Circuit · Hockenheim, Germany
Hockenheimring
Jim Clark was killed here in a Formula 2 race in 1968. The forest section was abandoned in 2002 on cost and safety grounds, to considerable regret.
- Championship races
- 37
- Seasons
- 1970–201937 seasons
- Length
- 4.574 kmcurrent layout
- Turns
- 17
- Direction
- clockwise
- Type
- permanent
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
Since 2002 a short stadium-based lap; before that, 6.8 km of flat-out running through the forest
Most wins here
| Driver | Wins | Span |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Schumacher | 4 | 1995–2006 |
| Ayrton Senna | 3 | 1988–1990 |
| Fernando Alonso | 3 | 2005–2012 |
| Nelson Piquet | 3 | 1981–1987 |
| Sir Lewis Hamilton | 3 | 2008–2018 |
| Alain Prost | 2 | 1984–1993 |
| Gerhard Berger | 2 | 1994–1997 |
| Nigel Mansell | 2 | 1991–1992 |
| Alan Jones | 1 | 1979 |
| Damon Hill | 1 | 1996 |
| Eddie Irvine | 1 | 1999 |
| Jacques Laffite | 1 | 1980 |
| Jochen Rindt | 1 | 1970 |
| Juan Pablo Montoya | 1 | 2003 |
| Mario Andretti | 1 | 1978 |
| Max Verstappen | 1 | 2019 |
| Mika Hakkinen | 1 | 1998 |
| Nico Rosberg | 1 | 2014 |
| Niki Lauda | 1 | 1977 |
| Patrick Tambay | 1 | 1982 |
| Ralf Schumacher | 1 | 2001 |
| Rene Arnoux | 1 | 1983 |
| Rubens Barrichello | 1 | 2000 |
Constructors here
| Constructor | Wins | Span |
|---|---|---|
| Ferrari | 11 | 1977–2012 |
| Williams | 9 | 1979–2003 |
| McLaren | 6 | 1984–2008 |
| Mercedes | 3 | 2014–2018 |
| Benetton | 2 | 1995–1997 |
| Team Lotus | 2 | 1970–1978 |
| Brabham | 1 | 1981 |
| Ligier | 1 | 1980 |
| Red Bull Racing | 1 | 2019 |
| Renault | 1 | 2005 |
Every layout raced here 4 in the timeline, 4 drawn
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists. Each one is fitted to its own box, so these are not to scale: a longer layout is not drawn larger, and none of them carries a direction, a position or a start line. The drawing that opens the page is the latest layout raced or on the calendar here, not the longest. The length listed with each layout is this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under its drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.
- 1970–1981 Forest circuit
- 1982–1991 Forest circuit, Ostkurve chicane
- 1992–2001 Forest circuit, third chicane
- 2002– Shortened circuit
Each layout with its drawing, and what changed
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
Forest circuit
- Years
- 1970–1981
- Length
- 6.79 km
- Confidence
- medium
Long flat-out blasts through pine forest, linked by a stadium complex
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
Forest circuit, Ostkurve chicane
- Years
- 1982–1991
- Length
- 6.802 km
- Confidence
- medium
Chicane added at the Ostkurve after Patrick Depailler was killed testing there in 1980
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
Forest circuit, third chicane
- Years
- 1992–2001
- Length
- 6.823 km
- Confidence
- medium
Ostkurve rebuilt again as a right-left-right after Erik Comas's 1991 crash
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
Shortened circuit
- Years
- 2002–
- Length
- 4.574 km
- Confidence
- medium
Tilke redesign cutting the forest section for a stadium-side hairpin complex
Every race here 37
Held here as the German Grand Prix (37 races).
The same on all 37 rows: Layout — not established.
Show all 37 racesShow the first 10, Every race here
Where this comes from
- Official name
- Hockenheimring Baden-Wurttemberg
- Location
- Hockenheim, Germany
- Confidence
- high