Nürburgring Südschleife Surviving parts Abandoned Race Track
In this Circuits of the past video we show you a lap on the surviving parts of the abandoned section of the famous Nürburgring. This section is known as the Nürburgring Südschleife. Südschleife is German for Southern Loop.
The abandoned Southern Loop of the Nürburgring can be seen as the forgotten part of this iconic race track in Germany.
When the Nürburgring opened in 1927, the complex included the famous 14.17 Miles long Northern Loop – in German Nordschleife - a 1.4 Miles Start/Finish Loop and the 4.8 Miles long Südschleife.
While the prestigious Northern Loop was used for international races, like the German Formula One Grand Prix, the Südschleife was used for national events.
After 1975 the Südschleife became in disuse. And when the Nürburgring lost the German Grand Prix after the terrible crash from Niki Lauda in 1976, plans were made to modernise the Nürburgring.
Victim of the modernisation was the old Südschleife. To built the new Grand Prix Circuit they demolished the old Start/Finish Loop and the northern part of the Südschleife.
When you enter the remaining part of the old Südschleife today you first enter a public road that follows the old layout. For traffic they increased the radius of the corners, so this section is actually faster as it used to be.
The most southern part of the Südschleife was used for an extension for the village of Müllenbach. As a reminder to the track they named the road Südschleife.
We’re now approaching the Müllenbach Corner, a slow right-hander on the most southern point of the Südschleife. After this corner follows a long and fast ascending part that leads back to the Start/Finish Loop.
For the next part you have to make a long detour to the southern parking of the current Nürburgring Grand Prix Circuit.
There is an abandoned original part of the old Nürburgring Südschleife. This section is abandoned because thety never gave it a new destination. Let's hope this section is preserved and never repurposed.
However, this part is in a very bad condition with huge holes in the surface. But there is also another original section of the Südschleife which is still in good condition. That's because it is now used as an entrance road to the parking lot during events on the current Nürburgring.
At the highest point of the remained Südschleife is a very slow corner namen Scharfer Kopf. Here also ends the remained part of the Südschleife. The next corner is public road but still follows the layout of the Südschleife.
However, not for long. After this corner the Südschleife ends. Here was the connection with the Start/Finish Loop. Today the new Grand Prix Circuit is here.
More information about the lost Südschleife on my website:
https://www.circuitsofthepast.com/nurburgring-sudschleife/ (English)
https://www.circuitsofthepast.nl/nurburgring-sudschleife/ (Nederlands)
Special thanks to Simon Smith for the voiceover. Visit also his channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/HigherPlainGames
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