The Solitude racetrack is a former 11.4086 km (7.0890 mi) race circuit on public roads used for motorsport in Leonberg area, west of Stuttgart, Germany. It is named after Castle Solitude and has hosted various motorcycle and automobile races.

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Solitudering

The route of the race
Location	Solitude Palace, Germany
Time zone	CET (UTC+1) CEST (DST)
Coordinates	48°46′04″N 9°02′45″E
Opened	1935
Closed	1965
Major events	Grand Prix motorcycle racing German motorcycle Grand Prix (1952, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1962, 1964) Sidecar World Championship (1952, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1962, 1964) Solituderennen (1960–1965)
Grand Prix Circuit (1935–1965)
Length	11.4086 km (7.089 miles)
Race lap record	3:49.100 (Jim Clark, Lotus 25, 1963, F1)

Routes

The traditional, used for motorcycle racing track located above the Stuttgart district of Bergheim, but not in the center of the main 11.4086 km (7.0890 mi) long variant of the former racetrack. This results from the start-finish-house at today's ADAC training area, on Seehaus over and then on Glemseck at Leonberg and the Steinbachsee on Katzenbacher yard, past the Stuttgart district of Büsnau to the ground and through the shadows Mahdental back to the start and finish before Glemseck. The section of the shadow base to Glemseck runs in the valley of Glemsford.

• From 1903: First hillclimb track from Stuttgart Westbahnhof up to the Schloss Solitude.
• From 1906: laid off from Westbahnhof to Heslach.
• From 1925: circuit with a length of 22.300 km (13.857 mi), starting and finishing at the castle. Direction: counterclockwise.
• From 1931: round course was shortened with the road through the Mahdental. Start and finish was moved to the west. Direction: clockwise.
• From 1935: Final round course: The 1931 line introduced by the 1931 Mahdental and exuberant form part of the route used by 1965 11.4086 km (7.0890 mi) course. Direction: counterclockwise.
• Around 100-year celebration at 4 km (2.5 mi) short route around the castle, but still at historic track parts
• 2003: Start and finish back at the castle. Drive direction. Only the shortcut through the wildlife park, highway and its access ramp is new.
• 2011: On the work of the initiatives Solitude-Revival and Retro Revival Classic Culture were out in the Automobile Summer 2011 in Baden-Württemberg for the 125th "Birthday" of the Benz Patent Motor Car the streets that belong to the last variant traffic, closed for the weekend. Many visitors could watch historic racing and sports cars from different eras when biking the route.[1]

Motorcycle racing

To 50 cm ³

• 1962: 1 Ernst Degner, Suzuki 2 Hans-Georg Anscheidt, Kreidler
• 1964: 1 Ralph Bryans, Honda 2 Isao Morishita, Suzuki
• 1965: 1 Ernst Degner, Suzuki 2 Hans-Georg Anscheidt, Kreidler

To 125 cc (175 cc)

• 1925: Willy zig, Puch works
• 1926: 175 cc: Arthur Müller, DKW
• 1927: 175 cc: Arthur Geiss, DKW
• 1949: L. Vienatzer, Puch, Puch works
• 1950: Ewald Kluge, DKW
• 1951: Paul Hermann Müller, DKW
• 1952: Werner Haas, NSU
• 1953: Werner Haas, NSU
• 1954: Rupert Hollaus, NSU
• 1955: Karl Lottes, MV Agusta
• 1956: Romolo Ferri, Gilera
• 1962: Luigi Taveri, Honda
• 1964: Honda Jim Redman
• 1965: Ernst Degner, Suzuki

To 250 cc

• 1922: F. Frommholz, NSU
• 1923: H. Schlaginweit, Paque
• 1925: Josef Stelzer, BMW
• 1926: Josef Stelzer, BMW
• 1927: K. Scherer, NSU
• 1928: Arthur Geiss, DKW
• 1929: Kurt Friedrich, DKW
• 1930: Otto Kohfink, Montgomery
• 1931: DKW Arthur Geiss
• 1935: DKW Arthur Geiss
• 1936: DKW Arthur Geiss
• 1937: Ewald Kluge, DKW
• 1949: Otto Daiker, DKW
• 1950: Hein Thorn Prikker, Moto Guzzi
• 1951: Guzzi Enrico Lorenzetti, Moto
• 1952: Rudi rims Heier, DKW
• 1953: Otto Daiker, NSU
• 1954: Werner Haas, NSU
• 1955: Hans Baltisberger, NSU
• 1956: Carlo Ubbiali, MV Agusta
• 1959: Willy Oesterle, Maico (series machines races)
• 1960: Agusta Gary Hocking, MV
• 1961: Jim Redman, Honda
• 1962: Honda Jim Redman
• 1964: Phil Read, Yamaha (this year it was also World Champion)
• 1965: Ginger Molloy, Bultaco

