The circuit, which is located in the "heart of Styria", a green and hilly region in the center of Austria, was built between 1968 and 1969 and hosted the Austrian Grand Prix from 1970 to 1987. The original length was 5.9 Km, but after the works started at the end of 1995 and completed in June 1996, the track was radically modified and now has a length of 4.3 Km.

Whether you want to call it the Red Bull Ring (as it is today), or the A1 Ring as it was the last time the World Championship put its wheels on Austrian soil in 1997, one thing is certain: here you go fast, very fast. On the hills of Spielberg (from the town that hosts the track) or Zeltweg (from the historical military airport of its origins) speed is the master and the data clearly demonstrate this.