Red Bull Ring
{{Short description|Motor racing track in Austria}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox motorsport venue
| Name = Red Bull Ring
| Location = Spielberg, Styria, Austria
| Time = CET (UTC+1)
CEST (DST)
| Coordinates = {{Coord|47|13|11|N|14|45|53|E|type:landmark_region:AT-6_source:kolossus-nnwiki|display=inline,title}}
| Logo = 250px
| Image = 250px
| Image_caption = Configuration for automobile racing
(2016–present)
| Track_map = 250px
| Track_map_caption = Configuration for motorbike racing (2022–present)
| Capacity = 105,000{{cite web |url=https://steiermark.orf.at/stories/3164258/ |title=Rekord: 303.000 Zuschauer in Spielberg |date=11 July 2022 |access-date=14 July 2022}}
| FIAGrade = 1 (Grand Prix)
2 (Motorcycle & Südschleife)
| Owner = Dietrich Mateschitz Beteiligungs GmbH (2004–present)
| Operator = Projekt Spielberg GmbH & Co KG (2011–present)
| Opened = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1969|07|26}}
Re-opened: {{Start date and age|df=yes|2011|05|15|br=y}}
| Closed = {{End date and age|2004}}
| Former_names = A1-Ring (1996–2004)
Steiermark Österreichring (1986–1995)
Österreichring (1969–1985)
| 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)
| Layout1 = Red Bull Ring Grand Prix Circuit
(August 2016–present)
| Length_km = 4.318
| Length_mi = 2.683
| Turns = 10{{cite web|url=http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2016/AUT/CircuitInformation.pdf|title=NeroGiardini Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich – Circuit information: Red Bull Ring – Spielberg|work=MotoGP.com|publisher=Dorna Sports|date=11 August 2016|access-date=12 August 2016}}
| Record_time = 1:05.619
| Record_driver = {{flagicon|ESP}} Carlos Sainz Jr.
| Record_car = McLaren MCL35
| Record_year = 2020
| Record_class = F1
| Layout2 = Red Bull Ring Motorcycle Circuit
(2022–present)
| Length_km2 = 4.348
| Length_mi2 = 2.702
| Turns2 = 10
| Record_time2 = 1:29.519
| Record_driver2 = {{flagicon|ITA}} Francesco Bagnaia
| Record_car2 = Ducati Desmosedici GP24
| Record_year2 = 2024
| Record_class2 = MotoGP
| Layout3 = Südschleife National Circuit (1996–present){{cite web |title=Red Bull Ring - Racingcircuits |url=https://www.racingcircuits.info/europe/austria/red-bull-ring-a-1-ring-osterrichring.html |website=Racingcircuits.info |access-date=1 May 2022}}
| Length_km3 = 2.336
| Length_mi3 = 1.452
| Turns3 = 5
| Record_time3 = 0:48.120
| Record_driver3 = {{flagicon|GER}} Andreas Fiedler
| Record_car3 = PRC WPR60 Turbo
| Record_year3 = 2014
| Record_class3 = CN
| Layout4 = Red Bull Ring (May 2011–July 2016)
A1-Ring (1996–2004)
| Length_km4 = 4.326
| Length_mi4 = 2.688
| Turns4 = 9
| Record_time4 = 1:08.337
| Record_driver4 = {{flagicon|GER}} Michael Schumacher
| Record_car4 = Ferrari F2003-GA
| Record_year4 = 2003
| Record_class4 = F1
| Layout5 = Nordschleife Club Circuit (1996–2004)
| Length_km5 =
| Length_mi5 =
| Turns5 = 5
| Record_time5 =
| Record_driver5 =
| Record_car5 =
| Record_year5 =
| Record_class5 =
| Layout6 = Österreichring
(Bosch Kurve modified) (1988–1995)
| Length_km6 = 5.852
| Length_mi6 = 3.636
| Turns6 = 18
| Record_time6 = 1:31.228
| Record_driver6 = {{flagicon|GER}} Manuel Reuter
| Record_car6 = Porsche 962C
| Record_year6 = 1993
| Record_class6 = Group C
| Layout7 = Österreichring
(with Hella Licht chicane) (1977–1987)
| Length_km7 = 5.941
| Length_mi7 = 3.692
| Turns7 = 18
| Record_time7 = 1:28.318
| Record_driver7 = {{flagicon|GBR}} Nigel Mansell
| Record_car7 = Williams FW11B
| Record_year7 = 1987
| Record_class7 = F1
| Layout8 = Österreichring
(Original Circuit) (1969–1976)
| Length_km8 = 5.911
| Length_mi8 = 3.673
| Turns8 = 16
| Record_time8 = 1:35.810
| Record_driver8 = {{flagicon|BEL}} Jacky Ickx
| Record_car8 = Alfa Romeo 33/TT/12
| Record_year8 = 1974
| Record_class8 = Group 5
| website = {{Plain list|
- [https://www.redbullring.com/de/] {{In lang|de}}
- [https://www.redbullring.com/en/] {{In lang|en}}
}}
}}
