Sachsenring
The Sachsenring is a 2.28-mile (3.66-km) road course in the town of Hohenstein, Germany, famous worldwide for hosting the FIM German Motorcycle Grand Prix since 1998 until nowadays. The trajectory of the Sachsenring used to go through the town and adjacent public roads, with the first race run in 1927. Some Touring Race Car competitions, such as the ADAC GT Master Series, also use the venue regularly for their events. The continental climate of Saxony means the track surface tends to be wet, temperatures are never too high, and there is a possibility of light snowfall in winter.
The Sachsenring runs counterclockwise through the hilly terrain south of Hohenstein-Ernsttall, with a vertical gain of 117 feet (35 meters) from the highest to the lowest point of the circuit. There are 13 turns and several straight segments in the track, the longest of which is the front one, where the start/finish line sits. Turn number one is a right-hander taken downhill, followed by an even steeper left-right corner combination. The fast-paced turns four and five go uphill, and once racers pass turn six, they face another deep dive that continues through the seventh turn. Corners eight to eleven are wide sweepers allowing high-performance cars to build velocities as high as 230 km/h (142 mph). The Sachsen Kurve and the uphill Queckenberg Kurve lead into the final stretch offering last-minute passing opportunities that keep races super exciting in the Sachsenring.
