Situé à 25 km au sud-ouest d'Heidelberg, cette ancienne piste d'essai de Mercedes était le circuit le plus rapide du championnat avec Monza jusqu'en 2002. Il comporte d'interminable ligne droite à travers la forêt et est assez étroit. L'accident de Jim Clark en 1968 et celui de Patrick Depailler en 1980 poussa les organisateurs à installer des chicanes pour réduire la vitesse.
Les longues lignes droites se dégradant avec le temps, les organisateurs en profitèrent pour redessiner la piste, de façon beaucoup plus courte afin de mettre plus de tribune, de faire passer les voitures plus souvent (45 fois auparavant contre 66 actuellement) et aussi de permettre des dépassements.
Alicia
Date Grand Prix L km Pole position Time Win Time Fastest lap Time
2 august 1970Germany6.789339.450 kmICKX Jacky1'59''500RINDT Jochen
1h 42m 00.300sICKX Jacky
2'00''500
31 july 1977Germany6.789319.083 kmSCHECKTER Jody1'53''070LAUDA Niki
1h 31m 48.620sLAUDA Niki
1'55''990
30 july 1978Germany6.789305.505 kmANDRETTI Mario1'51''900ANDRETTI Mario
1h 28m 00.900sPETERSON Ronnie
1'55''620
29 july 1979Germany6.789305.505 kmJABOUILLE Jean-Pierre1'48''480JONES Alan
1h 24m 48.830sVILLENEUVE Gilles
1'51''890
10 august 1980Germany6.789305.505 kmJONES Alan1'45''850LAFFITE Jacques
1h 22m 59.730sJONES Alan
1'48''490
2 august 1981Germany6.789305.505 kmPROST Alain1'47''500PIQUET Nelson
1h 25m 55.600sJONES Alan
1'52''420
Adding a chicane in the Ostkurve following the fatal accident of Patrick Depailler in 1980.
Date Grand Prix L km Pole position Time Win Time Fastest lap Time
8 august 1982Germany6.797305.865 kmPIRONI Didier1'47''947TAMBAY Patrick
1h 27m 25.178sPIQUET Nelson
1'54''035
7 august 1983Germany6.797305.865 kmTAMBAY Patrick1'49''328ARNOUX René
1h 27m 10.319sARNOUX René
1'53''938
5 august 1984Germany6.797299.068 kmPROST Alain1'47''012PROST Alain
1h 24m 43.210sPROST Alain
1'53''538
27 july 1986Germany6.797299.068 kmROSBERG Keke1'42''013PIQUET Nelson
1h 22m 08.263sBERGER Gerhard
1'46''604
26 july 1987Germany6.797299.068 kmMANSELL Nigel1'42''616PIQUET Nelson
1h 21m 25.091sMANSELL Nigel
1'45''716
24 july 1988Germany6.797299.068 kmSENNA Ayrton1'44''596SENNA Ayrton
1h 32m 54.188sNANNINI Alessandro
2'03''032
30 july 1989Germany6.797305.865 kmSENNA Ayrton1'42''300SENNA Ayrton
1h 21m 43.302sSENNA Ayrton
1'45''884
Changing at Ostkurve chicane.
Date Grand Prix L km Pole position Time Win Time Fastest lap Time
29 july 1990Germany6.802306.090 kmSENNA Ayrton1'40''198SENNA Ayrton
1h 20m 47.164sBOUTSEN Thierry
1'45''602
28 july 1991Germany6.802306.090 kmMANSELL Nigel1'37''087MANSELL Nigel
1h 19m 29.661sPATRESE Riccardo
1'43''569
Changing at Ostkurve chicane, then in 1994, slight modification of the chicanes 1 and 2.
