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Umbau des Hockenheimrings

Umbau des Hockenheimrings

Umbau des Hockenheimrings

Umbau des Hockenheimrings

Jack Brabham in his own Brabham-Repco BT26, German GP Nurburgring 1969

Peter Westbury (GB) on a Formula 2 Brabham BT30 - Cosworth FVA

John Pollock (IRL) of Team Ireland on Lotus 48 - Cosworth FVA

Peter Westbury (GB) on a Formula 2 Brabham BT30 - Cosworth FVA

Johnny Servoz-Gavin (F), Matra International on a Formula 2 Matra MS7 - Cosworth FVA

Francois Cevert on an F2 Tecno-Cosworth TOO, German GP 1969

Henri Pescarolo in a Formula 2 Matra MS7-Cosworth FVA

Kurt Ahrens (D) on his own Formula 2 Brabham-Cosworth

John Pollock (IRL) of Team Ireland on Lotus 48 - Cosworth FVA

Austrian Dieter Quester on a Formula 2 BMW 269 - BMW M11 (BMW withdrew all cars of its 269 F2 project from the race as Gerhard Mitter died in a fatal accident at Schwedenkreuz in practice session)

Johnny Servoz-Gavin (F), Matra International on a Formula 2 Matra MS7 - Cosworth FVA

Johnny Servoz-Gavin (F), Matra International on a Formula 2 Matra MS7 - Cosworth FVA

Peter Westbury (GB) on a Formula 2 Brabham BT30 - Cosworth FVA

Peter Westbury (GB) on a Formula 2 Brabham BT30 - Cosworth FVA

Xavier Perrot (CH) of Squadra Tartaruga on a Formula 2 Brabham BT23C - Cosworth FVA

Kurt Ahrens (D) on his own Formula 2 Brabham-Cosworth

Henri Pescarolo in a Formula 2 Matra MS7-Cosworth FVA

Peter Westbury (GB) on a Formula 2 Brabham BT30 - Cosworth FVA

Francois Cevert on an F2 Tecno-Cosworth TOO, German GP 1969

Richard Attwood (GB) on a Formula 2 Brabham-Cosworth, entered by Frank Williams Ltd.

Kurt Ahrens (D) on his own Formula 2 Brabham-Cosworth

Francois Cevert on March-Cosworth 701, German GP 1970

Francois Cevert on March-Cosworth 701, German GP 1970

Francois Cevert on Tyrrell-Cosworth 002, German GP Nuerburgring 1971

Winner of the 1971 German GP Jackie Stewart celebrates his achievement in the hospitality besides his team boss' wife Nora Tyrrell

Winner of the 1971 German GP Jackie Stewart on Tyrrell-Cosworth 003

Ronnie Peterson becomes third placed in the March-Cosworth 721G, German GP 1972

Francois Cevert, German GP Nuerburgring 1973

Francois Cevert, German GP Nuerburgring 1973

Race winner Jackie Stewart on Tyrrell-Cosworth 006 in front of second placed team mate Cevert, German GP Nuerburgring 1973

Francois Cevert, German GP Nuerburgring 1973

Patrick Depailler in heavy rain on Tyrrell-Cosworth 007, German GP Nuerburgring 1974

Derek Bell in a Surtees-Cosworth TS16, German GP Nuerburgring 1974

Patrick Depailler jumps with the Tyrrell-Cosworth 007, German GP Nuerburgring 1975

Vittorio Brambilla on March-Cosworth 751, German GP Nuerburgring 1975

Lotus team mates John Watson and Ronnie Peterson discuss manoeuvres, German GP Nuerburgring 1975

John Watson on Lotus-Cosworth 72F, 1975 German GP

Guy Edwards on Hesketh-Cosworth 308D, German GP Nuerburgring 1976

Harald Ertl jumps in the Hesketh-Cosworth 308D, German GP Nuerburgring 1976

Clay Regazzoni on Ferrari 312T2 starts from fifth grid place at the 1976 German GP

Vittorio Brambilla's destroyed March-Cosworth 761, German GP Nuerburgring 1976

Harald Ertl on Ensign-Cosworth, German GP Hockenheim 1978

Harald Ertl on Ensign-Cosworth, German GP Hockenheim 1978

Race winner Mario Andretti in a Lotus-Cosworth, German GP Hockenheim 1978

Peterson's Lotus-Cosworth is prepared before the German GP Hockenheim 1978

The cars line up on the grid of the German GP Hockenheim 1978, both Lotus on the front row

GP Belgium 2001

Roberto Guerrero on Ensign-Cosworth, German GP Hockenheim 1982

La ola

Jean Alesi retires with the Tyrrell-Cosworth five laps before the finish of the German GP Hockenheim 1990

Luciano Burti rolls over in the air at the start of the German Grand Prix 2001

Luciano Burti rolls over in the air at the start of the German Grand Prix 2001

A little bird sits on a tyre barrier before the race

Luciano Burti rolls over in the air at the start of the German Grand Prix 2001

Luciano Burti rolls over in the air at the start of the German Grand Prix 2001

La Ola

Eddie Jordan has an 'anti-fan' since he replaced HHF as driver

Servus

Luciano Burti rolls over in the air at the start of the German Grand Prix 2001

Haug.Norbert

Singer Roberto Blanco poses with ADAC sports president Hermann Tomczyk

Umbau des Hockenheimrings

Umbau des Hockenheimrings

Umbau des Hockenheimrings

Umbau des Hockenheimrings

Umbau des Hockenheimrings

Jackie Oliver (GB) on Porsche 908/03 #013 during a practice session before the 1000 km endurance race at the Nuerburgring in 1971

During the 6h Nuerburgring race in 1973, Helen Stewart enjoys browsing through Rainer's 1973 Ford Motorsport calendar

Walter Röhrl, Regensburg 1983

Ferrari F40

Schumacher fans

Grooves of an intermediate tyre

Umbau des Hockenheimrings

Jacques Villeneuve entering Mobil 1 curve

The red carpet

Lewis Hamilton being taken care of after his massive practice crash.

Lewis Hamilton being taken care of after his massive practice crash.

Lewis Hamilton being taken care of after his massive practice crash.

The red carpet

Lewis Hamilton being taken care of after his massive practice crash.

Lewis Hamilton being taken care of after his massive practice crash.

The red carpet

Lewis Hamilton being taken care of after his massive practice crash.

