The Red Bull Ring is a motorsport

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. The race circuit was founded as Österreichring (translation: Austrian Circuit) and hosted the

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for 18 consecutive years, from to . It was later shortened, rebuilt and renamed the A1-Ring (A Eins-Ring), and it hosted the Austrian Grand Prix again from to . When Formula One outgrew the circuit, a plan was drawn up to extend the layout. Parts of the circuit, including the pits and main grandstand, were demolished, but construction work was stopped and the circuit remained unusable for several years before it was purchased by

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and rebuilt. Renamed the Red Bull Ring the track was reopened on 15 May 2011 and subsequently hosted a round of the 2011 DTM seasonAustria back on DTM schedule in '11
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and a round of the 2011 F2 championship. Formula One returned to the circuit in the 2014 season, and MotoGP returned to the circuit in the 2016 season. The Red Bull Ring also hosted a second F1 event named the

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and

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; and a second MotoGP event named the

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and

after the COVID-19 pandemic affected the schedules of both of those seasons.

Österreichring (1969–1995)

Originally built in 1969 to replace the bland and bumpy Zeltweg Airfield circuit located just across the street, the Österreichring track was situated in the Styrian mountains and it was a visually spectacular and scenic circuit. Although narrow at in all places, the track was very fast, every corner was a fast sweeper and was taken in no lower than third gear in a five-speed gearbox and fourth in a six-speed gearbox. It had noticeable changes in elevation during the course of a lap, from lowest to highest point. Like most fast circuits it was a hard circuit on engines but more difficult on tires, because of the speeds being so consistently high. Many considered the Österreichring to be dangerous, especially the Bosch Kurve, a 180-degree banked downhill right-hand corner with almost no run-off area which, by

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when turbos pushed Formula One engine power to upwards of in qualifying, saw

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speed trapped at in his BMW powered Brabham BT55 on the run to the Bosch Kurve. There were other testing corners such as Voest-Hugel, which was a flat-out right-hander that eventually led to the Sebring-Auspuff Kurve (this corner had many names over the years, Dr. Tiroch and Glatz Kurve were others) which was an essential corner to get right because of the long straight afterwards that led to the Bosch Kurve. Some of the track was just road with little to no protection at all, even up to the final Austrian Grand Prix there in 1987, a race that had to be restarted twice because of two progressively more serious accidents both caused by the narrow pit straight in a similar manner to the 1985 race when the race was stopped after one lap following a start line shunt that had taken out three cars including championship leader

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and local driver

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's Arrows- BMW. In practice for the 1987 race

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narrowly avoided serious injury or worse when at over he collided with a

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that had made its way onto the track while Johansson was cresting a blind brow before the

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Kurve behind the pits. Increasing speeds were also a concern at the Österreichring; during the final Grand Prix there in 1987 pole-sitter

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's time for the of 1:23.357 set an average speed record for the circuit of . At the time it was second only in F1 average speed to

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's pole lap of the

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set during the

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. Both times were set using a turbocharged Williams-

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driver

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died after crashing at the Vost-Hugel Kurve in . In 1976, the Vost-Hugel Kurve was tightened and made into one right hander rather than two right-handers with a small section between, and in 1977 it was slowed down and became the Hella-Licht chicane, going from the fastest to the slowest corner on the track. It is also known that four-time World Champion

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often said that all tracks can be changed but that the Österreichring should remain unchanged, just adding run-off areas would be fine, which eventually did happen up until the original track's final year in 1995. The track was known for having many crashes at the start of races (especially Formula One cars at the Austrian Grand Prix) because the start–finish straight was very narrow (about wide), while most start–finish straights on other tracks were and it did not provide enough space for cars attempting to pass others, especially cars that stalled or broke at the start. Motorcycle rider Hans-Peter Klampfer died after a collision with another rider at the Bosch Kurve (where most fatalities happened) and 29-year-old Hannes Wustinger was also killed after a crash at the Tiroch Kurve (the part that was left out of the present circuit) at a race for the Austrian Touring car championship and this sealed the decision to build a new circuit. Triple World Champion and long time hero of the home crowd

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is the only Austrian driver to win his home Grand Prix. He won the 1984 Austrian Grand Prix at the Österreichring driving a

- TAG

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. Lauda went on to win his third and final championship in , beating his teammate

by the smallest margin in F1 history, only half a point. He announced his permanent retirement from driving at the circuit before the 1985 race.

A1-Ring (1996–2003)

The Österreichring's safety concerns had reached a head in the mid-1990s, and in 1995 and 1996 it was totally rebuilt, at the same site, by

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. Its length was shortened from , and the fast sweeping corners were replaced by three tight right-handers, in order to create overtaking opportunities. Its three long straights, as well as a twisty infield section, asked for a setup compromise. As much of the construction work was paid for by the

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provider A1, the track was renamed the A1-Ring. It proceeded to host seven Formula One Austrian Grands Prix between 1997 and 2003, as well as several DTM races and the

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in 1996 and 1997.

