German grand prix (HOCKENHEIM)

HISTORY OF GERMAN GRAND PRIX:

The Hockenheim circuit was built and ready to go in 1939 as a test track for mercedez bens.When the war started construction for the circuit was held. After world war two ended, germany was banned from any international event. Therefore the first formula one german grand prix took place in 1951.  The first winner of the german grand prix was alberto ascari in his V12 ferrari car. The first hockenheim was held in 1970 and it was won by jochen rindt in his lotus- ford.  2012 marked the 45th german grand prix race and the 30th Hockenheim grand prix race, which was won by fernando alonso who also secured a pole position in qualifing. Rudolf caracciola currently holds the record for the most times winning a german grand prix. Rudolf has all together six victories with micheal shumacher second in the standings with four. Kimi Raoikonnen currently holds the record for the Fastest lap, He set the record in his west mclaren mercedez in 2004 achieving this world record at lap 10 of the race. Unfortunatly Kimi was unable to finish the race due to a crash that put him out of the race. 

ABOUT HOCKENHEIM CIRCUIT:

The 2012 german grand prix was held on the 22nd of july. The Hockenheim circuit has a total of 67 laps with a circuit length of 4.5 km and a total race distance of 306km. Hockenheim is located in the upper rhine valley. Another small city Hockenheim only houses a total of 21,000 people. Their currency is euro as they were the founders of the european union in 1951- 1958 along with Belguim, Italy, France, Luxemberg and the Netherlands.

DID YOU KNOW : 

1. Did you know that Frankfurt is commonly ranked among the top ten best cities of the world. 
2. Germans are the second largest beer consumers in the world after Ireland ( ofcourse ) 
3. 31 percent of the country has been kept with forests and woodlands, That is the reason why germany is known to be as the economically friendly country of europe. 
4. The first printed book was in german 
5. German in the third most commonly taught language in the world.

WEATHER: 

Most of Germany is a temperate seasonal climate. Winters are often mild and summers are commonly cool as temperatures reach to 30oC and even higher. Rainfall occurs nearly all year round but especially in the summer. The East side on the other hand has a more continental climate which include cold windy climates during the winter and warm, sunny climates in the summer. I presume that long dry periods do happen quite frequently during the summer.