Germany
DEKRA Lausitzring
America’s oval history in Lusatia. The nearest big German circuit to Prague.
- Length
- 4.3 km
- Bends
- 14
- Elevation
- 14 m
- Opened
- 2000
DEKRA Lausitzring, near Klettwitz in German Lusatia, is the nearest big racing venue in Germany to Prague. It was built in 2000 on reclaimed lignite-mining land as a replacement for Berlin’s AVUS, and combines a classic GP circuit with a superspeedway-style oval you won’t find anywhere else in Europe. Today it belongs to DEKRA, which has turned it into a major vehicle testing centre, but motorsport, including DTM, carries on.
Did you know
- Built for about €158 million on reclaimed lignite-mining land; opened on 20 August 2000 as EuroSpeedway Lausitz, a replacement for Berlin’s AVUS
- The 3,256 m tri-oval hosted American CART races in 2001 and 2003, the first ever on European soil (2001 as the American Memorial, 2003 as the German 500)
- In 2001 Alex Zanardi lost both legs in a CART crash here; in 2003 he came back symbolically and drove the 13 laps he had left to finish in a modified car
- DEKRA has owned the venue since 1 November 2017 and has turned it into a vehicle testing centre, including for autonomous driving; it still hosts DTM, ADAC GT Masters and the IDM motorcycle series
- In the 2021–2022 seasons DTM used a 4,601 m layout with the banked first corner of the oval, a mix of circuit and oval you won’t find anywhere else in Europe
Record
Outright record: Scott Mansell, Benetton B197 — 1:32.059 (EuroBOSS, 2004)
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