TRACKS: AVUS - AUTOMOBIL VERKEHRS UND UBUNG STRASSE

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AVUS - AUTOMOBIL VERKEHRS UND UBUNG STRASSE

SORRY, SOME DATA ARE NOT TRANSLATED YET

Not to be confused with

Berlin F.1 (1987) - Berlin, Radrennbahn des Werner-Seelenbinder-Stadions - Berlin, Stalinallee - Berlin, Trabrennbahn Karlshorst - Berlin, Trabrennbahn Mariendorf - Berlin, Trabrennbahn Ruhleben

Description

Location

Berlin
BE - Berlin - 1949÷1990: BRD / DDR

Location

Latitude - Longitude

+ 52°29'40" + 13°16'01"
52.494444 13.266944

UTM Coordinates

X = 382344.636 - Y = 5817445.77 - Zone 33U

Aerial photo / Map (*)

OpenStreetMap - Aerial photo / Map (*)

Google Maps - Aerial photo / Map (*)

Bing Maps - Aerial photo / Map (*)

Zoom Earth - Aerial photo / Map (*)

Wikimapia

Altitude AMSL (approx)

50 m - 164 ft (approx)

Inauguration

1921

Closing

Designer

Sources and links (Translation) (**)

(1)	www.circuitsofthepast.nl	Circuit of the Past
(2)	www.formel3guide.com (...)	Go to corresponding season and click on "Streckenplan"
(3)	www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1408252	Track layout
(4)	www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/t2.htm	THE GOLDEN ERA OF GRAND PRIX RACING - track description
(5)	www.landkartenindex.de/spezial/spezial_rennstrecken_freiburgschauinsland.htm	1952 layout
(6)	www.panoramio.com/user/761553/tags/Avus	Photos by Roelard Smit
(7)	www.racingcircuits.net	Motor Racing Circuits Database
(8)	www.silhouet.com/motorsport/tracks/avus.html	The GEL Motorsport - Tracks Around The World
(9)	www.tazionuvolari.it/corse5it.htm	Tazio Nuvolari's official website
(10)	www.tazionuvolari.it/corse6it.htm	Tazio Nuvolari's official website
(11)	www.motorrennsportarchiv.de/locations/avus	Motorrennsport-Archiv Jordan
(12)	Autosprint 33-34/1967 (page 9)		August 21^st 1967
(13)	Autosprint 39/1967 (page 23)	Corsa l'ultima gara, circuito avviato alla demolizione	September 25^th 1967
(14)	Autosprint 21/1969 (page 19)	Mappa e dati essenziali	May 26^th 1969
(15)	Autosprint 10/1971 (page 36)	Sarà riaperto nel 1974 per la Formula 2	March 8^th 1971
(16)	Autosprint 2/1982 (page 54)	Stanziati fondi per aumentare la sicurezza	January 12^th 1982
(17)	Autodrome: The Lost Race Circuits of Europe (page 128)	Author: Sam S. Collins, Gavin D. Ireland - Published by: Veloce Publishing Ltd - Published in: United Kingdom - ISBN: 1904788319	2005
(18)	Quattroruote 720/2015 (page 63)	Actual situation (photos and description in brief)	September 2015

(*) NOTE: a complete and detailed view of the circuit can be found (if available) on Street View by Google Maps and/or Bird's Eye and 3D views by Bing Maps for Enterprise (former Microsoft Virtual Earth): both can be reached using their own link in Aerial photo / Map cell.

(**) For on-line not-English speaking sources, click on each small flag and you open the corresponding Google Translator page with automatic translation.

AVUS - Automobil Verkehrs und Ubung Straße
Description
Years	1921÷1936
Direction	Anticlockwise
Proposal	NO
No longer operational	YES
Car Circuit	YES
Motorbike circuit
Type	Road course
Inauguration	1921
Closing	1936
Last update of this page	November 19^th 2008
Info last update
Designer
Distinctive points
length	19565 m	64190 ft	12.157 mi		(10)
length	19569 m	64203 ft	12.16 mi		(7)
length	19630 m	64403 ft	12.198 mi		(9)
length	16703 m	54800 ft	10.379 mi	Calculated from aerial photo (*)	(3)

AVUS - Automobil Verkehrs und Ubung Straße
Description
Years	1937÷1939
Direction	Anticlockwise
Proposal	NO
No longer operational	YES
Car Circuit	YES
Motorbike circuit
Type	Road course
Inauguration	1937
Closing	1939
Last update of this page	November 19^th 2008
Info last update
Designer
Distinctive points
length	19279 m	63251 ft	11.98 mi	(7)

AVUS - Automobil Verkehrs und Ubung Straße
Description	In August 1967 Autosprint wrote that the following F.3 event scheduled on September 10^th 1967 would have been the last before the track would have been demolished and rebuilt with more modern criteria and greater attention to public safety.
Years	1951÷1967
Direction	Anticlockwise
Proposal	NO
No longer operational	YES
Car Circuit	YES
Motorbike circuit
Type	Road course
Inauguration	1951
Closing	1967
Last update of this page	March 24^th 2024
Info last update
Designer
Distinctive points
length	8299 m	27228 ft	5.157 mi	(7)
length	8300 m	27231 ft	5.158 mi	(8)

