AVUS

Automobil-Verkehrs- und Übungsstraße (AVUS)
Location	Berlin, Germany
Time zone	CET (UTC+1); CEST (DST)
Coordinates	52°28′50″N 13°15′05″E / 52.48056°N 13.25139°E
Opened	24 September 1921
Closed	3 May 1998
Major events	Formula One; German Grand Prix (1926, 1959); Porsche Carrera Cup Germany (1986–1990, 1993, 1995, 1998); Super Tourenwagen Cup (1995–1996); DTM (1984–1995); German F3 (1975–1976, 1983–1985, 1987, 1989–1995); Interserie (1977, 1984–1985, 1987); DRM (1978, 1983, 1985); BMW M1 Procar Championship (1980); European F3 (1976); FIM EWC (1963); World Sportscar Championship (1962);
Grand Prix Circuit with Chicane (1994–1998)
Length	2.660 km (1.653 miles)
Turns	6
Race lap record	0:53.440 ( Stefano Modena, Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI, 1994, Class 1 Touring Cars)
Grand Prix Circuit (1992–1993)
Length	2.639 km (1.640 miles)
Turns	4
Race lap record	0:54.920 ( Max Angelelli, Dallara F393, 1993, F3)
Grand Prix Circuit (1989–1991)
Length	4.879 km (3.032 miles)
Turns	4
Race lap record	1:30.050 ( Hans-Joachim Stuck, Audi V8 Quattro, 1991, Group A)
Grand Prix Circuit with Unbanked Nord Kehre (1968–1988)
Length	8.109 km (5.039 miles)
Turns	4
Race lap record	2:02.130 ( Volkert Merl, Porsche 956, 1983, Group C)
Grand Prix Circuit (1951–1967)
Length	8.300 km (5.157 miles)
Turns	4
Banking	43° (Nord Kehre)
Race lap record	2:04.500 ( Tony Brooks, Ferrari Dino 246, 1959, F1)
Grand Prix Circuit (1937–1939)
Length	19.291 km (11.987 miles)
Turns	4
Banking	43° (Nord Kehre)
Race lap record	4:11.200 ( Bernd Rosemeyer, Auto Union Type C, 1937, GP)
Original Grand Prix Circuit (1921–1936)
Length	19.569 km (12.160 miles)
Turns	4
Banking	10° (Nord Kehre)
Race lap record	4:32.000 (Auto Union Type B, Hans Stuck, 1935, GP)

The Automobil-Verkehrs- und Übungsstraße ('Automobile traffic and training road'), known as AVUS (German pronunciation: [ˈaːvʊs] ^ⓘ), is a public road in Berlin, Germany. Opened in 1921, it was the first automobile-only road,^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] which served as an inspiration for Piero Puricelli's 1924 autostrada.^[5]^[6] It also was used as a motor racing circuit until 1998. Today, the AVUS forms the northern part of the Bundesautobahn 115.

^ "The AVUS". Stadtmuseum Berlin. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^ Liesemeijer, Herman (28 June 2018). "AVUS Berlin: A most remarkable street circuit". Circuits of the Past.
^ Schulz, Ulf; Wedemeyer, Sven (2021). AVUS 100: Ein rasantes Jahrhundert (in German). Presetl.
^ "Avus highway | German expressway". Encyclopædia Britannica.
^ Schütz, Erhard; Gruber, Eckhard (1996). Mythos Reichsautobahn: Bau und Inszenierung der 'Straßen des Führers' 1933–1941 (in German). Berlin: Links. pp. 31–32. ISBN 978-386153117-3.
^ Kunze, Thomas; Stommer, Rainer (1982). "Geschichte der Reichsautobahn". In Stommer, Rainer; Philipp, Claudia Gabriele (eds.). Reichsautobahn: Pyramiden des Dritten Reichs. Analysen zur Ästhetik eines unbewältigten Mythos (in German). Marburg: Jonas. pp. 22–47. ISBN 9783922561125.

[1] "The AVUS". Stadtmuseum Berlin. Retrieved 26 July 2024.

[2] Liesemeijer, Herman (28 June 2018). "AVUS Berlin: A most remarkable street circuit". Circuits of the Past.

[3] Schulz, Ulf; Wedemeyer, Sven (2021). AVUS 100: Ein rasantes Jahrhundert (in German). Presetl.

[4] "Avus highway | German expressway". Encyclopædia Britannica.

[5] Schütz, Erhard; Gruber, Eckhard (1996). Mythos Reichsautobahn: Bau und Inszenierung der 'Straßen des Führers' 1933–1941 (in German). Berlin: Links. pp. 31–32. ISBN 978-386153117-3.

[6] Kunze, Thomas; Stommer, Rainer (1982). "Geschichte der Reichsautobahn". In Stommer, Rainer; Philipp, Claudia Gabriele (eds.). Reichsautobahn: Pyramiden des Dritten Reichs. Analysen zur Ästhetik eines unbewältigten Mythos (in German). Marburg: Jonas. pp. 22–47. ISBN 9783922561125.

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