Circuit · Berlin, Germany

AVUS

One Grand Prix, in 1959, run in two heats. Jean Behra was killed in a supporting sports-car race.

Championship races
1
Seasons
19591 season
Length
8.3 kmcurrent layout
Turns
4
Direction
clockwise
Type
permanent
F1DB layout avus-1 · 8.3 km · 4 turns, F1DB’s figures · 1959 · 1 round
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Two long parallel straights joined by a 43-degree banked brick wall turn

Most wins here

Most wins here
DriverWinsSpan
Tony Brooks11959

Constructors here

Constructors here
ConstructorWinsSpan
Ferrari11959

Where winners start here

The one race won here. No layout timeline is recorded for this circuit.

Won from first on the grid
1 of 1 (100%), against 6 of 9 (67%) at every circuit, 1959
Won from the first two slots
1 of 1 (100%), against 6 of 9 (67%) at every circuit
Lowest winning grid slot
1st — Tony Brooks, 1959
Most wins by a driver
Tony Brooks, 1
Most wins by a team
Ferrari, 1
11959 Tony Brooks, Ferrari, from 1st211959 Tony Brooks, Ferrari, from 1st2

A dot is a race won from that slot; over eight, the box shows the count. Boxes stand two abreast, as grids do now. Coloured by winner: the entrant’s national racing colour, not the team’s.

Where winners start here
Grid slotWinsRaces won
1st11959 Tony Brooks (Ferrari)

Race by race

  1. 1950s
    1. 1959 German Grand Prix Ferrari 1st

Every race here 1

Held here as the German Grand Prix (1 race).

Every race here
SeasonGrand PrixLayoutWinnerConstructor
1959German Grand Prix—Tony BrooksFerrari

Where this comes from

Official name
Automobil-Verkehrs- und Ubungsstrasse
Location
Berlin, Germany
Confidence
high