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Red Bull Ring

Coordinates: 47°13′11″N 14°45′53″E / 47.21972°N 14.76472°E / 47.21972; 14.76472
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Red Bull Ring
Configuration for automobile racing
(2016–present)
Location Spielberg, Styria, Austria
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
CEST (DST)
Coordinates 47°13′11″N 14°45′53″E / 47.21972°N 14.76472°E / 47.21972; 14.76472
Capacity 105,000[1]
Owner Dietrich Mateschitz Beteiligungs GmbH (2004–present)
Operator Projekt Spielberg GmbH & Co KG (2011–present)
Opened 26 July 1969; 55 years ago (1969-07-26)
Re-opened: 15 May 2011;
14 years ago
 (2011-05-15)
Closed 2004; 21 years ago (2004)
Former Names A1-Ring (1996–2004)
Steiermark Österreichring (1986–1995)
Österreichring (1969–1985)
Major Events Current:
Formula One
Austrian Grand Prix (1970–1987, 1997–2003, 2014–present)
Styrian Grand Prix (2020–2021)
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix (1996–1997, 2016–present)
Styrian motorcycle Grand Prix (2020–2021)
DTM (2001–2003, 2011–2018, 2021–present)
TCR Europe (2019, 2025)
Former:
4 Hours of Red Bull Ring (1969–1976, 1997–1998, 2000–2001, 2013–2018, 2021)
World SBK (1988–1994, 1997–1999)
FIM EWC (1980–1987)
Red Bull Ring Grand Prix Circuit
(August 2016–present)
Circuit Length 4.318 km (2.683 mi)
Turns 10[2]
Lap Record 1:05.619 (Spain Carlos Sainz Jr., {{{Record_team}}}, 2020, F1)
Red Bull Ring Motorcycle Circuit
(2022–present)
Circuit Length 4.348 km (2.702 mi)
Turns 10
Lap Record 1:29.519 (Italy Francesco Bagnaia, {{{Record_team2}}}, 2024 MotoGP)
Südschleife National Circuit (1996–present)[3]
Circuit Length 2.336 km (1.452 mi)
Turns 5
Lap Record 0:48.120 (Germany Andreas Fiedler, {{{Record_team3}}}, 2014 CN)
Red Bull Ring (May 2011–July 2016)
A1-Ring (1996–2004)
Circuit Length 4.326 km (2.688 mi)
Turns 9
Lap Record 1:08.337 (Germany Michael Schumacher, {{{Record_team4}}}, 2003 CN)
Nordschleife Club Circuit (1996–2004)[3]
Turns 5
Österreichring
(Bosch Kurve modified) (1988–1995)
Circuit Length 5.852 km (3.636 mi)
Turns 18
Lap Record 1:31.228 (Germany Manuel Reuter, {{{Record_team6}}}, 1993 Group C)

The Red Bull Ring is a motorsport race track in Spielberg, Styria, Austria.[4] The race circuit was first called Österreichring (translation: Austrian Circuit) when it opened in 1969 and hosted the Austrian Grand Prix in Formula One for 18 years in a row, from 1970 to 1987. It was later shortened, rebuilt and renamed the A1-Ring (A Eins-Ring), and it was home of the Austrian Grand Prix again from 1997 to 2003. It has been used now again in Formula One since 2020.

References

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  1. "Rekord: 303.000 Zuschauer in Spielberg". 11 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  2. "NeroGiardini Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich – Circuit information: Red Bull Ring – Spielberg" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Red Bull Ring - Racingcircuits". Racingcircuits.info. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  4. The Spielberg Project