Nürburgring

Nürburgring Nordschleife – „The Green Hell”

Both 'VLN Endurance Cup' (10 races) and '24h-ADAC-Rennen' (1 race) take place at the famous “Nordschleife” of the Nürburgring in
Germany: With its 33 left turns and 40 right turns meander through the „Eifel" – it is unique. The complete race track is 25.359 km long
and full of every driving challenge you can imagine: Some of them are well known all over the world, like „Karussell", „Brünnchen" or the
endless straight „Döttinger Höhe" with the tricky left turn at the end. Some Grand Prix drivers founded their reputation and fame by
winning on the Nordschleife - like Jackie Stewart (1968) or Jacky Ickx (1969).

Loveletters To The Nürburgring

„The Nürburgring is the circuit, on which every race driver just wants to win, once. "
(Jackie Stewart, F1-champion 1969, 1971 and 1973)

„For me, the Ring is the most beautiful and most difficult racetrack in the world. By the way, the Nürburgring is also
my son´s favourite."
(Hans Stuck, father of Hans-Joachim Stuck - one of the most popular drivers in Germany - F1 with Brabham in the 70s)

„I think, the Nürburgring is THE racetrack, on which a driver can work wonders, in case he knows the Ring by heart.""
(Juan Manuel Fangio, five times F1-champion)

„The Nürburgring - patriarch among all racetracks! "
(Dan Gurney, American F1-heroe, founder of All American Racers)

„I am happy and proud that my name is on the list of winners of the Nürburgring. This is to be my favourite memory
of my career as a grand prix driver. "
(Jacky Ickx, runner-up in F1-championship 1969 and 1970 - drove for Ferrari)

The Racetrack

Worth Knowing

Built:                            1925 – 1927
Opened:                      18/19 June 1927 with the GP of Deutschland
Costs:                          approx. 15 Million Reichsmark,
Length:                        20.832 km Nordschleife (till 1982: 22,8km), 4.556 km grand prix circuit
Upward slope:             max. 17%
Downward slope:        max. 11%
Altitude difference:      approx. 300 m

The motorsport complex Nürburgring is located around the village of Nürburg, Germany. It features a modern
Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around
the village and medieval castle of Nürburg in the Eifel mountains. It is located about 70 kilometers (43 mi) south
of Cologne and 120 kilometers (75 mi) northwest of Frankfurt. The old track was nicknamed The Green Hell by
Jackie Stewart and is widely considered the toughest, most dangerous and most demanding purpose-built race
track in the world.

Originally, the track featured four track configurations: the 28.265 kilometers (17.563 miles) long Gesamtstrecke
("Whole Course"), which in turn consisted of the 22.810 km (14.173 mi) Nordschleife ("Northern Loop"), and
the 7.747 km (4.814 mi) Südschleife ("Southern Loop"). There also was a 2.281 km (1.417 mi) warm-up loop
called Zielschleife ("Finish Loop") or better known as Betonschleife, around the pit area. Between 1982 and 1983
the start-finish area was demolished to create a new GP-Strecke, which is currently used for several major and
international racing events. However, the shortened Nordschleife is still in use, for racing, testing and public access.

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