German Grand Prix 2013, Nürburgring - Race 9/19

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Nürburgring

The original Nurburgring, the Nordschleife, ran for an awe-inspiring 22.5 kilometres (14 miles). It was so long and so complicated that drivers simply could not remember a racing line. The Nurburgring was, in fact, two circuits: the Nordschleife and the Sudschleife. In total they had an amazing 172 corners.

It was safety which sealed the demise of the legendary track. Following Niki Lauda's terrifying accident there in 1976 in which he suffered horrendous burns, the Nurburgring's license to hold Formula One events was withdrawn.

The track underwent huge redevelopment to create a new circuit and in the spring of 1984 a race was held featuring 20 identical Mercedes 190Es and a grid composed of some of the best-ever Formula One drivers. Niki Lauda, Carlos Reutemann, Keke Rosberg, Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna, James Hunt, Stirling Moss, Jack Brabham, Phil Hill, John Surtees and Denny Hulme were just a few of the names to take part. Senna, then a relative youngster, won from Lauda and Reutemann.

The European Grand Prix was held at the new track later that year, and again in 1985, but it disappeared again after commercial difficulties. With the ascendancy of Michael Schumacher, from nearby Kerpen, the track was once again back in Formula One in 1995. Posing as the Luxembourg Grand Prix for 1997 and 1998, it then once more became the home of the European Grand Prix until 2006. From 2007 it has played host to the German Grand Prix every other year in an agreement which sees the race alternate between there and Hockenheim.

The track may not be as challenging as the old circuit, but it is still possible to take a trip down memory lane - literally. For just a few euros one can take a car onto the old track and soak up what was one of the most feared and yet respected circuits in the history of motorsport.



Session Times

Fri 5 July 2013
Practice 1 09:00 - 10:30
Practice 2 13:00 - 14:30

Sat 6 July 2013
Practice 3 10:00 - 11:00
Qualifying 13:00

Sun 7 July 2013
Race 13:00



Live on Sky Sports F1 HD

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* For BBC times and info see here *



Track Diagram

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Circuit Information

Race Date: 07 Jul 2013
First Grand Prix: 1951
Number of Laps: 60
Circuit Length: 5.148 km
Race Distance: 308.623 km
Lap Record: 1:29.468 - M. Schumacher (2004)



Championship Standings

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Technical Changes

http://www.formula1.com/news/technical/



Photos from the event

Thursday - http://www.formula1.com/gallery/race/2013/902/general/thursday.html

Friday - http://www.formula1.com/gallery/race/2013/902/general/friday.html

Saturday - http://www.formula1.com/gallery/race/2013/902/general/saturday.html

Sunday -



FIA Press Conference

Thursday - http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2013/7/14756.html

Friday - http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2013/7/14766.html

Saturday - http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2013/7/14776.html

Sunday -



Practice 1
Code: 
[b]Pos Driver                Team                    Time      Gap      Laps[/b]
 1. Lewis Hamilton        Mercedes                1m31.754s            25
 2. Nico Rosberg          Mercedes                1m31.973s  + 0.219s  25
 3. Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault        1m32.789s  + 1.035s  22
 4. Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes    1m32.822s  + 1.068s  16
 5. Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault           1m32.956s  + 1.202s  22
 6. Felipe Massa          Ferrari                 1m33.065s  + 1.311s  18
 7. Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes        1m33.139s  + 1.385s  24
 8. Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault        1m33.213s  + 1.459s  20
 9. Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault           1m33.260s  + 1.506s  27
10. Sergio Perez          McLaren-Mercedes        1m33.456s  + 1.702s  18
11. Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes    1m33.493s  + 1.739s  18
12. Nico Hulkenberg       Sauber-Ferrari          1m33.810s  + 2.056s  20
13. Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1m33.901s  + 2.147s  23
14. Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1m33.976s  + 2.222s  26
15. Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault        1m34.025s  + 2.271s  20
16. Valtteri Bottas       Williams-Renault        1m34.200s  + 2.446s  22
17. Esteban Gutierrez     Sauber-Ferrari          1m34.437s  + 2.683s  24
18. Charles Pic           Caterham-Renault        1m35.674s  + 3.920s  23
19. Max Chilton           Marussia-Cosworth       1m35.987s  + 4.233s  19
20. Giedo van der Garde   Caterham-Renault        1m36.078s  + 4.324s  23
21. Rodolfo Gonzalez      Marussia-Cosworth       1m37.459s  + 5.705s  21
22. Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                 no time               2
Report - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/108547



