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The Nürburgring - Facts and Figures
Official start of construction
27th September, 1925
Official opening
18th June, 1927
First event
19th June, 1927 German GP
First event new GP circuit
12th May, 1984 (Opening event)
First event including Mercedes-Arena
12th April, 2002 (Endurance Championship)
Original track length
22.8km Nordschleife + 7.7km Südschleife = 28km, (89 lefthanders, 84 righthanders)
Costs
About 15 million Reichsmark, jobs for up to 3,000 unemployed persons for two years
Length Grand Prix circuit
5.148km (including Mercedes-Arena and NGK-Chicane)
Length Grand Prix circuit
5.137km (including Mercedes-Arena and Motorbike-Chicane)
Length sprint track Grand Prix circuit
3.629 km (including Mercedes-Arena and NGK-Chicane)
Length sprint track Grand Prix circuit
3.618 km (including Mercedes-Arena and Motorbike-Chicane)
Track width sprint track
10 to 13m
Track width section Mercedes-Arena
14 to 25m
Track width Müllenbachschleife
10m
Altitude profile Beginning pit straight
620m above sea level (highest spot of the circuit)
Altitude profile Pit straight
618.55m
Altitude profile Lowest spot of the Mercedes-Arena
603.10m
Altitude profile Müllenbachschleife
564.70m (lowest spot of the GP circuit)
Length Nordschleife
20.800km
Corners Nordschleife
73 (33 lefthanders, 40 righthanders)
Incline Nordschleife
maximum 17%
Decline Nordschleife
maximum 11%
Highest spot Nordschleife
620m (Start/Finish)
Lowest spot Nordschleife
320m (Breidscheid)
Difference in altitude Nordschleife
Approximately 300m
Track length Endurance Championship
24.433km (Sprint track including Mercedes-Arena and Motorbike-Chicane plus Norschleife)
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