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| Race Facts an Stats - Europe; Round 9 - Nurburgring | |
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| Paul_Murtagh | Jul 18 2007, 05:44 PM Post #1 |
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NURBURGRING: - This will be the 13th grand prix to be held at the New Nurburgring. It's predecessor, the Nordschleife, held a further 22 Formula 1 championship races. - The Nordschleife is considered by many to be the greatest ever F1 circuit. It is widely considered the toughest and most demanding purpose-built race track in the world. - It was completed in 1927 and it's length was a staggering 28.265 km. This was cut short in 1939 and cut into two different circuits - the 7.747 km Südschleife, and the famous 22.810 km Nordschleife. - The 'Ring held it's first F1 world championship race in 1951, and apart from AVUS in 1959 and Hockenheim in 1970 it was to stage every German GP until 1976. - Phil Hill became the first driver to lap the Nordschleife in under 9 minutes in 1961 driving the 'Shark Nose' Ferrari - a record that stood for years afterwards. - The Nordschleife last hosted a race in 1976 after Nikki Lauda's near-fatal accident at the circuit. His car crashed ansd burst into flames, and due to the 'Ring's character, it tooks marshalls a while to reach Lauda. The race was moved to Hockenheim for the 1977 race - The Nurburgring returned to F1 in 1984 under the guise of the European GP. It was considered a pale shadow of it's predecessor due to it's layout and modern safety facilities which seen fans much more further back than other circuits. - The new circuit held it's first and so far only German GP in 1985, which was won by Michele Alboreto in the Ferrari. It was also the first time that an on-board camera was used during a race for TV purposes. It was attached to François Hesnault's Renault. - After an absence of 10 years, the circuit returned to F1 in 1995 as the European GP in deference to the success of Michael Schumacher. The German won this race after a great end-of-race battle with Jean Alesi. - In 1997 and 1998 the race was titled as the Luxembourg GP, as Jerez held the European GP title in 1997 and was due to hold it again in 1998 before being cancelled. - In 2002 the circuit underwent a major change at the start of the lap. The Castrol S was removed and replaced with a hairpin first corner, followed by two sweeping left handers before a tight right-hander took the cars back to the original circuit. EUROPEAN GP - The first race to be titled the European GP was held at Brands Hatch in 1983. It was won by Nelson Piquet on his way to his second world championship. - Brands also held the European GP in 1985 and it became the scene of Nigel Mansell's first GP win. He took the victory in his Williams after 72 attempts - After an 8-year absence, the European GP returned in 1993 at Donington, and was written into F1 folklore as Ayrton Senna took a famous win in the wet. His championship rival, Alain Prost, pitted 5 times and stalled once. - The European GP has been held at Jerez twice and on both occassions it was a vital race in the championship. In 1994, Michael Schumacher took the win from Damon Hill after returning from a two-race ban. And in 1997 he infamously tried to take out Jacques Villeneuve in the title decider. It didn't work and Villeneuve went on to take the title, while Schumacher was disqualified from the championship. - From 2008 onwards, the European GP will be held at a new street circuit in Valencia. The circuit will be based around the city's America's Cup port and will undoubtedy draw comparisons with Monaco due to it's coast location. - Unsurprisingly Michael Schumacher is the most successful driver in the history of the European GP with 6 wins - 5 at the Nurburgring and 1 at Jerez. Previous Winners (European GP): 2006 - Michael Schumacher (GER) Ferrari 2005 - Fernando Alonso (ESP) Renault 2004 - Michael Schumacher (GER) Ferrari 2003 - Ralf Schumacher (GER) Williams 2002 - Rubens Barrichello (BRA) Ferrari 2001 - Michael Schumacher (GER) Ferrari 2000 - Michael Schumacher (GER) Ferrari 1999 - Johnny Herbet (GBR) Stewart Ford 1998 - Not Held 1997 - Mika Haikkinen (FIN) McLaren Mercedes 1996 - Jacques Villeneuve (CAN) Williams Renault 1995 - Michael Schumacher (GER) Benetton Renault 1994 - Michael Schumacher (GER) Benetton Renault 1993 - Ayrton Senna (BRA) McLaren Ford 1986 - 1992 - Not Held 1985 - Nigel Mansell (GBR) Williams Honda 1984 - Alain Prost (FRA) - McLaren TAG 1983 - Nelson Piquet (BRA) Brabham BMW 1994 - Michael Schumacher (GER) Benetton Renault |
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