Motor Sports

Motor racing, motorcycle racing and speedway are very popular in Austria and the country’s red-white-red colors are to be seen at many international events. Austria offers two racetracks which are very attractive to world-class racing drivers: the “A-I-Ring” near Spielberg in Styria and the “Salzburg-Ring” in the province of Salzburg. Austrians have been particularly successful in motor racing: Jochen Rindt, who suffered a fatal accident in 1970, became the Formula 1 world champion posthumously, and Niki Lauda won this same title in 1975, 1977 and 1984.