Roller coaster rails under the ceiling of the new Ring's experience park

The Maserati CDM (Tipo 61) of Lloyd Casner (USA) and Masten Gregory (USA)

Jim Clark speaks with John Surtees

Hans-Dieter Dechent (D) and Robert F. Huhn (D) drive the Porsche 906 of Scuderia Lufthansa to sixth place

Fans at the Nuerburgring-'Suedkehre'

Ford Capri - Mass / Glemser

Somebody takes Niki Lauda's pulse

internet1

Walter Röhrl und Christian Geistdörfer im Würth Lancia Rally 037, Regensburg 1983

Walter Röhrl und Christian Geistdörfer im Würth Lancia Rally 037, Regensburg 1983

Walter Röhrl und Christian Geistdörfer im Würth Lancia Rally 037, Regensburg 1983

Paul Rosche at the Brabham-BMW pitwall

Bernie Ecclestone, Brabham team principal

Hospitality

Ken Tyrrell

Michael Schumacher

Berger im Ferrari

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Jordan fans

Michael Schumacher

mtp

BMW

Ross Brawn

A track marshal interrupts his lunch to show the 'Vettel finger'

The grid girls leave the rad carpet after the drivers presentation vehicle has left the grid

massa vor alsonso

Mercedes, also sponsor of the German National Football World Cup Team, proudly showing "their" fourth star, symbolizing the fourth FIFA World Cup Title for Germany 2014, after 1954, '74 and '90

Sunday's grid girls

Masses of fans on the grid waving back to their idol

At the Nuerburgring the Vettel fans are well prepared for any weather condition

Two blonde 'Formula Unas' pose for the photographer

Firemarshals inspect their workplace

Fans exit the grandstand on their way home from the race

A familiar face, a former advertising girl sits on the pitwall in civies

GP Belgium 2001

Miss Universe Germany 2013, Anne-Julia Hagen

Jim Clark

Dan Gurney sits in the cockpit of the Porsche 804, besides him an american journalist

The Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2 of Roberto Bussinello (I) and "Geki" (I) retires after 14 laps

The jumping Porsche 910 #013 of Paul Hawkins (AUS) and Gerhard Koch (D)

Henri Greder (F) and Jean-Michel Giorgi (F) on a Ford GT40 #1003 gain first place for Ford France in S+3.0 class (7th place overall)

Henri Greder (F) and Jean-Michel Giorgi (F) on Ford GT40 #1003 gain first place in S+3.0 classement (7th overall)

Hans-Dieter Dechent (D) and Robert F. Huhn (D) on a Porsche 906

Henri Greder (F) and Jean-Michel Giorgi (F) on Ford GT40 #1003 gain first place in S+3.0 classement (7th overall)

Henri Greder (F) and Jean-Michel Giorgi (F) on Ford GT40 #1003 gain first place in S+3.0 classement (7th overall)

The jumping Porsche 910 007 S-ZL 123 of Udo Schütz (D) and Joe Buzzetta (USA)

Günter Werlich (D) and Rainer Ising (D) on Porsche 906 156

Live advertising for 'Sarotti' chocolate and cocoa products, the oldfashioned 'Sarotti-Mohr'

Pauli Toivonen (SF) and Sten Axelsson (S) in the Porsche 917K #021 during practice session, entered by Racing Team AAW. The vehicle did not start because it was withdrawn due to a fatal accident in practice in which team mate Hans Laine was killed.

Jochen Rindt

Pauli Toivonen (SF) and Sten Axelsson (S) in the Porsche 917K #021 during practice session, entered by Racing Team AAW. The vehicle did not start because it was withdrawn due to a fatal accident in practice in which team mate Hans Laine was killed.

Jochen Rindt

Eifelrennen 1971

Jo Siffert, BRM P160

Eifelrennen 1971

Niki Lauda (A) / Hans-Peter Joisten (B), Jägermeister-Racing Team (D), BMW 3.0 CSL, Grosser Preis der Tourenwagen, 6-Stunden-Rennen zur Europameisterschaft 1973, Deutsche Automobil-Rennsport-Meisterschaft (round 12), European Touring Car Championship (round 4)

Jochen Mass in front of the Surtees-Cosworth TS14A, German GP Nuerburgring 1973

Frau Glemser waits in pits for her husband Dieter

Niki Lauda standing beside his Ferrari in pits during practice session

Brabham driver Rolf Stommelen, German GP Nuerburgring 1976

Brabham driver Rolf Stommelen, German GP Nuerburgring 1976

Later second placed Jody Scheckter with Walter Wolf in Wolf pits, German GP Hockenheim 1977

TGC3

Later second placed Jody Scheckter, German GP Hockenheim 1977

Gunnar Nilsson

AvD Rennsport trophy DRM race Grosser Preis von Deutschland, Hockenheim 1978, Division 2, Thomas Datzmann in the Mampe Ford Zakspeed Ford Escorts II RS

AvD Rennsport trophy DRM race Grosser Preis von Deutschland, Hockenheim 1978, Division 2, Armin Hahne in the Mampe Ford Zakspeed Ford Escort II RS

A toolbox of the Wolf Formula One team

Max Mosley in discussion with Jean-Marie Balestre.

Max Mosley in discussion with Jean-Marie Balestre.

Max Mosley in discussion with Jean-Marie Balestre.

Walter Röhrl und Christian Geistdörfer im Würth Lancia Rally 037, Regensburg 1983

Walter Röhrl und Christian Geistdörfer im Würth Lancia Rally 037, Regensburg 1983

Keke Rosberg

Walter Röhrl und Christian Geistdörfer im Würth Lancia Rally 037, Regensburg 1983

Walter Röhrl und Christian Geistdörfer im Würth Lancia Rally 037, Regensburg 1983

Walter Röhrl und Christian Geistdörfer im Würth Lancia Rally 037, Regensburg 1983

Paul Rosche of BMW talkes to Brabham's Gordon Murray

Felipe Massa

Giancarlo Fisichella

Sticky rubber marbles

McLaren fans from Cyprus support Coulthard, Hakkinen and Raikkonen

Ayrton Senna of McLaren-Honda adjusting one of his mirrors

Michael Schumacher

Ralf Schumacher in the tender age of 18 years

German GP 1998

German GP 1998

BAR Honda's Jacques Villeneuve

Juergen Hubbert (DaimlerChrysler member of the board)

Juergen Hubbert (DaimlerChrysler member of the board)

Juergen Hubbert (DaimlerChrysler member of the board)

Rubens Barrichello looses his tension after a long rainy race

Rubens Barrichello receives a well earned champagne shower from his McLaren competitors

