Karting circuit marked out by red and white barriers inside the Nîmes arena, surrounded by stands
City of Nîmes

Gladiator karting

Arena of Nîmes · 2003
1,400 m²
in the amphitheatre
12
karts
2003
one of the first
2,000
years
of arena
1,400 m²
in the amphitheatre
12
karts
2003
one of the first
2,000
years
of arena
1,400 m²
in the amphitheatre
12
karts
2003
one of the first
2,000
years
of arena
1,400 m²
in the amphitheatre
12
karts
2003
one of the first
2,000
years
of arena
1,400 m²
in the amphitheatre
12
karts
2003
one of the first
2,000
years
of arena
The story

Nîmes, 2003.

Long before the ice rinks and luxury hotel basements, Speed2Max Event laid out one of its very first tracks in the heart of the Roman arena of Nîmes. 1,400 m² of circuit set up in the two-thousand-year-old amphitheatre, 12 karts racing where gladiators once fought, beneath the stone terraces. Two thousand years of history, an arena built for spectacle and combat, and a new discipline that came to follow its curve.

It was here, in this extraordinary setting, that Speed2Max wrote one of the first chapters of its events story: proof, from the very start, that a track could be set up absolutely anywhere, even in a listed monument. Gladiator karting: the combat has changed form, the arena has stayed the same.

One of the very first Speed2Max events
Gallery

In pictures

Yellow karts on a winding circuit marked out by red and white barriers, in the Nîmes arena
Five people posing around yellow kart number 15, in the Nîmes arena
Yellow karts lined up in the pit, with drivers getting ready, in the Nîmes arena
Exterior façade of the Nîmes arena under a stormy sky

A project like the one for the City of Nîmes?

A square, a harbour, a riverside, an ice rink. A town festival, Christmas, a sports week. It all starts with a conversation, free and with no obligation.

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In pictures

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After-movie

The event film
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