Date Grand Prix L km Pole position Time Win Time Fastest lap Time
26 july 1992Germany6.815306.675 kmMANSELL Nigel1'37''960MANSELL Nigel
1h 18m 22.032sPATRESE Riccardo
1'41''591
25 july 1993Germany6.815306.675 kmPROST Alain1'38''748PROST Alain
1h 18m 40.885sSCHUMACHER Michael
1'41''859
31 july 1994Germany6.823307.035 kmBERGER Gerhard1'43''582BERGER Gerhard
1h 22m 37.272sCOULTHARD David
1'46''211
30 july 1995Germany6.823307.035 kmHILL Damon1'44''385SCHUMACHER Michael
1h 22m 56.043sSCHUMACHER Michael
1'48''824
28 july 1996Germany6.823307.035 kmHILL Damon1'43''912HILL Damon
1h 21m 43.417sHILL Damon
1'46''504
27 july 1997Germany6.823307.035 kmBERGER Gerhard1'41''873BERGER Gerhard
1h 20m 59.046sBERGER Gerhard
1'45''747
2 august 1998Germany6.823307.035 kmHAKKINEN Mika1'41''838HAKKINEN Mika
1h 20m 47.984sCOULTHARD David
1'46''116
1 august 1999Germany6.823307.035 kmHAKKINEN Mika1'42''950IRVINE Eddie
1h 21m 58.594sCOULTHARD David
1'45''270
30 july 2000Germany6.823307.035 kmCOULTHARD David1'45''697BARRICHELLO Rubens
1h 25m 34.418sBARRICHELLO Rubens
1'44''300
29 july 2001Germany6.825307.125 kmMONTOYA Juan-Pablo1'38''117SCHUMACHER Ralf
1h 18m 17.873sMONTOYA Juan-Pablo
1'41''808
New track, shorter and changing at the Nordkurve.
Date Grand Prix L km Pole position Time Win Time Fastest lap Time
28 july 2002Germany4.574306.458 kmSCHUMACHER Michael1'14''389SCHUMACHER Michael
1h 27m 52.078sSCHUMACHER Michael
1'16''462
3 august 2003Germany4.574306.458 kmMONTOYA Juan-Pablo1'15''167MONTOYA Juan-Pablo
1h 28m 48.769sMONTOYA Juan-Pablo
1'14''917
25 july 2004Germany4.574301.884 kmSCHUMACHER Michael1'13''306SCHUMACHER Michael
1h 23m 54.848sRAIKKONEN Kimi
1'13''780
24 july 2005Germany4.574306.458 kmRAIKKONEN Kimi1'14''320ALONSO Fernando
1h 26m 28.599sRAIKKONEN Kimi
1'14''873
30 july 2006Germany4.574306.458 kmRAIKKONEN Kimi1'14''070SCHUMACHER Michael
1h 27m 51.693sSCHUMACHER Michael
1'16''357
20 july 2008Germany4.574306.458 kmHAMILTON Lewis1'15''666HAMILTON Lewis
1h 31m 20.874sHEIDFELD Nick
1'15''987
25 july 2010Germany4.574306.458 kmVETTEL Sebastian1'13''791ALONSO Fernando
1h 27m 38.864sVETTEL Sebastian
1'15''824
22 july 2012Germany4.574306.458 kmALONSO Fernando1'40''621ALONSO Fernando
1h 31m 05.862sSCHUMACHER Michael
1'18''725
20 july 2014Germany4.574306.458 kmROSBERG Nico1'16''540ROSBERG Nico
1h 33m 42.914sHAMILTON Lewis
1'19''908
31 july 2016Germany4.574306.458 kmROSBERG Nico1'14''363HAMILTON Lewis
1h 30m 44.200sRICCIARDO Daniel
1'18''442
22 july 2018Germany4.574306.458 kmVETTEL Sebastian1'11''212HAMILTON Lewis
1h 32m 29.845sHAMILTON Lewis
1'15''545
28 july 2019Germany4.574292.736 kmHAMILTON Lewis1'11''767VERSTAPPEN Max
1h 44m 31.275sVERSTAPPEN Max
1'16''645