Nurburgring
Friday 22 July
First practice: 0855-1035, BBC Red Button/online
Second practice: 1255-1435, BBC Red Button/online
Saturday 23 July
Third practice: 0955-1105, BBC Red Button/BBC Radio 5 live sports extra/online
Qualifying: 1210-1420, BBC One/BBC Radio 5 live/online
Sunday 24 July
Grand Prix live: 1205-1515, BBC One/BBC Radio 5 live/online
F1 forum: 1515-1615, BBC Red Button/online
Highlights: 1900-2000, BBC Three
Standings:
Track:
Track Diagram
Track DRS
Drivers will only be able to use DRS once per lap during the German Grand Prix.
But they will be able to deploy it heading towards one of the prime overtaking spots on the track – the Veedol chicane.
The FIA has confirmed the DRS detection zone will be on the approach to the Kumho-Kurve (turn ten). Drivers will then be able to activate their rear wings shortly after the exit of the Bit-Kurve (turn 11).
They will then be able to keep them open all the way up to the braking zone for the chicane. Here’s a diagram showing the positioning of the zone:
Circuit information
Length: 5.141km
Race distance: 67 laps / 344.916km
Full throttle: 62%
Top speed: 300kph
Longest flat-out section: 12s / 800m
Right/left-hand turns: 9/6
Car performance
Tyre wear: Medium
Brake wear: High
Downforce level: Medium
Gear changes per lap: 58
Strategy
Average fuel use per lap: 2.501kg (source: Williams)
Pit lane time loss: 20.6s
2009 tyre compounds: medium (prime, no marking), super-soft (option, green markings)
2007 tyre compounds: medium (prime, no marking), soft (option, white markings)
Team Preview
Silverstone Not uploaded yet
Pirelli
Red Bull Not uploaded yet
McLaren
Ferrari Not uploaded yet
Mercedes
Renault
Williams
Force India Not uploaded yet
Sauber
Toro Rosso Not uploaded yet
Lotus Not uploaded yet
Hispania
Virgin
Classic F1
Jaime Alguersuari - classic F1
Toro Rosso's Jaime Alguersuari is the latest grand prix driver to pick his five all-time favourite races for BBC Sport's classic Formula 1 series.
Jaime Alguersuari's classic F1 - Japan 2006
Highlights of a dramatic Japanese Grand Prix in 2006 as Michael Schumacher is forced to retire, leaving Fernando Alonso to cruise to victory.
It was a result which all but ended Schumacher's hopes of over-hauling Alonso in the World Championship standings.
A no-holds-barred, flat-out battle between F1's then top two drivers - Fernando Alonso and Michael Scumacher. It was reminiscent of a similar fight between Schumacher and Mika Hakkinen six years previously. Alonso, driving for Renault, put huge pressure on Schumacher throughout the race, so much so that the Ferrari's engine eventually broke.
The result did not quite secure Alonso a second consecutive championship but it did put him in a virtually unassailable position - and he made no mistake at the final race of the season in Brazil. This is the first time we have shown highlights of that Japanese race.
Jaime Alguersuari's classic F1 - Europe 2007
Watch highlights from the 2007 European Grand Prix as the weather causes chaos at the Nurburgring. Fernando Alonso eventually wins a thrilling race ahead of Felipe Massa.
Alguersuari remembers that "there was a big casino with the rain and you had whatever Force India was then - Spyker maybe - actually leading the race and a lot of people crashing". He's right. This was a spill-a-minute race, won by Alonso, who was driving for McLaren. More on that in a moment.
Jaime Alguersuari's classic F1 - Hungary 2009
Lewis Hamilton reminds everyone he is the reigning F1 world champion, claiming his first win of the 2009 season by coming out on top at the Hungarian Grand Prix in his much-improved McLaren.
"Because it was my first grand prix," says Alguersuari.
It was also the scene of a brilliant victory by Lewis Hamilton in a McLaren car that had started the season more than two seconds off the pace.
Jaime Alguersuari's classic F1 - Australia 2010
An inspired drive from McLaren's Jenson Button secures victory in an incident-packed Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.
