That long and very challenging track was the favourite of Ickx, while Stewart had called it the 'Green Hell' as well as being a driving force behind the driver boycott of 1970 that urged the Germans to rework the layout of the track, which had been built in 1927.
O longo e moi difícil circuíto era o favorito de Ickx, mentres que Stewart o chamou o "Inferno Verde", ademais de ser a forza impulsora detrás do boicot dos pilotos en 1970, que instou aos alemáns para volver traballar na reforma da pista, que fora construída en 1927.