Nürburgring
Nürburg, Germany · Historic venue
The Green Hell's modern replacement — a short GP circuit beside the 20 km Nordschleife.
Circuit layout
Race historyThe Green Hell's modern replacement — a short GP circuit beside the 20 km Nordschleife.
Circuit
- Circuit
- Nürburgring
- Location
- Nürburg, Germany
- Length
- 5.148 km
- Corners
- 15
- Race laps
- 60
- Race distance
- 309 km
- First GP
- 1997
- Opened
- 1927
- Grands Prix
- 41
Last winner here
Lap record
About Nürburgring
The Nürburgring name covers two very different circuits. The original Nordschleife, opened in 1927, ran more than 22 km through the Eifel mountains with over 170 corners, and hosted the German Grand Prix until 1976, when Niki Lauda's near-fatal crash ended its Formula 1 career.
The modern GP-Strecke, built alongside it and opened in 1984, is a conventional permanent circuit of a little over 5 km. It has hosted the German, European, Luxembourg and — in 2020 — Eifel Grands Prix, the name changing with whatever sponsorship and calendar arithmetic required.
Its most famous modern race is the 1999 European Grand Prix, in which changing weather and repeated retirements handed Johnny Herbert and Stewart their only Formula 1 victory.
Notable facts
- The original Nordschleife measured over 22 km with more than 170 corners, and Jackie Stewart nicknamed it the Green Hell.
- Niki Lauda's near-fatal crash in 1976 ended the Nordschleife's Formula 1 career.
- The modern GP circuit opened in 1984 and has hosted the German, European, Luxembourg and Eifel Grands Prix.
- The 1999 European Grand Prix gave Johnny Herbert and Stewart Grand Prix their only Formula 1 win.
Grands Prix by decade
41 races, every decade from the 1950s to the 2020s.
Most wins — drivers
Most wins — constructors
Every Formula 1 winner at Nürburgring
41 World Championship Grands Prix have been held here between 1951 and 2020.
