
Automotodróm Slovakia Ring is a motor
racing circuit
A race track (racetrack, racing track or racing circuit) is a facility built for racing of vehicles, athletes, or animals (e.g. horse racing or greyhound racing). A race track also may feature grandstands or concourses. Race tracks are also us ...
in
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 o ...
,
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 ...
in
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 ...
, approximately away from
Bratislava Airport. 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
Mike Parisy in the second, both teams driving in
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG (C197 / R197) is a front mid-engine, 2-seater, limited production grand tourer developed by the Mercedes-AMG division of German automotive manufacturer Mercedes-Benz, with the assistance of David Coulthard. The car is ...
. Many cars flew on the second hill.
; FIA GT1 World Championship
On 10 June 2012, the track hosted the fourth round of the
2012 FIA GT1 World Championship season
The 2012 FIA GT1 World Championship was the third and final season of the SRO Group's FIA GT1 World Championship, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars. The 2012 championship, which opened to GT3 Series Grand Touring cars, featured two title ...
. The winners of the qualifying race were
Filip Salaquarda
Filip Salaquarda (born January 11, 1984 in Prague) is a professional racing driver from the Czech Republic.
Career
Early career
After an early career in karting, Salaquarda began his racing career in 2000 in his native Czech Republic, competing ...
and
Toni Vilander in a
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3
The Ferrari 458 Italia (Type F142) is a Mid-engine design, mid-engine sports car produced by Ferrari. The F458 is the successor of the Ferrari F430, F430, and was first officially unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show#2009, 2009 Frankfurt Motor ...
, and the winners of the championship race were
Michael Bartels
Michael Bartels (born 8 March 1968) is a German professional racing driver. He is a multiple FIA GT champion and former Grand Prix driver who attempted to qualify for four races in with Lotus.
Career
Bartels was the 1985 German karting champio ...
and
Yelmer Buurman in a
BMW Z4 GT3.
; FIA GT Series
On 18 August 2013, the track hosted the fourth round of the
2013 FIA GT Series season
The 2013 FIA GT Series was the first season following on from the demise of the SRO Group's FIA GT1 World Championship, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars. The series underwent changes in 2013, retaining GT3 cars as the mainstay, but cr ...
.
; Blancpain Sprint Series
On 24 August 2014, the track hosted the fourth round of the
2014 Blancpain Sprint Series season, the successor of the
FIA GT Series
The GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup, officially known as Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS for sponsorship reasons, formerly the FIA GT Series, is a sports car racing series organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO) ...
.
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
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calendar. The event took place on 29 April 2012, with
Gabriele Tarquini
Gabriele Tarquini (born 2 March 1962) is an Italian racing driver. He participated in 78 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on May 3, 1987. He scored a single championship point, and holds the record for the most failed attempts to qualify. He ...
winning the first race in a
SEAT León
The SEAT León (), also spelled Leon in some other languages (named after the city of León, Spain, León, which also means "Lion" in Spanish), is a hatchback compact car built by the Spanish car manufacturer SEAT since October 1999.ETKA
The fi ...
and
Robert Huff
Robert Peter "Rob" Huff (born 25 December 1979) is a British professional racing driver. He currently competes in the World Touring Car Cup (WTCR) driving for Zengő Motorsport. He was the 2012 World Touring Car Championship champion and the ...
the second race in a
Chevrolet Cruze
The Chevrolet Cruze is a compact car that is produced by General Motors since 2008. It was designated as a globally developed, designed, and manufactured four-door compact sedan, complemented by a five-door hatchback body variant from 2011, an ...
.
It also hosted the Race of Slovakia in the following
2013 season calendar. The event took place on 28 April 2013, with
Gabriele Tarquini
Gabriele Tarquini (born 2 March 1962) is an Italian racing driver. He participated in 78 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on May 3, 1987. He scored a single championship point, and holds the record for the most failed attempts to qualify. He ...
winning the first race in a
Honda Civic
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, and
Tom Coronel
Tom Romeo Coronel (born 5 April 1972) is a Dutch professional racing driver. Tom's twin brother Tim is also a racer, just like their father Tom Coronel Sr. His most important results are winning the Marlboro Masters of Formula 3 race in 1997, th ...
the second race in
BMW 320 TC
The BMW 320 TC is a racing car built under Super 2000 specifications, which competed in the FIA World Touring Car Championship from 2011 to 2014. The car came into use as a customer car, after BMW ended their WTCC factory program at the end of ...
.
