Racetracks

Made for professionals

Motorsport fans from all over the world celebrate when their drivers win Formula 1, Touring Car Championship, sports car series and MotoGP races. But in order for these races to be able to take place at all, you first need a professionally designed track. Racetrack construction is extremely challenging. The same applies to the rehabilitation of these high-speed circuits. The surface is usually made of asphalt.

Regardless of whether for racetrack construction or racetrack rehabilitation – reliable machine technology is required. A number of companies around the world are specialists in this field – and they often use machines and systems from the Wirtgen Group for the construction or rehabilitation of racetracks and test tracks. The asphalt for these tracks is produced, for example, in Benninghoven mixing plants. Mobile feeders and asphalt pavers from Vögele guarantee maximum quality when paving the asphalt on many circuits. Hamm rollers are responsible for ensuring optimum compaction in the racetrack construction process. And Wirtgen cold milling machines, cold recyclers and soil stabilisers regularly rehabilitate racetracks that must withstand extreme loads.

New racetrack construction

Racetracks’ longitudinal slope is regulated in relation to the speed. For example, the starting straight is not permitted to have a slope of more than 2%. To facilitate drainage, the cross slope should be between 1.5% and 3%. The curves are not allowed to be banked at an incline of more than 10%. Above all else, racetracks are designed so that drivers are met with challenging circuits where they can fully exploit their own and their cars’ potential.

New racetrack construction
Racetrack rehabilitation

If the road surface is no longer even – one of the most important characteristics of a good racetrack – it has to be repaired. The rehabilitation of these sophisticated circuits often needs to be completed in record time to ensure that the racetracks are ready for the start of the new season.

Racetrack rehabilitation
Job Reports

Three Vögele pavers have modernised Circuit Zandvoort in preparation for the Dutch Grand Prix.

Race track rehabilitation in Zandvoort

During the high-specification rehabilitation of the race track in Zandvoort, the paving team counted on three SUPER 1900-3i machines and VÖGELE’s expertise in applications.

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At the Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama, two W 210 Fi from Wirtgen efficiently put their 756 hp to the pavement – a perfect example of cost-effective milling.

F Series in Pole Position in North America

Millimeter accuracy is paramount on a track where every thousandth of a second counts, which is why, when it was time to rehabilitate the pavement, the client took the opportunity to re-profile the track, too.

A fresh grip at 90

Fifteen HAMM rollers guaranteed asphalt compaction at the highest level when building the Formula 1 racetrack in Baku.

Race track in Baku

Tight corners, high-speed straights, and a section that twists through a luxury hotel. Wirtgen Group machines were in pole position at the Yas Marina Circuit.

Formula 1 – Abu Dhabi

The world’s best drivers battled for the championship title at the Race of Champions in Wembley. Wirtgen Group machines paved the racetrack with asphalt surfacing.

Race of Champions – London