🇦🇹Salzburgring

Salzburgring is a 4.241 km, 12-turn (6 left / 6 right) motor racing circuit in Plainfeld, around 15 km east of Salzburg in Austria, opened on 1 September 1969. Lying in a narrow, steep alpine valley, the Salzburgring has a deceptively simple layout — two long straights joined by the sweeping high-speed Fahrerlagerkurve ("paddock turn") at the foot of the valley and the tighter Nockstein-Kehre hairpin at the top — but it earned a fearsome reputation in motorcycle racing for the speeds attained on the straights and through the Fahrerlagerkurve. The first events at the new circuit in September 1969 featured Helmut Marko, Dieter Quester and Johann Abt in touring cars. The Salzburgring was the permanent home of the Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix from 1971 to 1994 (excluding 1980 and 1992). The all-time motorcycle Grand Prix wins records at the Salzburgring are shared by Giacomo Agostini (six wins — three in the 500cc class in 1971, 1972 and 1974, and three in the 350cc class in the same years) and Ángel Nieto (six wins in the 125cc class between 1971 and 1983). Removed from the MotoGP calendar after 1994 on safety grounds — the high-speed Fahrerlagerkurve no longer met modern run-off standards and the natural valley topography made extensive safety modifications impossible — the Salzburgring remains a regular trackday, historic-racing and national racing championship venue.