Circuit info
Zeltweg
We don't have our own real GPS-telemetry-based 3D model for this circuit (typically a pre-2023 or discontinued venue). The outline below is a freely usable, hand-drawn circuit diagram.This layout was in use during: 1964.Circuit diagram: ROY Jules (julesr0y) (CC BY 4.0). source & licenseOther known layouts at this circuit: 1964Interesting facts
The Zeltweg circuit was built in 1957 in Styria on the runways and service roads of an air base, following the example of Silverstone, another circuit converted from a wartime airfield. The only Formula 1 World Championship race held there, the Austrian Grand Prix, took place on 4 October 1964; Dan Gurney set the fastest lap in a Brabham BT7. The rough, abrasive concrete surface was brutal on tyres and cars, a major reason the track closed for good in 1969 once the purpose-built Österreichring opened nearby. Today the site is the main base of the Austrian Air Force and hosts the biennial AirPower air show. Only nine of the twenty starters finished the 1964 Austrian Grand Prix: pole-sitter Graham Hill retired after just five laps with a distributor failure, Jim Clark went out on lap 40 with transmission trouble, and the race was won by Lorenzo Bandini's Ferrari from seventh on the grid. That race also marked the Formula 1 debut of local hero Jochen Rindt, who retired with steering failure on lap 58, one of the last big moments at Zeltweg before it closed for good in 1969. The circuit is located in Styria, Austria. Only one Formula 1 race has been held here so far, in 1964, won by Lorenzo Bandini.
Circuit history
The only Formula 1 race held here (1964) was won by Lorenzo Bandini.