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Circuit info:

Address:

A1-Ring
c/o Österreichring GmbH
Strasse 2
A-8720 Knittelfeld
Austria

Circuit length:
  2.983 miles/4.800 km
Circuit type:
 Permanent road course (not in use)

Circuit history:

A modern rebuild of the classic Österreichring circuit completed in 1996 using parts of the original circuit and named after an Austrian telecommunications company.

Designed to win back the Austrian Grand Prix, which it hosted once more between 1997 and 2003, it at least proved good for close racing.

However, in 2004, the circuit closed for extensive modifications, which would have seen more of the original circuit incorporated as part of ambitious plans to create to motorsport-themed activity centre, backed by new owners Red Bull.

The grandstands, pit buildings and other infrastructure were all torn down and the circuit was rendered completely unusuable when a trench was dug across the main straight, ready to insert a new tunnel to the paddock.

Incredibly, the whole project ground to a halt when protestors successfully lobbied for on environmental grounds for the extended circuit to be canned.

Whether or not the Red Bull Ring does ever emerge, what currently remains at the site is a travesty to the memory of one of the world's great circuits.

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