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Circuit information:
| Round Number: |
12 |
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| Race Date: |
29-07-2001 |
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| Country: |
German |
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| City: |
Hockenheim
(click for location
map) |
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| Circuit Name: |
Hockenheim |
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| Circuit Length: |
6825 m. |
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| Number of Laps: |
45 |
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| Race Length: |
307.125 m |
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| 2000 Pole Position: |
David Coulthard |
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| 2000 Winner: |
Rubens Barrichello |
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| 2000 Fastest Lap: |
Rubens Barrichello |
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 Circuit
Description, History, Facts and Figures |
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Until Michael Schumacher came on the scene,
the two icons of German motor sport were the old
Nurburgring Circuit and the famous Mercedes
Silver Arrows team. "The Ring" or
Nordschleife as it is known was the most
daunting track in the world. At 22.835
kilometres in length, just learning where the
corners were was hard enough, never mind trying
to race on it. This ultimate challenge and the
world's greatest driver combined together to
produce one of the most memorable races in the
history of the sport, back in 1957.
Juan Manuel Fangio made a poor start from pole
tucking in behind the Ferraris of Mike Hawthorn
and Peter Collins, but by lap two he had lopped
seven seconds off his own lap record and took
the lead next time round. At half distance on
lap 11, he had a 28 second lead and gambled on a
pit stop for fresh tyres. It took longer than
expected and he rejoined a minute down on the
leaders. But undaunted, he charged on at
incredible speed, gaining eight or nine seconds
every lap. With three laps to go the gap was 13
seconds.
One more lap and he had the Ferraris in his
sights after lapping eight seconds quicker than
his pole time! Just after the pits he stormed
past Collins and began to hunt down the leader
and with one and a half laps to go, Hawthorn
could only watch the Maestro sweep by. It was
Fangio's last grand prix win on his way to a
record fifth world championship. "Even now,
I can feel fear when I think of that race,"
he said years later. "I loved the
Nurburgring and I think that day I conquered
it."
Fangio is the link to the Silver Arrows, the
Mercedes grands prix cars which built a legend
based on just twelve grand prix entered in 1954
and ‘55. The Argentinian won eight of them at
the wheel of the fabulous 8 cylinder W196 to
take his first two world titles.
Wolfgang Von Trips came close to giving Germany
its first F1 world championship in 1961, but
tragically he was killed at Monza at the wheel
of his Ferrari. Germany then had to wait almost
thirty years for Formula One to capture the
public's imagination again and that was all down
to the "Schumacher Effect." Michael's
two world championships at the wheel of a
Benetton provided the spark that re-ignited a
passionate national following for the sport.
A total of forty Germans have taken part in
grands prix since the world championship began
in 1950. A further nine have started a race
weekend but failed to qualify. Fourteen of those
drivers have scored points with Michael
Schumacher and Heinz-Harald Frentzen accounting
for over three quarters of them.
The German Grand Prix was first held at the
Nurburgring. It made one visit to the Avus Ring
near Berlin before returning to the Nurburgring
where it was held until 1970, the first time it
came to Hockenheim. It returned to the
Nurburgring until Niki Lauda's 1976 accident.
From 1977 onwards Hockenheim has hosted every
running of the event with the exception of the
1985 race held on the "new"
Nurburgring.
A German pre-world championship grand prix still
holds the record for the fastest ever race
average. Bernd Rosemeyer lapped the Avus Ring,
way back in 1937 at an amazing 276.40 km/h in an
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