AVUS - Automobil Verkehrs und Ubung Straße
Description	I don't know why Autoprint 21/1969 reports such a short track length, probably it's a mistake
Years	1968÷1988
Direction	Anticlockwise
Proposal	NO
No longer operational	YES
Car Circuit	YES
Motorbike circuit
Type	Road course
Inauguration	1968
Closing	1988
Last update of this page	November 19^th 2008
Info last update
Designer
Distinctive points
length	8109 m	26604 ft	5.039 mi		(7)
length	8110 m	26608 ft	5.039 mi		(2)
length	3960 m	12992 ft	2.461 mi	to be verified	(14)

AVUS - Automobil Verkehrs und Ubung Straße
Description
Years	1989÷1991
Direction	Anticlockwise
Proposal	NO
No longer operational	YES
Car Circuit	YES
Motorbike circuit
Type	Road course
Inauguration	1989
Closing	1991
Last update of this page	November 19^th 2008
Info last update
Designer
Distinctive points
length	4879 m	16007 ft	3.032 mi	(7)

AVUS - Automobil Verkehrs und Ubung Straße
Description
Years	1992÷1993
Direction	Anticlockwise
Proposal	NO
No longer operational	YES
Car Circuit	YES
Motorbike circuit
Type	Road course
Inauguration	1992
Closing	1993
Last update of this page	November 19^th 2008
Info last update
Designer
Distinctive points
length	2639 m	8658 ft	1.64 mi	(7)

AVUS - Automobil Verkehrs und Ubung Straße
Description
Years	1994÷1999
Direction	Anticlockwise
Proposal	NO
No longer operational	YES
Car Circuit	YES
Motorbike circuit
Type	Road course
Inauguration	1994
Closing	1999
Last update of this page	November 19^th 2008
Info last update
Designer
Distinctive points
length	2639 m	8659 ft	1.64 mi	(8)
length	2639 m	8658 ft	1.64 mi	(7)

AVUS 1921÷1936 (to be verified)

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PHOTOS
AVUS - AUTOMOBIL VERKEHRS UND UBUNG STRASSE

Confronto fra foto storiche e foto moderne

Photos by David Griac (jpm) -

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1	2	3	4

5	6	7	8

9	10	11	12

13	14	15	16

17	18	19	20

21	22	23	24

25	26	27	28

29	30	31	32

PHOTOS
AVUS - AUTOMOBIL VERKEHRS UND UBUNG STRASSE

Foto scattate da David Griac (jpm) e pubblicate per gentile concessione

Photos by David Griac (jpm) - June 6^th 2012

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1	2	3	4

Partenza
5	6	7	8

Curva 1 (all'indietro)	Chicane	All'indietro
9	10	11	12

	Curva 3
13	14	15	16

17	18	19	20

	All'indietro
21	22	23	24

25	26	27	28

All'indietro			Disastro
29	30	31	32

Postazione dei commissari
33	34	35	36

37	38	39	40

41	42	43	44

Gravel pit
45	46	47	48

49	50	51	52

Sopraelevata		Schumacher
53	54	55	56

57	58	59	60

Panorama		Uscita Nord
61	62	63	64

			Postazione dei commissari
65	66	67	68

RC Racers		Motel
69	70	71	72

		Entrata box
73	74	75	76

			Box
77	78	79	80

	Linea bianca		Distruttore
81	82	83	84

		Traguardo	Barb wire
85	86	87	88

	Denkmal Nord	Denkmal Nord	Denkmal
89	90	91	92

Denkmal	Denkmal	Denkmal	Denkmal
93	94	95	96

Tribune	Tribune	Tribune	Tribune
97	98	99	100

Tribune	Tribune	Tribune	Hotel
101	102	103	104

Hotel	Hotel	Hotel	Hotel
105	106	107	108

Hotel	Hotel	Hotel	Hotel
109	110	111	112

Infield Umbau	Infield	Infield: paddock	Infield: panorama
113	114	115	116

Infield	notte	notte	Nordkehre Alte (vecchia)
117	118	119	120

Nordkehre	Nordkehre	Nordkehre	Sudkehre
121	122	123	124

Sudkehre	Sudkehre	Sudkehre	Sudkehre '50: non così rettilineo!
125	126	127	128

Sudkehre '50	Sudkehre '50: appena distrutto	Sudkehre '50: ultimi resti	Sudkehre '50
129	130	131	132

Sudkehre '50 (all'indietro)	Sudkehre '50	Sudkehre '50	Curva
133	134	135	136

Curva	Curva	Curva	Curva
137	138	139

Curva	Curva	Curva

Updates
Date	Track layout	Years	Description by	Map by	Thanks to	Note
March 24^th 2024		1951÷1967	Guido de Carli			Update	Description
September 3^rd 2015			Guido de Carli			Update	Description
March 29^th 2013			Guido de Carli		David Griac (jpm)	Update	Photos (on this site)
November 19^th 2008			Guido de Carli	Vasco	Vasco	Update	Description with map
October 2^nd 2008			Guido de Carli			Update	Description
June 17^th 2008			Guido de Carli		Roelard Smit	Update	Photos (link)
May 11^th 2007			Lorenzo Tommasi		Roelard Smit	Update	Description
August 23^rd 2005		1951÷1967	Guido de Carli			Update	Description
November 17^th 2003			Guido de Carli		Uwe Sautter	New	Description
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list

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