Hockenheimring
Hockenheim, Germany · Historic venue
Once a flat-out blast through the forest, shortened in 2002 into a stadium circuit.
Circuit layout
Race historyOnce a flat-out blast through the forest, shortened in 2002 into a stadium circuit.
Circuit
- Circuit
- Hockenheimring
- Location
- Hockenheim, Germany
- Length
- 4.574 km
- Corners
- 16
- Race laps
- 67
- Race distance
- 306 km
- First GP
- 1970
- Opened
- 1932
- Grands Prix
- 37
Last winner here
Lap record
About Hockenheimring
The Hockenheimring hosted the German Grand Prix on and off from 1970 and became its permanent home after the Nürburgring's Nordschleife was dropped in 1977. For three decades it was one of the fastest circuits in the world: two enormous straights through the forest, joined by chicanes, feeding back into a tight stadium section packed with grandstands.
Hermann Tilke shortened the circuit for 2002, removing the forest section entirely and cutting the lap from 6.8 km to 4.574 km. The new layout kept the stadium but replaced the high-speed run with a slower, more conventional infield, and opinion on the change has never really settled.
Hockenheim last held a Grand Prix in 2019, a wet, chaotic race that produced one of the most eventful results of the decade.
Notable facts
- The pre-2002 layout ran 6.8 km through the forest and was one of the fastest circuits in the world.
- Jim Clark was killed here in a Formula 2 race in 1968; a memorial stands at the site.
- Shortened by Hermann Tilke for 2002, removing the forest section entirely.
- Last hosted a Grand Prix in 2019.
Grands Prix by decade
37 races, every decade from the 1970s to the 2010s.
Most wins — drivers
Most wins — constructors
Every Formula 1 winner at Hockenheimring
37 World Championship Grands Prix have been held here between 1970 and 2019.