This race will long be remembered for Jenson Button's inspired victory for McLaren. It was also enlivened by Alguersuari's brief but exciting tussle with Michael Schumacher, when the Spaniard re-passed the German legend after being overtaken.
"It was the first time I had really had a battle with someone in Formula 1," Alguersuari says. "It was the start of something good, of what was a big season for me in 2010. It was the basis of my championship."
Jaime Alguersuari's classic F1 - Malaysia 2010
Sebastian Vettel leads home a Red Bull one-two as the Milton Keynes-based team overcome their reliability issues to win the Malaysian GP.
Sebastian Vettel led Mark Webber to a comfortable Red Bull one-two but Alguersuari remembers the race because it was the one in which he scored his first F1 points. "That was very nice and something I will not forget," he says.
Formula 1 highlights - German Grand Prix
Watch highlights of a controversial German Grand Prix as Spaniard Fernando Alonso leads home a Ferrari one-two at Hockenheim.
Technical Changes - British
Weather Forecast
Practice 1 Fri 10:00
Practice 2 Fri 14:00
Practice 3 Sat 11:00
Qualifying Sat 14:00
Race Sun 14:00
News
Grand prix Insights
HANS Device
tyre temperature and blistering
Driver Changes
Chandhok to replace Trulli at the Nurburgring
Karun Chandhok is to get a race outing with Team Lotus in Germany this week, with Jarno Trulli standing aside to give the Indian driver his first full Grand Prix weekend since he competed for HRT at last year’s Silverstone round.
The track and TV coverage starts
FIA Press Conference
Germany preview quotes - Pirelli, HRT, Force India & more
Hot on the heels of one legendary track - Silverstone - comes another, and this time it is the turn of the tight and challenging Nurburgring circuit to welcome the Formula One paddock. As the ‘home’ race for world champion Sebastian Vettel, Michael Schumacher, Nico Rosberg, Nick Heidfeld, Timo Glock and Adrian Sutil, the event has special significance for many on the grid. Here the drivers and senior team personnel explain why they can’t wait to head for the mountains…
Germany preview - home heroes out to halt Ferrari
A whole slew of intermixing factors will ensure that this weekend’s German round, the Formula 1 Grosser Preis Santander von Deutschland 2011, will be a gripping affair as the race returns to the Nurburgring.
FIA Q&A: Off-throttle diffuser regs back to Valencia spec
After much controversy over the Silverstone weekend, the FIA confirmed on Thursday that the changes to regulations governing the off-throttle use of blown diffusers introduced for the British race have been dropped for the remainder of the season.
FIA Thursday press conference - Germany
Drivers: Timo Glock (Virgin), Nick Heidfeld (Renault), Nico Rosberg (Mercedes), Michael Schumacher (Mercedes), Adrian Sutil (Force India) and Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull).
Friday practice - selected team and driver quotes
FIA Friday press conference - Europe
FIA post-qualifying press conference - Europe
Qualifying - selected team and driver quotes
Technical changes Silverstone
Practice 1
Practice One - Alonso leads the Red Bulls in Germany
After his victory at Silverstone, Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso went to Germany keen to continue his run of success, and ended up fastest in the Friday morning practice at the Nurburgring. The 90-minute session began in unseasonal conditions, with overcast skies and a temperature of a miserable 13 degrees Celsius. It remained cold throughout the session.
Highlights - German GP first practice
Watch short highlights from first free practice for the German Grand Prix as Ferrari's Fernando Alonso sets the morning pace ahead of Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel at the Nurburgring.
While Sebastien Buemi survives a late incident unscathed after his Toro Rosso lifted into the air and landed in the gravel.
Practice 2
Practice Two - Webber fights back for Red Bull
Red Bull’s Mark Webber set the fastest time of the Friday afternoon session at the Nurburgring, beating Fernando Alonso’s Ferrari by 0.168s. The Australian clocked a best lap of 1m 31.711s.
Highlights - German GP second practice
Watch short highlights from second free practice for the German Grand Prix as Red Bull's Mark Webber sets the pace at the Nurburgring ahead of Ferrari's Fernando Alonso.
