Road course · Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Nürburgring
Nürburgring is a road course in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. OpenStreetMap maps 4 layouts here, the longest 3.18 mi (5.12 km). Below: the map, every corner with a computed line, the elevation, and where to stay and eat.
- 5.11
- Kilometres
- 15
- Corners
- —
- Ft of elevation
01Track map
Nürburgring track map
Nürburgring Grand Prix Strecke
Layout name from an OpenStreetMap circuit relation.
- Mapped length
- 3.18mi
- 5.12 km
- Direction
- Clockwise
- From OSM one-way tagging.
- Start/finish line
- Mapped · unverified
- Placed by OpenStreetMap mappers and not verified on site. TRACK asks you to confirm or move it before timing laps here, when you’re stopped.
- Published length (cross-check)
- 3.20 mi · mapped loop agrees within 3%
- Corners
- 15
- Inferred from curvature, not official turn numbers
- Sectors
- 3
- Estimated, near each third of the lap
Source geometry: OpenStreetMap ↗. Something wrong? Fixing it in OpenStreetMap improves it for everyone.
02Overview
What Nürburgring is like to drive.
The nürburgring grand prix strecke layout at Nürburgring is 3.18 miles with 15 corners worth setting up for. A generic track-day car in our model brakes hard 13 times a lap and is at full throttle for about 48% of the distance; the longest straight runs roughly 1378 ft.
6 of the corners are slow (under 50 mph in the model), 3 are fast (over 75 mph). There are hairpins where exit speed matters more than entry. The corner notes below come from the mapped geometry, not from local knowledge; we’ll add a researched guide for Nürburgring later.
03Lap at a glance
Where the speed is, and where the hills are.
- Length
- 3.18mi
- Elevation range
- —
- Steepest grade
- —
- Braking zones
- 13model
- Full throttle
- 48% model
- Longest straight
- 1378ft
The speed trace is a model, not a real lap: a generic track-day car (about 1.1 g of cornering grip, 1 g braking, 150 W/kg) driven on the computed line through an assumed 12 m wide track. Use it to see where the braking zones and flat-out sections are, not to predict your speeds. Elevation data for this track isn’t loaded yet.
04Corner by corner
The corners at Nürburgring.
TRACK’s own corner numbering (C1, C2…), found from the curvature of the mapped centerline. It isn’t the official turn numbering. Each diagram shows the computed line: the minimum-curvature path through an assumed 12 m wide track. It’s a geometric starting point. Your instructor’s line comes first.
- C1
Slow right-hander
↱ RightslowhairpinTRACK numbering
A slow right-hand hairpin that turns about 149°, tightening to a radius of roughly 12 m (39 ft). The model car brakes for about 195 m (640 ft), from 133 to 33 mph. The computed line turns in from the left side, takes an apex close to the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the left on exit.
- Turns
- 149° right
- Tightest radius
- 12 m
- Model speed
- 133 → 33 mph
- Braking (model)
- 195 m
- Grade
- —
- C2
Slow left-hander
↰ LeftslowcornerTRACK numbering
A slow left-hand corner that turns about 129°, tightening to a radius of roughly 41 m (135 ft). The model car brakes for about 195 m (640 ft), from 133 to 33 mph. The computed line turns in from the right side, takes an early apex, about 35 m before the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the right on exit.
- Turns
- 129° left
- Tightest radius
- 41 m
- Model speed
- 133 → 33 mph
- Braking (model)
- 195 m
- Grade
- —
- C3
Slow right-hander
↱ RightslowchicaneTRACK numbering
A slow right-hand chicane that turns about 220°, tightening to a radius of roughly 19 m (62 ft). The model car brakes for about 40 m (131 ft), from 62 to 42 mph. The computed line turns in from the left side, takes a late apex, about 110 m after the corner’s geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the left on exit.
- Turns
- 220° right
- Tightest radius
- 19 m
- Model speed
- 62 → 42 mph
- Braking (model)
- 40 m
- Grade
- —
- C4
Slow right-hander
↱ RightslowchicaneTRACK numbering
A slow right-hand chicane that turns about 129°, tightening to a radius of roughly 19 m (62 ft). The model car brakes for about 40 m (131 ft), from 62 to 42 mph. The computed line turns in from the left side, takes an early apex, about 5 m before the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the left on exit.
- Turns
- 129° right
- Tightest radius
- 19 m
- Model speed
- 62 → 42 mph
- Braking (model)
- 40 m
- Grade
- —
- C5
Medium left-hander
↰ LeftmediumcornerTRACK numbering
A medium left-hand corner that turns about 82°, tightening to a radius of roughly 52 m (171 ft). The model car brakes for about 50 m (164 ft), from 79 to 53 mph. The computed line turns in from the right side, takes a late apex, about 40 m after the corner’s geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the right on exit.
