Old Nurburgring F1 Track
James hunt will go down as the last winner on the 175 mile track.
Old nurburgring f1 track. The 243 km track was every racers dream and nightmare as it wound around the eifel mountains and the gothic nurburg castle plunging between the hedgerows and the trees its 176 corners bearing exotic names such as quiddelbacher hohe flugplatz fuchsrohe the foxhole wehrseifen ex muhle breidscheid and bergwerk where niki lauda came to grief. The nuerburgring is a 150000 person capacity motorsports complex located in the town of nuerburg rhineland palatinate germanyit features a grand prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer nordschleife north loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and medieval castle of nuerburg in the eifel mountains. Briton tony brooks won. Today the circuit is between 10 and 25 m wide featuring seven left and ten right turns as well as large run off zones and gravel beds.
Based in the town of nurburg rhineland palatinate germany the nurburgring has a rich history in formula 1 having first hosted a grands prix on its current layout in 2002. To attract formula 1 back to the eifel the then 45 kilometre grand prix track was built between 1981 and 1984 and was extended in 2001 by the mercedes arena section to its present length of 5148 kilometres. But this track now. Formula 1 returns to the fabled circuit on oct.
11 for the f1 eifel grand prix. This page tells the story about germanys most demanding race track and the longest permanent circuit in the world. Niki laudas fiery crash is the lasting memory of f1s last trip to the big track. The 46 year old argentine won the race his 24th and final f1 victory and his fifth and final championship.
The 208 km long track was used as formula 1 circuit for 22 seasons. 1958 saw the distance shortened to 18 laps. Famous for the touristenfahrten on the nordschleife the accident of niki lauda and for the roller coaster soap. Collins crashed into a ditch next to the track at pflanzgarten and was thrown out of his car and hit a tree head first.
It wasnt until 1961 that drivers could drive a lap under 9 minutes. He set the lap record to 857800 min in the ferrari 156. Centered on nurburg village overlooked by the ruins of an old 12th century castle the race track was the brainchild. The north loop is 208 km 129 mi long and has more than 300.