Practice 3
Final practice - Vettel leads Red Bull one-two
Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber showed that things are pretty much back to normal at Red Bull now that the off-throttle blown diffuser ban has been lifted, as they deposed Fernando Alonso and set the two fastest times in this mornings final practice session at the Nurburgring.
Qualifying
Qualifying - Webber bests Hamilton to take pole
Mark Webber upstaged his Red Bull team mate at the Nurburgring on Saturday afternoon to take pole position for the German Grand Prix, as Sebastian Vettel failed to qualify for the front row of a starting grid for the first time in 15 races.
German Grand Prix qualifying - top three drivers
Pole-setter Mark Webber, McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Webber's Red Bull team-mate Sebastian Vettel give their thoughts on an exciting qualifying session for the German Grand Prix.
Hamilton is delighted with his performance in finishing second and World Championship leader Vettel insists he is not disappointed despite missing out on the front-row for the first time in 15 races.
Grid
Race
Standings
Friday 22 July
First practice: 0855-1035, BBC Red Button/online
Second practice: 1255-1435, BBC Red Button/online
Saturday 23 July
Third practice: 0955-1105, BBC Red Button/BBC Radio 5 live sports extra/online
Qualifying: 1210-1420, BBC One/BBC Radio 5 live/online
Sunday 24 July
Grand Prix live: 1205-1515, BBC One/BBC Radio 5 live/online
F1 forum: 1515-1615, BBC Red Button/online
Highlights: 1900-2000, BBC Three
Standings:
Track:
Track Diagram
Track DRS
Drivers will only be able to use DRS once per lap during the German Grand Prix.
But they will be able to deploy it heading towards one of the prime overtaking spots on the track – the Veedol chicane.
The FIA has confirmed the DRS detection zone will be on the approach to the Kumho-Kurve (turn ten). Drivers will then be able to activate their rear wings shortly after the exit of the Bit-Kurve (turn 11).
They will then be able to keep them open all the way up to the braking zone for the chicane. Here’s a diagram showing the positioning of the zone:
Circuit information
Length: 5.141km
Race distance: 67 laps / 344.916km
Full throttle: 62%
Top speed: 300kph
Longest flat-out section: 12s / 800m
Right/left-hand turns: 9/6
Car performance
Tyre wear: Medium
Brake wear: High
Downforce level: Medium
Gear changes per lap: 58
Strategy
Average fuel use per lap: 2.501kg (source: Williams)
Pit lane time loss: 20.6s
2009 tyre compounds: medium (prime, no marking), super-soft (option, green markings)
2007 tyre compounds: medium (prime, no marking), soft (option, white markings)
Team Preview
Silverstone Not uploaded yet
Pirelli
Red Bull Not uploaded yet
McLaren
Ferrari Not uploaded yet
Mercedes
Renault
Williams
Force India Not uploaded yet
Sauber
Toro Rosso Not uploaded yet
Lotus Not uploaded yet
Hispania
Virgin
Classic F1
Jaime Alguersuari - classic F1
Toro Rosso's Jaime Alguersuari is the latest grand prix driver to pick his five all-time favourite races for BBC Sport's classic Formula 1 series.
Jaime Alguersuari's classic F1 - Japan 2006
Highlights of a dramatic Japanese Grand Prix in 2006 as Michael Schumacher is forced to retire, leaving Fernando Alonso to cruise to victory.
It was a result which all but ended Schumacher's hopes of over-hauling Alonso in the World Championship standings.
A no-holds-barred, flat-out battle between F1's then top two drivers - Fernando Alonso and Michael Scumacher. It was reminiscent of a similar fight between Schumacher and Mika Hakkinen six years previously. Alonso, driving for Renault, put huge pressure on Schumacher throughout the race, so much so that the Ferrari's engine eventually broke.
The result did not quite secure Alonso a second consecutive championship but it did put him in a virtually unassailable position - and he made no mistake at the final race of the season in Brazil. This is the first time we have shown highlights of that Japanese race.
