[Acid09]

Originally Posted by CTD

It's interesting to look at Google Maps:
http://maps.google.com/maps?client=s...ed=0CDUQ8gEwAA
Has the old track been reconstructed!?
The picture is supposed to be from 2011.

That photo must be pre 2002, the new bits aren't even build yet! What you seem to confuse with the new layout is the Querspange, the shortcut that was used for DTM races and such.

The old layout does not exist anymore, the trees that were chopped down for the new layout had to be replaced in the forest.

Here' how the venue looks now:

http://img.fotocommunity.com/images/...-a24514254.jpg

As you can see, the straight that leads up to the Jim Clark chicane is already gone, you can still tell where the Ostkurve was tough... the old layout is gone and it will sadly never come back.