Circuit de Croix-en-Ternois Track Days

Circuit de Croix-en-Ternois runs its own track days for cars and motorbikes on its 2 km circuit in the Pas-de-Calais, between Arras and Le Touquet-Paris-Plage. The headline product is the Essais Libres Auto, a Sunday open session where you bring your own car and run in groups alongside saloons, hot hatches, GTs and single seaters. The Club VIP Auto on Wednesdays is the smaller version for GT, single seater and prototype owners.

Motorbikes get their own days: Essais Libres Moto on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays with riders grouped by lap time, a Wednesday Club Loisir Moto with a state certified coach for first timers and gentleman riders, and a Croix Kids Academy that puts children on supplied small bikes.

The circuit opened in May 1973, was the first in France to join the European Formula 3 championship and still hosts car and bike competitions. The restaurant Le 73 takes its name from the founding year. It suits owners who want a full day of seat time in their own car on a proper race circuit.

• Essais Libres Auto, Sundays: your own car on the circuit for the whole day, running in one of four groups: saloons (Clio, 205, Golf, Civic), sports saloons (MX-5, Fiesta ST, Megane RS, Golf GTI), GTs (Porsche 911 and Cayman, Mustang, Alpine A110, Nissan GT-R, Supra) and single seaters, prototypes and open cars. The circuit adjusts session length on the day to suit the field.
• Club VIP Auto, Wednesdays: the same circuit for GT, single seater and prototype owners only, a smaller field with breakfast at the restaurant and a drink with the other drivers at midday.
• You drive, nobody else: the circuit lends no cars, sells no passenger rides and puts no instructor in your seat.
• Bikes: Essais Libres Moto on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays, grouped by lap time from beginners over 1 minute 10 to experts under the minute. A transponder is lent free and your times land in the Quick Racing app.
• Club Loisir Moto, Wednesdays: a Grands Débutants group capped at 15 riders with Rodrigue, a state certified FFM coach, and a Gentlemen Riders group of up to 30 with more sessions and coaching advice. A Wednesday Groupe Maîtrise works on slalom, braking and cornering on the training area for adults and for children who have done the discovery course.
• Croix Kids Academy: an afternoon of theory and paddock workshops for children, run with GP Park, with a bike and protective gear supplied to fit the child.
• Off track: the terrace looks over the whole circuit. Le 73 does French cooking, the friterie covers the gaps between sessions and the bar is open all day.

• Dates: track days run on published calendar dates, not every week. Remaining 2026 dates on the booking site: Essais Libres Auto on Sunday 1 November and Sunday 15 November; Club VIP Auto on Wednesday 21 October, 4 November and 25 November. The office answers Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 6:00pm, on +33 3 21 03 30 13.
• Prices: Essais Libres Auto €140 a day. Club VIP Auto €170. Essais Libres Moto €100 on Mondays and Fridays, €110 on Saturdays, €190 for the Friday and Saturday pass. Club Loisir Moto €150. Groupe Maîtrise €89. Croix Kids Academy takes children aged 6 to 12 years, with the bike, protective gear and third party insurance included.
• The day: paperwork from 8:00am, first cars out at 9:00am, last cars in at 6:00pm. Bikes have a mandatory briefing at 8:30am. On Club VIP days breakfast runs at the restaurant until 11:00am and the drivers' drink is at 12:20pm. Paddock 3 opens the evening before with power and toilets for anyone setting up overnight; the central paddock opens on the morning.
• Add ons: the first passenger is included and each extra passenger is €10 on the day. A second driver on a Club VIP entry is €60, paid on site. A single or double garage box can be added to an online entry, six boxes per day. Pirelli Diablo Supercorsa V3 SC2 tyres are sold trackside at €150 to €210 with fitting €10 a tyre.
• Booking and payment: online at circuitdecroix.com by card or gift card, or card and cash on the day. Gift cards are sold for every product, valid one year, with a 6 month extension for €50.
• Licence and passengers: a valid category B licence, carried as the physical card. Passengers must be at least 10 years of age and 1.40 m tall, wear a helmet and sign a waiver.
• Gear: helmet for driver and every passenger. Open cars (convertibles, single seaters, prototypes) need a race suit, full face helmet and gloves.
• Car rules: 100 dB static noise limit, visible tow hook, working belts or harnesses, no oil or coolant leaks, fire extinguisher recommended in road cars and mandatory in race cars, tyre pressure gauge on Club VIP days. Hybrid and electric cars are not accepted on track.
• Insurance and liability: third party cover is included in the price. You sign a liability waiver before going out, and damage to circuit infrastructure is charged at the rates attached to it. Zero alcohol before and during the day, with breath tests possible: above 0.1 g/l you are refused with no refund.
• Cancellation: no 14 day cooling off period. Free date change up to 20 days before; inside 20 days only for serious illness, accident or an exceptional event, notified within 24 hours with proof within 8 days. A no show forfeits the fee. Weather is not grounds to move a date, but the circuit can cancel for snow, ice or heavy rain with 48 hours notice by email or phone.
• Bikes: full face CE helmet with double D ring, leather suit (one piece or zipped two piece), CE back protector, gauntlet gloves and high boots. 125 cc minimum, 109 dB dynamic limit on Essais Libres Moto and 100 dB static on Club Loisir. Licence or CASM certificate in hand.
• ASA Circuit de Croix membership: €35 a year added to an FFSA licence, for preferential Essais Libres Auto rates, track third party cover and two spectator entries per competition.
• Getting there: on the RN 39 between Arras and Le Touquet-Paris-Plage; nearest station Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise. Track day parking is free at paddock 3, on the right at the entrance; accessible parking is through the main entrance. Spectators get in free on track days. Toilets and showers on each paddock, power on all three. Dogs on a lead on the paddocks only.
• Le 73: lunch 11:30am to 2:30pm on track days, table booked at the restaurant that morning.

• Last verified: 18 October 2026
• Official link: https://www.circuitdecroix.com/nos-roulages/