Jaime Alguersuari's classic F1 - Europe 2007
Watch highlights from the 2007 European Grand Prix as the weather causes chaos at the Nurburgring. Fernando Alonso eventually wins a thrilling race ahead of Felipe Massa.
Alguersuari remembers that "there was a big casino with the rain and you had whatever Force India was then - Spyker maybe - actually leading the race and a lot of people crashing". He's right. This was a spill-a-minute race, won by Alonso, who was driving for McLaren. More on that in a moment.
Jaime Alguersuari's classic F1 - Hungary 2009
Lewis Hamilton reminds everyone he is the reigning F1 world champion, claiming his first win of the 2009 season by coming out on top at the Hungarian Grand Prix in his much-improved McLaren.
"Because it was my first grand prix," says Alguersuari.
It was also the scene of a brilliant victory by Lewis Hamilton in a McLaren car that had started the season more than two seconds off the pace.
Jaime Alguersuari's classic F1 - Australia 2010
An inspired drive from McLaren's Jenson Button secures victory in an incident-packed Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.
This race will long be remembered for Jenson Button's inspired victory for McLaren. It was also enlivened by Alguersuari's brief but exciting tussle with Michael Schumacher, when the Spaniard re-passed the German legend after being overtaken.
"It was the first time I had really had a battle with someone in Formula 1," Alguersuari says. "It was the start of something good, of what was a big season for me in 2010. It was the basis of my championship."
Jaime Alguersuari's classic F1 - Malaysia 2010
Sebastian Vettel leads home a Red Bull one-two as the Milton Keynes-based team overcome their reliability issues to win the Malaysian GP.
Sebastian Vettel led Mark Webber to a comfortable Red Bull one-two but Alguersuari remembers the race because it was the one in which he scored his first F1 points. "That was very nice and something I will not forget," he says.
Formula 1 highlights - German Grand Prix
Watch highlights of a controversial German Grand Prix as Spaniard Fernando Alonso leads home a Ferrari one-two at Hockenheim.
Technical Changes - British
Weather Forecast
Practice 1 Fri 10:00
Practice 2 Fri 14:00
Practice 3 Sat 11:00
Qualifying Sat 14:00
Race Sun 14:00
News
- FIA confirms exhaust rules U-turn
Formula 1’s governing body has confirmed that teams will be allowed to continue running off-throttle blown diffusers for the remainder of the 2011 season – rescinding the ban that was temporarily put in place for Silverstone and then withdrawn shortly before qualifying. - Pirelli to now evaluate revised soft tyre
Teams will test a new soft tyre in Friday practice at the German Grand Prix as Pirelli continues the process of introducing slightly more durable compounds into its range. - Sebastian Vettel urges Red Bull refocus after Ferrari win
Sebastian Vettel has urged Red Bull to respond after Fernando Alonso earned Ferrari's first win of the season at the British Grand Prix. - McLaren eye Nurburgring step forward
McLaren believe they can make a fresh step forward in performance at this week’s German Grand Prix as they bid to move on from two disappointing races. - McLaren are "not intimidated" by Ferrari return to form
McLaren say they are "not intimidated" by Ferrari's resurgence and plan to renew their rivalry with frontrunners Red Bull at the German Grand Prix. - Fernando Alonso bids to chase down Sebastian Vettel
Fernando Alonso is throwing caution to the wind as he bids to overhaul runaway leader Sebastian Vettel in the race for the Formula 1 title. - Massa insists Ferrari's gains are real and not just rules quirk
Felipe Massa insists that Ferrari's Silverstone surge was not simply due to the rule changes favouring their car, and that the team will be just as quick when everyone reverts to Valencia exhaust specification for Germany. - Michael Schumacher promises Nurburgring surge
Michael Schumacher says the improved form that Mercedes showed at Silverstone and the boost he will get from his home crowd could spur him on to a breakthrough performance at the Nurburgring next weekend. - Force India must turn potential into points – Mallya
Force India team boss and owner Vijay Mallya is aware that the squad face a “big task” to move up the constructors’ championship in the second half of the season, but believes the potential for strong results is there provided they deliver in the races. - Heidfeld eyes home GP turnaround
Nick Heidfeld believes that the upgrades Renault are set to introduce for his home grand prix next weekend will be enough to turn the team's faltering season around.
