Has the Nurburgring track been changed?

[vexor]

Maybe I'm just going blind here, but where is the first U-turn in the F1 nurburgring circuit? Did they change the circuit?

The satellite pics are from Google Earth and they're from 2006.

Track map
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/8719/16244045dbca9.th.jpg (http://img81.imageshack.us/my.php?image=16244045dbca9.jpg)


Satellite view
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/6936/untitled1pu7.th.jpg (http://img81.imageshack.us/my.php?image=untitled1pu7.jpg)

Zoomed in
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/4681/untitled2il7.th.jpg (http://img81.imageshack.us/my.php?image=untitled2il7.jpg)

[saadie]

if i remember correctly ... after the start/finnish strait theres and S bend,
the U turn is after that ..
soo yeah .. i dont see anyting wrong with the track :?

edit :: .. i just checked in GP4 ... at the end of the strait theres a S bend (2nd gear) .. then theres a left hander (2-3 gear) thwen theres the U turn :?
yay ... im confuseed too :oops: :lol:

[stradale]

The part of the track you're talking about is called the Mercedes Arena and was constructed around 2003.

Therefore the Google pictures show the track as it was before 2003. The date applies to the copyright, not the date the pciture was taken.

[vexor]

ah, thanks for clearing it up for me

[EnzoLover]

Hi, can you tell me the place of the track at the google?

[vexor]

50 19'58.74" N 6 56'33.27" E

[EnzoLover]

Tks :D