Erftlandring
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 Kerpen - Manheim
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| Route type: | permanent kart track | ||
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| Outdoor go-kart track | |||
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| Route length: | 1.107 km (0.69 mi ) | ||
| Curves: | 10 | ||
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| Track record : (Kart in UZS) |
0: 42.019 min. (Verdi Geurts,,) |
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| Track record : (Kart against UZS) |
0: 41.85 min. (Daniel Stell,,) |
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Coordinates: 50 ° 53 ′ 19 ″ N , 6 ° 36 ′ 49.7 ″ E
The Erftlandring is a permanent outdoor go- kart track . It is located on the outskirts of the Kerpen district of Manheim on a former gravel pit in the vicinity of the Bürgewald Steinheide nature reserve . The route is 1,107 meters long and can be traveled in both directions. The owners of the track and the property are the racing friends Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips , Kart-Club Kerpen e. V. in ADAC and Michael Schumacher.
history
After barely three months of construction, the track opened in March 1980 as Germany's longest go-kart track. In the following year, the European kart championship took place on the newly built kart track . Further national and international championships followed.
Later stars like Ayrton Senna , Christian Fittipaldi , Mika Häkkinen and Allan McNish drove here . For many former and current Formula 1 racing drivers such as Michael Schumacher , his brother Ralf Schumacher , Heinz-Harald Frentzen , Nick Heidfeld and Sebastian Vettel , this club track was their home track.
Originally, the demolition of the Erftlandring was planned because the planned expansion of the Hambach lignite mine provided that both Kerpen-Manheim and the kart track would become an open-cast mining area. In February 2018, the annual general meeting of the Kerpen Kart Club decided to accept the compensation offer from RWE. Due to the sparing of the Hambach Forest by the opencast mine, confirmed in January 2020, the area of the kart track is no longer being excavated.
Inauguration of the route
Race 1980
Course 1980
Web links
- The Erftlandring - the kart track in detail . In: kart-club-kerpen.de
- Erftlandring . In: racingo.de
- Statement by Kart-Club Kerpen eV on the future of the Erftlandring . In: kart-magazin.de, January 12, 2018
Individual evidence
- ^ Statement of the Kart-Club Kerpen eV on the future of the Erftlandring. In: kart-club-kerpen.de. Retrieved January 16, 2018 .
- ^ Kart-Club Kerpen-Manheim. Racing friends Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips eV In: kart-club-kerpen.de. Retrieved January 16, 2018 .
- ↑ In Düren: This is where Schumi builds his new go-kart track ; Express.de from September 1, 2012
- ↑ The annual general meeting of the Kart-Club Kerpen decided to accept the compensation offer from RWE. In: kart-club-kerpen.de. February 2, 2018, accessed December 28, 2018 .
- ↑ Schumacher kart track in Kerpen before the end. In: Spiegel Online. January 10, 2018, accessed December 28, 2018 .
- ↑ Oliver Reuter: RWE spares legendary cultural assets: Michael Schumacher's Kerpen kart track is saved. January 20, 2020, accessed on January 21, 2020 (German).