Waiting at Solitude
07/24/2011
The Solitude is a race track with a long tradition; motorcycles first raced in Stuttgart as early as 1922 and the transformation from hill climb to circuit took place in 1925.
This year, the Solitude Revival is being held yesterday (July 23, 2011) and today (July 24, 2011) to pay homage to this long tradition. This shows why today's race tracks are no longer a good eleven kilometers long, but usually only four to six kilometers. While the Formula 1 cars in the 1960s lapped the track in just under 3 minutes 50 seconds (179 km/h average), in modern times (revival) with pace cars and safety regulations, 8 to 10 minutes or more is more likely. Of course, the spectators see nothing in between. And if the races are only two or three laps long, the field doesn't stretch out. So you have to wait.
We also had to wait between the runs, sometimes for quite a long time.
And the marshals also had to wait on the first day of the race, as did the photographers and journalists.
The Beer Queen of Baden-Würthenberg also had to wait when the pre-war sports car ran out of gas on the hill.
But the wait was worth it, where else can you see David Piper driving his green Porsche 917 ...
... and two Porsche monopostos (718 and 804) at full speed? And the field of vehicles also offered many other trouvailles, more about this in a detailed report
Back to the waiting. The drivers also had to wait a lot, be it before the races, in the line-up, when returning to the "pits" or even on the track when traffic jams formed. But I am sure that the beautiful natural circuit made up for all the waiting.
It should not be forgotten that the majority of the races at Solitude were actually motorcycle races, which is why a Norton and a BMW sidecar are shown here, as well as a picture of the atmosphere.
