Nürburgring layout & records

Nurburgring Circuit Details

Location:Germany, Nürburg
Event:Eifel Grand Prix
Used Since:1951
Type:Closed Circuit
Lap Dist.:5,148 km

Lap Record

Lap Record:1:28.139 min
Date:11 October 2020
F1 Driver:Max Verstappen
F1 Car:Red Bull RB16
Speed:210.267 km/h

Pole Record

Record Pole:1:25.269 min
Date:10 October 2020
F1 Driver:Valtteri Bottas
F1 Car:Mercedes W11
Speed:217.345 km/h

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Nurburgring, Germany

Nurburgring Circuit Layout

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Description

Nürburgring & Nordschleife

Nurburgring, Nordschleife, Sudschleife and F1 layout

Nurburgring, Nordschleife, Sudschleife and F1 layout

In the old days the Nürburgring had the Sud and Nordschleife. In the 1920's (1925-27) the Germans build this notorious and merciless 28.265 kilometre long track in the Eiffel mountains around the village of Adenau and next to Nürburg.The unforgiving track with it's tricky corners, treacherous crests, steep inclines and gradients and constantly changing road surfaces demand great skill from the driver and put vehicles to a hard test.

The circuit was build in the Eiffel a labour project to rise the wealth of the poor area. The total costs of the construction of the whole track was about 15 million Reichsmark and employed up to 3,000 workers for two years.

Nordschleife in Formula 1

The Nordschleife. the 20.8 km long track was used as Formula 1 circuit for 22 seasons. It wasn't until 1961 that drivers could drive a lap under 9 minutes. Phil Hill was the first to beat the 9 minutes mark in 1961. He set the lap record to 8:57.800 min in the Ferrari 156. It took him 10 laps in a race that only took 15 laps in total. It was f1 legend Jackie Stewart who nicknamed the old track to "The Green Hell". A name that will never be forgotten.

The last race on the Nordschleife was held in 1976. This was also the year the Niki Lauda had his narrow escape when his Ferrari snap oversteered and crashed in the corner with no name before the "Bergwerk' corner.

In 1985 the race was held on a new build Nurburgring, which was build especially for Formula 1.

Nürburgring GP Track: three corners in detail


Castrol-S
After the long run from the start finish line to the first corner, the Castrol-S, drivers brake hard and shift into second gear for the hairpin. The hairpin sees the revs drop very low here: just 9,500rpm, the lowest revs seen on this circuit, before going straight into the Mercedes-Arena; a second to third gear complex taken with an average speed of around 100km/h. Through this section the engine needs to have good braking control on the entry to corners and good traction on the exit.

Turns 8 & 9
After the hairpin of turn 7, taken in second gear at just 10,500rpm, the driver accelerates hard to turn 8. With only a short straight before the corner he does not have time to reach maximum speed, but will be ‘flat out’, with the accelerator pedal at full travel, by the time he takes the corner in sixth at 250km/h. The loads travelling through the car will still be huge even with the relatively low speed; the driver will pull around 3.5g through this section. As a result the internals and fluids within the engine will also need to withstand this increased g-force.

Turn 13 & 14 (NGK Schikane)

NGK Schikane

NGK Schikane

Sector three is the shortest section in time on the track, taking just 24secs to complete. In fact only the chicane and the fast right hander back onto the pit straight break up the constant period of acceleration. The chicane is the slowest corner in sector three, and one of the hardest stops anywhere on the track. F1 Drivers approach at over 300km/h with DRS open, braking to second gear and just 90km/h for turn in. The driver will just blip the throttle between the kerbs and then accelerate back through the gears to the final corner. In the data this big stop is seen very clearly, with an abrupt descent from close to 18,000rpm to a little over 10,000rpm.