- Turns
- 82° left
- Tightest radius
- 52 m
- Model speed
- 79 → 53 mph
- Braking (model)
- 50 m
- Grade
- —
- C6
Ford-Kurve
↱ RightslowcornerTRACK numbering
A slow right-hand corner that turns about 125°, tightening to a radius of roughly 27 m (89 ft). The model car brakes for about 70 m (230 ft), from 79 to 48 mph. The computed line turns in from the left side, takes a late apex, about 25 m after the corner’s geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the left on exit.
- Turns
- 125° right
- Tightest radius
- 27 m
- Model speed
- 79 → 48 mph
- Braking (model)
- 70 m
- Grade
- —
- C7
Goodyear-Kehre
↱ RightslowhairpinTRACK numbering
A slow right-hand hairpin that turns about 196°, tightening to a radius of roughly 32 m (105 ft). The model car brakes for about 20 m (66 ft), from 48 to 46 mph. The computed line turns in from the left side, takes a late apex, about 15 m after the corner’s geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the left on exit.
- Turns
- 196° right
- Tightest radius
- 32 m
- Model speed
- 48 → 46 mph
- Braking (model)
- 20 m
- Grade
- —
- C8
Michael-Schumacher-S
↰ LeftfastessesTRACK numbering
A fast left-hand esses that turns about 53°, tightening to a radius of roughly 49 m (161 ft). The model car brakes for about 80 m (262 ft), from 103 to 80 mph. The computed line turns in from the right side, takes a late apex, about 50 m after the corner’s geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the right on exit.
- Turns
- 53° left
- Tightest radius
- 49 m
- Model speed
- 103 → 80 mph
- Braking (model)
- 80 m
- Grade
- —
- C9
Michael-Schumacher-S
↱ RightfastessesTRACK numbering
A fast right-hand esses that turns about 32°, tightening to a radius of roughly 81 m (266 ft). The model car barely brakes here, carrying about 82 mph: a lift or a confident throttle balance. The computed line turns in from the left side, takes an early apex, about 10 m before the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the left on exit.
- Turns
- 32° right
- Tightest radius
- 81 m
- Model speed
- ≈ 82 mph
- Braking (model)
- Lift / none
- Grade
- —
- C10
Medium left-hander
↰ LeftmediumcornerTRACK numbering
A medium left-hand corner that turns about 84°, tightening to a radius of roughly 31 m (102 ft). The model car brakes for about 155 m (509 ft), from 122 to 54 mph. The computed line turns in from the right side, takes an apex close to the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the right on exit.
- Turns
- 84° left
- Tightest radius
- 31 m
- Model speed
- 122 → 54 mph
- Braking (model)
- 155 m
- Grade
- —
- C11
Medium right-hander
↱ RightmediumcornerTRACK numbering
A medium right-hand corner that turns about 106°, tightening to a radius of roughly 38 m (125 ft). The model car brakes for about 70 m (230 ft), from 85 to 59 mph. The computed line turns in from the left side, takes an apex close to the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the left on exit.
- Turns
- 106° right
- Tightest radius
- 38 m
- Model speed
- 85 → 59 mph
- Braking (model)
- 70 m
- Grade
- —
- C12
Fast right-hander
↱ RightfastcornerTRACK numbering
A fast right-hand corner that turns about 36°, tightening to a radius of roughly 58 m (190 ft). The model car brakes for about 65 m (213 ft), from 115 to 99 mph. The computed line turns in from the left side, takes an early apex, about 5 m before the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the left on exit.
- Turns
- 36° right
- Tightest radius
- 58 m
- Model speed
- 115 → 99 mph
- Braking (model)
- 65 m
- Grade
- —
- C13
NGK-Schikane
↰ LeftmediumchicaneTRACK numbering
A medium left-hand chicane that turns about 95°, tightening to a radius of roughly 26 m (85 ft). The model car brakes for about 145 m (476 ft), from 125 to 60 mph. The computed line turns in from the right side, takes an early apex, about 5 m before the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the right on exit.
- Turns
- 95° left
- Tightest radius
- 26 m
- Model speed
- 125 → 60 mph
- Braking (model)
- 145 m
- Grade
- —
- C14
NGK-Schikane
↰ LeftmediumchicaneTRACK numbering
A medium left-hand chicane that turns about 90°, tightening to a radius of roughly 26 m (85 ft). The model car barely brakes here, carrying about 72 mph: a lift or a confident throttle balance. The computed line turns in from the right side, takes a late apex, about 110 m after the corner’s geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the right on exit.
