Nürburgring
Circuit Statistics
Location: Nürburg
Established:
Circuit Type:
Road
Designed by:
Gustav Eichler
Capacity:
290,000
Turns:
16
Direction:
Clockwise
First Grand Prix Race:
Rebuilt:
Total Races:
12
About Nürburgring
Nürburgring was completed in 1984 and called GP-Strecke ("Grand Prix Course"). It was built to meet the highest safety standards, but was considered in character a mere shadow of its older sibling.
Latest News
WSS: Hill breaks thigh bone on return.
Tommy Hill has been diagnosed with another broken thigh bone after being taken out in a first corner melee on his return to action in the World Supersport Championship this weekend.
Haga gets thankful after double.
Noriyuki Haga has paid tribute to his doctor for giving him the chance to take two superb victories in the latest round of the World Superbike Championship at the Nurburgring.
Q&A: Heinz-Harald Frentzen - EXCLUSIVE.
by Russell Atkins TO LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW IN FULL: CLICK HERE
Race result - Euro 3000: Nurburgring, Race 1.
Full race results from the ninth round of the Superfund Euro 3000 series at Nurburgring. 1. Norbert Siedler ADM 58mins 46.799secs 42 laps 2. Jonny Reid JVA +0.533secs 3. Nicky Pastorelli Draco +1.092secs
Nurburgring 2004: Three in a row for Paffett.
Mercedes-Benz driver Gary Paffett clinched the sixth round of the DTM today [Sunday] at the Nurburgring, with a start to finish victory, in front of a sell-out crowd of over 100,000 spectators.
Takuma Sato's lap of the Nurburgring.
BAR-Honda driver Takuma Sato describes a lap of the Nurburgring - site of this weekend's European Grand Prix...
Circuit Information
Nürburgring was completed in 1984 and called GP-Strecke ("Grand Prix Course"). It was built to meet the highest safety standards, but was considered in character a mere shadow of its older sibling. Some fans, who had to sit much farther away from the track, called it Eifelring, Ersatzring, Green Party Ring or similar, believing it did not deserve to be called Nürburgring.
The new circuit also had a characteristic of many of the circuits at the time, in that it offered few overtaking opportunities.
Prior to the 2013 German Grand Prix both Mark Webber and Lewis Hamilton said they like the track. Webber described the layout as "an old school track" before adding, "It?s a beautiful little circuit for us to still drive on so I think all the guys enjoy driving here." While Hamilton said "It?s a fantastic circuit, one of the classics and it hasn?t lost that feel of an old classic circuit."
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