Bodywork

Brothers

Ferrari Fans

Goeschel

Williams

Williams from the back

Mechanic at work

Noses

Williams

Waiting for the pitstop

Mechanic at work

Ferrari fans

Drivers parade

The drivers presentation for the fans

mit pasquale

Bianchis grid girl

erschöpftes mädchen, hatten kein leichtes wochenende (evtl. rainer fragen)

lewis checkt webbers red bull

Crowds celebrate in front of the rostrum during podium ceremony

Sebastian Vettel walks to drivers presentation

German F1 race fans

Race cars in parc ferme after Saturday's qualifying, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

The nearly full house grand stand, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

The AMG Mercedes Safty Car

Heidfeld's senior physiotherapist Jo Leberer already took care of the great Senna

Ex-Toyota tech director Mike Gascoyne lunching with Midland team bosses Colin Kolles and Ian Phillips

David Coulthard joking with his boss Helmut Marko

Super Aguri driver Sakon Yamamoto

Creative headdress of a german fan

Nuerburg castle

A late evening sun shines over the paddock

The old Nuerburg behind the satellite dish-growing TV compound gave its name to the Ring

Ferrari trucks are being reflected in the motorhome windows

Whilst the drivers do their drivers parade lap, the red carpet is being removed

Peter Sauber

Motivated grid girls wait at the petrol station besides the track during a short time of bad weather

Lewis Hamilton inserts the ear plugs in a dark McLaren Mercedes pits

Ex-F1 driver turned DTM Mercedes driver Ralf Schumacher visits his old playground.

Ralf Sc humacher visits the paddock in the new look of his recent employer

Raikkonen's grid girl

The crowded grid in front of a large 'Motodrom' grandstand

The reanimation kit of the german Red Cross for photographers surprisingly includes The Red Bulletin and GEO :)

A professional photoshooting of the Red Bull 'Formula Unas' in the paddock

Three Brazilians: Whilst Rubens Barrichello chats with Kubica, Massa and Piquet exchange the latest rumours

An austrian fan seems to dislike the german beer

Ferrari mechanics roll the car to Thursday evening scrutineering

Kimi Raikkonen poses with an 'official' fan :)

The grid girls march through last corner towards the grid

The grid girls arrive at the grid fith their flags

Whilst photographers rush from grid to first corner, fans do the la ola wave

The fans on the huge main grandstand rise the German flag's colours during the national anthem

This spacy device substitutes the lollipop's signals during a pit stop

Sebastian Vettel together with Burghard Hummel of Red Bull's marketing agency WWP

Webber's grid girl

Hamilton's grid girl

Rainer W. Schlegelmilch, German GP 1962

Jim Clark

Hans Herrmann (D) becomes third placed in the Porsche 718 WRS #047 with team mate Graham Hill at the 1000kms Nuerburgring 1962

Mike Parkes

Bruce McLaren (NZ)

Nino Vaccarella

Richard Attwood

Phil Hill (USA)

Jackie Stewart

Mike Parkes (GB)

The Ferrari Dino 206 S #008 driven by Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) and Richie Ginther (USA)

John Surtees (GB)

Ferrari engine

Jackie Stewart aviates his BRM 261 past the remains of a crashed touring-car at Bruennchen.

Jackie Stewart aviates his BRM 261 past the remains of a crashed touring car at Nuerburgring's Bruennchen.

Phil Hill (USA)

John Surtees (GB)

Edward Nelson (GB) and Peter de Klerk (ZA) on Ford GT40 #1009, still leading the Porsche 911 S of Bjorn Rothstein and Boo Johansson (S)

The Alfa Romeo T33 of Andrea de Adamich (I) and Nanni Galli (I)

Helmut Kelleners (D) and Jürgen Neuhaus (D) in the Porsche 911S entered by IGFA

Henri Greder (F) and Jean-Michel Giorgi (F) on Ford GT40 #1003 gain first place in S+3.0 classement (7th overall)

A Porsche 910 engine

Jacky Ickx in the Ferrari 312

Kurt Ahrens Jr. on a Brabham-Repco BT24, German GP, Nuerburgring 1968

Kurt Ahrens Jr. on a Brabham-Repco BT24, German GP, Nuerburgring 1968

Jackie Stewart presents a Lotus-Cosworth 49 with high rear wings during the Jochen Rindt Car Show 1969

Jochen Rindt at his own show sitting in Jackie Stewart's championship winning Matra of the 1969 Grand Prix season

Jackie Stewart presents a Lotus-Cosworth 49 with high rear wings during the Jochen Rindt Car Show 1969

Rindt vor Regazzoni

Henri Pescarolo on Matra Simca-Matra MS120, German GP Hockenheim 1970

Jo Siffert on March-Cosworth 701, German GP Hockenheim 1970

Pedro Rodriguez

Race winner Jochen Rindt in the cockpit of the Lotus-Cosworth 72C

Henri Pescarolo, German GP Hockenheim 1970

Ken Tyrrell listens to Jackie Stewart

Jochen Rindt discusses times with Lotus team principal Colin Chapman

Jochen Rindt and Colin Chapman

Leo Kinnunen

Jo Siffert on March-Cosworth 701, German GP Hockenheim 1970

Pauli Toivonen (SF) and Sten Axelsson (S) in the Porsche 917K #021 during practice session, entered by Racing Team AAW. The vehicle did not start because it was withdrawn due to a fatal accident in practice in which team mate Hans Laine was killed.

Jackie Stewart, German GP 1970

Jo Siffert gives an interview, German GP Hockenheim 1970

Rolf Stommelen in a Brabham-Cosworth BT33, German GP Hockenheim 1970

Jochen Rindt discusses times with Lotus team principal Colin Chapman

Race winner Jochen Rindt in the cockpit of the Lotus-Cosworth 72C

Race winner Jochen Rindt in the cockpit of the Lotus-Cosworth 72C

Clay Regazzoni, Ferrari 312B2

A bird's view into the old Nuerburgring "Fahrerlager"

The Ferrari 512 S #1016 of Heinrich Wiesendanger (A) and Cox Kocher (CH)

Autodelta S.p.A.'s Alfa Romeo T33/3 driven by Toine Hezemans (NL) and Nino Vaccarella (I)

The Ferrari 512 M #1018 of Georg Loos (D) and Franz Pesch (D)

