Nürburgring Südschleife (Text - Photos - Videos)

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Rare footage of the forgotten part of
the old Nürburgring Südschleife circuit in Germany





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The shared start/finish area of the Nürburgring complex consisted of two back-to-back straights joined together at the southern end by a tight loop. The entrance to the 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) Südschleife lay on the outside edge of this hairpin and was signposted as the road to Bonn. It immediately dropped sharply downhill and under a public road before winding through a heavily-wooded section.
Tight corners soon gave way to fast downhill sections with flowing bends until, at the outskirts of the nearby town of Müllenbach, the track turned sharply northwards and began a long climb up the hill.
At the end of this run came a hairpin turn which led to a long curve around the bottom of a hill. This led onto the back straight of the start/finish area. At this point it was possible to continue onto the Nordschleife or take two sharp right-hand turns in order to enter the starting straight once again.
Photographs of the track in use show that trees and hedges were not cut back in many areas, being allowed to grow right up to the trackside. Although the Nordschleife had very little in the way of run-off areas, the Südschleife seems to have had none at all, which was likely to have been a factor in the choice of circuit for major events.

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Nürburgring Südschleife



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Betonkurve



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Gegengerade



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Scharferkop



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Rassrueck



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Muellenbach



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Bocksberg



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Seifgen



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Aschenschlag



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Braenkekop



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Stichstrasse



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