To 350 cc

• 1925: E. Bussinger, A.J.S.
• 1926: Ms. Adam, A.J.S.
• 1927: F. Franconi, Motosacoche
• 1928: Friedrich Messerschmidt, BMW
• 1929: Hans Soénius, BMW
• 1930: Tom Bullus, NSU
• 1931: Jimmie Guthrie, Norton
• 1935: Werner Mellmann, NSU
• 1936: Heiner Fleischmann, NSU
• 1937: Heiner Fleischmann, NSU
• 1949: Wilhelm heart, NSU
• 1950: Heiner Fleischmann, NSU
• 1951: Norton Geoff Duke
• 1952: Reg Armstrong, Norton
• 1953: Siegfried wishes, DKW
• 1954: Ray Amm, Norton
• 1955: Ken Kavanagh, Moto Guzzi – 2 Course: August Hobl, DKW
• 1956: Bill Lomas Moto Guzzi – 2nd Place: August Hobl, DKW
• 1964: Jim Redman, Honda

500 cc

• 1922: M. Mahlenbrei, Triumph
• 1923: J. Mayer, Victoria
• 1925: Rudolf Empire, BMW
• 1926: Ernst Jakob Henne, BMW
• 1927: Hans Thumshirn, Ardie
• 1927: Hans Soénius, BMW
• 1928: BMW Friedrich Messerschmidt
• 1929: Hans Soénius, BMW
• 1930: Tom Bullus, NSU
• 1931: Jimmie Guthrie, Norton
• 1935: Oscar Steinbach, NSU
• 1936: Otto Ley, BMW
• 1937: Kurt Mansfeld, DKW
• 1949: Georg Meier, BMW
• 1950: Heiner Fleischmann, NSU
• 1951: Norton Geoff Duke
• 1952: Reg Armstrong, Norton
• 1953: Georg Meier, BMW
• 1954: Geoff Duke, Gilera
• 1955: Walter Zeller, BMW
• 1956: Reg Armstrong, Gilera
• 1960: John Surtees, MV Agusta
• 1964: Mike Hailwood, MV Agusta (this year it was also World Champion)

To 750 cc

• 1925: V. King Fachsenfeld, Norton
• 1926: Charles Raebel, BMW

To 1000 cm ³

• 1925: Ernst Ißlinger, NSU
• 1926: Paul Koppen, BMW
• 1927: BMW Toni Bauhofer
• 1928: Heck, Harley-Davidson
• 1929: Josef Stelzer, BMW
• 1930: Ernst Zündorf, BMW
• 1931: NSU Paul Rüttchen

500/600/1000 cc sidecar

• 1925: 600 cc: Schwanberger, Norton – 1000 cc: Imholz Harley-Davidson
• 1927: 600 cc: H. Eurich, D-Rad – 1000 cc: H. Dobler, New Imperial
• 1928: 600 cc: Hermann Lang, Standard – 1000 cc: H. Frey, AJS
• 1929: 600 cc: Hermann Lang, Standard – 1000 cc: A. Sitzberger, BMW
• 1935: 600 cc: Hans Kahrmann, DKW – 1000 cc: Charles Brown / Ernst Badsching, Horex
• 1936: 600 cc: Toni Babl, DKW – 1000 cc: Hans Schumann, NSU
• 1937: 600 cc: Brown, DKW – 1000 cc: Zimmermann, DKW
• 1949: 600 cc: Schmidt / agent Meyer, NSU – 1000 cc: Max Klankermeier / Henry Wolz, BMW
• 1950: 600 cc: Hermann Boehm / Karl Fuchs, NSU – 1200 cc: Kraus / Huser, BMW
• 1951: 500 cc: Ludwig Kraus / Bernard Huser, BMW – 750 cc: Eric Oliver / Lorenzo Dobelli, Norton
• 1952: Cyril Smith / Bob Clements, Norton
• 1953: Eric Oliver / Stanley Dibben, Norton
• 1954: Wilhelm Noll / Fritz Cron, BMW
• 1955: Willi fist / Karl Remmert, BMW
• 1956: Wilhelm Noll / Fritz Cron, BMW
• 1960: Helmut Fath / Alfred borage, BMW
• 1961: Max Deubel / Emil horns, BMW
• 1962: Max Deubel / Emil horns, BMW
• 1964: Fritz Scheidegger / John Robinson, BMW
• 1965: Max Deubel / Emil horns, BMW

