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The Nürburgring Südschleife (south loop) was a motor racing circuit which was built in 1927 at the same time as the Nordschleife. The Südschleife and Nordschleife layouts were joined together by the Start und Ziel (start/finish) area, and could therefore be driven as one track that was over 28.265 km (17.563 mi) long.
The elevation shift also makes thermal differences a strong possibility. The modern Grand Prix circuit also has sizeable elevation changes between the start-finish straight and the lowest point on the opposite end of the track, but the geographical distance and actual elevation gain between the two are lower.
The first World Championship Grand Prix was held in 1950 at Silverstone; since then 77 circuits in total have hosted a Grand Prix.A lot of classic (older) circuits have hosted Grands Prix using different configurations throughout their history: Nürburgring, Spa-Francorchamps, Monza, etc. Taking Nürburgring as an example, the first World Championship race there used the 22.835 km (14.189 mi ...
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The old Nürburgring was considered to be the most challenging and demanding purpose-built circuit in the world. Measuring at 14.2 miles, it was by far the longest circuit on the calendar and because it was built in the Eifel mountains it had over 1,000 feet (300 m) of elevation change.
English: Nürburgring, layout 1997-2001, the Grand-Prix-Track, with the new Formula 1 chicane Deutsch: Nürburgring, Streckenführung 1997-2001, die Grand-Prix-Strecke, mit neuer Formel-1-Schikane Date
English: Nürburgring, layout 1984–1995, the complete track withe new Grand-Prix-Track Deutsch: Nürburgring, Streckenführung 1984–1995, die gesamte Strecke mit der neuen Grand-Prix-Strecke Date
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