THE MODERN FORMULA 1 RACE TRACK
Since 1984, the Nürburgring has one of the safest and most modern race tracks in the world. Wide run-off areas, grandstands like the AMG grandstand, the start/finish building and a modern infrastructure with medical and media centres characterise today’s Grand Prix Track.
Time and again, Formula 1 has come to the track following its opening in the Eifel mountains, and legends like Ayrton Senna, who won the opening race on 12 May 1984 as an unknown newcomer, and record winner Michael Schumacher left their mark on the asphalt.
With an original length of 4.542 kilometres, the track was later reconstructed and expanded to 5.148 kilometres and can be divided into sprint track and Müllenbach loop.
With season highlights like Oldtimer Grand Prix, DTM and Truck Grand Prix, the Grand-Prix track becomes the home of top-class motorsport events year after year. In 2020, after seven years the Formula 1, the top class of motorsport returned to the Ring – as the Eifel Grand Prix.
Its long version in combination with the Nordschleife makes for a total Nürburgring track length of about 25 kilometres.