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Track Information
Location Nürburg, Germany
Date 10-12 July 2009
Lap distance 5.148 m
Laps 60
Race Distance 308.863 km
Track Record 1:29.468 M. Schumacher (Ferrari), 2004
The German Grand Prix (Großer Preis von Deutschland) is an annual automobile race. The Grand Prix motorcycle racing event is also called the German GP but this article concentrates on the automobile GP. Germany was banned from taking part in international events after World War II, the German GP only became part of the Formula One World Championship in 1951. It has been organized by AvD since 1926. The well-known ADAC hosts many other races, one of which has been the second F1 race in Germany at the Nürburgring.
In 1907, Germany staged the first of the Kaiserpreis races at the Taunus Circuit, with entries limited to touring cars with engines of less than eight litres. The race was won by Italy's Felice Nazzaro in a Fiat. Like the Prinz-Heinrich-Fahrt, which was held from 1908 to 1911, it was a precursor to the German Grand Prix.
The first national event in German Grand Prix motor racing was held at the AVUS (Automobil Verkehrs und Übungs-Straße) race circuit in southwestern Berlin in 1926 as a sports car race. The first race at AVUS, in heavy rain, was won by Germany's native son, Rudolf Caracciola in a Mercedes-Benz. The event was marred by Adolf Rosenberger's crash into one of the marshals' huts, killing three people. The German Grand Prix became an official event in 1929, but would not return to AVUS again until 1959, and then only once.
The Grand Prix moved to the new, 28km (17.4mi)-long course at Nürburgring, which was inaugurated on June 18, 1927 with the annual race, the ADAC Eifelrennen. It stayed mainly on the 22.8km (14.2mi) Nordschleife (North Loop) course until the 1970s, when the rival Hockenheimring would take over due to safety concerns. |