Interesting facts about the German Grand Prix MyZA

Eurosport – Red Bull Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany steers his car during the qualifying session of the German F1 Grand Prix at the Nuerburgring circuit. Photo: Reuters

Did you know that Germany has hosted a record 73 rounds of the Formula One world championship or that Michael Schumacher’s victories alone would put German drivers third in the all-time wins list?

As the Nurburgring prepares to host the Formula 1 Grosser Preis von Deutchland 2013 – the 60th running of the event – all the essential facts and figures have been compiled:

• Germany has hosted a record 73 rounds of the world championship – 59 as the German Grand Prix, 12 as the European Grand Prix and two as the Luxembourg Grand Prix.

• There are four German drivers on the current grid (Sebastian Vettel, Adrian Sutil, Nico Rosberg and Nico Hulkenberg) – the same number as both Great Britain and France.

• The first German Grand Prix took place at the Nurburgring in 1951 on the famous 22.8-kilometre Nordschleife circuit. It was won by Alberto Ascari for Ferrari. The Nordschleife hosted its last Grand Prix in 1976. The circuit raced used now, the ‘new’ Nurburgring, is just 5.148 kilometres long.

• The German Grand Prix has been won five times by two German drivers from the same family. Michael Schumacher won it four times (a record), Ralf Schumacher once.

• The most recent German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring took place in 2011 and was won by Lewis Hamilton for McLaren. Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso was second and Red Bull’s Mark Webber was third.

• Ferrari are overwhelmingly the most successful team in German Grand Prix history. The Italian team has won the race 21 times – 11 times more than the next best team, Williams. In total, Ferrari have 14 Nurburgring victories to their name – also a record.

• Germany must be Kimi Raikkonen’s most unlucky country to compete in. The Finn has raced there 16 times but has never won and has retired from the German Grand Prix on six occasions.

• Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel has never won his home event, making it one of just three Grands Prix on the calendar he hasn’t won (the others are Hungary and the USA). His best result in Germany is second in 2009. He’s also never won a race in the month of July…

• Germany’s most famous racer, Michael Schumacher, has a record 91 Grand Prix wins to his name – that’s more on his own than the total wins for all but two countries, including France (79), Finland (46) and Italy (43).

• Michael Schumacher holds the lap record for the Nurburgring – 1m 29.468s set in a Ferrari in 2004. – Formula One

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