Automobile races

Automobile races were held less frequently, because the track was extended until mid-1950s wide enough. From 1961 to 1964, on the Solitude racetrack as part of motorcycle racing is not even counting for the World Cup Formula 1 race discharged. Participants or winners here were Hans Herrmann, Innes Ireland, Jim Clark, Dan Gurney, John Surtees, Jack Brabham.

Formula I and II

• 1960 (Formula II):
  • 1 Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips, Ferrari
  • 2 Hans Herrmann, Porsche
  • 3 Joakim Bonnier, Porsche
  • 4 Graham Hill, Porsche
  • 5 Dan Gurney, Porsche
• 1961 (Formula I):
  • 1 Innes Ireland, Lotus
  • 2 Joakim Bonnier, Porsche
  • 3 Dan Gurney, Porsche
  • 4 Bruce McLaren, Cooper
  • 5 Jack Brabham, Cooper
  • 6 Hans Herrmann, Porsche
  • 7 Jim Clark, Lotus
  • 8 Edgar Barth, Porsche
  • 9 Trevor Taylor, Lotus
• 1962 (Formula I):
  • 1 Dan Gurney, Porsche
  • 2 Joakim Bonnier, Porsche
  • 3 Trevor Taylor, Lotus
  • 4 Ian Burgess, Cooper
  • 5 Carel Godin de Beaufort, Porsche
  • 6 Gerhard Mitter, Lotus
  • 7 Heinz Schiller, Porsche
  • 8 Bernard Collomb, Cooper
• 1963 (Formula I):
  • 1 Jack Brabham, Brabham
  • 2 Peter Arundell, Lotus
  • 3 Innes Ireland, B.R.M.
  • 4 Lorenzo Bandini, B.R.M.
  • 5 Gerhard Mitter, Porsche
  • 6 Jim Hall, Lotus
  • 7 Carel Godin de Beaufort, Porsche
  • 8 Bob Anderson, Lola
  • 9 Joakim Bonnier, Cooper
  • 10 Mario Cabral, Cooper
• 1964 (Formula I):
  • 1 Jim Clark, Lotus
  • 2 John Surtees, Ferrari
  • 3 Bob Anderson, Brabham
  • 4 Peter Revson, B.R.M.
  • 5 Joakim Bonnier, Brabham
  • 6 Trevor Taylor, B.R.M.
  • 7 Jo Siffert, B.R.M.
  • 8 Carel Godin de Beaufort, Porsche
  • 9 Mike Hailwood, Lotus
  • 10 Ernst Maring, Kuhnke / Borgward
• 1965 (Formula II):
  • 1 Chris Amon, Lola
  • 2 Alan Rees, Brabham
  • 3 Gerhard Mitter, Brabham
  • 4 Peter Revson, Lotus
  • 5 Kurt Ahrens Jr.., Brabham
  • 6 Mike Beckwith, Brabham
  • 7 Jo Schlesser, Brabham
  • 8 Silvio Moser, Brabham
  • 9 Hans Herrmann, Lotus
  • 10 Eric Offenstadt, Cooper

References

Literature

• Thomas Mehne: Racing at Solitude 1949–1965 – The Competition Cars, Petrolpics 2011, ISBN 394030610X.

External links

• Maintaining the tradition of Solitude
• Swabia prank – 100 Years of Solitude^{[permanent dead link]} (pdf) article in MOTORCYCLE 8/2003
• Solitude racetrack, Part 1 Süddeutsche Zeitung of 1 November 2011
• Solitude racetrack, Part 2 Süddeutsche Zeitung of 1 November 2011
• Solitude racetrack, part 3 Süddeutsche Zeitung of 1 November 2011

References