Lap Ledger1950–2027 · every championship race

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 layout hockenheimring-4 · 4.574 km · 17 turns, F1DB’s figures · 2002–2019 · 12 rounds
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

Most wins here
DriverWinsSpan
Michael Schumacher41995–2006
Ayrton Senna31988–1990
Fernando Alonso32005–2012
Nelson Piquet31981–1987
Sir Lewis Hamilton32008–2018
Alain Prost21984–1993
Gerhard Berger21994–1997
Nigel Mansell21991–1992
Alan Jones11979
Damon Hill11996
Eddie Irvine11999
Jacques Laffite11980
Jochen Rindt11970
Juan Pablo Montoya12003
Mario Andretti11978
Max Verstappen12019
Mika Hakkinen11998
Nico Rosberg12014
Niki Lauda11977
Patrick Tambay11982
Ralf Schumacher12001
Rene Arnoux11983
Rubens Barrichello12000

Constructors here

Constructors here
ConstructorWinsSpan
Ferrari111977–2012
Williams91979–2003
McLaren61984–2008
Mercedes32014–2018
Benetton21995–1997
Team Lotus21970–1978
Brabham11981
Ligier11980
Red Bull Racing12019
Renault12005

Where winners start here

All 37 races won here, counted together, across the 4 layouts the register records.

Won from first on the grid
18 of 37 (49%), against 353 of 834 (42%) at every circuit, 1970–2019
Won from the first two slots
27 of 37 (73%), against 554 of 834 (66%) at every circuit
Lowest winning grid slot
18th — Rubens Barrichello, 2000
Most wins by a driver
Michael Schumacher, 4
Most wins by a team
Ferrari, 11
1182931977 Niki Lauda, Ferrari, from 3rd2005 Fernando Alonso, Renault, from 3rd41987 Nelson Piquet, Williams, from 4th51980 Jacques Laffite, Ligier, from 5th1982 Patrick Tambay, Ferrari, from 5th1986 Nelson Piquet, Williams, from 5th1999 Eddie Irvine, Ferrari, from 5th61981 Nelson Piquet, Brabham, from 6th78910111213142018 Sir Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, from 14th151617182000 Rubens Barrichello, Ferrari, from 18th1182931977 Niki Lauda, Ferrari, from 3rd2005 Fernando Alonso, Renault, from 3rd41987 Nelson Piquet, Williams, from 4th51980 Jacques Laffite, Ligier, from 5th1982 Patrick Tambay, Ferrari, from 5th1986 Nelson Piquet, Williams, from 5th1999 Eddie Irvine, Ferrari, from 5th61981 Nelson Piquet, Brabham, from 6th78910111213142018 Sir Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, from 14th151617182000 Rubens Barrichello, Ferrari, from 18th

A dot is a race won from that slot; over eight, the box shows the count. Boxes stand two abreast, as grids do now. Coloured by winner: the team’s own livery. A hollow dot has no colour on record.

Where winners start here
Grid slotWinsRaces won
1st181978 Mario Andretti (Team Lotus); 1984 Alain Prost (McLaren); 1988 Ayrton Senna (McLaren); 1989 Ayrton Senna (McLaren); 1990 Ayrton Senna (McLaren); 1991 Nigel Mansell (Williams); 1992 Nigel Mansell (Williams); 1993 Alain Prost (Williams); 1994 Gerhard Berger (Ferrari); 1996 Damon Hill (Williams); 1997 Gerhard Berger (Benetton); 1998 Mika Hakkinen (McLaren); 2002 Michael Schumacher (Ferrari); 2003 Juan Pablo Montoya (Williams); 2004 Michael Schumacher (Ferrari); 2008 Sir Lewis Hamilton (McLaren); 2012 Fernando Alonso (Ferrari); 2014 Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)
2nd91970 Jochen Rindt (Team Lotus); 1979 Alan Jones (Williams); 1983 Rene Arnoux (Ferrari); 1995 Michael Schumacher (Benetton); 2001 Ralf Schumacher (Williams); 2006 Michael Schumacher (Ferrari); 2010 Fernando Alonso (Ferrari); 2016 Sir Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes); 2019 Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing)
3rd21977 Niki Lauda (Ferrari); 2005 Fernando Alonso (Renault)
4th11987 Nelson Piquet (Williams)
5th41980 Jacques Laffite (Ligier); 1982 Patrick Tambay (Ferrari); 1986 Nelson Piquet (Williams); 1999 Eddie Irvine (Ferrari)
6th11981 Nelson Piquet (Brabham)
14th12018 Sir Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
18th12000 Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari)

