Location | Berlin, Germany |
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Time zone | CET (UTC+1) CEST (DST) |
Coordinates | 52°28′50″N 13°15′05″E / 52.48056°N 13.25139°E |
Opened | 24 September 1921 |
Closed | 3 May 1998 |
Major events |
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Grand Prix Circuit with Chicane (1994–1998) | |
Length | 2.660 km (1.653 miles) |
Turns | 6 |
Race lap record | 0:53.440 ( Stefano Modena, Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI, 1994, Class 1 Touring Cars) |
Grand Prix Circuit (1992–1993) | |
Length | 2.639 km (1.640 miles) |
Turns | 4 |
Race lap record | 0:54.920 ( Max Angelelli, Dallara F393, 1993, F3) |
Grand Prix Circuit (1989–1991) | |
Length | 4.879 km (3.032 miles) |
Turns | 4 |
Race lap record | 1:30.050 ( Hans-Joachim Stuck, Audi V8 Quattro, 1991, Group A) |
Grand Prix Circuit with Unbanked Nord Kehre (1968–1988) | |
Length | 8.109 km (5.039 miles) |
Turns | 4 |
Race lap record | 2:02.130 ( Volkert Merl, Porsche 956, 1983, Group C) |
Grand Prix Circuit (1951–1967) | |
Length | 8.300 km (5.157 miles) |
Turns | 4 |
Banking | 43° (Nord Kehre) |
Race lap record | 2:04.500 ( Tony Brooks, Ferrari Dino 246, 1959, F1) |
Grand Prix Circuit (1937–1939) | |
Length | 19.291 km (11.987 miles) |
Turns | 4 |
Banking | 43° (Nord Kehre) |
Race lap record | 4:11.200 ( Bernd Rosemeyer, Auto Union Type C, 1937, GP) |
Original Grand Prix Circuit (1921–1936) | |
Length | 19.569 km (12.160 miles) |
Turns | 4 |
Banking | 10° (Nord Kehre) |
Race lap record | 4:32.000 (Auto Union Type B, Hans Stuck, 1935, GP) |
The Automobil-Verkehrs- und Übungsstraße ('Automobile traffic and training road'), known as AVUS (German pronunciation: [ˈaːvʊs] ), is a public road in Berlin, Germany. Opened in 1921, it was the first automobile-only road,[1][2][3][4][5] served as an inspiration for Piero Puricelli's 1924 autostrada,[6][7][8] and was also used as a motor racing circuit until 1998. Today, the AVUS forms the northern part of the Bundesautobahn 115.