Purple Sector
Ruapuna Grand Prix Circuit, turn by turn
Ruapuna's Grand Prix Circuit, 11 numbered turns in order: each turn's direction, shape and spacing, with the 2020 circuit map's corner names.
Ruapuna’s Grand Prix Circuit is 3,330 m, raced anticlockwise, with 11 numbered turns and one unnumbered kink. Each turn below has its direction, its shape from Purple Sector’s mapped geometry, and how far it sits from the turns either side.
The drivers' notes under each turn are paraphrased from the published lap guides linked beside them.
All 11 turns
Shapes come from Purple Sector’s registry geometry.
| Turn | Direction | Shape | From previous turn | To next turn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | left | open corner, about 30° | 835 m after T11 | 140 m to T2 |
| T2 | left | roughly right-angle corner, about 117° | 140 m after T1 | 400 m to T3 |
| T3 | left | open corner, about 54° | 400 m after T2 | 360 m to T4 |
| T4 | left | hairpin, about 184° | 360 m after T3 | 110 m to T5 |
| T5 | right | kink, about 23° | 110 m after T4 | 100 m to the kink before T6 |
| The kink before T6 (no number) | left | kink, about 20° | 100 m after T5 | 110 m to T6 |
| T6 | right | roughly right-angle corner, about 94° | 110 m after the kink before T6 | 120 m to T7 |
| T7 | left | roughly right-angle corner, about 90° | 120 m after T6 | 205 m to T8 |
| T8 | right | bend, about 171° | 205 m after T7 | 310 m to T9 |
| T9 | right | open corner, about 61° | 310 m after T8 | 150 m to T10 |
| T10 | left | roughly right-angle corner, about 75° | 150 m after T9 | 445 m to T11 |
| T11 | left | bend, about 168° | 445 m after T10 | 835 m to T1 |
Turn 3
Turn 3 is an open left-hander, turning through about 54°. Turn 3 comes 400 m after T2, and T4 follows 360 m later.
- Matt Payne: Drop a wheel off on the exit and you can spend half the back straight off the track in the dust, then have to rejoin before braking for Turn 4. (Supercars.com)
Turn 4
Turn 4 is a left-hand hairpin, turning through about 184°. Turn 4 comes 360 m after T3, and T5 follows 110 m later. The Canterbury Car Club’s 2020 spectator map labels it the Euromarque Hairpin and numbers it Turn 3, because that map does not count Purple Sector’s Turn 3. (Canterbury Car Club map, 2020)
Turn 8
Turn 8 is a right-hander, turning through about 171°. Turn 8 comes 205 m after T7, and T9 follows 310 m later. The same 2020 map labels this loop the Casino Carousel. (Canterbury Car Club map, 2020)
Questions
How many turns does Ruapuna have?
The Grand Prix Circuit layout has 11 numbered turns in 3,330 m, raced anticlockwise: 7 left-handers and 4 right-handers.
Which corner is Turn 4 at Ruapuna?
Turn 4 is the left-hand hairpin at the end of the back straight, about 360 m after Turn 3.
Map, layouts and turn numbers: Euromarque Motorsport Park (Ruapuna) track map. More maps: every track in New Zealand · the track list. Other circuits turn by turn: Mount Panorama · Phillip Island · Sydney Motorsport Park · The Bend Motorsport Park · Queensland Raceway · Lakeside Park · One Raceway · Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit · Sandown Raceway · Adelaide Street Circuit · Hampton Downs Motorsport Park · MotorMall Wanneroo Raceway · Winton Motor Raceway · Calder Park Raceway · Ipswich Kart Club · Morgan Park Raceway · Hidden Valley Raceway · Symmons Plains Raceway · Baskerville Raceway · Mallala Motor Sport Park · Highlands Motorsport Park · Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon · Taupō International Motorsport Park · Teretonga Park · Luddenham Raceway · Collie Motorplex · Pheasant Wood Circuit · Wilby Motorsport Park.
Sources, checked 23 October 2026
- Turn numbers, directions, lengths and bend geometry (numbered to MotorSport NZ’s circuit map): Purple Sector’s circuit page: purplesector.dev/tracks/euromarque-motorsport-park-ruapuna
- Corner names: Canterbury Car Club spectator map (2020), hosted on Wikimedia Commons: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ruapuna_Circuit_Map.jpg
- Driving note: Matt Payne, Supercars (18 Apr 2026): supercars.com/news/supercars-news-2026-brodie-kostecki-engine-scare-ex