The German Grand Prix was a motor race that took place most years since 1926, with 75 races having been held. The race has been held at only three venues throughout its history: the Nürburgring in Rhineland-Palatinate, Hockenheimring in Baden-Württemberg and occasionally AVUS in Berlin. The race continued to be known as the German Grand Prix, even through the era when the race was held in West Germany.
Rudolf Caracciola and his mechanic Eugen Salzer celebrate victory at the first ever German Grand Prix in 1926.
Bernd Rosemeyer racing an Auto Union Typ C in 1937, he finished third.
Juan Manuel Fangio won the European Grand Prix at the Ring in 1954 in a Mercedes-Benz W196.
In 1962, Graham Hill won the race on his way to the World Championship.
The Nürburgring is a 150,000-person capacity motorsports complex located in the town of Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a long Nordschleife "North loop" track, built in the 1920s, around the village and medieval castle of Nürburg in the Eifel mountains. The north loop is 20.830 km (12.943 mi) long and contains more than 300 metres of elevation change from its lowest to highest points. Scottish racing driver Jackie Stewart nicknamed the track "The Green Hell".
Tower of Nürburg Castle
Aerial photograph of GP-Strecke
Rain clouds gather over the Ring during the 2011 German Grand Prix.
Panorama main entrance of Nürburgring
