Automotodróm Slovakia Ring
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| Location | Orechová Potôň, Slovakia |
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| Architect | Hans Roth |
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FIA GT1 World Championship FIA GT3 European Championship FIA World Touring Car Championship ADAC GT Masters EuroBOSS Series |
| Length | 5.922 km (3.680 mi) |
| Turns | 14 |
| Lap record | 1:41.600 (Sam Bird, ISR Racing, 2012) |
| Website | slovakiaring |
Automotodróm Slovakia Ring is a motor racing circuit in Orechová Potôň, Dunajská Streda District in Slovakia, approximately 30 km away from Bratislava Airport. It was built between 2008 and 2009.Sam Bird set the current track record on 5 September 2012, during a testing session. He completed a lap in 1:41.600 in his Dallara T12 of Formula Renault 3.5 Series (2012) prepared by ISR Racing.
New Zealand race car driver Matt Halliday suggested that the rear engine Porsches struggled with Slovakia Ring's long radius corners with much less front aerodynamics than the other cars. A major feature of the circuit is a prominent hump on one of the straights that causes some cars to fly with the front wheels off the ground. Only one car has flipped over entirely and crashed after going over the hump at a high speed. Prior to start of the 2014 season the hump between turns 2 and 3 was rebuilt.
On 21 August 2011, the track hosted the fifth round of the 2011 FIA GT3 European Championship season. Winners of the two 29-lap races were Dominik Baumann and Brice Bosi in the first, and Philippe Giauque and Mike Parisy in the second, both teams driving in Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG. Lots of cars flew on second hill.
On 10 June 2012, the track hosted the fourth round of the 2012 FIA GT1 World Championship season. The winners of the qualifying race were Filip Salaquarda and Toni Vilander in a Ferrari 458 Italia GT3, and the winners of the championship race were Michael Bartels and Yelmer Buurman in a BMW Z4 GT3.
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