The Red Bull Ring is a motorsport race track in Spielberg, Styria, Austria.[http://www.projekt-spielberg.at/wp/red-bull-ring-2/?lang=en The Spielberg Project] The race circuit was founded as Österreichring (translation: Austrian Circuit) and hosted the Austrian Grand Prix for 18 consecutive years, from {{f1|1970}} to {{f1|1987}}. It was later shortened, rebuilt and renamed the A1-Ring (A Eins-Ring), and it hosted the Austrian Grand Prix again from {{f1|1997}} to {{f1|2003}}.
When Formula One outgrew the circuit, a plan was drawn up to extend the layout. Parts of the circuit, including the pits and main grandstand, were demolished, but construction work was stopped and the circuit remained unusable for several years before it was purchased by Red Bull's Dietrich Mateschitz and rebuilt. Renamed the Red Bull Ring the track was reopened on 15 May 2011[http://www.redbull.com.au/cs/Satellite/en_AU/Article/Vettel,-Lauda-Marko-on-the-Red-Bull-Ring-021243016525072 Vettel, Lauda & Marko on the Red Bull Ring] and subsequently hosted a round of the 2011 DTM season[http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/87057 Austria back on DTM schedule in '11][http://www.dtm.com/newsausgabe.php?id=9740 Der DTM-Kalender 2011 – Spannung in sechs Nationen {{in lang|de}}] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229125751/http://www.dtm.com/newsausgabe.php?id=9740 |date=29 February 2012 }} and a round of the 2011 F2 championship. Formula One returned to the circuit in the 2014 season, and MotoGP returned to the circuit in the 2016 season. The Red Bull Ring also hosted a second F1 event named the Styrian Grand Prix in 2020 and 2021; and a second MotoGP event named the Styrian motorcycle Grand Prix in 2020 and 2021 after the COVID-19 pandemic affected the schedules of both of those seasons.
History
=Österreichring (1969–1995)=
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{{quote box|quote="At Zeltweg, down the long straight to the Bosch Kurve, the car was throwing out 1400 bhp and just kept on pushing – you felt like you were sitting on a rocket."|source=Gerhard Berger (speaking in 2007) on the turbocharged Benetton-BMW he drove in F1 in the 1986 season.{{cite magazine |editor-last=van de Burgt |editor-first=Andrew |date=December 2007 |title=Photo Finish: The Story Behind the Picture – 1986: Austrian Grand Prix |magazine=Autosport |volume=190 |issue=12 |page=102 }}|width=300px|align=left}}
Originally built in 1969 to replace the bland and bumpy Zeltweg Airfield circuit located just across the expressway, the Österreichring track was situated in the Styrian mountains and it was a visually spectacular and scenic circuit. Although narrow at {{cvt|10|m|yd|abbr=on}} in all places, the track was very fast, every corner was a fast sweeper and was taken in no lower than third gear in a five-speed gearbox and fourth in a six-speed gearbox. It had noticeable changes in elevation during the course of a lap, {{cvt|65|m|ft|abbr=on}} from lowest to highest point. Like most fast circuits it was a circuit hard on engines but more difficult on tyres, because of the speeds being so consistently high. Many considered the Österreichring to be dangerous, especially the Bosch Kurve, a 180-degree banked downhill right-hand corner with almost no run-off area which,{{Cite news|url= https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/single-seaters/f1/john-watson-f1-has-lost-the-challenge-of-the-old-osterreichring |title= John Watson: F1 has lost the challenge of the old Österreichring |work= Motor Sport magazine |last= Smith |first= Damien |date= 1 July 2020 |access-date= 24 November 2021}} by 1986 when turbos pushed Formula One engine power to upwards of {{Convert|1400|bhp|kW PS|0|abbr=on}} in qualifying, saw Derek Warwick speed trapped at {{cvt|344|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} in his BMW powered Brabham BT55 on the run to the Bosch Kurve. There were other testing corners such as Voest-Hugel, which was a flat-out {{cvt|180|mph|km/h|abbr=on|order=flip}} right-hander that eventually led to the {{cvt|150|mph|km/h|abbr=on|order=flip}} Sebring-Auspuff Kurve (this corner had many names over the years, Dr. Tiroch and Glatz Kurve were others) which was an essential corner to get right because of the long straight afterwards that led to the Bosch Kurve.