Grand prix Insights
HANS Device
tyre temperature and blistering
Driver Changes
Chandhok to replace Trulli at the Nurburgring
Karun Chandhok is to get a race outing with Team Lotus in Germany this week, with Jarno Trulli standing aside to give the Indian driver his first full Grand Prix weekend since he competed for HRT at last year’s Silverstone round.
The track and TV coverage starts
FIA Press Conference
Germany preview quotes - Pirelli, HRT, Force India & more
Hot on the heels of one legendary track - Silverstone - comes another, and this time it is the turn of the tight and challenging Nurburgring circuit to welcome the Formula One paddock. As the ‘home’ race for world champion Sebastian Vettel, Michael Schumacher, Nico Rosberg, Nick Heidfeld, Timo Glock and Adrian Sutil, the event has special significance for many on the grid. Here the drivers and senior team personnel explain why they can’t wait to head for the mountains…
Germany preview - home heroes out to halt Ferrari
A whole slew of intermixing factors will ensure that this weekend’s German round, the Formula 1 Grosser Preis Santander von Deutschland 2011, will be a gripping affair as the race returns to the Nurburgring.
FIA Q&A: Off-throttle diffuser regs back to Valencia spec
After much controversy over the Silverstone weekend, the FIA confirmed on Thursday that the changes to regulations governing the off-throttle use of blown diffusers introduced for the British race have been dropped for the remainder of the season.
FIA Thursday press conference - Germany
Drivers: Timo Glock (Virgin), Nick Heidfeld (Renault), Nico Rosberg (Mercedes), Michael Schumacher (Mercedes), Adrian Sutil (Force India) and Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull).
Friday practice - selected team and driver quotes
FIA Friday press conference - Europe
FIA post-qualifying press conference - Europe
Qualifying - selected team and driver quotes
Technical changes Silverstone
Practice 1
Practice One - Alonso leads the Red Bulls in Germany
After his victory at Silverstone, Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso went to Germany keen to continue his run of success, and ended up fastest in the Friday morning practice at the Nurburgring. The 90-minute session began in unseasonal conditions, with overcast skies and a temperature of a miserable 13 degrees Celsius. It remained cold throughout the session.
Highlights - German GP first practice
Watch short highlights from first free practice for the German Grand Prix as Ferrari's Fernando Alonso sets the morning pace ahead of Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel at the Nurburgring.
While Sebastien Buemi survives a late incident unscathed after his Toro Rosso lifted into the air and landed in the gravel.
Practice 2
Practice Two - Webber fights back for Red Bull
Red Bull’s Mark Webber set the fastest time of the Friday afternoon session at the Nurburgring, beating Fernando Alonso’s Ferrari by 0.168s. The Australian clocked a best lap of 1m 31.711s.
Highlights - German GP second practice
Watch short highlights from second free practice for the German Grand Prix as Red Bull's Mark Webber sets the pace at the Nurburgring ahead of Ferrari's Fernando Alonso.
Practice 3
Final practice - Vettel leads Red Bull one-two
Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber showed that things are pretty much back to normal at Red Bull now that the off-throttle blown diffuser ban has been lifted, as they deposed Fernando Alonso and set the two fastest times in this mornings final practice session at the Nurburgring.
Qualifying
Qualifying - Webber bests Hamilton to take pole
Mark Webber upstaged his Red Bull team mate at the Nurburgring on Saturday afternoon to take pole position for the German Grand Prix, as Sebastian Vettel failed to qualify for the front row of a starting grid for the first time in 15 races.
German Grand Prix qualifying - top three drivers
Pole-setter Mark Webber, McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Webber's Red Bull team-mate Sebastian Vettel give their thoughts on an exciting qualifying session for the German Grand Prix.
Hamilton is delighted with his performance in finishing second and World Championship leader Vettel insists he is not disappointed despite missing out on the front-row for the first time in 15 races.
Grid
Race
Standings
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I have to say once again, i love th eBBC coverage. I can sit back with the FPs on and just chill!