- Turns
- 90° left
- Tightest radius
- 26 m
- Model speed
- ≈ 72 mph
- Braking (model)
- Lift / none
- Grade
- —
- C15
Medium right-hander
↱ RightmediumhairpinTRACK numbering
A medium right-hand hairpin that turns about 147°, tightening to a radius of roughly 34 m (112 ft). The model car brakes for about 115 m (377 ft), from 93 to 51 mph. The computed line turns in from the left side, takes an early apex, about 10 m before the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the left on exit.
- Turns
- 147° right
- Tightest radius
- 34 m
- Model speed
- 93 → 51 mph
- Braking (model)
- 115 m
- Grade
- —
05Configurations
Every mapped loop at Nürburgring.
TRACK finds each closed loop in the OpenStreetMap raceway network. Named layouts come from OSM circuit relations; the rest are named by length, and some may be combinations the venue never runs. Your first session confirms which one you drove.
Nürburgring Grand Prix Strecke
3.18 mi5.12 kmClockwiseS/F Mapped · unverified
Layout B · 3.6 km
2.25 mi3.62 kmClockwiseS/F Mapped · unverifiedName inferred
Layout C · 3.1 km
1.92 mi3.09 kmClockwiseS/F Mapped · unverifiedName inferred
Layout D · 1.5 km
0.93 mi1.49 kmClockwiseS/F EstimatedName inferred
06Time it with TRACK
Drive Nürburgring. TRACK knows where you are.
No setup and no transponder. Start a session in the paddock and TRACK recognises Nürburgring and the layout from your GPS trace, then times every lap and sector with a live delta to your best.
- 1DetectTRACK matches your first few hundred metres against every mapped layout at Nürburgring, including shared pavement between configurations.
- 2Confirm the lineThe start/finish line here is mapped · unverified. When you’re stopped, TRACK shows it on the map: accept it or tap to move it. You’re never asked while driving.
- 3Laps, timed retroactivelyLaps you drove before confirming are timed from the recorded trace, so you don’t lose your first session.
- 4Go furtherSync a GoPro for video with telemetry and let TRACK Engineer point out where the time is. External 10–25 Hz GPS receivers for tighter sectors are awaiting hardware validation.
- Venue and layout detection is tested on simulated drives over real OpenStreetMap circuits, not yet in a real car. Compatible GPS receivers
07Plan your trip
Getting there, staying, eating.
Nearby places for Nürburgring haven’t been loaded yet.
08Track days
Find an open track day at Nürburgring.
TRACK doesn’t copy event listings. An on-page calendar will come with an organizer data partnership.
Before your first day here
09Nearby tracks
Closest mapped venues.
- Circuit de Spa-FrancorchampsWallonia · 43 mi away
- Circuit GoodyearLuxembourg · 52 mi away
- SiegerlandringGermany · 57 mi away
- FindelLuxembourg · 59 mi away
Straight-line distance between venues. All 889 tracks
FAQ
Nürburgring, answered.
How long is Nürburgring?
OpenStreetMap maps 4 closed loops at Nürburgring, from 0.93 mi to 3.18 mi (5.12 km). These are mapped centerline lengths; the venue’s published figures can differ slightly. The published length we cross-check against is 3.20 mi.
Which direction does Nürburgring run?
The main mapped layout runs clockwise, from one-way tagging in OpenStreetMap. Check the event’s driver briefing: some venues run reverse-direction days.
Can I time laps at Nürburgring with my phone?
Yes, with the TRACK iPhone app (beta). It recognises Nürburgring and the layout you’re driving from GPS, then times laps and sectors. A phone’s GPS is good for lap times; an external 10–25 Hz receiver tightens sector splits.
Where is the start/finish line at Nürburgring?
The line TRACK uses comes from a start/finish point placed in OpenStreetMap. It isn’t verified on site, so the app asks you to confirm or move it before timing your first session here.
How do I find track days at Nürburgring?
Clubs and organizers list HPDE, track days and club races on MotorsportReg. The venue’s own calendar (also linked) lists its events too. TRACK doesn’t list events itself.
Where can I stay near Nürburgring?
This page lists hotels, campgrounds, restaurants, fuel and parts stores near Nürburgring from OpenStreetMap, with straight-line distances. Book early for big event weekends.
Track geometry and nearby places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License 1.0 (via the TRACK Atlas, snapshot 2026-10-17). Elevation: USGS 3DEP (public domain). Lengths are mapped centerlines, not official figures. The computed line and speed trace are a model. No start/finish line has been verified on site.
TRACK is not affiliated with or endorsed by Nürburgring, MotorsportReg or any business listed here. The venue name identifies the location only and belongs to its owner. TRACK shows no lap records or official results for this venue. Driving advice is general: your instructor, the event’s rules and the venue’s rules come first.