Some of the track was just road with little to no protection at all, even up to the final Austrian Grand Prix there in 1987, a race that had to be restarted twice because of two progressively more serious accidents both caused by the narrow pit straight in a similar manner to the 1985 race when the race was stopped after one lap following a start line shunt that had taken out three cars including championship leader Michele Alboreto's Ferrari and local driver Gerhard Berger's Arrows-BMW. In practice for the 1987 race McLaren's Stefan Johansson narrowly avoided serious injury or worse when at over {{cvt|150|mph|km/h|abbr=on|order=flip}} he collided with a deer that had made its way onto the track while Johansson was cresting a blind brow before the Jochen Rindt Kurve behind the pits.
Increasing speeds were also a concern at the Österreichring; during the final Grand Prix there in 1987 pole-sitter Nelson Piquet's time for the {{cvt|5.942|km|mi|abbr=on}} of 1:23.357 set an average speed record for the circuit of {{cvt|159.457|mph|km/h|abbr=on|order=flip}}. At the time it was second only in F1 average speed to Keke Rosberg's {{cvt|160.9|mph|km/h|abbr=on|order=flip}} pole lap of the Silverstone Circuit set during the 1985 British Grand Prix. Both times were set using a turbocharged Williams-Honda.
American driver Mark Donohue died after crashing at the Vost-Hugel Kurve in {{f1|1975}}. In 1976, the Vost-Hugel Kurve was tightened and made into one right-hander rather than two right-handers with a small section between, and in 1977 it was slowed down and became the Hella-Licht chicane, going from the fastest to the slowest corner on the track. It is also known that four-time World Champion Alain Prost often said that all tracks can be changed but that the Österreichring should remain unchanged, just adding run-off areas would be fine, which eventually did happen up until the original track's final year in 1995. The track was known for having many crashes at the start of races (especially with the {{cvt|7.05|ft|order=flip}} Formula One's cars wide at the time, until 1992) because the start-finish straight was very narrow (about {{cvt|33|ft|order=flip}} wide), while most start–finish straights on other tracks were {{cvt|40|to|50|ft|order=flip}} and it did not provide enough space for cars attempting to pass others, especially cars that stalled or broke at the start. Motorcycle rider Hans-Peter Klampfer died after a collision with another rider at the Bosch Kurve (where most fatalities happened) and 29-year-old Hannes Wustinger was also killed after a crash at the Tiroch Kurve (the part that was left out of the present circuit) at a race for the Austrian Touring car championship and this sealed the decision to build a new circuit.
Triple World Champion and long-time hero of the home crowd Niki Lauda is the only Austrian driver to win his home Grand Prix. He won the 1984 Austrian Grand Prix at the Österreichring driving a McLaren-TAG Porsche. Lauda went on to win his third and final championship in {{f1|1984}}, beating his teammate Alain Prost by the smallest margin in F1 history, only half a point. He announced his permanent retirement from driving at the circuit before the 1985 race.
=A1-Ring (1996–2003)=
The Österreichring's safety concerns had reached a head in the mid-1990s, and in 1995 and 1996 it was totally rebuilt, at the same site, by Hermann Tilke. Its length was shortened from {{cvt|5.942|to|4.326|km|mi|abbr=on}}, and the fast sweeping corners were replaced by three tight right-handers, in order to create overtaking opportunities. Its three long straights, as well as a twisty infield section, asked for a setup compromise.
