AVUS began as a high-speed experimental motorway in Berlin and opened for racing in 1921. By its only World Championship appearance in 1959, the circuit was essentially two long straights joined by hairpins, with the notorious brick banking already central to its legend.
The 1959 German Grand Prix was uniquely run in two heats and won on aggregate by Tony Brooks. The weekend's darker legacy was Jean Behra's fatal accident in a sports-car support race on the banking.
Across 8.300 km, its 4 corners create a distinct rhythm between braking, precision and acceleration. As a road circuit, it asks drivers and teams to adapt setup, tyre management and race strategy to the venue's particular constraints, while its anti-clockwise direction shapes the sequence of its most demanding sectors.
