Austria, Spielberg
Red Bull Ring
A 4.318 km circuit in Spielberg. Timed layouts, lap times and what you need to know before a track day here.
Going to Red Bull Ring?
See which corner costs you the most time.
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Find out who is faster, and in which corner.
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Track layouts
Lap times only compare within one layout.
Going to Red Bull Ring?
See which corner costs you the most time.
Record the session on your phone. Vetkuro splits the laps, times every sector and shows where the gap to your best lap opens.
Filming your laps?
Put speed, delta and lap time on your onboard video.
Overlay the data from the same session on the footage, synced automatically. One file to watch back, or to share.
Driving with friends?
Find out who is faster, and in which corner.
Overlay two laps from the same day and see exactly where the gap opens, not only the final number.
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Red Bull Ring lap times
Timed from GPS on real track days, not typed in. Compare within one layout and one vehicle class, because a motorcycle lap and a car lap are not the same thing.
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Track day guide
Track day at Red Bull Ring
Weather by month, who runs the days and what to put in the car. Written for a first visit.
Who runs track days here
What to bring
- Helmet that meets the organiser's standard
- Long sleeves, long trousers, closed shoes
- Tyre pressure gauge, since pressures rise fast on track
- Removable towing eye fitted or in the car
- An empty boot: loose items out before the first session
- Your phone in a rigid mount, recording with Vetkuro
Weather by month
Now, in November: 7°C by day, 0°C at night, rain on 10 days. Warmest in July, 24°C by day on average. Coldest in January, −6°C at night. Fewest days with rain: February.
Rain: days with rain per month. Climate: NASA POWER, daily data 2016–2025. Monthly averages, not a forecast. Check the organiser's calendar for open dates. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division.
Elevation profile
Red Bull Ring elevation
Elevation change 62 m, steepest gradient 12.1%. The highest point, about 741 m above sea level, is 1.34 km from the start line; the lowest, about 679 m, 4.14 km.
Height above sea level, approximate. HoverTouch the profile for any point.
From a terrain model, sampled every 10 m along the track line and smoothed over 100 m. Heights above sea level are approximate: trees and buildings along the line read up to about 15 m high. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The organisations in charge of the Copernicus programme by law or by delegation do not incur any liability for any use of the Copernicus WorldDEM-30.
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More to do with the session than the lap time
About Red Bull Ring
Overview
The Red Bull Ring is in the municipality of Spielberg in Styria, Austria, about 2 km from Zeltweg, which is often given as its location. It sits on sloping ground surrounded on three sides by hillsides, which serve as natural grandstands and also shield the area outside from some of the noise. The circuit is owned by Dietrich Mateschitz Beteiligungs GmbH and run by Projekt Spielberg, and it hosts the Formula One Austrian Grand Prix, the Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix and the DTM. The site holds 105,000 spectators and has an FIA Grade 1 licence for the Grand Prix layout. Around the circuit Projekt Spielberg also operates a driving centre, a kart track, off-road courses and a programme of driving experiences open to the public.
Technical Specifications and Track Features
The Grand Prix circuit measures 4.326 km and has 10 turns, seven to the right and three to the left. Its character comes from the slope: the maximum climb is 12 percent and the steepest descent 9.3 percent. Three long straights end in hard braking zones, while the fast middle section calls for precision. From the start the cars climb steeply into the first corner and then up a long straight to the Interwetten turn, the slowest point of the lap and the main overtaking spot. Turn 9, the Jochen Rindt turn, is entered at about 250 km/h and leads, with the last corner, onto the start-finish straight. Since 2022 a chicane at turn 2, the Münzer chicane, has been used only by MotoGP and its support series, adding about 30 m to the motorcycle lap. A shorter South track, about half the length of the full circuit, can be run on its own.
Facilities and Specialized Areas
The Driving Center is used for training courses, and a kart track with four-stroke karts and karts for children lies directly behind the Niki Lauda turn. The off-road area includes a 4WD test track with steep climbs, mud pits and forest trails, a buggy track, an enduro track called Area 24, a trial park and a course for all-terrain vehicles. Visitors can book race taxi laps in a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car, off-road training in an INEOS Grenadier, motorcycle experiences and tours of the circuit. The site also has a Welcome Center, a fan shop and the Wing Café.
History
The circuit opened as the Österreichring on 26 July 1969 with a 1000-kilometre sports car race won by Jo Siffert and Kurt Ahrens in a Porsche 917. Its original layout ran across the hillside at about six kilometres and hosted the Austrian Grand Prix from 1970 to 1987. The Hella-Licht chicane was added in 1977 after Mark Donohue's fatal accident. In 1995-1996 Hermann Tilke rebuilt the track on the same site in a much shorter form, renamed the A1-Ring after the mobile operator that paid for much of the work; it held the Austrian Grand Prix from 1997 to 2003. In 2004 the circuit closed, its grandstands and pit buildings were demolished, and it was sold to Dietrich Mateschitz, whose first plans were stopped by an environmental ruling and local objections. A reconstruction costing 70 million euros began in late 2008, and the circuit reopened as the Red Bull Ring on 15 May 2011. Formula One returned in 2014 and MotoGP in 2016, and in 2020 and 2021 the venue also held a second race each year as the Styrian Grand Prix.
Address
Red Bull Ring
8724 Spielberg
Austria
Contact
redbullring.com
