The 2018 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 22 July 2018 at the Hockenheimring in Germany. The race was the 11th round of the 2018 Formula One World Championship and marked the 77th running of the German Grand Prix, and the 63rd time the race had been run as a World Championship event since the inaugural season in 1950.
Sebastian Vettel (pictured in his car at the Austrian Grand Prix) secured pole position.
Lewis Hamilton (pictured in his car at the Austrian Grand Prix) won the race.
The pit entry (pictured at the 1988 German Grand Prix). Hamilton was on the pit entry (on the inside of the grass) and cut across the grass to rejoin the main track which was against the rules.
The Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg is a motor racing circuit situated in the Rhine valley near the town of Hockenheim in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located on the Bertha Benz Memorial Route. Amongst other motor racing events, it has hosted the German Grand Prix, most recently in 2019. The circuit has very little differences in elevation. The circuit has an FIA Grade 1 licence.
Aerial view of the track in 2023 with remains of the old track layout visible in the forest (upper left)
Remains of the Ostkurve in early 2012
Kimi Räikkönen at the Nordkurve during the 2014 German Grand Prix