Dear friends of TNF, any information or hints regarding the Annemasse circuit?
It must have been in France but close to Geneva and the Swiss border.
Perhaps a playground in connection with the Geneva Car Show?
It is mentioned in "Mercedes-Benz SC W113 Series 1963-71", Brian Long, VeloceBooks:
Legendary British writer and occasional race and rallye driver Gordon Wilkens, also gave his angle:
“With every new Mercedes-Benz introduced since the war it has been my privilege to have my first ride
in it with Rudi Uhlenhaut, the brilliant engineer in charge of passenger car development.
It is the quick, electrifying but painless way of exploring the uttermost limits of the car`s capabilities.
Our test track was part of a new forest circuit being built by a French club near Annemasse.
It was a tight and difficult little loop with seven severe corners in just under three-quarters of a mile.
Uhlenhaut hurled the 230 SL round it in continuous controlled drifts. It felt as if the tyres must come off the rims,
but the car stayed on course at seemingly impossible speeds. Shortly before, in a friendly beat-up with Mike Parkes
in a 250 GT Ferrari Berlinetta, Uhlenhaut had lapped in 47.5 seconds in this comfortable, lavishly equipped road car
of 2.3 litres against 47.3 by the young racing engineer in the lightweight 3-litre Ferrari."