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
Sébastien Loeb in a
Citroën C-Elysée, 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
Yvan Muller
Yvan Muller (born 16 August 1969 in Altkirch, Haut-Rhin) is a French auto racing driver most noted for success in touring car racing. He is a four-time World Touring Car Champion, winning the title in 2008 with SEAT, in 2010 and 2011 with Chev ...
and
Sébastien Loeb, both in
Citroën C-Elysée.
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
Tiago Monteiro
Tiago Vagaroso da Costa Monteiro (; born 24 July 1976) is a Portuguese professional racing driver currently competing in the World Touring Car Cup, driving a Honda Civic TCR for Engstler Motorsport. He competed in Formula One between 2005 an ...
in a
Honda Civic
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in the opening race, and
José María López
José María "Pechito" López (born 26 April 1983) is an Argentine race car driver who is currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Toyota Gazoo Racing and 2014–2016 World Touring Car Champion. He raced in the 2006 GP2 ...
in a
Citroën C-Elysée 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
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 h ...
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
Pepe Oriola
Josep "Pepe" Oriola Vila (born 9 July 1994) is a Spanish racing driver. He became the youngest driver to race in the World Touring Car Championship when he competed in the 2011 season. Oriola is not only the youngest driver to start a WTCC race ...
in a
Cupra León
Cupra Racing, formerly known as SEAT Sport, is the high-performance motorsport subsidiary of the Spanish automobile manufacturer SEAT, founded in 1985, succeeding the "SEAT Special Vehicles department" which had been formed in 1971 with the miss ...
in the first race, and
Gabriele Tarquini
Gabriele Tarquini (born 2 March 1962) is an Italian racing driver. He participated in 78 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on May 3, 1987. He scored a single championship point, and holds the record for the most failed attempts to qualify. He ...
and
Norbert Michelisz
Norbert Michelisz (born 8 August 1984) is a Hungarian auto racing driver and the 2019 winner of the World Touring Car Cup.
Career
Early career
Michelisz was the 2006 Hungarian Suzuki Swift Cup champion, and in 2007 he won the Hungarian Ren ...
in the second and third races, both in
Hyundai i30.
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
FIM Endurance World Championship
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support series. The winners were
Frédéric Vervisch
Frédéric Vervisch ( ; born 10 August 1986 in Kortrijk) is a Belgian racing driver who currently races in the GT World Challenge Europe.
Career
Early career
A winner of numerous karting championships, Vervisch moved to auto racing in 200 ...
(
Audi RS3),
Néstor Girolami (
Honda Civic
The is a series of automobiles manufactured by Honda since 1972. Since 2000, the Civic has been categorized as a compact car, while previously it occupied the subcompact class. , the Civic is positioned between the Honda Fit/City and Hond ...
), and the Chinese driver
Ma Qing Hua (
Alfa Romeo Giulietta).
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
Acceleration 2014, 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
FIA European Truck Racing Championship.
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 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 h ...
.
The track was featured again in the 2022 season, between 2 and 3 July for the 3rd round of the
FIA European Truck Racing Championship
Events
; Current
* May: Porsche Sprint Challenge Central Europe
* June:
FIA European Truck Racing Championship,
TCR Eastern Europe Trophy,
ACCR Formula 4 Championship
Formula 4 CEZ Championship is a formula racing series regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations. The championship is organized and promoted by the Automobile Club of the Czech Republic (ACCR; ) and Krenek Motorsport. The championship w ...
* August: Histo-Cup Austria
; Former
*
Acceleration 2014 ''
2014 Acceleration at Slovakia Ring
Acceleration at Slovakia Ring was the fifth weekend of Acceleration 2014, a multi-day festival combining top class car and bike racing with live music and other entertainment. The festival was organised by the International Sport Racing Associat ...
'' (2014)
*
ADAC GT Masters (2013–2014)
*
Blancpain GT Series (2014)
*
EuroBOSS Series (2010)
*
FIA GT Series
The GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup, officially known as Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS for sponsorship reasons, formerly the FIA GT Series, is a sports car racing series organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO) ...
(2013)
*
FIA GT1 World Championship (2012)
*
FIM Endurance World Championship
The Endurance World Championship ( FIM EWC) is the premier worldwide endurance championship in motorcycle road racing. The championship season consists of a series of endurance races (with a duration of six, eight, twelve or twenty-four hours) ...
''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 s ...
''
FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia'' (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 h ...
''
FIA WTCR 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 Potô ...
'' (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