. That too was a Coastal Command airbase during WW2, and during the cold war was a dispersal airbase for the V bombers. It was also the original proposed site for Cardiff Airport, which is now down the road along with the huge BA maintenance hangar. But I digress. Llandow is no longer active, but is now a racetrack of sorts and they have track days for performance cars which you can hire, or drive your own. They also hold other car-related events there at weekends but you need to check what's on.

I enjoyed that video, interesting stuff about the early days of F1. Shame about the weather though!

[scottishcarenthusiastsandtrain]

Great video as always mate, you will have to come up to crail in Fife for a shot on the old airfield/dragstrip

[doctorwalex]

Back in 1991 I went to the White Goddess Free Festival just down the road from there. I had no idea I was only a few miles away from a piece of British Motor Racing history. Damn.

[russcattelli]

in the 2000's rally events were held here.

[mrmando]

Excellent video, thanks for your research. 2023 and bigears highway has more potholes than this long abandoned venue.

[woodsage-st]

Learnt to drive on the remains of RAF Harrowbere irfield (near Yelverton, Devon) in the late 70s - would love to know how many of us learned the niceties of parking, reversing etc on what's left of the perimeter road?

[caravaningincarathevan]

you should come too Buckinghamshire there are lots of old airfields that were used as race tracks

[iniquity]

Where is Davidstow ?

End of David's foot.

[trampster]

Good video. I think I'd heard that it was used for F1 before. I'm not far over the border in Devon and have been there a few times. There is an interesting Air museum nearby. They had a massive illegal Rave there a while ago, might have been last year, and it took months to clear up the Litter & Excrement.

[-DC-]

Spectacular place to visit came across it completely by accident few years ago 👍

[MrGreatplum]

Ooh, I went up there a few years ago whilst on holiday and it was just as foggy! I didn’t realise it had been a race track as well as an airfield!

[TheMotorHubCarMedia]

I only live in Plymouth so not that far from here going to have to check this out

[MrLunarlander]

I suspect it's not entirely disused, going by the rather well-maintained windsock at 3:35 and onwards!

[moonshinepz]

Flew my first solo up there, and when the weather was crap we used to try and race round the old circuit in our cars. It's a common, so it was a case of swerving around goats and sheep a lot of the time as well as potholes, and the damned Doc Martin film crew once or twice😂

[PurityVendetta]

Sounds like this track suffered similar problems to Darley Moor with the inclement weather. Darley is a bit more accessible and has faired better.

[minibus]

nice video, another in the south west would be Oddicombe Hillclimb

[mattstreete]

Great video. Davidstow.. David as in Goliath, not Ginola ! Reminds me of cringe making M&S advert few years back, that pronounced the cheese the same way but with french accent!!