Müller / Schimpf on Opel Ascona of Keiper Recaro Racing Team

Clay Regazzoni, Ferrari 312B2

Second placed Clay Regazzoni, Ferrari 312B2

Müller / Schimpf on Opel Ascona of Keiper Recaro Racing Team

Bonefeld / Niehaus on Opel Kadett 2000, entered by Opel-Team Van Eupen

Bonefeld / Niehaus on Opel Kadett 2000, entered by Opel-Team Van Eupen

Race winner Jacky Ickx, Ferrari 312B2

Bonefeld / Niehaus on Opel Kadett 2000, entered by Opel-Team Van Eupen

Third placed Werner Christmann (D) on Opel Commodore 2800 GS entered by Steinmetz Automobiltechnik GmbH

Brian Redman (GB) in the Ferrari 312 PB #0890

Third placed Werner Christmann (D) on Opel Commodore 2800 GS entered by Steinmetz Automobiltechnik GmbH

Ferrari 312PB #0882 driven by Jacky Ickx (B) and Clay Regazzoni (CH)

Bonefeld / Niehaus on Opel Kadett 2000, entered by Opel-Team Van Eupen

Second placed Ferrari 312PB #0890 driven by Arturo Merzario (I) and Brian Redman (GB)

Third placed Werner Christmann (D) on Opel Commodore 2800 GS entered by Steinmetz Automobiltechnik GmbH

Race winner Jacky Ickx, Ferrari 312B2

Kälberer / Assmuth on Opel Kadett A of Otto Kälberer

John Fitzpatrick (GB) and Erwin Kremer (D) on Porsche 911 S entered by Kremer Porsche Racing wins the GT+2.0 classement (9th overall)

Werner Christmann / Jean Ragnotti on Opel GT entered by Steinmetz Automobiltechnik

Werner Christmann / Jean Ragnotti on Opel GT entered by Steinmetz Automobiltechnik

Müller / Schimpf on Opel Ascona of Keiper Recaro Racing Team

Third placed Werner Christmann (D) on Opel Commodore 2800 GS entered by Steinmetz Automobiltechnik GmbH

Werner Christmann / Jean Ragnotti on Opel GT entered by Steinmetz Automobiltechnik

Ford Capri driven by John Fitzpatrick (GB) / Gerry Birrell (GB)

Herbert Müller

Ford Capri driven by John Fitzpatrick (GB) / Gerry Birrell (GB)

Dieter Glemser (D)

Jochen Mass jokes around in front of the Surtees-Cosworth TS14A, German GP Nuerburgring 1973

The Porsche 908/03 013 of Claude Haldi (CH) and Bernard Cheneviere (CH) entered by Porsche Club Romand

Hans-Wilhelm Ridder on Opel Commodore

Basche / Mohr, GS-BMW-Tuning, BMW 2002, Grosser Preis der Tourenwagen, 6-Stunden-Rennen zur Europameisterschaft 1973, Deutsche Automobil-Rennsport-Meisterschaft (round 12), European Touring Car Championship (round 4)

Koinigg / Ertl, BMW-Alpina (D), BMW 3.0 CSL, Deutsche Automobil-Rennsport-Meisterschaft ADAC (round 12), European Touring Car Championship (round 4) 1974. Nürburgring 6 Hours

Hans Heyer

Helmut Kelleners, Heinz Sistig and Helmut Klinkhammer on Opel Commodore

Koinigg / Ertl, BMW-Alpina (D), BMW 3.0 CSL, Deutsche Automobil-Rennsport-Meisterschaft ADAC (round 12), European Touring Car Championship (round 4) 1974. Nürburgring 6 Hours

Kraus / Schommers, BMW-Faltz Alpina-Tuning (D), BMW 3.0 CSL, Deutsche Automobil-Rennsport-Meisterschaft ADAC (round 12), European Touring Car Championship (round 4) 1974. Nürburgring 6 Hours

Ian Ashley on Williams-Cosworth FW during practice - the injured Englishman will not be able to start on race Sunday.

Peter Hoffmann, Steinmetz Autosport GmbH

Jarier's Shadow-Cosworth DN5 gets a new nose piece

Young Japanese constructors around Kenji Mimura had build the Maki F101C driven by Tony Trimmer. He failed to qualify.

Jean-Pierre Jabouille, Renault

Niki Lauda checks the lap times of his competitors during a practice session for the German GP 1978

Niki Lauda prepares for the German GP at Hockenheim 1978

Drying Lotus drivers overalls of Peterson and Andretti

Guenter Schmidt

Héctor Rebaque

TGC3

Walter Röhrl und Christian Geistdörfer geben Autogramme auf dem Würth Lancia Rally 037, Regensburg 1983

Walter Röhrl und Christian Geistdörfer zerlegen die Karosserie ihres Würth Lancia Rally 037 auf dem Domplatz, Regensburg 1983

Walter Röhrl und Christian Geistdörfer im Würth Lancia Rally 037, Regensburg 1983

TGC3

Walter Röhrl und Christian Geistdörfer zerlegen die Karosserie ihres Würth Lancia Rally 037 auf dem Domplatz, Regensburg 1983

Walter Röhrl und Christian Geistdörfer zerlegen die Karosserie ihres Würth Lancia Rally 037 auf dem Domplatz, Regensburg 1983

Walter Röhrl blickt in den Motorraum des Würth Lancia Rally 037, Regensburg 1983

Walter Röhrl und Christian Geistdörfer zerlegen die Karosserie ihres Würth Lancia Rally 037 auf dem Domplatz, Regensburg 1983

Walter Röhrl und Christian Geistdörfer zerlegen die Karosserie ihres Würth Lancia Rally 037 auf dem Domplatz, Regensburg 1983

Walter Röhrl und Christian Geistdörfer geben Autogramme auf dem Würth Lancia Rally 037, Regensburg 1983

Walter Röhrl und Christian Geistdörfer zerlegen die Karosserie ihres Würth Lancia Rally 037 auf dem Domplatz, Regensburg 1983

Walter Röhrl und Christian Geistdörfer im Würth Lancia Rally 037, Regensburg 1983

The Renault 1.5 litre turbo engine fits into Bellof's Tyrrell for the 1st time during the '85 season

TGC4

Controversial president of FISA J.M. Balestre is shown disappreciation by certain paddock folk.

