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The Hockenheimring, officially Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg (), is a motor racing circuit situated in the Rhine valley near the town of Hockenheim in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located on the Bertha Benz Memorial Route. Amongst other motor racing events, it has hosted the German Grand Prix, most recently in 2019. The circuit is nearly flat. The circuit has an FIA Grade 1 licence.

Key facts

Motorsport venue.layout6
Hockenheimring (1982–1991)
Motorsport venue.surface6
Asphalt
Motorsport venue.length6_km
6.802
Motorsport venue.length6_mi
4.227
Motorsport venue.turns6
16
Motorsport venue.record_time6
1:43.569
Motorsport venue.record_driver6
Riccardo Patrese
Motorsport venue.record_car6
Williams FW14
Motorsport venue.record_year6
1991
Motorsport venue.record_class6
F1
Motorsport venue.events
Current:DTM (2000–present)International GT Open (2019, 2024–present)European Drag Racing Championship ' (1986–2019, 2022–present)Former:'Formula OneGerman Grand Prix (Intermittently, 1970–2019)Grand Prix motorcycle racingGerman motorcycle Grand Prix (Intermittently, 1957–1994)FIA World RXWorld RX of Hockenheim'' (2015–2017)TCR Europe (2016, 2019, 2025)GT World Challenge Europe (2022–2024)World SBK (1988–1997, 1999–2000)FIM EWC (1986)FIA GT (1997–1999, 2004)World Sportscar Championship (1966–1967, 1977, 1985)
Motorsport venue.former_names
Kurpfalzring (1938–1965)Hockenheimer-Dreieck (1932–1938)
Motorsport venue.layout
Grand Prix Circuit (2002–present)
Motorsport venue.surface
Asphalt
Motorsport venue.length_km
4.574
Motorsport venue.length_mi
2.842
Motorsport venue.turns
17
Motorsport venue.record_time
1:13.780

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Encyclopedic overview

21 sections
Contents
  • History
  • 1932–1938
  • 1938–1965
  • 1965–2001
  • 2002 redesign
  • Formula One
  • Drag racing (NitrolympX – Rico Anthes Quarter Mile)
  • DTM
  • Rallycross
  • Layout history
  • Current circuit configurations
  • Previous configurations
  • Lap records
  • Motorsport events
  • Current events
  • Former events
  • Music events
  • Fatal accidents
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

The Hockenheimring, officially Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg (), is a motor racing circuit situated in the Rhine valley near the town of Hockenheim in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located on the Bertha Benz Memorial Route. Amongst other motor racing events, it has hosted the German Grand Prix, most recently in 2019. The circuit is nearly flat. The circuit has an FIA Grade 1 licence.

==History== thumb|left|The original layout of the track, called "Dreieckskurs", used between 1932 and 1938

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hockenheimring” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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