As much of the construction work was paid for by the mobile phone provider A1, the track was renamed the A1-Ring.[http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/cir-001.html CIRCUITS: A1 RING] It proceeded to host seven Formula One Austrian Grands Prix between 1997 and 2003, as well as several DTM races and the Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix in 1996 and 1997.
=Red Bull Ring (2011–present)=
Image:Red-Bull-Ring-constrution-area-2010-07-04.JPG
After the contract termination of Austrian Grand Prix, the circuit was sold to Dietrich Mateschitz in 2004. The grandstands and pit buildings were demolished in 2004, rendering the track unusable for any motorsport category.
In late 2004 and early 2005, there were intense discussions concerning whether the owner of the circuit, Red Bull, would find another use for the site, or return motorsports to the venue. There was a circuit extension proposal using part of the old Österreichring. In January 2005, return of motorsports seemed more unlikely than ever, as Dietrich Mateschitz publicly announced that he had no intention of wasting money on a deficient circuit. Throughout 2005 however, there was speculation of the newly founded Red Bull Racing renovating the track to use it as a test venue.
In 2006, Austrian racing driver Alexander Wurz claimed he would buy the circuit and have it renovated, but the idea never came to fruition. By 2007, talks involving Red Bull, KTM, Volkswagen and Magna International for a neuer Österreichring failed, after VW pulled out.{{Cite web |url=http://steiermark.orf.at/stories/206445/ |title=Wenig Chance auf neue Spielberg-Partner – oesterreich.ORF.at |access-date=14 October 2007 |language=de |archive-date=25 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725174536/http://steiermark.orf.at/stories/206445/ |url-status=dead }}
Late in 2008, Red Bull began their €70m reconstruction of the track and DTM chiefs considered a return to the circuit in 2009,[http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/66688 DTM considering return to Austria][https://web.archive.org/web/20110720235115/http://www.salzburg.com/nwas/index.php?article=DText/2e4$_muqyuk5nk0988w7hac&img=&text=&mode=§ion=suche&channel=service&sort Spielberg-Verträge sollen neu verhandelt werden {{in lang|de}}] and in September 2010, it was confirmed that the circuit, now known as the Red Bull Ring, would host a round of the 2011 DTM season. The championship has visited the circuit every year since then until 2018.
In November 2010, F2 announced that Round 6 of the 2011 F2 championship would take place at the Red Bull Ring. The circuit was reopened at a special event over the weekend of 15–16 May 2011, which included displays of various Red Bull-sponsored teams including Red Bull Racing. The FIA Historic Formula One Championship was invited to provide the headline race attraction with a race on each day for Formula One cars from the 3-litre period.
In December 2012, Red Bull contacted the FIA to say the track would be available to host a round of the Formula One World Championship in 2013, after a slot became available following the postponement of the proposed New York metropolitan area Grand Prix of America,{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/20657102 | title=Red Bull offers own track for Austrian GP return in 2013 | publisher=BBC | work=bbc.co.uk | date=9 December 2012 | access-date=11 December 2012}} and by July 2013, Red Bull announced that the Austrian Grand Prix would return as a round of the Formula One World Championship in 2014. The Austrian Grand Prix was held on 22 June 2014.
From 2014 until 2016, the track also hosted a round of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship.
