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The German Grand Prix |
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Visit the official web site of the 2002
German Grand Prix: http://www.hockenheimring.de/
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The German Grand Prix Course Map |  |
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Statistics | |
| Note: | This circuit's layout has changed slightly since last year's event. The fastest lap, lap record, & pole position times listed here were recorded on the previous circuit configuration and are not necessarily representative of any times that will be set during the 2002 event. | |||
| 2001 result - top six | 2001 Pole Position & Grid Top Four | |||
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1. R Schumacher 2. R Barrichello 3. J Villeneuve 4. G Fisichella 5. J Button 6. J Alesi |
Williams Ferrari BAR Benetton Benetton Prost |
1. J P Montoya (Pole Position) 2. R Schumacher 3. M Häkkinen 4. M Schumacher |
Williams Williams McLaren Ferrari |
1:38.111 |
| Pit stops schedule | Previous pole positions | |||
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1 Stop 2 Stops |
20-27 12-16, 28-33 |
2000 - D Coulthard 1999 - M Häkkinen 1998 - M Häkkinen |
McLaren McLaren McLaren |
1:45.697 1:42.950 1:41.838 |
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Fastest Lap | |||
| J P Montoya | Williams | 1:41.808 | ||
| Lap Record | ||||
| J P Montoya | Willaims | 1:41.808 | ||
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History of The German Grand Prix | |
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The circuit at Hockenheim was built in 1939 by Mercedes-Benz, which wanted somewhere to test its cars for the high-speed Tripoli Grand Prix. The result was a massive sausage-shaped circuit running through the flat woodland close to the Rhine River. It w
The track's development stopped before it had really began as war broke out and in the post-war era the Nurburgring was the main venue for racing in West Germany. Hockenheim hosted only a few minor events. The boom in the German economy in the late 1950
Racing restarted in 1966 but it was not until April 1968 that Hockenheim hit the headlines, for all the wrong reasons, when Jim Clark was killed in an unexplained accident out in the woods during a Formula 2 race. Formula 1 went to Hockenheim in 1970 because the old Nurburgring was no longer safe enough. Jochen Rindt won the first German GP at Hockenheim but once the Nurburgring had been upgraded the race went back, leaving Hockenheim to hold Formula 2 and German Niki Lauda's accident at the Nurburgring in 1976 ended the track's Formula 1 history and as Hockenheim was the only choice it became the new home of the German GP. Lauda won the first race in 1977 while Mario Andretti dominated for Team Lotus in 1978 an The rise to fame of Michael Schumacher transformed Hockenheim into a huge loud party every year, notably in 1995 when he won the race but the circuit's small crowd capacity and the increasing costs of holding the race meant that by 2000 Hockenheim was p The circuit remains an important venue for German national racing.
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2002 German Grand Prix Qualifying Places | |
| Qulifying for the German Grand Prix is due to take place on Saturday 27th July 2002... The results will be posted here once they are made official. |