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HOCKENHEIM // 23rd - 25th JULY 2010
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CIRCUIT DATA

Circuit length: 4.574 km
Laps: 67
Distance: 306.458 km
Lap record: 1:13.780 min // 2004 - Kimi Raikkonen - Mclaren Mercedes



WEATHER CONDITIONS

F1 TIMETABLE (cet)

Fri 23 July 2010
Practice 1 10:00 - 11:30
Practice 2 14:00 - 15:30

Sat 24 July 2010
Practice 3 11:00 - 12:00
Qualifying 14:00

Sun 25 July 2010
Race 14:00

PREVIOUS WINNERS

2009 - Mark Webber - RedBull Renault
2008 - Lewis Hamilton - Mclaren Mercedes
2006 - Michael Schumacher - Ferrari
2005 - Fernando Alonso - Renault
2004 - Michael Schumacher - Ferrari

DRIVER STANDINGS

01 // Lewis Hamilton 145
02 // Jenson Button 133
03 // Mark Webber 128
04 // Sebastian Vettel 121
05 // Fernando Alonso 98
06 // Nico Rosberg 90
07 // Robert Kubica 83
08 // Felipe Massa 67
09 // Michael Schumacher 36
10 // Adrian Sutil 35

CONSTRUCTOR STANDINGS

01 // McLaren-Mercedes 278
02 // RBR-Renault 249
03 // Ferrari 165
04 // Mercedes GP 126
05 // Renault 89
06 // Force India-Mercedes 47
07 // Williams-Cosworth 31
08 // BMW Sauber-Ferrari 15
09 // STR-Ferrari 10
10 // Lotus-Cosworth 0

ONBOARD LAP

2006 - Kimi Raikkonen - Mclaren Mercedes


CIRCUIT HISTORY

[spoiler]The Hockenheim circuit was built in 1939 as a high-speed test track for Mercedes-Benz who needed a venue to test for the Tripoli Grand Prix. The original track was almost 8 kilometres long and was formed of two long curved straights with a long corner at either end.

When war broke out the construction was halted and in the post-war Germany the Nurburgring became the venue for Formula One, with Hockenheim hosting a few smaller events. When a plan to build an Autobahn through the circuit was approved, the government supplied Hockenheim with a large sum by way of compensation. This money was used to build a new circuit, the now famous Hockenheim circuit which cut through the forest before looping into the wonderful stadium section around which large grandstands were erected.

In 1968 Hockenheim hit the headlines when Jim Clark was killed there in an F2 race. Nevertheless, Formula One came to the track in 1970 as the Nurburgring was quickly becoming outdated. Once the Nurburgring had been updated however the sport returned there, leaving Hockenheim with national and F2 events.

In 1976, Niki Lauda suffered horrific burns at the Nurburgring and from that point on Hockenheim became the home of the German Grand Prix. In 1980 Patrick Depailler was killed in testing at the track, and a chicane was put in to break up the fast Ostkurve. Didier Pironi suffered terrible injuries to his legs in an accident in 1982, though Patrick Tambay brought the Ferrari team some consolation with a win that weekend.

Ever since the debut of Michael Schumacher, the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim has been one of the most atmospheric races of the season, the noise in the stadium section being quite deafening at times. In 2002 the long runs through the forest were done away with and the layout of the track was heavily modified. Despite arguments that it had lost some of its character, the first race at the new track, in 2002, was deemed a great success and has remained a regular feature on the Formula One calendar ever since.

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COMPLETE TIMETABLE

[spoiler]Thursday 22nd July
Formula One Press Conference - Press Room 15:00
Promoter activity Pit Lane Walk for 3-Day Ticket Holders & Track Tours 17:00 - 19:00

Friday 23rd July
Formula BMW Practice Session 08:50 - 09:15
Formula One Practice 1 10:00 - 11:30
GP2 Practice Session 11:55 - 12:25
Formula BMW Qualifying Session 12:50 - 13:15
Formula One Practice 2 14:00 - 15:30
GP2 Qualifying Session 15:55 - 16:25
GP3 Practice Session 16:50 - 17:20
Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Practice Session 17:45 - 18:30

