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Track Information:
Track length: 4.574 km
curve: 13
Race track records: 780 1 minutes 13 seconds (2004, Kimi Räikkönen, McLaren)
first, Germany Grand Prix in 1951, was held at the old Nurburgring, until 1976, Nikki Lauda serious accident occurred at the old Nurburgring, the past is the Mercedes-Benz car factory Hockenheim vehicle test site replaces the Nurburgring become F1 German Grand Prix venue.
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Track characteristics:
Hockenheim is mainly composed of straight road before the transformation to quickly famous, there are four straights through the forest, so the ground temperature will be fits and starts, the tire is a test. Team will adopt stiffer suspension tuning and low pressure. Hockenheim is the longest track of the season. In 2002, after Mr. Hermann Tilke reconstruction project, now Hockenheimring from a par with the high-speed Monza track turned into a “standard” European track.