Demonstration lap of the new Ferrari F40, Nurburgring, 1988

Bjorn Wirdheim of Jaguar

All useful tools attached to the helmet

Fernando Alonso of Renault

Michael Schumacher

Prost im Williams-Renault

Rubens Barrichello lifts a wheel of his Jordan

Prost in der Ostkurvenschikane

Ayrton Senna

Team boss Eddie Jordan tries out a professional camera

German GP 1996: Michael Schumacher

German GP 1997

Mika Häkkinen

race control

Haug

German GP 1999

Rubens Barrichello with Jackie and Mark Stewart

German GP 2000

Portrait of Coulthard

Pedro Diniz

Ralf in his Williams

Ferrari Fans

Schumacher in the Ferrari

Ralf in his Williams

German GP 2001

Ralf in his Williams

Jordan team owner Eddie Jordan

Mechanics working at suspention

Ralf in his Williams

Ralf in his Williams

Ralf in his Williams, crossing the finishline

Ross Brawn

A fan

The winner is Ralf

Ralf in his Williams

Ralf in his Williams

Berger with Peter Sauber

Montoyas car in the pits

Ralf in his Williams

Schumacher in the Ferrari

Montoya can´t believe

Ralf in his Williams

Fans from the back

Ralf in his Williams

David beeing interviewed

David beeing interviewed

Williams mechanic

Button

Busy marshals cleaning up after each session

Fans waiting for their idol behind a fence

Panis

Michael Schumacher

Swiss entrepreneur and collector Jo Vonlanthen

In lap one, third positioned Lewis Hamilton leads the two Lotus race cars

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP, in front of team mate Rosberg and Raikkonen

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Felipe Massa prepares for a practice session in Ferrari pits

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP

Felipe Massa feels sleepy in Ferrari pits

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, in front of the two Force India racers

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Sergio Perez, McLaren

gähnt schon wieder ...

Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP

Red Bull Racing motorsport director Dr. Helmut Marko gesticulates in pits

mit massa

mit peter bonnington, lewis renningenieur

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1

Charles Pic, Caterham

A grid girl

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Polesetter Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes GP celebrates in parc ferme after qualifying

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP

massas ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP, in pitlane

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone

Sebastian Vettel in Red Bull Racing pits

Felipe Massa, Brazilian Williams driver

A lonely leader Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Lewis Hamilton into the pits, Mercedes, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Nico Rosberg

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Race clear again, with leader Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, followed by Bottas in the Williams, Vettel in the Red Bull and Alonso's Ferrari, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Sebastian Vettel shoos by into Red Bulls Energy Station

Start to finish race leder, Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes driver and World Championship leader, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Susie Wolff, Williams test driver, ready for Friday morning practice session, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

FOM camera man awaits a Mercedes driver to pit, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Nico Rosberg's new "Germany 2014 Football World Cup Winning Team" helmet design

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, fights himself through the backmarkers, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, followed by Kvyat in the Torro Rosso

Ardian Sutil walks back to the pits to retire, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes driver

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Race leader Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, gaining positions, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Russian Toro Rosso driver Daniil Kvyat punches his physio to get himself fit for the race, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel on the grid, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Sebastian Vettel

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen in front of Sutil, Vergne and Ricciardo, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, had just passed his team-mate Raikkonen, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Adrian Sutil gets back to the pits after his spun on the start-finish line, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Hamilton waiting in the pits

Lewis Hamilton just got his helmet on

Dani Ricciardo, Red Bull driver

Photographers appreciate the grid girls, as always, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Jacques Villeneuve on his way to his motorhome

Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault

BMW Sauber driver Jacques Villeneuve

Midland driver Tiago Monteiro

Michael Schumacher

Midland driver Christijan Albers in his pits

Kimi Raikkonen in his box, preparing for going out to race

Williams driver Mark Webber (a waiting Sam Michael behind)

New Japanese Super Aguri driver Sakon Yamamoto

Bernie Ecclestone, busy as usual

Toyota head of marketing Andy Fuchs with team manager Richard Cregan

Super Aguri driver Takuma Sato intently watching his screen

Austrian Christian Klien at the Red Bull command center

Super Aguri team manager Daniele Audetto

Super Aguri team boss and ex-F1-driver Aguri Suzuki

Jacques Villeneuve's helmet

Ferrari parking

A rare photo of a laughing McLaren team boss Ron Dennis

German Markus Winkelhock (yes, son of Manfred!) testing a Midland car on Friday

Michael Schumacher

Jacques Villeneuve still smiling after his retirement in lap 30

Jenson Button, Honda

Nuerburg castle

Wheel nut screw driver

Wheel nut screw driver

Wheel nut screw driver

For the on-track display of the Silver Arrows the (former) Mercedes drivers Alex Wurz, David Coulthard and Pedro de la Rosa take seat behind the historic steering wheels

Timo Glock

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Nico Rosberg

Sebastian Vettel

McLaren mechanics watch the race in their pits

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Timo Glock has a new helmet design for his home race

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Le Mans winner of 2009 Alexander Wurz in a historic Silver Arrow

Michael Schumacher at Ferrari's pit wall command center

Race winner Webber leaves the Dunlop hairpin

Jenson Button, Brawn Grand Prix

Ross Brawn

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Drivers parade in manufacturer's cars

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Rubens Barrichello is being interviewed after qualifying

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Nico Rosberg

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Two german Red Bull 'Formula Unas' pose for the photographer in front of the 'Toro Rosso'

Michael Schumacher arrives at the paddock

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Group photo of second placed Piquet, winner Hamilton and third placed Massa and masses of fans in front of the podium

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Heikki Kovalainen during a press conference

Race fans always find a warm comfortable camping place in the woods around the 'ring

Jenson Button, Honda, lines up at pit lane exit

The stickers in front of the BMW Sauber garage. Swiss, Bavarian, German and Polish flags, representing Sauber, BMW, Heidfeld and Kubica.

Pitlane was opened for a public pitwalk on Thursday afternoon

Hamilton's grid girl

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Michael Schumacher watches the drivers parade from the pitwall

Jenson Button, Honda

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica in the pits

The final corner emitted dangerous fountains of dust

Covered secrets at McLaren pits

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Alonso's grid girl

Jenson Button, Honda

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Schumacher fans have breakfast on the camping site in the woods

Fernando Alonso

Firemarshals stay alert in the paddock

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Alonso's helmet from above as he sits in the Ferrari car

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Force India F1 Team

Felipe Massa listens to Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley

Michael Schumacher arrives in the paddock on Friday morning

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Chris Dyer, Ferrari Chief engineer, at the pit wall command center

Vitaly Petrov, Renault

Jarno Trulli, Lotus Racing

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Mercedes GP principal Ross Brawn at the pitwall command center

Nick Heidfeld's manager Werner Heinz does business, he is never seen without phone on his ear

Two devoted Schumacher fans welcome the crowds

Red Bull mechanics guard the rear of their artwork against too curious vistas

Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus Racing

Vitaly Petrov, Renault

Massa's physio still signals position 1 from Ferrari's signaling area

Robert Kubica, Renault

Streetbike Freestyle artist Chris Pfeiffer

Gilles Villeneuve's gloves

Airfield Oberschleissheim, Germany, 1962, Ferrari 250 GT California

Nearly all pretty grid girls come from Germany :)

Fans from Germany cheer besides the city circuit

Rainer W. Schlegelmilch on a go-cart, Nuerburgring 1962

Lorenzo Bandini (I) in the Ferrari Dino 196SP #0804

Graham Hill (GB) and Hans Herrmann (D) become third placed in the Porsche 718 WRS #047

Simple standard equipment for the green hell at Nuerburgring: a bare helmet and two taped motorcycle goggles.

