The Salzburgring is a 4.241 km motorsport race track located in Plainfeld, east of Salzburg.

Key facts

Track Length                     4.241 km Bends                                15 Straights                            4 (the longest being at start/finish which is 750m) Incline                                maximum 3,8% Decline                              maximum 1,8% Altitude difference             ca 25 m Altitude                              648.3 m to 670.6 m Boxes                                31

History

1968              Groundbreaking ceremony 1969              Opening with a combined car and motorbike race 1970              First Grand Prix of Austria for Motorbikes 1971              First FIM Motorbike World Championship race 2012–2014     Touring Car World Championships 2013              First Electric Love Festival which, in 2018, brought 180,000 attendees to the track 2019              50thanniversary The race track was first opened in 1969. Lying in a narrow, alpine valley, it has a rather simple layout, with two long straights plus the sweeping and fast "Fahrerlagerkurve" ("paddock turn") at the bottom, and the narrow "Nockstein-Kehre" on the top. In spite of its simple layout, it garnered a fearsome reputation for the high speeds reached on the straights and the "Fahrerlagerkurve". Michael Doohan describes the section between 7 and 10 as his all time favorite piece of racetrack, likening it to "threading a motorcycle through the eye of a needle at 180 mph whilst banging fairings with your competitors with armco barriers on each side". He continues "Sure it was fast and dangerous, but also enormous fun. To me it's what motorcycle racing is all about". The Salzburgring track hosts touring car races like the German ADAC Procar Series, Deutsche Produktionswagen Meisterschaft, Deutsche Tourenwagen Challenge, Super Tourenwagen Cup and the European Touring Car Championship. It was also the home of the Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix from 1971 to 1994, except for the 1980 and 1992 seasons. Giacomo Agostini and Angel Nieto are the all-time leaders in motorcycle Grand Prix victories at the circuit, with six wins apiece. Sidecar motorcycle races were also held at the venue. The track has also hosted the Oldtimer Grand Prix as well as during the last years a "Rupert Hollaus Memorial" organized by Ex-Grand Prix motorcycle and sidecar racer, Wolfgang Stropek. In 2008, the circuit played host to the then one-off European Touring Car Cup, with the event being won by Michel Nykjaer.

Layout history

Events

Lap Records

As of September 2024, the fastest official race lap records at the Salzburgring are listed as:

Results

Motorcycle Grand Prix

European Touring Car Championship