Practice 2
Code: 
[b]Pos Driver                Team                   Time      Gap       Laps[/b]
 1. Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault       1m30.416s            39
 2. Nico Rosberg          Mercedes               1m30.651s  + 0.235s  38
 3. Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault       1m30.683s  + 0.267s  41
 4. Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault          1m30.843s  + 0.427s  32
 5. Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault          1m30.848s  + 0.432s  27
 6. Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                1m31.056s  + 0.640s  39
 7. Felipe Massa          Ferrari                1m31.059s  + 0.643s  41
 8. Lewis Hamilton        Mercedes               1m31.304s  + 0.888s  35
 9. Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1m31.568s  + 1.152s  37
10. Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes   1m31.797s  + 1.381s  40
11. Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes   1m31.824s  + 1.408s  34
12. Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m31.855s  + 1.439s  42
13. Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m32.055s  + 1.639s  39
14. Sergio Perez          McLaren-Mercedes       1m32.086s  + 1.670s  36
15. Nico Hulkenberg       Sauber-Ferrari         1m32.495s  + 2.079s  39
16. Esteban Gutierrez     Sauber-Ferrari         1m32.762s  + 2.346s  44
17. Valtteri Bottas       Williams-Renault       1m32.879s  + 2.463s  35
18. Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault       1m32.880s  + 2.464s  36
19. Charles Pic           Caterham-Renault       1m33.695s  + 3.279s  38
20. Giedo van der Garde   Caterham-Renault       1m33.804s  + 3.388s  40
21. Jules Bianchi         Marussia-Cosworth      1m34.017s  + 3.601s  10
22. Max Chilton           Marussia-Cosworth      1m34.667s  + 4.251s  39
Report - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/108557



Practice 3
Code: 
[b]Pos Driver               Team                  Time       Gap      Laps[/b]
 1. Sebastian Vettel     Red Bull-Renault      1m29.517s           19
 2. Nico Rosberg         Mercedes              1m30.193s  +0.676s  19
 3. Mark Webber          Red Bull-Renault      1m30.211s  +0.694s  18
 4. Fernando Alonso      Ferrari               1m30.621s  +1.104s  16
 5. Felipe Massa         Ferrari               1m30.639s  +1.122s  17
 6. Kimi Raikkonen       Lotus-Renault         1m30.671s  +1.154s  19
 7. Lewis Hamilton       Mercedes              1m30.744s  +1.227s  20
 8. Romain Grosjean      Lotus-Renault         1m30.781s  +1.264s  18
 9. Nico Hulkenberg      Sauber-Ferrari        1m30.966s  +1.449s  20
10. Adrian Sutil         Force India-Mercedes  1m31.009s  +1.492s  18
11. Jenson Button        McLaren-Mercedes      1m31.326s  +1.809s  22
12. Esteban Gutierrez    Sauber-Ferrari        1m31.405s  +1.888s  20
13. Paul di Resta        Force India-Mercedes  1m31.733s  +2.216s  21
14. Jean-Eric Vergne     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m31.855s  +2.338s  18
15. Sergio Perez         McLaren-Mercedes      1m31.855s  +2.338s  23
16. Daniel Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m31.898s  +2.381s  19
17. Pastor Maldonado     Williams-Renault      1m31.969s  +2.452s  20
18. Valtteri Bottas      Williams-Renault      1m32.036s  +2.519s  23
19. Charles Pic          Caterham-Renault      1m33.230s  +3.713s  19
20. Jules Bianchi        Marussia-Cosworth     1m33.470s  +3.953s  22
21. Giedo van der Garde  Caterham-Renault      1m33.964s  +4.447s  21
22. Max Chilton          Marussia-Cosworth     1m34.683s  +5.166s  20
Report - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/108593



