rec.autos.simulators

by **Green Gian** » Wed, 18 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Where exactly in Berlin was this track located? And my
other question is does it still exsist.

by **Matthias Fla** » Thu, 19 Aug 1999 04:00:00

On Tue, 17 Aug 1999 20:25:07 -0500, Green Giant

>Where exactly in Berlin was this track located?

Leading from the Funkturm in the west straight to the south west, near
lake Wannsee.

It's a public road, and does still exist.The banked north kurve was
destroyed and replaced by a flat turn.
But no more racing there, the farewell event was AFAIR several months
ago. The (wooden) grandstand was declared a monument.
The new Lausitzring is supposed to be a kind of replacement for the
AVUS.

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by **Olav K. Malm** » Thu, 19 Aug 1999 04:00:00

> On Tue, 17 Aug 1999 20:25:07 -0500, Green Giant

> >Where exactly in Berlin was this track located?
> Leading from the Funkturm in the west straight to the south west, near
> lake Wannsee.

> >And my other question is does it still exsist.
> It's a public road, and does still exist.The banked north kurve was
> destroyed and replaced by a flat turn.

When was that ? I remeber my dad showed me the banked turn when i was in Berlin
in 89. That sight kind of triggered my historic F1 interest, which was really
boosted by GPL :) I still get a weird feeling when thinking of AVUS, so guess
I'm looking forward to Spirit of Speed :)

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by **Vinc** » Thu, 19 Aug 1999 04:00:00

On Tue, 17 Aug 1999 20:25:07 -0500, Green Giant

>Where exactly in Berlin was this track located? And my
>other question is does it still exsist.

According to Tracks Around the World :

At that time, Avus still incorporated the steeply banked north bend,
linking two parallel straights (part of the Autobahn); there was a new
flat south curve as the Berlin zonal border cut across the pre-war
track. With the north bend, the lap distance was 5.15miles/8.29km,
less from 1967 (3.030 miles/4.99km).

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by **Green Gian** » Thu, 19 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Thanks a lot for the info. If I had known that the grandstands were part
of the track I would have taken a picture of them on the bus tour.
Another question is how close did it get to Wannsee, because that is where
I stayed during my trip to Berlin.

> On Tue, 17 Aug 1999 20:25:07 -0500, Green Giant

> >Where exactly in Berlin was this track located?
> Leading from the Funkturm in the west straight to the south west, near
> lake Wannsee.

> >And my other question is does it still exsist.
> It's a public road, and does still exist.The banked north kurve was
> destroyed and replaced by a flat turn.
> But no more racing there, the farewell event was AFAIR several months
> ago. The (wooden) grandstand was declared a monument.
> The new Lausitzring is supposed to be a kind of replacement for the
> AVUS.

> --
> Matthias Flatt

by **Alex Collingrid** » Mon, 23 Aug 1999 04:00:00

If you look carefully you can still see the 'new' south curve on the
carriageway heading out of Berlin: when I passed it at Easter it was used as a
storage layby for motorway maintanance junk, but the curve was very noticeable
and just like the pictures I have of it.

>Subject: Re: Avus GP Circuit

>Date: Wed, 18 August 1999 07:00 AM EDT

>On Tue, 17 Aug 1999 20:25:07 -0500, Green Giant

>>Where exactly in Berlin was this track located? And my
>>other question is does it still exsist.

>According to Tracks Around the World :

>At that time, Avus still incorporated the steeply banked north bend,
>linking two parallel straights (part of the Autobahn); there was a new
>flat south curve as the Berlin zonal border cut across the pre-war
>track. With the north bend, the lap distance was 5.15miles/8.29km,
>less from 1967 (3.030 miles/4.99km).

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