Solitude Racetrack

Solitudering
The route of the race
LocationSolitude Palace, Germany
Time zoneCET (UTC+1)
CEST (DST)
Coordinates48°46′04″N 9°02′45″E / 48.76778°N 9.04583°E / 48.76778; 9.04583
Opened1935
Closed1965
Major eventsGrand Prix motorcycle racing
German motorcycle Grand Prix (1952, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1962, 1964)
Sidecar World Championship
(1952, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1962, 1964)
Solituderennen (1960–1965)
Websitehttps://solitude-revival.org/
Grand Prix Circuit (1935–1965)
Length11.4086 km (7.089 miles)
Race lap record3:49.100 (Jim Clark, Lotus 25, 1963, F1)
Control tower at the start-finish line in Mahdental

The Solitude racetrack is an 11.4 km (7.1 mi) race circuit on public roads used for motorsport in the Leonberg area, west of Stuttgart, Germany. It is named after Castle Solitude and until 1965 has hosted various motorcycle and automobile races.