Podiums

 

F1 Podium Winners on Nurburgring Circuit

YearRaceDateTop 3 DriversTeamsLaps
20202020 Eifel F1 GPOctober 11United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Netherlands Max Verstappen
Australia Daniel Ricciardo
Germany Mercedes
Austria Red Bull
France Renault
60
20132013 German F1 GPJuly 7Germany Sebastian Vettel
Finland Kimi Räikkönen
France Romain Grosjean
Austria Red Bull
United Kingdom Lotus F1
United Kingdom Lotus F1
60
20112011 German F1 GPJuly 24United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Spain Fernando Alonso
Australia Mark Webber
United Kingdom McLaren
Italy Ferrari
Austria Red Bull
60
20092009 German F1 GPJuly 12Australia Mark Webber
Germany Sebastian Vettel
Brazil Felipe Massa
Austria Red Bull
Austria Red Bull
Italy Ferrari
60
20072007 European F1 GPJuly 22Spain Fernando Alonso
Brazil Felipe Massa
Australia Mark Webber
United Kingdom McLaren
Italy Ferrari
Austria Red Bull
60
20062006 European F1 GPMay 7Germany Michael Schumacher
Spain Fernando Alonso
Brazil Felipe Massa
Italy Ferrari
France Renault
Italy Ferrari
60
20052005 European F1 GPMay 29Spain Fernando Alonso
Germany Nick Heidfeld
Brazil Rubens Barrichello
France Renault
United Kingdom Williams
Italy Ferrari
59
20042004 European F1 GPMay 30Germany Michael Schumacher
Brazil Rubens Barrichello
United Kingdom Jenson Button
Italy Ferrari
Italy Ferrari
United Kingdom BAR
60
20032003 European F1 GPJune 29Germany Ralf Schumacher
Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya
Brazil Rubens Barrichello
United Kingdom Williams
United Kingdom Williams
Italy Ferrari
60
20022002 European F1 GPJune 23Brazil Rubens Barrichello
Germany Michael Schumacher
Finland Kimi Räikkönen
Italy Ferrari
Italy Ferrari
United Kingdom McLaren
60
20012001 European F1 GPJune 24Germany Michael Schumacher
Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya
United Kingdom David Coulthard
Italy Ferrari
United Kingdom Williams
United Kingdom McLaren
67
20002000 European F1 GPMay 21Germany Michael Schumacher
Finland Mika Häkkinen
United Kingdom David Coulthard
Italy Ferrari
United Kingdom McLaren
United Kingdom McLaren
67
19991999 European F1 GPSeptember 26United Kingdom Johnny Herbert
Italy Jarno Trulli
Brazil Rubens Barrichello
United Kingdom Stewart
France Prost
United Kingdom Stewart
66
19981998 Luxembourg F1 GPSeptember 27Finland Mika Häkkinen
Germany Michael Schumacher
United Kingdom David Coulthard
United Kingdom McLaren
Italy Ferrari
United Kingdom McLaren
67
19971997 Luxembourg F1 GPSeptember 28Canada Jacques Villeneuve
France Jean Alesi
Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen
United Kingdom Williams
Italy Benetton
United Kingdom Williams
67
19961996 European F1 GPApril 28Canada Jacques Villeneuve
Germany Michael Schumacher
United Kingdom David Coulthard
United Kingdom Williams
Italy Ferrari
United Kingdom McLaren
67
19951995 European F1 GPOctober 1Germany Michael Schumacher
France Jean Alesi
United Kingdom David Coulthard
Italy Benetton
Italy Ferrari
United Kingdom Williams
67
19851985 German F1 GPAugust 4Italy Michele Alboreto
France Alain Prost
France Jacques Laffite
Italy Ferrari
United Kingdom McLaren
France Ligier
67
19841984 European F1 GPOctober 7France Alain Prost
Italy Michele Alboreto
Brazil Nelson Piquet
United Kingdom McLaren
Italy Ferrari
United Kingdom Brabham
67
19761976 German F1 GPAugust 1United Kingdom James Hunt
South Africa Jody Scheckter
Germany Jochen Mass
United Kingdom McLaren
United Kingdom Tyrrell
United Kingdom McLaren
14
19751975 German F1 GPAugust 3Argentina Carlos Reutemann
France Jacques Laffite
Austria Niki Lauda
United Kingdom Brabham
United Kingdom Williams
Italy Ferrari
