7 Osterreichring (1970-1987)

We know that the Red Bull Ring holds the Austrian Grand Prix these days, but from 1970 to 1986 it was held at the same location yet with a very different challenge at what was then called the Osterreichring.

Its fine Styrian scenery and gradient is familiar from the modern location, but Osterreichring’s 3.7mile circuit layout was one of near-constant majesty, all fast, long and dazzling turns topped by the celebrated Bosch-Kurve. The track’s average speed rivalled oldschool Silverstone.

It also had a habit of providing unusual GP winners: Vittorio Brambilla got his only win here in 1975, then Penske’s

John Watson in 1976 and Shadow’s Alan Jones in 1977 took their teams’ only wins. Elio de Angelis claimed his first win – and Lotus’s last on Colin Chapman’s watch – in 1982.