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Nürburgring Nordschleife – „The Green Hell”
The Nordschleife - 33 left turns and 40 right turns meander through the „Eifel" - is unique. The complete race track is 25.359 km long and full of every driving challenge you can imagine: Some of them are well known all over the world, like „Karussell", „Brünnchen" or the endless straight „Döttinger Höhe" with the tricky left turn at the end. Some Grand Prix drivers founded their reputation and fame by winning on the Nordschleife - like Jackie Stewart (1968) or Jacky Ickx (1969).

Loveletters To The Nordschleife

„The Nürburgring is the circuit, on wich every race driver just wants to win, once. "
( Jackie Stewart, F1-champion 1969, 1971 and 1973 )

„For me, the Ring is the most beautiful and most difficult racetrack in the world. By the way, the Nürburgring is also my son´s favourite. "
(Hans Stuck, father of Hans-Joachim Stuck - one of the most popular drivers in Germany - F1 with Brabham in the 70s)

„I think, the Nürburgring is THE racetrack, on which a driver can work wonders, in case he knows the Ring by heart.""
(Juan Manuel Fangio, five times F1-champion )

„The Nürburgring - patriarch among all racetracks! "
(Dan Gurney, American F1-heroe, founder of All American Racers )

„I am happy and proud that my name is on the list of winners of the Nürburgring. This is to be my favourite memory of my career as a grand prix driver. "
(Jacky Ickx, runner-up in F1-championship 1969 and 1970 - drove for Ferrari)

For me its the best place to get 300 kilometers in the mountains,, I love nordschleife. (Uwe Alzen, profecional driver, Champion of Porsche Carrera Super Cup, ex DTM Star and owner of the fastest lap at nordschleife)

The racetrack

racetrack Worth Knowing
1925:
Official start of construction of the circuit on September, 27th.

1927:
Opening event: The GP of Deutschland at June, 19th.

1971:
Modification of the Nordschleife, previously caused by a boycott of the grand prix drivers in 1970.

1977:
The NBR-GmbH made their decision about the construction of a short track in addition.

Length: 20,832 km Nordschleife, 4,556 km grand prix circuit.