Bruce McLaren, Solitude 1962, non-championship F1 race

A smiling and waving Willy Mairesse (B) passes the finish line in the winning Ferrari 250 P #0812

Autodelta's driver waits for his mechanic to finish the the repair job at the Alfa Romeo's water nozzle [Roberto Bussinello (I) and Carlo Zuccoli (I) on Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2 entered by Autodelta]

The winning Ferrari 330P2 #0828 of John Surtees (GB) and Ludovico Scarfiotti (I)

Ludovico Scarfiotti

Mike Parkes hold two fuel nozzles

Lorenzo Bandini (I)

Jim Clark in the Karussell

Phil Hill (USA) takes place in the Ford GT40 GT/103 but retires after 6 laps

Hans Herrmann

Mike Spence (GB) and Richard Bond (GB) on Richard Bond's Ford GT40 #1021

Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) in the pits

Mike Parkes (GB) in the cockpit of the Ferrari 330 P3 Spyder #0844 which he drives together with John Surtees

The damaged Abarth 1300 OT of Fritz Jüttner (D) and Klaus Steinmetz (D)

The Porsches stand in line for the start of the 1000kms race

Pit stop of the Porsche 910/8 #027 driven by Rolf Stommelen (D) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D)

Colin Crabbe (GB) and Roy Pierpoint (GB) on Colin Crabbe's Ford GT40 #1021

Colin Crabbe (GB) and Roy Pierpoint (GB) on Colin Crabbe's Ford GT40 #1021

Henri Greder (F) and Jean-Michel Giorgi (F) on a Ford GT40 #1003 gain first place for Ford France in S+3.0 class (7th place overall)

The JWA Mirage-Ford M1 (M.10001) of Jacky Ickx/Richard Attwood might have won the 1967 Nurburgring 1000 Kms but for two punctures. Ickx navigates the Karussel during practice.

Front view of the Phil Hill/Mike Spence Chaparral 2F (002) at the 1967 Nurburgring 1000 Kms (see 67NU-C001).

Dan Gurney

A misty scenery at Nuerburgring's Klostertal turn during the German GP 1968

Works Porsche P908/2 018 #4 driven by Rolf Stommelen (D) and Hans Herrmann (D) becomes second placed

Graham Hill besides his Lotus-Cosworth 49B

Jo Siffert aviates in his Lotus-Cosworth 49B, German GP Nuerburgring 1969

Jackie Stewart, Matra-Cosworth MS80

Race winner Jacky Ickx enjoys the podium ceremony of the German GP 1969

Works Porsche P908/2 011 #5 driven by Willy Kauhsen (D) and Karl von Wendt (D) becomes fifth placed

Third Lotus driver, American Mario Andretti, in the four-wheel-drive Lotus 63

Jo Siffert on Lotus-Cosworth 49B, German GP Nuerburgring 1969

Cosworth Racing chairman Dick Scammel listens to the technical discussion of Jochen and Eddie

Jochen Rindt

Jochen Rindt talks to his Lotus team-mate Miles

Jochen Rindt, German GP Hockenheim 1970

Race winner Jochen Rindt poses behind the Lotus-Cosworth 72C, now leading the championship

Jacky Ickx, Ferrari 312B

Ignazio Giunti (I) in the Ferrari 512 S Spyder #1010

Jo Siffert gives an autograph to a fan, German GP Hockenheim 1970

Jacky Ickx, Ferrari 312B, in front of later winner Rindt on Lotus

Pedro Rodriguez, BRM P153

Ken Tyrrell listens to Jackie Stewart

Vic Elford

Jacky Ickx, Ferrari 312B

Jochen Rindt with his chief mechanic at Lotus Eddie Dennis (left) and Cosworth engineer Dick Scammell, during practice for the German Grand Prix 1970 at Hockenheim

A talk between Jackie Stewart and Jochen Rindt, German GP 1970

Ronnie Peterson

Willy Kauhsen's Porsche 908/2 #6, driven by Hans-Dieter Weigel (D) and Dieter Spoerri (CH)

Gijs van Lennep (NL), 1000km Nuerburgring 1971

The Porsche 908/03 013 of Pedro Rodriguez (MEX), Jo Siffert (CH) and Jackie Oliver (GB) is being prepared

Mike Garton (GB) and Roger Heavens (GB) on Chevron B16 Ford DBE35

Henri Pescarolo in a March-Cosworth 711

Jo Siffert (CH) in John Wyer's Porsche 908/03 012

Jacky Ickx in a Ferrari 312PB #0878 which retires overheated after 21 laps

Graham Hill in his Brabham-Cosworth BT34

Pedro Rodriguez in a Porsche 908/03 #013

Porsche 908/2 #7, driven by entrant Ernst Kraus (D) and Dieter Basche (D)

Pierre Greub (CH) and Jean-Claude Guerie (F), Porsche 911 S

Open Porsche engine compartment

Chris Amon in his Matra Simca-Matra MS120B

The Porsche 908/03 013 of Pedro Rodriguez (MEX), Jo Siffert (CH) and Jackie Oliver (GB) is being prepared

Reine Wisell, Lotus-Cosworth 72D

Mike Hailwood in his Surtees-Cosworth TS9B

Jackie Stewart's Tyrrell-Cosworth 003

Jacky Ickx after winning the German GP 1972

Jackie Stewart retires in an accident one lap before race ends but becomes 11th placed

Jackie Stewart, Tyrrell-Cosworth 003

Denny Hulme on McLaren-Cosworth M19C, German GP Nuerburgring 1972

Emerson Fittipaldi on Lotus-Cosworth 72D, German GP Nuerburgring 1972

Derek Bell's Tecno PA123 is being prepared

Emerson Fittipaldi on Lotus-Cosworth 72D, German GP Nuerburgring 1972

Third placed Werner Christmann (D) on Opel Commodore 2800 GS entered by Steinmetz Automobiltechnik GmbH

