Too fast or too slow? With curbs or without? 2nd or 3rd gear? Approach from the outside or keep tight at corner entry? If you can answer these, you’ve perfected your driving skills.Ĭharacter: this 180-degree bend can be completed at a virtually constant steering angle. On entry, you have to reduce your speed by almost 200 km/h (124 mph) and complete three precise gearshifts.Ĭharacter: the S curve that throws up a host of questions. Type: right-hand turn with slight incline.Ĭharacter: the notorious Loews curve includes the fastest and slowest sections of the circuit. Added to this, there’s the constant switch between understeer and oversteer, and the high g-forces on entry. This extremely long-sweeping turn can be taken quicker than you think due to the almost imperceptible incline on the inside.Ĭharacter: 12 % gradient. Keep as straight as a die, then turn the car and accelerate out of the curbs under full load.Ĭharacter: the curve that never ends. The circuit serves as a test track for PORSCHE’s vehicles and features 11 sequences that have been inspired by other racing circuits around the world.įree run – run wherewere you want on this trackĬharacter: the key to speed is courage – and perfection.
Porsche Test Track is a racing circuit located north west of the German city Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony).
Porsche has been kind enough to show us around.”
“As you may be aware, Leipzig is known for taking the turns and straights from around the world and combining them into one glorious test track.
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