Red Bull Ring – Facts and Figures

Here are some facts and figures about the Red Bull Ring.

1. The first European Le Mans Series race at the Red Bull Ring took place on the 20 July 2013 and lasted 3-hours.  The race was won by the no1 Thiriet by TDS Racing Oreca-Nissan of Pierre Thiriet and Mathias Beche.

2. In 2013, 2014 and 2015 Ferrari took all three podium places in the LMGTE class.

3. Current ELMS lap record is held by reigning FIA World Endurance Driver’s Champion Brendon Hartley who lapped the circuit in a Murphy Prototypes Oreca Nissan in 1m24.337

4. The fastest ELMS lap recorded on the Red Bull Ring was a 1m22.983 set by Harry Tincknell in 2015 in the JOTA Sport Zytek-Nissan during qualifying.  Because it wasn’t set during the race, it doesn’t count as an official lap record.

5. Harry Tincknell and Simon Dolan have enjoyed success at the Red Bull Ring with victory in 2015 and second in 2014 with Filipe Albuquerque.

6. The no38 JOTA Sport Zytek / Gibson (which is now the no38 G-Drive Racing Gibson-Nissan) has been on pole position at every race at the Red Bull Ring since 2013.

7. The fastest LMP3 lap in 2015 was set by Charlie Robertson in the no3 Team LNT Ginetta during qualifying – a 1m29.851.  The LMP3 lap record is 1m31.756 set by Gaetan Paletou in the no2 Team LNT Ginetta, the Frenchman setting his lap time during the 2015 race.

8. 26 ELMS cars were on the starting grid in 2013, 33 in 2014 and 29 in 2015. 38 are due to compete in 2016.

9. The Red Bull Ring will host the third round of the new for 2016 Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup.

10. There are four previous winners of the ELMS GTC class at the Red Bull Ring on the Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup grid – Francesco Castellacci and Thomas Flohr (2015), Aleksey Basov (2014), Victor Shaitar (2013). 

11. Built in 1969 and originally called the Österreichring.  The circuit hosted the Formula One Austrian Grand Prix between 1970 and 1987.

12. The circuit length of the original Österreichring was 5.911 km (3.673 mi), with 16 turns between 1969 and 1976

13. The circuit was changed in 1977 to include a chicane, which increased the circuit length to 5.941 km (3.692 mi) with 18 turns

14. The track was shortened, rebuilt and renamed the A1-Ring and it hosted the Austrian Grand Prix again from 1997 to 2003. In 2011 the circuit was renamed the Red Bull Ring and Formula One returned in 2014.

15. The current circuit layout is 9 turns on the 4.326 km (2.688 mi) track.

16. American film director and producer Steven Spielberg gets his last name from his descent from Hungarian Jews living in 17th-century Spielberg.

All visitors will receive FREE entry to the circuit to watch a true festival of motorsport in Austria, with grandstand seating, paddock entry and access to the driver autograph sessions.

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