14
19741974 German F1 GPAugust 4Switzerland Clay Regazzoni
South Africa Jody Scheckter
Argentina Carlos Reutemann
Italy Ferrari
United Kingdom Tyrrell
United Kingdom Brabham
14
19731973 German F1 GPAugust 5United Kingdom Jackie Stewart
France François Cevert
Belgium Jacky Ickx
United Kingdom Tyrrell
United Kingdom Tyrrell
United Kingdom McLaren
14
19721972 German F1 GPJuly 30Belgium Jacky Ickx
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni
Sweden Ronnie Peterson
Italy Ferrari
Italy Ferrari
United Kingdom March
14
19711971 German F1 GPAugust 1United Kingdom Jackie Stewart
France François Cevert
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni
United Kingdom Tyrrell
United Kingdom Tyrrell
Italy Ferrari
12
19691969 German F1 GPAugust 3Belgium Jacky Ickx
United Kingdom Jackie Stewart
New Zealand Bruce McLaren
United Kingdom Brabham
France Matra
United Kingdom McLaren
14
19681968 German F1 GPAugust 4United Kingdom Jackie Stewart
United Kingdom Graham Hill
Austria Jochen Rindt
France Matra
United Kingdom Team Lotus
United Kingdom Brabham
14
19671967 German F1 GPAugust 6New Zealand Denny Hulme
Australia Jack Brabham
New Zealand Chris Amon
United Kingdom Brabham
United Kingdom Brabham
Italy Ferrari
15
19661966 German F1 GPAugust 7Australia Jack Brabham
United Kingdom John Surtees
Austria Jochen Rindt
United Kingdom Brabham
United Kingdom Cooper-Maserati
United Kingdom Cooper-Maserati
15
19651965 German F1 GPAugust 1United Kingdom Jim Clark
United Kingdom Graham Hill
United States Dan Gurney
United Kingdom Team Lotus
United Kingdom BRM
United Kingdom Brabham
15
19641964 German F1 GPAugust 2United Kingdom John Surtees
United Kingdom Graham Hill
Italy Lorenzo Bandini
Italy Ferrari
United Kingdom BRM
Italy Ferrari
15
19631963 German F1 GPAugust 4United Kingdom John Surtees
United Kingdom Jim Clark
United States Richie Ginther
Italy Ferrari
United Kingdom Team Lotus
United Kingdom BRM
15
19621962 German F1 GPAugust 5United Kingdom Graham Hill
United Kingdom John Surtees
United States Dan Gurney
United Kingdom BRM
United Kingdom Lola
Germany Porsche
15
19611961 German F1 GPAugust 6United Kingdom Stirling Moss
Germany Wolfgang von Trips
United States Phil Hill
United Kingdom Team Lotus
Italy Ferrari
Italy Ferrari
15
19581958 German F1 GPAugust 3United Kingdom Tony Brooks
United Kingdom Roy Salvadori
France Maurice Trintignant
United Kingdom Vanwall
United Kingdom Cooper-Climax
United Kingdom Cooper-Climax
15
19571957 German F1 GPAugust 4Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio
United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn
United Kingdom Peter Collins
Italy Maserati
Italy Ferrari
Italy Ferrari
22
19561956 German F1 GPAugust 5Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio
United Kingdom Stirling Moss
France Jean Behra
Italy Ferrari
Italy Maserati
Italy Maserati
22
19541954 German F1 GPAugust 1Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio
Argentina José Froilán González
United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn
France Maurice Trintignant
Germany Mercedes
Italy Ferrari
Italy Ferrari
Italy Ferrari
22
19531953 German F1 GPAugust 2Italy Nino Farina
Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio
United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn
Italy Ferrari
Italy Maserati
Italy Ferrari
18
19521952 German F1 GPAugust 3Italy Alberto Ascari
Italy Nino Farina
Switzerland Rudi Fischer
Italy Ferrari
Italy Ferrari
Italy Ferrari
18
19511951 German F1 GPJuly 29Italy Alberto Ascari
Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio
Argentina José Froilán González
Italy Ferrari
Switzerland Alfa Romeo
Italy Ferrari
20