On 11 February 2016, it was announced that MotoGP would return to the circuit in 2016 for the first time since 1997.{{cite news|title=2016 MotoGP™ Calendar confirmed|url=http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2016/02/11/2016-motogp-calendar-confirmed/192679|date=11 February 2016|access-date=30 June 2016|work=MotoGP.com|publisher=Dorna Sports}}
On 30 June 2019, in honour of the late 3-time Formula One World Champion Niki Lauda, the first turn of the track was renamed the "Niki Lauda Turn".{{cite news|title=Turn 1 in Austria renamed in honour of Niki Lauda|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.turn-1-in-austria-renamed-in-honour-of-niki-lauda.3CnJNtxF6jILY5JOKrgNpO.html|date=30 June 2019|access-date=30 June 2019|work=F1.com|publisher=Formula One Group}}
On 30 May 2020, it was reported that the Austrian government had given permission for two Formula One races to be held on 5 and 12 July 2020 respectively to kick off the 2020 Formula One season after its start had been delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/52860575|title=Austria set to host Formula 1 season openers in July|work=BBC Sport |date=30 May 2020|access-date=31 May 2020}}
On 2 June 2020, Formula One confirmed the Red Bull Ring would hold back to back races on 5 and 12 July to start the 2020 season, with the second race styled as a one-off Styrian Grand Prix. It would also hold the first four races of the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship and the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship. This made it the first European circuit to host the opening round of a Formula One season since the Circuit de Monaco did this in the 1966 season as well as the first time Austria hosted the opening race of the World Championship and therefore the first time the circuit hosted the opening round - an honour given to 13 previous venues since the inception of the World Championship in 1950.{{cite web |url=https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/which-circuits-hosted-f1-season-opener/4818968/ |title=Which circuits hosted Formula 1's season opener? |last=Cleeren |first=Flip |website=motorsport.com |date=1 July 2020 |access-date=1 July 2021 }} The circuit also hosted back to back races of the 2020 MotoGP season on 16 and 23 August, with the second race styled as a one off Styrian Grand Prix.
In the 2021 Formula One season, the Red Bull Ring hosted two races again due to the Canadian Grand Prix being cancelled and the Turkish Grand Prix being postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The first of the two was titled as the Styrian Grand Prix, with the second being called the Austrian Grand Prix. These two races a week apart from each other saw Max Verstappen winning both from pole position. Also in MotoGP, following the cancellation of the Finnish Grand Prix in May 2021, the Styrian Grand Prix was added to the calendar on the weekend of 6 to 8 August, one week before the Austrian Grand Prix. The first race saw MotoGP rookie Jorge Martín claim his and Pramac Racing's first win in the premier class, whilst the second race saw Brad Binder take a shock home win for KTM despite finishing on dry tyres in wet conditions.
In January 2022, it was revealed that the circuit would be modified slightly for MotoGP and other motorcycle races, with a chicane being introduced at turn 2. However Formula One and other car racing series will continue to use the current layout.{{cite news|title=Red Bull Ring to update MotoGP™ layout for 2022|url=https://www.motogp.com/en/news/2021/08/14/red-bull-ring-to-update-motogp-layout-for-2022/385900|date=14 January 2022|access-date=21 January 2022|work=MotoGP.com|publisher=Dorna Sports}}
Track configurations
File:Österreichring 1969-1976.svg|Österreichring (1969–1976)
File:Österreichring 1977-1987.svg|Österreichring (1977–1995)
File:Österreichring-A1Ring.svg|Comparison of Österreichring and A1-Ring circuits
File:Circuit A1 Ring.svg|A1-Ring (1996–2003)
File:A1 Red Bull Ring.svg|Proposed 2005 Red Bull Ring Westschleife extension
File:Circuit Red Bull Ring.svg|Red Bull Ring (2011–2016)
Spielberg bare map numbers simplified.svg|An overview of the motor circuit around the year 2020
File:Red Bull Ring moto 2022.svg|Red Bull Ring Motorcycle Circuit (2022–present)
Events
; Current
- April: TCR Eastern Europe Trophy, Formula 4 CEZ Championship, Red Bull Ring Classics
- May: Eurocup-3 Rundstreckentrophy, Formula 4 CEZ Championship, ESET Cup Series
- June: Formula One Austrian Grand Prix, FIA Formula 2 Championship, FIA Formula 3 Championship, Porsche Supercup
