Dunlop Bridge


The Dunlop Bridge is a landmark advertising footbridge. There are several of them, situated at a number of different motor racing circuits around the world. The oldest surviving example of this bridge is at the Circuit de la Sarthe, the home of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The bridge is regarded as one of the most recognisable features at a motorsport venue, particularly the Circuit de la Sarthe and Donington Park, although the latter was removed during renovations for the failed attempt to stage the 2010 British F1 Grand Prix, and due to new racing safety regulations, cannot be restored.
DJ Chris Evans accidentally bought the Donington Park bridge while visiting a racing memorabilia auction in September 2012.

List of race circuits featuring a Dunlop Bridge

Italics indicate that the bridge is no longer within the circuit.
PhotoVenueSectionLocaleInstalledDismantledSourceNotes
Circuit de la SartheDunlop CurveLe Mans, Sarthe, France1932
Suzuka CircuitTurn 7Suzuka, Mie, Japan1960s1987
Surfers Paradise RacewayTurn 1Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia19661987
Donington ParkStarkey's StraightLeicestershire, United Kingdom19772009
Mount Panorama CircuitExit of The ChaseBathurst, New South Wales, Australia1982
Sandown RacewayTurn 9Melbourne, Victoria, Australia1989
Tsukuba CircuitMidfieldShimotsuma, Ibaraki Japan
WeatherTech Raceway Laguna SecaTurn 3Monterey, California, United States
Mantorp ParkMantorp, Östergötland, Sweden
Circuit Paul ArmagnacNogaro, Midi-Pyrénées, France
Sportsland SUGOHome straightMurata, Miyagi, Japan

A Dunlop Bridge also exists in the Apricot Hill Raceway, a fictional racetrack in the Gran Turismo series, although the branding was removed in Gran Turismo 6.