Driver Ranking

 

Driver Ranking Nurburgring Circuit

DriverGP  1st  2nd  3rd  Pod  Pole  FL  Avg GridAvg PosPoints
1Germany Michael Schumacher125308353.63.980
2Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio53205331.61.439
3United Kingdom Jackie Stewart83104212.57.135
4Spain Fernando Alonso92204137.64.469
5United Kingdom John Surtees92204135.75.635
6Belgium Jacky Ickx72013325.17.027
7United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton52002114.06.860
8Canada Jacques Villeneuve1020020010.19.421
9Italy Alberto Ascari42002320.86.818
10United Kingdom Graham Hill1413040111.19.134
11Brazil Rubens Barrichello151135007.86.651
12Switzerland Clay Regazzoni61113015.57.519
13Germany Sebastian Vettel41102005.04.545
14United Kingdom Jim Clark71102412.47.921
15Finland Mika Häkkinen71102124.96.019
16Australia Jack Brabham1011020011.812.219
17United Kingdom Stirling Moss61102015.39.018
18France Alain Prost21102002.51.515
19Italy Michele Alboreto21102016.51.515
20Italy Nino Farina31102003.07.014
21Australia Mark Webber91023208.79.142
22Argentina Carlos Reutemann51012007.612.213
23Germany Ralf Schumacher111001006.012.619
24United Kingdom Johnny Herbert610010013.08.312
25United Kingdom James Hunt31001106.79.79
26New Zealand Denny Hulme91001008.613.99
27United Kingdom Tony Brooks31001005.310.38
28United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn50213103.07.213
29Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya60202114.89.017
30South Africa Jody Scheckter30202025.06.012
31France François Cevert40202016.87.512
32France Jean Alesi702020011.110.712
33Brazil Felipe Massa80123018.08.031
34Finland Kimi Räikkönen100112215.311.327
35France Jacques Laffite501120013.813.810
36Argentina José Froilán González20112003.52.57
37Netherlands Max Verstappen10101013.02.019
38Germany Nick Heidfeld901011010.210.412
39Italy Jarno Trulli110101007.812.712
40Germany Wolfgang von Trips20101005.03.09
41United Kingdom Roy Salvadori601010011.016.56
42United Kingdom David Coulthard130055207.89.829
43Austria Jochen Rindt50022006.49.011
44France Maurice Trintignant800220010.314.610
45United States Dan Gurney80022116.48.08
46United Kingdom Jenson Button1100110010.110.622
47France Romain Grosjean200110010.56.017
48Australia Daniel Ricciardo300110011.311.315
49Sweden Ronnie Peterson60011008.312.79
50Austria Niki Lauda70011218.615.19
51New Zealand Bruce McLaren90011008.911.27
52France Jean Behra60011008.211.06
53Italy Lorenzo Bandini60011009.513.36
54Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen90011118.613.76
55Switzerland Rudi Fischer20011007.04.54
56Brazil Nelson Piquet20011113.511.04
57United States Richie Ginther40011009.56.54
58Germany Jochen Mass400110010.812.54
59United Kingdom Peter Collins40011005.09.54
60United States Phil Hill50011116.215.44
61New Zealand Chris Amon800110011.314.64
62Mexico Sergio Pérez300000012.37.716
63Germany Nico Rosberg500000013.09.415
64Italy Giancarlo Fisichella1300000011.910.912
65Spain Carlos Sainz100000010.05.010
66France Pierre Gasly100000012.06.08
67Germany Adrian Sutil400000012.813.38
68Monaco Charles Leclerc10000007.07.06
69Brazil Carlos Pace50000019.610.46
70Germany Nico Hülkenberg200000015.09.05
71Italy Piero Taruffi30000008.05.05
72Austria Alexander Wurz400000011.311.05
73Switzerland Jo Siffert80000009.411.55
74Germany Karl Kling100000123.04.04
75United Kingdom Tom Pryce300000015.06.04
76United Kingdom Eddie Irvine80000009.311.84
77Spain Paco Godia200000018.511.53
78New Zealand Howden Ganley200000016.012.03
79Belgium Thierry Boutsen200000013.06.53
80Italy Luigi Musso20000006.58.03
81Italy Felice Bonetto30000009.014.33
82United States Mario Andretti400000012.811.83
83Germany Gerhard Mitter400000017.512.53
84Italy Luigi Villoresi40000007.89.83
85Austria Gerhard Berger500000010.812.83
86United Kingdom Damon Hill50000116.611.43
87Sweden Jo Bonnier900000012.814.13
88France René Arnoux10000006.05.02
89United States Jim Hall100000016.05.02
90Sweden Gunnar Nilsson100000016.05.02
91Italy Sergio Mantovani100000015.05.02
92Japan Kamui Kobayashi100000017.09.02
93United Kingdom Brian Redman100000019.05.02
94Switzerland Toulo de Graffenried200000013.513.52
95Australia Alan Jones200000017.57.52
96Poland Robert Kubica200000010.510.52
97Brazil Wilson Fittipaldi300000018.79.72
98Finland Heikki Kovalainen300000010.310.72
99France Louis Rosier400000015.57.82
100Brazil Pedro Diniz600000016.513.22

