German Formula One Grand Prix
Few Grand Prix venues in the motor racing world possess more charisma than the famous Nurburgring, located in the spectacular scenery of the Eiffel Mountains in western Germany. It is still used today as a racing circuit, and unusually, its also open to the public, who can pay by the lap to drive their own cars around the track.
It has hosted the German and European Grand Prixs from time to time as well as many other sporting events including single-seater formulae, motorcycle and 24 hour endurance racing, sports car and saloon racing and even sports truck racing!. The Nurburgring is also used by the worlds leading car makers as a proving ground for their performance cars, and several manufacturers maintain permanent technical facilities nearby, not least because there is enormous competition surrounding the fastest lap time by a production car. While the original Nordschleife circuit contains some of the most famous-name bends in motor racing history; the Flugplatz, Karusell, Hohe Acht, Pflanzgarten.. even the shortened Grand Prix circuit contains some of the fastest and most difficult bends in the currentFormula One calendar. The only real overtaking opportunities are at the highly demanding Castro S-Bend at the end of the start/finish straight and Veedol-Schikane which comes on the run down one of the fastest downhill sections in the world. |
NURBURGRING
LOCATION: Village of Nurberg, West of Bonn, Germany
CIRCUIT TYPE: Permanent Circuit
CIRCUIT LENGTH: 3.20 Miles
LAP RECORD: 1:29.468 - M.Schumacher 2004
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