Salzburgring


The Salzburgring is a motorsport race track located in Plainfeld, east of Salzburg.
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Key facts

Track Length                    
Bends                                15
Straights                            4
Incline                                maximum 3,8%
Decline                              maximum 1,8%
Altitude difference             ca
Altitude                               to
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              50th Anniversary
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" 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 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,. In 2008, the circuit played host to the then one-off European Touring Car Cup, with the event being won by Michel Nykjaer.

Events

; Current
; Former

Lap records

As of September 2025, the fastest official race lap records at the Salzburgring are listed as:

Results

Motorcycle Grand Prix