Team Ranking

 

Team Ranking Nurburgring Circuit

TeamGP  1st  2nd  3rd  Pod  Pole  FL  Avg GridAvg PosPoints
1Italy Ferrari391414144215156.58.1357
2United Kingdom McLaren2752815457.010.4147
3United Kingdom Brabham1641492212.010.674
4United Kingdom Williams203429438.810.794
5United Kingdom Tyrrell1124062311.310.142
6Austria Red Bull72226217.27.0110
7United Kingdom Team Lotus1822044112.713.551
8Germany Mercedes42002317.28.159
9Italy Maserati712141112.612.537
10United Kingdom BRM1412140110.613.337
11France Renault111113129.110.459
12Italy Benetton71102018.99.224
13France Matra511020111.812.016
14United Kingdom Stewart310120013.39.314
15United Kingdom Vanwall21001015.211.211
16United Kingdom Lotus F110112004.52.533
17United Kingdom Cooper-Climax901120014.415.319
18United Kingdom Cooper-Maserati201120110.010.312
19Switzerland Alfa Romeo40101019.913.09
20France Prost501010013.311.47
21United Kingdom Lola501010014.312.66
22United Kingdom BAR700110012.311.68
23Germany Porsche500111011.212.87
24United Kingdom March600110015.615.56
25France Ligier500110014.114.04
26United Kingdom Racing Point100000014.56.016
27Italy AlphaTauri100000012.510.58
28India Force India300000012.011.58
29Switzerland Sauber1300000013.712.18
30United Kingdom Brawn10000002.55.57
31Japan Honda500000010.912.67
32Ireland Jordan1100001010.114.67
33Switzerland BMW Sauber30000009.79.26
34United Kingdom Arrows800000016.312.76
35United Kingdom Jaguar500000013.810.65
36United Kingdom Shadow400000017.310.24
37United Kingdom Surtees500000116.312.63
38United States Haas100000015.511.02
39United Kingdom Hill100000019.09.02
40France Gordini400000010.617.12
41United Kingdom Ensign300000021.016.71
42Japan Toyota700000010.114.41
43Italy Minardi1200000019.814.21
44United Kingdom Pacific100000022.016.00
45United Kingdom Connaught100000017.322.80
46Spain HRT100000022.520.00
47United States Parnelli100000013.010.00
48Germany Zakspeed100000024.026.00
49United Kingdom Token100000020.014.00
50United Kingdom HWM100000019.717.00
51United Kingdom Manor100000020.020.00
52United Kingdom Cooper-BRM100000012.019.00
53France Talbot-Lago100000017.413.00
54United States Penske100000019.07.00
55United Kingdom Aston Butterworth100000021.022.00
56Germany MBM10000000.030.00
57United Kingdom Virgin Racing100000020.017.50
58Russian Federation Midland100000017.012.50
59Belgium ENB100000025.016.00
60Germany EMW100000024.020.00
61United Kingdom Spirit100000024.08.00
62France Simca100000011.712.30
63United Kingdom Protos100000024.017.50
64Germany Klenk100000021.014.00
65United Kingdom Wolf-Williams100000021.016.00
66Netherlands Spyker100000021.518.00
67Germany Veritas200000020.419.20
68United Kingdom Gilby200000019.020.00
69Italy Osella200000022.317.70
70Italy Tecno200000019.520.50
71United Kingdom Iso Marlboro200000016.317.30
72Japan Super Aguri200000018.015.00
73United Kingdom Toleman200001013.020.00
74Italy Forti200000022.516.50
75Germany ATS20000006.026.70
76Germany AFM200000021.022.40
77United Kingdom Footwork200000017.816.00
78Brazil Fittipaldi200000021.015.00
79United Kingdom RAM200000022.320.50
80United Kingdom Scirocco200000020.515.50
81United Kingdom Caterham200000020.017.80
82United States Eagle30000016.812.50
83United Kingdom Hesketh300000017.815.40
84Germany BMW300000027.516.00
85Italy Toro Rosso500000016.617.10

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