Race by race

  1. 1970s
    1. 1970 German Grand Prix Team Lotus 2nd
    2. 1977 German Grand Prix Ferrari 3rd
    3. 1978 German Grand Prix Team Lotus 1st
    4. 1979 German Grand Prix Williams 2nd
  2. 1980s
    1. 1980 German Grand Prix Ligier 5th
    2. 1981 German Grand Prix Brabham 6th
    3. 1982 German Grand Prix Ferrari 5th
    4. 1983 German Grand Prix Ferrari 2nd
    5. 1984 German Grand Prix McLaren 1st
    6. 1986 German Grand Prix Williams 5th
    7. 1987 German Grand Prix Williams 4th
    8. 1988 German Grand Prix McLaren 1st
    9. 1989 German Grand Prix McLaren 1st
  3. 1990s
    1. 1990 German Grand Prix McLaren 1st
    2. 1991 German Grand Prix Williams 1st
    3. 1992 German Grand Prix Williams 1st
    4. 1993 German Grand Prix Williams 1st
    5. 1994 German Grand Prix Ferrari 1st
    6. 1995 German Grand Prix Benetton 2nd
    7. 1996 German Grand Prix Williams 1st
    8. 1997 German Grand Prix Benetton 1st
    9. 1998 German Grand Prix McLaren 1st
    10. 1999 German Grand Prix Ferrari 5th
  4. 2000s
    1. 2000 German Grand Prix Ferrari 18th
    2. 2001 German Grand Prix Williams 2nd
    3. 2002 German Grand Prix Ferrari 1st
    4. 2003 German Grand Prix Williams 1st
    5. 2004 German Grand Prix Ferrari 1st
    6. 2005 German Grand Prix Renault 3rd
    7. 2006 German Grand Prix Ferrari 2nd
    8. 2008 German Grand Prix McLaren 1st
  5. 2010s
    1. 2010 German Grand Prix Ferrari 2nd
    2. 2012 German Grand Prix Ferrari 1st
    3. 2014 German Grand Prix Mercedes 1st
    4. 2016 German Grand Prix Mercedes 2nd
    5. 2018 German Grand Prix Mercedes 14th
    6. 2019 German Grand Prix Red Bull Racing 2nd

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.

  1. 1970–1981 Forest circuit
  2. 1982–1991 Forest circuit, Ostkurve chicane
  3. 1992–2001 Forest circuit, third chicane
  4. 2002– Shortened circuit
Each layout with its drawing, and what changed
F1DB layout hockenheimring-1 · 6.79 km · 14 turns, F1DB’s figures · 1970–1981 · 6 rounds
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 layout hockenheimring-2 · 6.802 km · 16 turns, F1DB’s figures · 1982–1991 · 9 rounds
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 layout hockenheimring-3 · 6.815 km · 16 turns, F1DB’s figures · 1992–2001 · 10 rounds
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 layout hockenheimring-4 · 4.574 km · 17 turns, F1DB’s figures · 2002–2019 · 12 rounds
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.

Every race here
SeasonGrand PrixWinnerConstructor
2019German Grand PrixMax VerstappenRed Bull Racing
2018German Grand PrixSir Lewis HamiltonMercedes
2016German Grand PrixSir Lewis HamiltonMercedes
2014German Grand PrixNico RosbergMercedes
2012German Grand PrixFernando AlonsoFerrari
2010German Grand PrixFernando AlonsoFerrari
2008German Grand PrixSir Lewis HamiltonMcLaren
2006German Grand PrixMichael SchumacherFerrari
2005German Grand PrixFernando AlonsoRenault
2004German Grand PrixMichael SchumacherFerrari
2003German Grand PrixJuan Pablo MontoyaWilliams
2002German Grand PrixMichael SchumacherFerrari
2001German Grand PrixRalf SchumacherWilliams
2000German Grand PrixRubens BarrichelloFerrari
1999German Grand PrixEddie IrvineFerrari
1998German Grand PrixMika HakkinenMcLaren
1997German Grand PrixGerhard BergerBenetton
1996German Grand PrixDamon HillWilliams
1995German Grand PrixMichael SchumacherBenetton
1994German Grand PrixGerhard BergerFerrari
1993German Grand PrixAlain ProstWilliams
1992German Grand PrixNigel MansellWilliams
1991German Grand PrixNigel MansellWilliams
1990German Grand PrixAyrton SennaMcLaren
1989German Grand PrixAyrton SennaMcLaren
1988German Grand PrixAyrton SennaMcLaren
1987German Grand PrixNelson PiquetWilliams
1986German Grand PrixNelson PiquetWilliams
1984German Grand PrixAlain ProstMcLaren
1983German Grand PrixRene ArnouxFerrari
1982German Grand PrixPatrick TambayFerrari
1981German Grand PrixNelson PiquetBrabham
1980German Grand PrixJacques LaffiteLigier
1979German Grand PrixAlan JonesWilliams
1978German Grand PrixMario AndrettiTeam Lotus
1977German Grand PrixNiki LaudaFerrari
1970German Grand PrixJochen RindtTeam Lotus
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Where this comes from

Official name
Hockenheimring Baden-Wurttemberg
Location
Hockenheim, Germany
Confidence
high