To talk about the Hockenheimring (literally translated as the "Circuit of Hockenheim") brings to mind the Formula 1 German Grand Prix, one of the most prestigious races in the F1 calendar, regularly held in either this circuit or in other two locations, the Nurburgring and AVUS, Berlin. The Baden-Württemberg's town of Hockenheim has a long-standing racing tradition, with the first road course, the Dreieckskurs, paved in 1932 by Ernst Christ with a quasi-triangular shape 12-km (7.46-mile ) long. After numerous redesigns that reduced the total trajectory of the track, changed its orientation, modified its layout, and even included the construction of a stadium section called the Motodrom, the Hockenheimring acquired its current GP circuit configuration.
The Hockenheimring has a total length of 4,57 km (2.84), consisting of six turns left, 11 turns right, and six straight segments. It starts in the first straightaway between turns 16 and one, called Sudkurve and Nordkurve. Turns two, three, and four come in quick succession before turn number five, the long sweeping curve known as Parabolika. Turn six is a close-angle hairpin, where an abrupt speed reduction from 280 km/h to 50 km/h gets the drivers downshifting to recover as much speed as possible in the straightaway coming right after it. Ten more curves, some of them with multiple apexes like Mercedes and very closed like Sachs, complete a circuit with tons of overtaking opportunities.
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