Qualifying
Code: 
[b]Pos Driver                Team                 Time       Gap  [/b]     
 1.  Lewis Hamilton       Mercedes             1m29.398s
 2.  Sebastian Vettel     Red Bull-Renault     1m29.501s  +0.103s
 3.  Mark Webber          Red Bull-Renault     1m29.608s  +0.210s
 4.  Kimi Raikkonen       Lotus-Renault        1m29.892s  +0.494s
 5.  Romain Grosjean      Lotus-Renault        1m29.959s  +0.561s
 6.  Daniel Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m30.528s  +1.130s
 7.  Felipe Massa         Ferrari              1m31.126s  +1.728s
 8.  Fernando Alonso      Ferrari              1m31.209s  +1.811s
 9.  Jenson Button        McLaren-Mercedes     No time set
10.  Nico Hulkenberg      Sauber-Ferrari       No time set
Q2 cut-off time: 1m30.269s                             Gap ** 
11.  Nico Rosberg         Mercedes              1m30.326s  +0.501s
12.  Paul di Resta        Force India-Mercedes  1m30.697s  +0.872s
13.  Sergio Perez         McLaren-Mercedes      1m30.933s  +1.108s
14.  Esteban Gutierrez    Sauber-Ferrari        1m31.010s  +1.185s
15.  Adrian Sutil         Force India-Mercedes  1m31.010s  +1.185s
16.  Jean-Eric Vergne     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m31.104s  +1.279s
Q1 cut-off time: 1m31.681s                              Gap * 
17.  Valtteri Bottas      Williams-Renault      1m31.693s  +1.146s
18.  Pastor Maldonado     Williams-Renault      1m31.707s  +1.160s
19.  Charles Pic          Caterham-Renault      1m32.937s  +2.390s
20.  Jules Bianchi        Marussia-Cosworth     1m33.063s  +2.516s
21.  Giedo van der Garde  Caterham-Renault      1m33.734s  +3.187s
22.  Max Chilton          Marussia-Cosworth     1m34.098s  +3.551s
Report - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/108594



Race
Code: 
[b]Pos  Driver         Team     [/b]   
 1.  Vettel         Red Bull-Renault           
 2.  Raikkonen      Lotus-Renault                        
 3.  Grosjean       Lotus-Renault                        
 4.  Alonso         Ferrari                              
 5.  Hamilton       Mercedes                            
 6.  Button         McLaren-Mercedes                     
 7.  Webber         Red Bull-Renault                     
 8.  Perez          McLaren-Mercedes                     
 9.  Rosberg        Mercedes                             
10.  Hulkenberg     Sauber-Ferrari                       
11.  Di Resta       Force India-Mercedes                 
12.  Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari                   
13.  Sutil          Force India-Mercedes                 
14.  Gutierrez      Sauber-Ferrari                       
15.  Maldonado      Williams-Renault                     
16.  Bottas         Williams-Renault                     
17.  Pic            Caterham-Renault                    
18.  van der Garde  Caterham-Renault                     
19.  Chilton        Marussia-Cosworth                    
DNF. Vergne         Toro Rosso-Ferrari                   
DNF. Bianchi        Marussia-Cosworth                    
DNF. Massa          Ferrari
Report - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/108638
 
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Hope something can be done with the tyres but unlikely. I'd like to see Lewis,Mark,Nico in that order. With both Kimi and Alonso finishing ahead of Vettel. Can't see it happening but hey you never know lol.
 
deuse said:
I don't think you call the pole lap at Silverstone lucky ;) Paddy will sort the braking out(if he hasn't already) then it's(Murry) GO GO GO :D

Wonder what tires there will be in Germany?
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I think he meant Hamilton's current streak of poor luck would prevent a 1st.

Interesting to see all the scrabbling by Force India, Ferrari and Lotus to distance themselves from the "Not supporting new tyres is supporting danger" position that the "other side" has conjured.
 
smr said:
Pirelli are bringing the Medium and Soft compounds.
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So not the tires they wanted to bring in at Silverstone :(

Marvin said:
I think he meant Hamilton's current streak of poor luck would prevent a 1st.

Interesting to see all the scrabbling by Force India, Ferrari and Lotus to distance themselves from the "Not supporting new tyres is supporting danger" position that the "other side" has conjured.
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Arr right. :)
 
deuse said:
I don't think you call the pole lap at Silverstone lucky ;) Paddy will sort the braking out(if he hasn't already) then it's(Murry) GO GO GO :D

Wonder what tires there will be in Germany?
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I was talking about Hamiltons luck during races, sadly being in the lead is a bad omen for him currently.

Marvin said:
I think he meant Hamilton's current streak of poor luck would prevent a 1st.
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Yes I was, I was cursing Pirelli when the tyre went, on the + side Vettel was out of the race completely. I was going to question watching the next race if he'd won and Hamilton had finished out of the points.

utajoker said:
early forecasts say dry around 22-23C. pretty much the same as silverstone.

finally a Hamilton win please!
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Good news for Mercedes then, I hope it doesn't end up being another ''nearly'' season for Hamilton though. If the car is up to the job of course, Rosberg will be confident of his chances as well now.
 
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