Slovakia Ring

Slovakia Ring

Address: SLOVAKIA RING AGENCY, sro 800 Orechová Potôň 930 02 Slovenská republika
Orechová Potôň , Slovakia
Route type:	permanent race track
Architect:	Hans Roth
Building-costs:	21.6 million euros
Start of building:	October 2008
Opening:	October 1, 2009
Track layout
Route data
Important events:	Slovak Grand Prix, WTCC , FIA GT
Route length:	5.922  km (3.68  mi )
Audience capacity:	about 10,000
Records
Track record: (automobile)	1: 41,600 min. ( Sam Bird , ISR Racing, 2012)
Track record: (motorcycle)	2: 03.118 min. (Marvin Fritz, Yart Yamaha, 2019)
http://www.slovakiaring.sk

Coordinates: 48 ° 3 ′ 14 "  N , 17 ° 34 ′ 14.9"  E

Slovakiaring (other spelling: Slovakia Ring ) is a motorsport racing track near the municipality of Orechová Potôň ( Okres Dunajská Streda , Trnavský kraj ) on the flat Great Rump Island in Slovakia , about 36 km from the capital Bratislava . It was built from 2008 to 2009 and is the very first purpose-built circuit in Slovakia.

history

Construction of the racetrack began in October 2008 and was officially opened on October 1, 2009 and cost around 21.6 million euros. As part of the entire facility, an off-road track (1.5 km long), a kart track (800 m) and a three-star hotel were opened in 2011 .

Technical specifications

• Track length (for the longest racetrack variant): 5,922 m
• Width of the roadway: 12 m
• Length of the home straight: 900 m
• Width of the home straight: 20 m
• Length of the acceleration test track: 1,144 m
• Width of the acceleration test track: 20 m

In the longest version of the racetrack, the track contains six left-hand and five right-hand bends, a chicane and seven straights. A total of six variants are possible, with lengths from 2.63 to 5.92 km.

Web links

Commons : Slovakiaring  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website (Slovak, English, German)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Slovakia Ring otvára svoje brány. Na F1 treba dorásť ( Memento of December 9, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), Aktuellne.sk, October 1, 2009, accessed on August 5, 2010
2. ↑ Rychli jazdci majú doma Slovakiaring , SME , October 1st 2009, accessed 5 August 2010