By the numbers
A crash means a race retirement from an accident, collision or spin. Starts exclude non-qualifications, non-starts and exclusions.History
The Nürburgring is in Nürburg in the Eifel mountains in Rhineland-Palatinate, and it is run clockwise. Construction began in September 1925 and the complex was finished in 1927. It originally consisted of the Nordschleife and the 7.747 km Südschleife, which together formed the Gesamtstrecke. The Nordschleife has more than 300 metres of elevation change between its lowest and highest points.
The circuit joined the Formula One World Championship in 1951, when the German Grand Prix was held on the Nordschleife. In 1959 that race was run on the AVUS in Berlin. The Hohenrain chicane before the start and finish straight was added in 1967. In 1970 the drivers asked for changes that could not be made at short notice, and the race moved to Hockenheim. In 1971 the track was rebuilt with barriers and smoothed bumps. The 1976 race was the last on the old circuit. Niki Lauda crashed there on the second lap, and in 1977 the German Grand Prix moved to Hockenheim.
From 1981 a new Grand Prix circuit was built in the area of the old pits and completed in 1984. It hosted the 1984 European Grand Prix and the 1985 German Grand Prix. From 1995 to 2006 the Nürburgring staged a second German race, the European Grand Prix, which was run as the Luxembourg Grand Prix in 1997 and 1998. In 2002 a sharp right-hander replaced the chicane at the end of the start and finish straight and a slow section was added, lengthening the track from 4.556 to 5.148 km. It now has 15 corners. From 2007 the Nürburgring alternated with Hockenheim as host of the German race. The 2007 race was the European Grand Prix, followed by German Grands Prix in 2009, 2011 and 2013. In 2020 the Eifel Grand Prix was held here.
Moments
- 1968Jackie Stewart won the German Grand Prix for Matra in heavy rain and thick fog, and afterwards nicknamed the Nordschleife the Green Hell.
- 1976James Hunt won the German Grand Prix for McLaren, the last Formula One race on the old Nordschleife, in which Niki Lauda crashed on the second lap.
- 1984Alain Prost won the European Grand Prix for McLaren, the first Formula One race on the new Grand Prix circuit.
- 1997Jacques Villeneuve won the Luxembourg Grand Prix for Williams, after Ralf Schumacher collided at the start with his team-mate Giancarlo Fisichella and with his brother.
- 1999Johnny Herbert won the European Grand Prix for Stewart in changing conditions, the only victory for the team.
- 2020Lewis Hamilton won the Eifel Grand Prix for Mercedes. The race was named after the nearby mountain range, and it was the fourth different name under which a Grand Prix was held at the Nürburgring.
4 layouts since 1951
- 1951-197622.810 km
- 1984-19854.542 km
- 1995-20014.556 km
- since 20025.148 km
Years without a Grand Prix at this circuit: 1955, 1959-1960, 1970, 1977-1983, 1986-1994, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014-2019.
Most wins
Click a bar to see every win here with year, team and analysis.
Data: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk, CC BY 4.0 licence.