At a glance
- Length
- 4.318 km
- Turns
- 10
- Lap (pole)
- ≈ 1:04
- First held
- 1970
- Type
- Permanent circuit
The Red Bull Ring, in the Styrian hills above Spielberg, is one of the shortest and fastest laps in Formula 1: just 4.318 km and 10 corners, but with big elevation change and long flat-out climbs and descents that make it a slipstreaming, lap-time-is-tight venue. Pole laps here are among the quickest of the year, comfortably into the 1:04s.
Originally the Österreichring and later the A1-Ring, the circuit returned to the calendar in 2014 as the Red Bull Ring and has hosted the Austrian Grand Prix every season since. Its short lap and three long straights make it a perennial overtaking and qualifying-margin classic.
Speed map
The ribbon runs from violet (slowest) to red (fastest). At the Red Bull Ring most of the lap is red: three long uphill-and-downhill straights where the cars are flat out, punctuated by a handful of hard braking zones into the right-handers. The slowest point is the uphill Turn 1 / Turn 3 sequence; everywhere else the car is carrying big speed.
Speed here is from a real Formula 1 pole lap mapped onto the circuit. Tap any point to read the measured speed.
Corner by corner
The lap has just 10 corners, most of them quick. Tap any marker for the apex speed from the reference lap.
- T1Niki Lauda KurveUphill right after the start; heavy braking.
- T3RemusBig stop at the top of the hill off the long straight; prime passing spot.
- T4SchlossgoldDownhill right onto the back straight.
- T6RauchQuick downhill right.
- T9RindtFast right in the final sequence.
- T10Red Bull MobileFinal right back onto the main straight.
Watch a lap
At 1x the replay runs to the real pole pace, around 1 minute 4 seconds. Watch how little time the car spends slow: the lap is mostly full-throttle climbs and descents between a few heavy braking zones.
Where overtakes happen
The Red Bull Ring is a strong overtaking circuit: the long straights into Turn 1, Turn 3 and Turn 4 all offer DRS-assisted passing chances, with Turn 3 the biggest. The markers below are illustrative for v0, not real timing data.
Data & how to read it
Speed on this page is mapped from a real Formula 1 qualifying lap via FastF1, aligned onto the circuit geometry and snapped to the track. As a permanent venue with deep data, the Red Bull Ring is a natural fit for real telemetry; refresh it to the latest pole after each Austrian Grand Prix weekend.