- July: {{ill|Porsche Sports Cup Deutschland|de}} ADAC Racing Weekend Spielberg
- August: Grand Prix motorcycle racing Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoE World Championship Austrian eRace, Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup
- September: Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, International GT Open, TCR Europe Touring Car Series, Euroformula Open Championship, Formula Regional European Championship, Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, ADAC GT Masters, ADAC GT4 Germany, Prototype Cup Germany
; Former
- 24H Series
- Hankook 12H Red Bull Ring (2017)
- ADAC Formel Masters (2011–2014)
- ADAC Formula 4 (2015–2021)
- ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship (2016–2022)
- Auto GP (2014)
- ATS Formel 3 Cup (1985–1987, 1989–1990, 2011–2012, 2014)
- BMW M1 Procar Championship (1979–1980)
- BOSS GP (2011–2014, 2016, 2018–2019, 2021–2024)
- Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft (1985)
- DTM Trophy (2021–2022)
- Eurocup Clio (2013)
- Euro 4 Championship (2024)
- Eurocup Mégane Trophy (2013)
- European Formula Two Championship (1972)
- European Le Mans Series
- 4 Hours of Red Bull Ring (2013–2018, 2021)
- European Touring Car Championship (1978–1979, 1982–1987, 2000–2001)
- European Truck Racing Championship (1987–1989, 1999–2003, 2013–2017)
- F1 Academy (2023)
- Ferrari Challenge Europe (2003, 2011, 2019, 2021, 2023)
- Ferrari Challenge Italy (2002–2003, 2011)
- FIA European Formula 3 Championship (1977–1984)
- FIA Formula 3 European Championship (2012–2018)
- FIA Formula Two Championship (2011)
- FIA GT Championship
- A1-Ring 500km (1997–1998, 2000–2001)
- FIM Endurance World Championship (1980–1987)
- Formula 3 Euro Series (2003)
- Formula 750 (1978–1979)
- Formula Abarth European Championship (2011–2012)
- Formula BMW ADAC (2000–2003)
- Formula One
- Styrian Grand Prix (2020–2021)
- Formula Renault 2.0 Alps (2011–2012, 2014–2015)
- Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup (2012, 2015)
- Formula Renault Eurocup (2001, 2013, 2016–2018)
- Formula Volkswagen Germany (2001)
- Grand Prix motorcycle racing
- Styrian motorcycle Grand Prix (2020–2021)
- GT2 European Series (2022–2023)
- GT4 European Series (2015, 2017)
- {{ill|IDM Superbike Championship|de|Deutsche Motorrad-Straßenmeisterschaft}} (1995–1996, 2011–2013, 2021–2023)
- International Formula 3000 (1985–1986, 1997–2003)
- Interserie (1972, 1980, 1982–1998, 2000–2003)
- Italian F4 Championship (2019–2022)
- Italian Formula Renault Championship (2003)
- Italian Formula Three Championship (2001, 2012)
- Italian GT Championship (1998, 2002–2003, 2012–2013)
- Le Mans Cup (2016–2018)
- Ligier European Series (2021)
- Northern Talent Cup (2021–2023)
- Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux (2021, 2023–2024)
- Porsche Carrera Cup France (2023)
- {{ill|Porsche Carrera Cup Italia|it}} (2012–2013)
- Red Bull Air Race World Championship (2014–2016)
- Renault Sport Trophy (2016)
- SEAT León Eurocup (2015–2016)
- Sidecar World Championship (1994, 1996–1999, 2023)
- Supercar Challenge (2017, 2023)
- Super Tourenwagen Cup (1994–1995)
- Superbike World Championship (1988–1994, 1997–1999)
- Supersport World Championship (1997–1999)
- TCR International Series (2015)
- Trofeo Maserati (2015)
- World Series Formula V8 3.5 (2003, 2013, 2015–2016)
- World Sportscar Championship
- 1000 km Zeltweg (1969–1976)
- W Series (2021)
Lap records
The official lap record for the current circuit layout is 1:05.619, set by Carlos Sainz Jr. driving for McLaren in the 2020 Styrian Grand Prix. As of May 2025, the fastest official race lap records at the Red Bull Ring are listed as:
Concerts
| class="wikitable"
!Date !Performer !Tour |
| 11 June 1995 |
| 1 August 1995 |
| 15 August 2000 |
| 14 May 2015 |
| 16 September 2017 |
Notes
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References
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External links
{{Commons category multi|Red Bull Ring|Österreichring|A1 Ring Circuit}}
- {{official website|https://www.redbullring.com/}}
- {{Racing-Reference track|A1-Ring}}
- [http://www.racingcircuits.info/europe/austria/red-bull-ring-a-1-ring-osterrichring.html Map and circuit history of the Red Bull Ring] at RacingCircuits.info
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140202204018/http://www.trackpedia.com/wiki/A1-Ring Trackpedia's guide to racing the A1-ring]
- [https://tilke.de/en/portfolio/red-bull-ring/ Red Bull Ring at Tilke.de]
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