The Formula 1 and MotoGP weekends add stands and general admission areas around the lap, which vary by event. The best known viewing spot, according to Formula 1, is the Nord grandstand, built around the outside of the former Bosch Kurve, with a wide view across much of the track. The natural slope of the bowl gives spectators on the hillside a clear view of the action.
The Red Bull Ring is a permanent circuit at Spielberg in Styria, Austria, home of the Austrian Grand Prix for Formula 1 and MotoGP. It grew from the Osterreichring, opened in 1969, which Hermann Tilke shortened into the A1 Ring, opened in 1996. The lap is 4.326 km with ten corners (seven right, three left), and the Grand Prix runs 71 laps. Named turns include T1 Niki Lauda Turn, T2 Munzer Chicane, T3 Interwetten Turn, T4 Rauch Turn, T7 Graz Turn and T9 Jochen Rindt Turn, and a chicane added in 2022 is used only by MotoGP and its support series. The steepest climb, 12 percent, is at the Munzer Chicane, and the steepest drop is 9.3 percent. Three long straights end in hard braking zones, the first half linked by uphill right handers, with a fast middle section and quick corners on the way back down. T10 leads onto the 626 m start and finish straight. The circuit sits in a natural bowl, so the slope gives spectators a clear view over much of the lap.