Red Bull Ring (2011–present)

The grandstands and pit buildings were demolished in 2004, rendering the track unusable for any

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category. In late 2004 and early 2005, there were intense discussions concerning whether the owner of the circuit, Red Bull, would find another use for the site, or return motorsports to the venue. There was a circuit extension proposal using part of the old Österreichring. In January 2005, return of motorsports seemed more unlikely than ever, as

publicly announced that he had no intention of wasting money on a deficient circuit. Throughout 2005 however, there was speculation of the newly founded Red Bull Racing renovating the track to use it as a test venue. In 2006, Austrian racing driver Alexander Wurz claimed he would buy the circuit and have it renovated, but the idea never came to fruition. By 2007, talks involving

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for a ''neuer Österreichring'' failed, after VW pulled out. Late in 2008, Red Bull began their €70m reconstruction of the track and DTM chiefs considered a return to the circuit in 2009, and in September 2010, it was confirmed that the circuit, now known as the Red Bull Ring, would host a round of the 2011 DTM season. The championship has visited the circuit every year since then until 2018. In November 2010, F2 announced that Round 6 of the 2011 F2 championship would take place at the Red Bull Ring. The circuit was reopened at a special event over the weekend of 15–16 May 2011, which included displays of various Red Bull sponsored teams including Red Bull Racing. The FIA

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was invited to provide the headline race attraction with a race on each day for Formula One cars from the 3-litre period. In December 2012, Red Bull contacted the FIA to say the track would be available to host a round of the

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World Championship in 2013, after a slot became available following the postponement of the proposed New York metropolitan area

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, and by July 2013, Red Bull announced that the Austrian Grand Prix would return as a round of the Formula One World Championship in 2014. The Austrian Grand Prix was held on 22 June 2014. From 2014 until 2016, the track also hosted a round of the

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. On 11 February 2016, it was announced that

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would return to the circuit in

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for the first time since 1997. On 30 June 2019, in honour of the late 3-time

World Champion

, the first turn of the track was renamed the "Niki Lauda Turn". On 30 May 2020, it was reported that the Austrian government had given permission for two Formula One races to be held on 5 and 12 July 2020 respectively to kick off the 2020 Formula One season after its start had been delayed by the

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. On 2 June 2020, Formula One confirmed the Red Bull Ring would hold back to back races on 5 and 12 July to start the 2020 season, with the second race styled as a one-off

. It would also hold the first four races of the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship and the

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. This made it the first

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an circuit to host the opening round of a

season since the

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did this in the 1966 season as well as the first time Austria hosted the opening race of the World Championship and therefore the first time the circuit hosted the opening round - an honour given to 13 previous venues since the inception of the World Championship in

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. The circuit also hosted back to back races of the

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on 16 and 23 August, with the second race styled as a one off

. In the

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season, the Red Bull Ring hosted two races again due to the Canadian Grand Prix being cancelled and the Turkish Grand Prix being postponed because of the

. The first of the two was titled as the

, with the second being called the

. These two races a week apart from each other saw

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winning both from pole position. Also in

, following the cancellation of the

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in May 2021, the

was added to the calendar on the weekend of 6 to 8 August, one week before the

. The first race saw MotoGP rookie

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claim his and

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's first win in the premier class, whilst the second race saw

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take a shock home win for KTM despite finishing on dry tyres in wet conditions. In January 2022, it was revealed that the circuit would be modified slightly for MotoGP and other motorcycle races, with a

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being introduced at turn 2. However Formula One and other car racing series will continue to use the current layout.

Track configurations

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, ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship, GT2 European Series, Porsche Sprint Challenge Central Europe * June: TCR Eastern Europe Trophy,

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, Porsche Sports Cup Deutschland * August:

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* September:

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, Renault Clio Cup Europe, Italian F4 Championship ; Future * ACCR Formula 4 Championship (2023) *

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(2014) * BMW M1 Procar Championship (1979–1980) *

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(1972) *

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(1978–1979, 1982–1987, 2000–2001) *

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(1977–1984) *

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(2012–2018) *

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(1997–1998, 2000–2001) *

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(1980–1987) *

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(2003) *

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(1978–1979) *

'' (2020-2021) * Formula Renault Eurocup (2013, 2016–2018) *

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(1985–1986, 1997–2003) *

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(1994, 1996–1999) *

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1000 km Zeltweg The 4 Hours of Red Bull Ring (originally known as the 500 km Zeltweg) was an endurance sports car event held near Spielberg, Austria. Originally based at the Zeltweg Airfield, the race moved to the Österreichring and was lengthened to ...

'' (1969–1976) * W Series (2021)

Lap records

The official lap record for the current circuit layout is 1:05.619, set by Carlos Sainz Jr. driving for McLaren in the

2020 Styrian Grand Prix The 2020 Styrian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Pirelli Großer Preis der Steiermark 2020) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 12 July 2020 at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Styria, Austria. It was the second round ...

. The official fastest race lap records at the Red Bull Ring are listed as:

Concerts

References

External links

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Map and circuit history of the Red Bull Ring
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Trackpedia's guide to racing the A1-ringtilke.de: A1-Ring, Österreich2014 Austrian GP Preview – The Red Bull RingThe Red Bull Ring on Google Maps
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