Solitude Racetrack

The route of the race

The Solitude racetrack is a former motorsport race track in western Stuttgart. It is named after Castle Solitude and has hosted various motorcycle and automobile races.

Routes

start and end tower in Mahdental
Shadow ground

The traditional, used for motorcycle racing track located above the Stuttgart district of Bergheim, but not in the center of the main 11.3 km long variant of the former racetrack. This results from the start-finish-house at today's ADAC training area, on Seehaus over and then on Glemseck at Leonberg and the Steinbachsee on Katzenbacher yard, past the Stuttgart district of Büsnau to the ground and through the shadows Mahdental back to the start and finish before Glemseck. The section of the shadow base to Glemseck runs in the valley of Glemsford.

Motorcycle racing

To 50 cm ³

To 125 cc (175 cc)

To 250 cc

To 350 cc

500 cc

To 750 cc

To 1000 cm ³

500/600/1000 cc sidecar

Automobile races

Automobile races were held less frequently, because the track was extended until mid-1950's wide enough. From 1961 to 1964, on the Solitude racetrack as part of motorcycle racing is not even counting for the World Cup Formula 1 race discharged. Participants or winners were here Hans Herrmann, Innes Ireland, Jim Clark, Dan Gurney, John Surtees, Jack Brabham.

Formula I and II

References

Literature

External links

References

  1. ↑ Report of Solitude Revival Association
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