British journalist Mike Doodson enjoys timekeeping from the countryside

TGC3

Niki Lauda (A) / Hans-Peter Joisten (B), Jägermeister-Racing Team (D), BMW 3.0 CSL, Grosser Preis der Tourenwagen, 6-Stunden-Rennen zur Europameisterschaft 1973, Deutsche Automobil-Rennsport-Meisterschaft (round 12), European Touring Car Championship (round 4)

Francois Cevert

Christmann / Schimpf on Opel Ascona 19 SRentered by Steinmetz-Autosport GmbH

The engine of a BMW 3.0 CSL

Wilson Fittipaldi on Brabham, German GP 1973

George Follmer (USA) takes his helmet off

Emerson Fittipaldi

Jacky Ickx on the Ferrari 312 PB #0888

Muir / Peltier, Malcolm Gartlan / Jägermeister-Alpina, BMW 3.0 CSL, Grosser Preis der Tourenwagen, 6-Stunden-Rennen zur Europameisterschaft 1973, Deutsche Automobil-Rennsport-Meisterschaft (round 12), European Touring Car Championship (round 4)

Arturo Merzario (I) in the second placed Ferrari 312 PB #0890 (or #0892?)

Reinhold Joest's Porsche 908/3 #10, driven by Reinhold Joest (D) and Mario Casoni (I), had an accident in qualifying and did not start in the 1000 kms race

Emerson Fittipaldi jumps with the Lotus-Cosworth 72E, German GP Nuerburgring 1973

Gijs van Lennep (NL) and Herbert Müller (CH) drove the Porsche Carrera RSR 911 360 0686 R7 entered by Martini Racing/Porsche AG to fifth position

Second placed Jody Scheckter jumps with the Tyrrell-Cosworth 007, German GP Nuerburgring 1974

Arm / Kocher, BMW-Alpina (D), BMW 3.0 CSL, Deutsche Automobil-Rennsport-Meisterschaft ADAC (round 12), European Touring Car Championship (round 4) 1974. Nürburgring 6 Hours

Depailler

Mike Hailwood jumps on Nuerburgring's Nordschleife with a McLaren-Cosworth M23

Hegels / Tibor, BMW-Fighter-Tuning (D), BMW 2002, Deutsche Automobil-Rennsport-Meisterschaft ADAC (round 12), European Touring Car Championship (round 4) 1974. Nürburgring 6 Hours

Peltier / Lafosse, Précision Liegeoise (B), BMW 3.0 CSL, Deutsche Automobil-Rennsport-Meisterschaft ADAC (round 12), European Touring Car Championship (round 4) 1974. Nürburgring 6 Hours

Ferrari driver and championship leader Niki Lauda, German Grand Prix, Nurburgring, 1975

Start of the 1000km Nürburgring 1975, the Alpine-Renault A442 Turbo #6 driven by Larrousse and Jabouille finished fourth with three Alfa-Romeas behind

Ian Ashley (born in Wuppertal/Germany 1947) in the 2nd Williams FW03 Ford-Cosworth had a big accident at Pflanzgarten and suffered serious ankle injuries but is still able to walk away from his car! It is his sole Grand Prix in 1975.

Start of the 1000km Nürburgring 1975, the Alpine-Renault A442 Turbo #6 driven by Larrousse and Jabouille finished fourth with three Alfa-Romeas behind

Hans-Joachim 'Striezel' Stuck

Start of the 1000km Nürburgring 1975, the Alpine-Renault A442 Turbo #6 driven by Larrousse and Jabouille finished fourth with three Alfa-Romeas behind

Vittorio Brambilla, March Ford-Cosworth 761, German GP Nurburgring

Start of the 1977 German GP Hockenheim

Later second placed Jody Scheckter in the Wolf-Cosworth, German GP Hockenheim 1977

Carlos Reutemann in front of Ferrari pits, German GP Hockenheim 1977

Williams crew at pitwall from left to right: Teammanager Jeff Hazel, Charlie Chrichton-Stewart, a Goodyear tyre engineer and Sheridan Thynne

Jacques Laffite, Ligier Ford-Cosworth JS11

Patrick Tambay, Ferrari 126C

Walter Röhrl im Würth Lancia Rally 037, Regensburg 1983

TGC4

Walter Röhrl und Christian Geistdörfer geben Autogramme auf dem Würth Lancia Rally 037, Regensburg 1983

A display shows a Porsche engine and its electronic components

Brabham-BMW driver Nelson Piquet with team owner Bernie Ecclestone

A display shows a BMW engines's electronic components

TGC4

Keke Rosberg

German journalist Norbert Haug

Christian Danner in the turbocharged Arrows-BMW, German GP Hockenheim 1986

TGC4

TGC4

Pat Behar

Guess what this fan wants to tell us ...

Quick Nick Heidfeld of Jordan

McLaren mechanic, responsible for Coultard's pit board

Antonio Pizzonia of BMW.Williams

Boris Becker on the grid

Alain Prost, McLaren-Honda, German GP Hockenheim 1989

Senna, McLaren-Honda

Pierluigi Martini in a Minardi-Cosworth, German GP Hockenheim 1990

Mika Hakkinen, Lotus-Judd

Nicola Larini, Lamborghini

Ayrton Senna on McLaren-Honda

The young Ralf Schumacher reads newspaper headlines about his brother Michael: 'Lauda: He is the best'

Rainer W. Schlegelmilch, 1993

German GP 1994

Alessandro Zanardi, Lotus Mugen-Honda, Hockenheim 1994

Michael Schumacher at Kerpen 1995

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

German GP 1996

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

Johnny Herbert

Jan Magnussen in his Stewart-Ford

Norberto Fontana

Jan Magnussen in his Stewart-Ford

German GP 1998

German GP 1998

German GP 1998

Johnny Herbert

Pedro Diniz

German GP 1999

Mika Häkkinen

Close view on a Prost exhaust

Pedro Diniz

Rubens Barrichello receives a well earned champagne shower from his McLaren competitors

Guenter Schmidt, former ATS and RIAL team boss

Rubens Barrichello presents his trophy

Mika Salo

Alex Wurz

Montoya in his Williams

Michael Schumacher passing Ralf Schumacher in the pits for the lead.

