Automotodróm Slovakia Ring is a motor

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Orechová Potôň Orechová Potôň ( hu, Diósförgepatony, ) is a village and municipality in the Dunajská Streda District in the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1250. Until the end of Worl ...

Dunajská Streda District Dunajská Streda District ( Slovak: ''Okres Dunajská Streda'', Hungarian: ''Dunaszerdahelyi járás'') is a district in the Trnava Region of western Slovakia. Until 1918, the district was mostly part of the county of Kingdom of Hungary of Pozs ...

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

, approximately away from

Bratislava Airport M. R. Štefánik Airport ( sk, Letisko M. R. Štefánika; german: Flughafen M. R. Štefánik) , also called – especially in English – Bratislava Airport ( sk, Letisko Bratislava; german: Flughafen Pressburg or Flughafen Bratislava) or ''Bra ...

. It was built between 2008 and 2009.

Description

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.

Major events

FIA GT Championship and Blancpain Sprint Series

; FIA GT3 European Championship 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

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in the second, both teams driving in

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. Many cars flew on the second hill. ; FIA GT1 World Championship On 10 June 2012, the track hosted the fourth round of the

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. The winners of the qualifying race were

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and

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in a Ferrari 458 Italia GT3, and the winners of the championship race were

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and

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in a

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. ; FIA GT Series On 18 August 2013, the track hosted the fourth round of the

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. ; Blancpain Sprint Series On 24 August 2014, the track hosted the fourth round of the 2014 Blancpain Sprint Series season, the successor of the

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FIA World Touring Car Championship and Cup

On 6 February 2012, it was announced that Slovakia Ring will replace the Argentina race in the 2012 World Touring Car Championship calendar. The event took place on 29 April 2012, with

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winning the first race in a

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and

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the second race in a

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. It also hosted the Race of Slovakia in the following 2013 season calendar. The event took place on 28 April 2013, with

winning the first race in a

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, and

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the second race in

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. The race was featured again as the fourth round of the 2014 season, which took place on 11 May 2014. The winning driver of the first race was

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in a

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, while the second race was cancelled due to heavy rain. In 2015, the race was pushed forward to 21 June, and the two winners were

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and

, both in

. In 2016, it was pulled back to 17 April and the format of the championship was slightly changed, with an opening race with the top grid positions inversed and a second main race with the grid from the qualifying session. The winners were

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in a

in the opening race, and

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in a

in the main race. In 2017, the race was not featured in the series calendar. In 2018, with the new FIA World Touring Car Cup regulations and format, the race was added to the calendar on 7 June, once again as a replacement of the Argentina race. It took place on 13–15 July and the winners were

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in a Cupra León in the first race, and

and

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in the second and third races, both in

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. In 2019, the race was featured as the third round of the racing calendar, in the weekend 10–12 May. All three races took place on Sunday, as the event ran together with the

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support series. The winners were

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(

), and the Chinese driver

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ADAC GT Masters

On 14 and 15 September 2013, the track hosted the seventh round of the 2013 ADAC GT Masters season. Between 8 and 10 August 2014, the track hosted the fifth round of the 2014 ADAC GT Masters season.

Acceleration 2014

Between 4 and 6 July 2014, the Slovakia Ring hosted the fifth weekend of

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, a series of festivals combining top class car and bike racing with music and entertainment.

Touring Car Endurance Series

The first ever 24 hours automobile sport event at the Slovakia Ring was the Hankook 24H SLOVAKIA RING on 15 and 16 June 2016, as part of the Touring Car Endurance Series. The race had a rather close finish. After 24 hours there was just a 20.9 seconds lead for ARC Bratislava by Ferry Monster Autosport. after 2016 Tour Car Endurance Series has not showed back to the event due to low car count.

FIA European Truck Racing Championship

Between 15 and 16 July 2017, the track will host the fourth round of the

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. The track was featured again in the 2018 season, between 14 and 15 July, as a support series of the FIA World Touring Car Cup. The track was featured again in the 2022 season, between 2 and 3 July for the 3rd round of the

Events

; Current * May: Porsche Sprint Challenge Central Europe * June:

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, ACCR Formula 4 Championship * August: Histo-Cup Austria ; Former *

'' 2014 Acceleration at Slovakia Ring'' (2014) *

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(2013–2014) *

Blancpain GT Series GT World Challenge Europe (known as the Blancpain GT Series between 2014 and 2019) is a sports car racing series organised by SRO Motorsports Group. It features grand tourer racing cars modified from production road cars complying with the FIA's G ...

(2014) *

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(2010) *

(2013) *

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(2012) *

''8 Hours of Slovakia Ring'' (2017–2019) *

Sidecar World Championship FIM Sidecar World Championship is the international sidecar racing championship. It is the only remaining original FIM road racing championship class that started in 1949. It was formerly named Superside when the sidecars moved from being part of ...

(2018) *

TCR Europe Touring Car Series The TCR Europe Touring Car Series is an annual touring car racing event that is held at various locations across Europe. The series is run in accordance with the TCR Touring Car regulations with production-based cars that are front-wheel drive and ...

(2021) * Touring Car Endurance Series ''Hankook 24H Slovakia Ring'' (2016) *

World Touring Car Championship The FIA World Touring Car Championship was an international touring car championship promoted by Eurosport Events and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). It has had several different incarnations, including a sin ...

FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia The FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia, currently the FIA WTCR Race of Slovakia, is a former round of the World Touring Car Championship, currently of the World Touring Car Cup, held at the Automotodróm Slovakia Ring, in the village of Orechová Potôň, ...

'' (2012–2016) *

World Touring Car Cup The FIA World Touring Car Cup (abbreviated to WTCR, referring to the use of TCR regulations) was an international touring car championship promoted by Eurosport Events and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). It ...

'' FIA WTCR Race of Slovakia'' (2018–2020)

Parameters

* Track length: (for Variant 4)
(for Variant 4b) * Track width: * Finishing point length: * Finishing point width: * Accelerating testing track length: * Accelerating testing track width:

Lap records

The qualifying and race lap records at the Automotodróm Slovakia Ring are listed as:

Qualifying lap records

Race lap records

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Automotodrom Slovakia Ring Motorsport venues in Slovakia Dunajská Streda District Buildings and structures in Trnava Region Tourist attractions in Trnava Region World Touring Car Championship circuits