Saturday 24th July
Formula One Team Pit Stop Practice 08:00 - 08:30
GP3 Qualifying Session 08:45 - 09:15
Formula BMW First Race (11 Laps or 25 Mins) 09:45 - 10:15
Formula One Practice 3 11:00 - 12:00
Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Qualifying Session 12:25 - 12:55
Formula One Qualifying 14:00
GP2 First Race (38 Laps or 60 Mins) 15:40 - 16:45
GP3 First Race (18 Laps or 30 Mins) 17:20 - 17:55
Formula One Demonstration Laps - Safety Car 18:10 - 18:20

Sunday 25th July
Formula BMW Second Race (11 Laps or 25 Mins) 08:30 - 09:00
GP3 Second Race (18 Laps or 30 Mins) 09:25 - 10:00
GP2 Second Race (27 Laps or 45 Mins) 10:35 - 11:25
Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Race (14 Laps or 30 Mins) 11:45 - 12:20
Formula One Drivers Track Parade 12:30
Promoter activity Stunt Riders 12:40 - 12:50
Formula One Starting Grid Presentation 12:45 - 13:15
Formula One National Anthem 13:46
Formula One Race 14:00 [/spoiler]

They did not correct the grammatical error in the official title of the event.

I'd like to go there on Friday but I don't know yet whether I'll be able to - anyone else going?

As the cars have so much downforce this year, I'm wondering if turn 1 could possibly be taken flat-out.

I really hope you'll have acces to all the grandstands on friday...

What is it?



I'm going for sure I'm already so freakin' pumped about it



I don't think so. Look on the ticket, it says: "seat numbering from Friday through Sunday". It was the same thing two years ago. Unfortunately.

It should be called "Grosser Santander Preis von Deutschland" rather than "Grosser Preis Santander" which is actually kinda dumb.

I look forward to Hockenheim German GP's more than Nurburgring

It's not the greatest track, and I'm sure many pages of the thread will be devoted to how much we miss the old long track, but I do think overtaking is a lot more likely to happen here than at the Nurburgring...

I do miss the old track though, the blasts through the forest were just magical.

i just came back from Vettel's awesome showrun at Heppenheim! can't wait for next weekend!

Same. For me both German tracks are good but overall Hockenheim wins.

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Dan Wheldon | 1978 - 2011

i heard he had a gearbox failure there - but he was still smiling

yap the gearbox failed during some donuts!

Red Bull must be conspiring against Vettel still.

Indeed... This year I will just quote this and try not to talk about the long bumpy straights, the stadium entrance, the chicanes slow-mo replays, the pack slipstreaming at 350kph between trees in the first lap...

Anyway I still prefer Hockenheim to Nurburgring, never liked the latter even in its 90s layout.

The reason why i liked it, was for the fact that it was DIFFERENT. There was no other circuit like it.

For all those wanting to return to the old track i think they are looking at it through rose tinted glasses. The only good races in the last 10 years of that configuration came in 2000 with Rubens scything his way through the field, and Mika's blow out in 1999, the majority of the other races were just boring.

Sry i will fix those links again

Have you really watched some of the races on the old configuration? Just the fact the engines had such a hard time was already great to see. Hockenheim, because of its rather odd shape was something special, something totally different compared to the other tracks. And that is lost. And now for me it is just another of a kind, nothing special anymore.

I remember very interesting races in the late 80s and early 90s though. What mad the whole thing also interesting was that on one side you had some really long straights, and then there was the stadium section. That meant drivers had a hard time setting up the car to find the good compromise between those two destinctive sections.

i agree, the new track is too mickey mouse and its not a flowing circuit anymore

yeah me too, but we have Monza so its ok for me

Old Hockenheim - 3 bona fide overtaking spots
New Hockenheim - 3 bona fide overtaking spots

What's the problem? Yes, it's sad that the old track had to go, but it is gone, it's been gone for 10 years, and it's not as if there's a replica of Jerez in its place.

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Dan Wheldon ¦ 1978-2011
Marco Simoncelli ¦ 1987-2011
Jules Bianchi ¦ 1989-2015
Justin Wilson ¦ 1978-2015

Yeah, I know he's mad and I don't care. I do not care. I did not care then. I do not care now. I'm here to race him.

1997 was another good race on the old track

The new circuit does generate overtaking without being overly long and techincal