The Solitude Race Track was a motor racing circuit near Stuttgart from 1925 to 1965, named after Solitude Castle. The track originated over 100 years ago, with hill climbs taking place there from 1903 onwards.

After the war, races resumed in 1949, and the track was adapted to international standards: This included a wider track and a more grippy surface, as well as the construction of the start/finish building and pit area. The 22 km (later 11 km) circuit was considered extremely challenging and was compared to the Targa Florio in Sicily.

The route runs from the start/finish building at the present-day ADAC practice area at Glemseck near Leonberg, up to the Frauenkreuz. Then it heads towards Katzenbacher Hof, past the Stuttgart district of Büsnau to Schattengrund, and through the Mahdental valley back to the start and finish.

From 1961 to 1964, Solitude hosted the Formula 1 Grand Prix, the “Solitude Grand Prix.” The winners were Innes Ireland in a Lotus (1961), Dan Gurney in a Porsche (1962), Jack Brabham in a Brabham (1963), and Jim Clark in a Lotus (1964).

Since its construction (1925–1927), the Nürburgring Nordschleife has enjoyed a reputation as a brutal and infamous race track through the Eifel Mountains. Three-time Formula 1 World Champion Jackie Stewart was so impressed by the track that he gave it the name for which it is now known: “Green Hell.”

Famous for its extreme demands, the Nordschleife remains a benchmark in motorsport and the automotive industry to this day. A victory on the Nordschleife holds special significance for race drivers, as this circuit is considered incredibly demanding. Blind corners, blind and treacherous crests, steep inclines and declines, and changing road surfaces demand considerable driving skill and put the cars to a real test. The stress on the vehicles on the Nordschleife is 20 times that of a normal road.

Today, the most famous event is the 24-hour race, held on the combination of the Nordschleife and the Grand Prix circuit.

The 20.8-kilometer Nordschleife is open to cars and motorcycles approximately 200 days a year. Classified as a public highway, the German Road Traffic Act (StVO) applies, and overtaking is permitted only on the left.

In 1983, the Porsche factory team offered Stefan Bellof a place in sports car races, where he immediately outclassed his experienced teammates. To this day, Stefan Bellof remains the only person to have completed a lap of the Nürburgring Nordschleife at an average speed of over 200 km/h. He did so on May 28, 1983, during practice for the 1000km race, driving a Porsche 956 (chassis no. 007). His lap time was 6:11.13 minutes for the 20.832 km distance, which was shortened due to construction work.

In the race, however, Bellof crashed while leading the race, having set a new lap record of 6:25.91 minutes. By comparison, the heavier vehicles still permitted on the Nordschleife today take about seven minutes to complete the same circuit.

From 1991 to 1995, the temporary Alemannenring motorsport race track  in Singen’s industrial park hosted five races of the German Touring Car Championship. The 2.8-kilometer track was driven clockwise. The four-lane Georg-Fischer-Straße featured a nine-meter-wide start-finish straight and an equally wide pit lane.

As early as 1952, the first Singen city race for motorcycles was held on a street circuit south of the city center. It wasn’t until 1980 that the Singen Motorsport Club organized two more races on the then 2.785 km long first version of the Alemannenring. The death of a sidecar passenger in 1981 at the second event counted towards the German Motorcycle Championship brought the history of this event to an abrupt end.

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Since 2008, the night race in Singapore has been a special feature of each Formula 1 season. On September 28, 2008, the Singapore Grand Prix was held for the first time on the specially designed “Marina Bay Street Circuit.”

The race is run counterclockwise. The circuit covers a distance of 5,067 km, 70% of which is on public roads. The start is at 8:00 p.m. local time. Numerous floodlights at a height of 10 meters are used. The permanent sections of the racetrack were developed in Germany.

Sebastian Vettel has won the Grand Prix three times (2011 to 2013), Fernando Alonso twice (2008, 2010), and Lewis Hamilton twice (2009, 2014).

A Formula Libre race was already held on a street circuit in Singapore from 1966 to 1973. This motorsport event was known as the “Malaysian Grand Prix” until Singapore’s independence. The race was eventually discontinued for safety reasons.

Between 1969 and 1971, three major airfield races were held at the Army Aviation Airfield in Neuhausen ob Eck. The track was 2.975 kilometers long, and average speeds of up to 151.6 km/h were achieved. Points were also awarded for the German Automobile Circuit Championship, the forerunner of the legendary German Automobile Racing Championship.

In 1971, future Formula 1 star Jochen Mass of the Ford factory team won in his Ford Capri RS 2600. That same year, he also won the German Automobile Circuit Championship before moving into the Grand Prix circuit less than two years later – in 1973.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, it was common for motorcycle races to be held on the same day as the automobile racing competitions. On May 31, 1971, a tragic accident occurred involving a Chevrolet Camaro. Three soldiers working as track marshals were killed. This marked the end of the airfield races in Neuhausen ob Eck.