2008 Formula 1 Grosser Preis Santander Von Deutschland
About Germany
Many would argue that the major facelift in 2002 left the 2.8 mile Hockenheimring a bland expanse of tarmac. The passage through the heart of the Rhine forest may have been re-engineered, but that which remains still demands exacting standards of driving and engineering precision. Like so many of the tracks on the calendar, the circuit is a conundrum, one at which the drivers and their engineers spend most of the weekend searching for an often elusive set-up which can accommodate the low and medium speed corners as well as the high speed straights. Measuring 1.38km, the sweeping Parabolica is the longest straight of the lap and will see the engines rev at full throttle for 17.1 seconds at speeds of 320kp/h. With the cars running at full throttle for up to 70% of each lap, Hockenheim ranks only second to Monza in the speed stakes and demands engine durability. Located in the southern part of Germany, ambient temperatures are predictably high and promote track temperatures in excess of 50°C. As a result, the thermal loads placed on the tyres, particularly the rears, will be especially high at this race, while the physical pressures exerted on the drivers are as equally demanding.
Germany
20 July 2008
Hockenheimring
- Number of laps 67
- Circuit Length 4.574 km/2.842 miles
- Race Length 306.458 km/190.414 miles
- Race Start 1:00pm
- WF1 Race Wins 9
- WF1 Poles 9
- WF1 Fastest Laps 9
- WF1 Entries 27
- 2007 Fastest Lap No German GP in '07
- 2007 Pole Sitter No German GP in '07
- 2007 Race Winner No German GP in '07
- 2007 Williams Result N/A