One of the most iconic – and challenging – race tracks in the world, the Nürburgring needs bringing back by F1’s new owners, as a new film makes clear
“No race track ever built is as challenging and there is no greater race to win,” offers Sir Jackie Stewart with the conviction of a man who has faced down that challenge and won. He is talking about the Nürburgring, specifically the Nordschleife – 14 miles and 160 corners when Stewart was driving – which soars and dips through 300m of elevation changes in the forests of the Eifel mountains, as brutally unforgiving as it is awe-inspiring. It was Stewart, a winner three times between 1968 and 1973, who dubbed it “The Green Hell” and his admiration and respect for the track is featured in a fascinating documentary released later this month which has taken his phrase as the title.
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