Nürburgring
The Nürburgring is a 150,000 fowk capacity motorsports complex locatit in the toun o Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It featurs a Grand Prix race track built in 1984, an a muckle langer Nordschleife "North loop" track which wis built in the 1920s aroond the veelage an medieval castle o Nürburg in the Eifel muntains. The north loop is 20.8 km (12.9 mi) lang an haes mair nor 300 metres (1,000 feet) o elevation chynge frae its lawest tae heichest points. Jackie Stewart elk-named the auld track "The Green Hell".[1]
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| Location | Nürburg, Germany Coordinates: 50°20′08″N 6°56′51″E / 50.33556°N 6.94750°E |
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| Time zone | GMT +1 (DST: +2) |
| FIA Grade | 1 |
| Major events | FIA Formula Ane German Grand Prix European Grand Prix Luxembourg Grand Prix Superbike World Championship, DTM, 24 Hours Nürburgring, 1000km Nürburgring, VLN |
| GP-Strecke (2002–present) | |
| Surface | Asphalt |
| Lenth | 5.148 km (3.199 mi) |
| Turns | 16 |
| Lap record | 1:29.468 ( Michael Schumacher, Ferrari F2004, 2004, Formula Ane) |
| GP-Strecke (1984–2001) | |
| Surface | Asphalt |
| Lenth | 4.556 km (2.831 mi) |
| Turns | 12 |
| Lap record | 1:18.354 ( Juan Pablo Montoya, Williams FW23, 2001, Formula Ane) |
| Nordschleife (1983–present) | |
| Surface | Asphalt/concrete |
| Lenth | 20.81 km (12.93 mi) |
| Turns | 154 |
| Lap record | 6:25.91 ( Stefan Bellof, Porsche 956, 1983, WEC) |
| Combined circuit (1984–present) | |
| Surface | Asphalt/concrete |
| Lenth | 25.378 km (15.770 mi) |
| Turns | 170 |
| Lap record | 8:18.170 ( Dirk Werner, Porsche 911 GT3 R, 2018 24 Hours Nürburgring, FIA GT3) |
| Nordschleife (1927–1982) | |
| Surface | Asphalt/concrete |
| Lenth | 22.835 km (14.189 mi) |
| Turns | 160 |
| Lap record | 7:06.4 ( Clay Regazzoni, Ferrari 312T, 1975, Formula Ane) |
| Südschleife (1927–1973) | |
| Surface | Asphalt |
| Lenth | 7.747 km (4.814 mi) |
| Turns | 27 |
| Lap record | 2:44.0 ( Jacky Ickx, Ferrari Dino 166, 1968, Formula Two) |
| Gesamtstrecke (1927–1982) | |
| Surface | Asphalt |
| Lenth | 28.265 km (17.563 mi) |
| Turns | 187 |
| Lap record | 15:06.1 ( Louis Chiron, Bugatti Type 35C, 1929, Grand Prix) |
| Wabsteid | nuerburgring |
Oreeginally, the track featured fower configurations: the 28.265 km (17.563 mi)-lang Gesamtstrecke ("Whole Course"), which in turn consistit o the 22.810 km (14.173 mi) Nordschleife ("North Loop"), an the 7.747 km (4.814 mi) Südschleife ("Sooth Loop"). Thare wis a 2.281 km (1.417 mi) warm-up loop cried Zielschleife ("Finish Loop") or Betonschleife ("Concrete Loop"), aroond the pit aurie an aw.[2]
Atween 1982 an 1983 the stairt/feenish aurie wis demolished tae create a new GP-Strecke, an this is uised for aw major an internaitional racin events. Housomeivver, the shortened Nordschleife is still in uise for racin, testin an public access.
References
eedit- ↑ "McLaren Formula 1 - Heritage - Welcome to the Green Hell". McLaren. Archived frae the original on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ↑ "Maps of Nürburgring configurations". The-fastlane.co.uk. 30 August 2005. Retrieved 7 Julie 2013.
Freemit airtins
eedit| Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Nürburgring. |
- Offeecial wabsteid: German | Inglis
- Map an circuit history at RacingCircuits.info
- The Nürburgring on Google Maps (Current Formula 1 Tracks)
- Ben Lovejoy's Nürburgring wabsteid Archived 2018-04-20 at the Wayback Machine
- Nurburgring Webcam 24 hours Archived 2013-01-07 at the Wayback Machine
- One full Nordschleife lap with an on-board camera on Kinomap
- Leet o Nurburgring Nordschleife lap times
- Nürburgring caur hire an experiences