---
title: "Drive Wire: Nurburgring 2.0: A Better, Faster, Safer Race Track"
description: "Cars, Culture, and the People Who Make Both. Your Destination for All Things Automotive."
date: "2015-11-17"
modified: "2015-11-17"
authors:
  - name: "The Drive Staff"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/the-drive-staff.md"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/913/drive-wire-nurburgring-2-0-a-better-faster-safer-race-track"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "Racing"
---

# Drive Wire: Nurburgring 2.0: A Better, Faster, Safer Race Track

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On the German speed front, the Nürburgring is getting some improvements … and getting rid of its speed limits! Certain sections of the ring were speed-limited after a tragic accident last March, when a spectator was killed during an endurance race near the Flugplatz section of the track. Now, after installing and upgrading fences, redrawing spectator areas, and smoothing out a few sections of pavement, there will once again be flat-out racing around the ring. And it will be a much safer track. The definition of a win-win.

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