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Hockenheimring

Coordinates: 49°19′40″N 8°33′57″E / 49.32778°N 8.56583°E / 49.32778; 8.56583
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49°19′40″N 8°33′57″E / 49.32778°N 8.56583°E / 49.32778; 8.56583

Hockenheimring
Location Hockenheim, Germany
Time zone GMT +1
Capacity 120,000
Broke ground March 23, 1932
Opened May 25, 1932
Major Events F1, DTM, German Grand Prix
Surface Asphalt
Circuit Length 4.574 km (2.842 mi)
Turns 13
Lap Record 1:13.780 (Finland Kimi Räikkönen, McLaren, 2004)

The Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg is an automobile racing track near the town of Hockenheim in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Amongst other motor racing events, it holds the annual Formula One German Grand Prix in turns with the Nürburgring. Being in the Rhine valley, the circuit is almost completely flat, with very little change in height.