Editing Nürburgring (section)

===1984: New Grand Prix track===
[[File:Circuit Nürburgring-1995-GP.svg|thumb|The 'GP Strecke' circuit layout in 1985]]
[[File:Circuit Nürburgring-2002-vs-1927.svg|thumb|Complete distance of 2002 in comparison with the track of 1927]]
[[File:Nürburgring Luftaufnahme 2004.jpg|thumb|Aerial photograph of GP-Strecke]]
The new track was completed in 1984 and named ''GP-Strecke'' ({{langx|de|Großer Preis-Strecke}}: literally, "''Grand Prix Course''"). It was built to meet the highest safety standards. However, it was considered in character a mere shadow of its older sibling. Some fans, who had to sit much farther away from the track, called it ''Eifelring'', ''[[Ersatz]]ring'', ''[[Alliance '90/The Greens|Grüne]]ring'' or similar nicknames, believing it did not deserve to be called Nürburgring. Like many circuits of the time, it offered few overtaking opportunities.

Prior to the [[2013 German Grand Prix]] both [[Mark Webber (racing driver)|Mark Webber]] and [[Lewis Hamilton]] said they liked the track. Webber described the layout as "an old school track" before adding, "It's a beautiful little circuit for us to still drive on so I think all the guys enjoy driving here." While Hamilton said "It's a fantastic circuit, one of the classics and it hasn't lost that feel of an old classic circuit."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ausringers.com/2013/07/07/some-love-for-the-grand-prix-circuit.html|title=Some love for the Grand Prix circuit|publisher=AUSringers.com|access-date=7 July 2013}}</ref>

To celebrate its opening, an exhibition race was held on 12 May. The [[1984 Nürburgring Race of Champions]] featured an array of notable drivers driving identical [[Mercedes 190|Mercedes 190E 2.3–16]]'s: the line-up was [[Elio de Angelis]], [[Jack Brabham]] (Formula 1 World Champion 1959, 1960, 1966), [[Phil Hill]] (1961), [[Denis Hulme]] (1967), [[James Hunt]] (1976), [[Alan Jones (racing driver)|Alan Jones]] (1980), [[Jacques Laffite]], [[Niki Lauda]] (1975, 1977)*, [[Stirling Moss]], [[Alain Prost]]*, [[Carlos Reutemann]], [[Keke Rosberg]] (1982), [[Jody Scheckter]] (1979), [[Ayrton Senna]]*, [[John Surtees]] (1964) and [[John Watson (racing driver)|John Watson]]. [Drivers marked with * won the Formula 1 World Championship subsequent to the race]. Senna won ahead of Lauda, Reutemann, Rosberg, Watson, Hulme and Jody Scheckter, being the only one to resist Lauda's performance who – having missed the qualifying – had to start from the last row and overtook all the others except Senna.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pistonheads.com/news/24769.htm|title=Result list of the Nürburgring Mercedes 190 exhibition race of 12 May 1984|publisher=PistonHeads.com|access-date=11 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616182045/http://www.pistonheads.com/news/24769.htm|archive-date=16 June 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=1984CelebRace_print>{{cite book |title=Rallye Racing June 1984 |publisher=Rallye Racing }}</ref> There were nine former and two future Formula 1 World Champions competing, in a field of 20 cars with 16 Formula 1 drivers; the other four were local drivers: [[Klaus Ludwig]], [[Manfred Schurti]], [[Udo Schütz]] and [[Hans Herrmann]].

Besides other major international events, the Nürburgring has seen the brief return of [[Formula One]] racing, as the [[1984 European Grand Prix]] was held at the track, followed by the [[1985 German Grand Prix]]. As F1 did not stay, other events are now the highlights at the new Nürburgring, including the [[1000km Nürburgring]], [[Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters|DTM]], motorcycles, and newer types of events, like [[truck racing]], [[Historic motorsport|vintage car racing]] at the [[AvD]] "Oldtimer Grand Prix", and even the "[[Rock am Ring]]" concerts.

Following the success and first world championship of [[Michael Schumacher]], a second German F1 race was held at the Nürburgring between 1995 and 2006, called the [[European Grand Prix]], or in 1997 and 1998, the [[Luxembourg Grand Prix]].

For 2002, the track was changed, by replacing the former "[[Castrol]]-chicane" at the end of the start/finish straight with a sharp right-hander (nicknamed "[[Norbert Haug|Haug-Hook]]"), in order to create an overtaking opportunity. Also, a slow [[Omega]]-shaped section was inserted, on the site of the former kart track. This extended the GP track from {{convert|4.556|to|5.148|km|mi|abbr=on}}, while at the same time, the Hockenheimring was shortened from {{convert|6.823|to|4.574|km|mi|abbr=on}}.

Both the Nürburgring and the [[Hockenheimring]] events lost money due to high and rising Formula One licence fees charged by [[Bernie Ecclestone]] and low attendance due to high ticket prices;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/german-promoter-not-willing-to-pay-f1-hosting-fee-ecclestone/a-18294624-0|title=German promoter 'not willing to pay F1 hosting fee': Ecclestone|publisher=Reuters|date=6 March 2015|website=Deutsche Welle|access-date=19 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jalopnik.com/nurburgring-willing-to-lose-money-to-host-the-f1-german-1688060056|title=Nürburgring Willing To Lose Money To Host The F1 German Grand Prix|last=Schrader|first=Stef|date=25 February 2015|website=Jalopnik|access-date=19 July 2019}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=November 2011}} starting with the [[2007 Formula One season]], Hockenheim and Nürburgring alternated in hosting the German GP.
[[File:Nurburgring mercedes.jpg|thumb|Rain clouds gather over the ''Ring'' during the [[2011 German Grand Prix]].]]
In Formula One, [[Ralf Schumacher]] collided with his teammate [[Giancarlo Fisichella]] and his brother at the start of the [[1997 Luxembourg Grand Prix|1997]] race which was won by [[Jacques Villeneuve]]. In [[1999 European Grand Prix|1999]], in changing conditions, [[Johnny Herbert]] managed to score the only win for the team of former ''Ringmeister'' [[Jackie Stewart]]. One of the highlights of the 2005 season was [[Kimi Räikkönen]]'s spectacular exit while in the last lap of [[2005 European Grand Prix|the race]], when his suspension gave way after being rattled lap after lap by a [[flat spot|flat-spotted]] tyre that was not changed due to the short-lived [[history of Formula One regulations#2000s|'one set of tyres']] rule.

Prior to the 2007 European Grand Prix, the ''Audi S'' (turns 8 and 9) was renamed ''Michael Schumacher S'' after [[Michael Schumacher]]. Schumacher had retired from Formula One the year before, but returned in 2010, and in 2011 became the second Formula One driver to drive through a turn named after them (after [[Ayrton Senna]] driving his "S for Senna" at [[Autódromo José Carlos Pace]]).