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German Grand Prix
Hockenheimring (2014 - 2019)
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Race Information
Number of times held 35
First Race 1936
Most Wins (drivers) Martin Schöne (4)
Lachlan Hawthorne (4)
Most Wins (constructors) Scuderia Benedetti (11)
Circuit Length 4.574 km (2.842 mi)
Race Length 306.458 km (190.424 mi)
Laps 67


The German Grand Prix (German: Großer Preis von Deutschland) was a motor race that was held most years since 1926, with 75 races having been held. The race has been held at only three venues throughout its history; the Nürburgring in Rhineland-Palatinate, Hockenheimring in Baden-Württemberg and occasionally AVUS in Berlin. The race continued to be known as the German Grand Prix, even through the era when the race was held in West Germany.

Because West Germany was prevented from taking part in international events in the immediate post-war period, the German Grand Prix only became part of the Formula A World Championship in 1951. It was designated the European Grand Prix four times between 1954 and 1974, when this title was an honorary designation given each year to one Grand Prix race in Europe. It has been organised by the Automobilclub von Deutschland (AvD) since 1926.

The German Grand Prix was held at Hockenheimring every year between 1977 and 2006 (except 1985). During this time, a separate F1 race was held in Germany at the Nürburgring most years from 1995 until 2007 under the title of the European Grand Prix. Originally intended to begin in 2007, Hockenheimring and the Nürburgring alternated hosting the German Grand Prix between 2008 and 2014, at which point Nürburgring pulled out of hosting the event in 2015, leaving Hockenheim the sole host of the race but only in alternating years until 2018. A further one-year deal placed the German Grand Prix on the 2019 calendar. As of 2020, a race under the name of 'German Grand Prix' has not been run again although Germany hosted the 2020 Eifel Grand Prix.