Track Length                     4.241 km (2.635 mi) Bends                                15 Straights                            4 (the longest being at start/finish which is 750m) Incline                                maximum 3,8% Decline                              maximum 1,8% Altitude difference             ca 25 m (82 ft) Altitude                              648.3 m (2,127 ft) to 670.6 m (2,200 ft) Boxes                                31 1968              Groundbreaking ceremony 1969              Opening with a combined car and motorbike race 1970              First Grand Prix of Austria for Motorbikes 1971              First FIM Motorbike World Championship race 2012–2014     Touring Car World Championships 2013              First Electric Love Festival which, in 2018, brought 180,000 attendees to the track 2019              50thanniversary The race track was first opened in 1969.

In spite of its simple layout, it garnered a fearsome reputation for the high speeds reached on the straights and the "Fahrerlagerkurve".

Michael Doohan describes the section between 7 and 10 as his all time favorite piece of racetrack, likening it to "threading a motorcycle through the eye of a needle at 290 km/h (180 mph) whilst banging fairings with your competitors with armco barriers on each side".

Giacomo Agostini and Angel Nieto are the all-time leaders in motorcycle Grand Prix victories at the circuit, with six wins apiece.

In 2008, the circuit played host to the then one-off European Touring Car Cup, with the event being won by Michel Nykjaer.