Montoya in his Williams

Ralf Schumacher in his Williams

Montoya in his Williams

Ralf in his Williams

Montoya

Williams mechanics

Ralf Schumacher in his Williams

Theissen with Briatore

Mika running to stand still

Cars

Peter Sauber and Ecclestone

Williams mechanics on the grid

Montoya in his Williams

Berger and Goeschel

The stand in the back

Ralf in his Williams

Ralf in his Williams

Montoya in his Williams

Ralf Schumacher in his Williams

Ralf Schumacher in his Williams

Williams mechanics

Fisichella

Ralf Schumacher in his Williams

Ralf Schumacher

drivers parade

Michael Schumacher passing the stands

David talking to engineer

Montoya in his Williams

Ralf ambracing Theissen

Williams mechanics on the grid

Williams mechanics on the grid

Kimi Raikkonen

Montoya in his Williams

Michael Schumacher

Rubens Barrichello already in a good mood

Drivers presentation

Nick Heidfeld

Jenson Button, Renault

German GP 2003

Nick Heidfeld

The podium has a beautiful backdrop, a compilation of all F1 world champions - and Bernie

Used Pirelly tyres after the German Grand Prix

Grid girls

Grid girls walk back from drivers parade

A devoted German fan

A marching band takes care of the entertainment on the grid before the race cars appear

Clouds above the Hockenheim 'Motodrom' during the race

A grid girls stands on the grid

Grid girls

British race fans walk in the woods to the Hockenheim race track

Sebastian Vettel talks to Red Bull Racing race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin at the grid

After the honoury lap, race drivers climb from the vehicle - Sergio Perez of McLaren is first

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing celebrates at the rostrum, gaining a victory at his home Grand Prix for the first time

Fernando Alonso sits in Ferrari pits

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing celebrates at the rostrum, gaining a victory at his home Grand Prix for the first time

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, in front of Grosjean

Fernando Alonso enjoys a drink in Ferrari pits

mit nico und lewis (arm + hand)

mit lewis

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1

Sergio Perez, McLaren

Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

vor maldonado, perez und sutil

McLaren mechanics prepare for a brief service

Sergio Perez, McLaren

Sergio Perez, McLaren

und zetsche

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber

Sergio Perez, McLaren

Sergio Perez, McLaren, follows a Williams race car

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, spins out in turn one after four laps of the race

mit di resta und sutil dahinter

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing celebrates on the rostrum, gaining a victory at his home Grand Prix for the first time

Jenson Button, McLaren-Mercedes

Pastor Maldonado, Lotus

Daniel Ricciardo on the drivers parade lap, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber-Ferrari

Jenson Button, McLaren-Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton in his own world ..., Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Midfield battle: Jenson Button, McLaren, and Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Hamilton, Mercedes, chases for 2nd place, as he followes Valtteri Bottas' Williams in the closing laps of the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim, 2014

Adrian Sutil's helmet decorated with the coat of arms of the German state of Bavaria, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Pole setter Nico Rosberg

Brazilian Fabiana Ecclestone on the grid, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Lewis Hamilton

Pole position for Nico Rosberg, his 5th so far this season, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes

Hans-Joachim Stuck, a famous German F1 and sportscar driver of the 1970s and '80s

Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso

Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen

Sebastian Vettel answering questions on the grid, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, in the lead, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton back in the pits after a few laps during Friday's practice session

Red Bull RB 10 front wing detail, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Sebastian Vettel finishes 4th, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Jenson Button, McLaren-Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Red Bull Racing mechanics relaxing on the pit wall, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, in the lead, while both Williams' of Bottas and Massa, are fighting for 2nd place, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen starts to his parade lap, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari

Ralf Schumacher, Panasonic Toyota

Jacques Villeneuve, BMW Sauber

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Michael Schumacher during his first pit stop in lap 20

F1 legends Jacques Laffite and Jean Alesi

Jacques Villeneuve, BMW Sauber

Michael Schumacher waving to his fans

Felipe Massa during his first pit stop in lap 19

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari

Renault test driver and Sudoku fan Heikki Kovalainen

Michael Schumacher at drivers presentation

Michael Schumacher finishing his interview with TV presenter Tanja Bauer

Jacques Villeneuve getting ready for action

Nick Heidfeld on his way to BMW Sauber pitwall command center after having put the comfortable suit on

Sakon Yamamoto, Super Aguri

World Champion Fernando Alonso

Friday morning practice in Williams pits - Sam Michael and Frank Dernie watching Wurz' performance, ambivalent Rosberg in background

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari

BMW motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen

Tiago Monteiro (oh btw thanks again for the Ts! :)

Super Aguri driver Takuma Sato

Ferrari mechanic rolling Michael Schumacher to his grid position

Honda test driver Anthony Davidson

Tiago Monteiro, Midland F1

Two Red Bull mechanics ready to roll out the car (reminds me of Innes Ireland's autobiography All Arms and Elbows)

Ralf Schumacher, Panasonic Toyota

Jean Todt sits besides Michael

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Ralf Schumacher, Panasonic Toyota

A deep view into a Toyota's ... hm ... at its rear

Cheaky Markus Winkelhock returns from practice on a motorcycle with pick-up marshal (questions: is the marshal really a police officer? if so, is markus arrested for not wearing his helmet?;)

Wheel nut screw driver

Lewis Hamilton

Jenson Button, Brawn Grand Prix

Nick Heidfeld

Jenson Button, Brawn Grand Prix

Polesetter Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Sebastian Vettel

Rubens Barrichello, Brawn Grand Prix

The start field heads from first turn to 'Mercedes Arena'

Nico Rosberg puts his balaclava on

Nico Rosberg

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

The exhaust tube of a Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

The FIA banner waves on the grid

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher at Ferrari's command center

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

A Brawn GP mechanic prepares his tools for the pit stop

Rubens Barrichello, Brawn Grand Prix

Jenson Button is being interviewed after qualifying

Polesitter Mark Webber gives an interview after qualifying

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Adrian Sutil

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Jarno Trulli found a warm bonnet for the drivers parade

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

Sebastian Vettel is being interviewed after the qualifying

Barrichello's grid girl

Sebastian Vettel's grid girl

Barrichello leads the field to 'Mercedes Arena'

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Jenson Button

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Webber's left rear wheel is being exchanged

Timo Glock at the Toyota piwall

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Rosberg puts his balaclava on

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nico Rosberg during drivers parade

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Robert Kubica puts his balaclava on

Fernando Alonso, Renault, passes the 'Motodrom' grand stand

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

The fans already know that Michael Schumacher visits the event

A thoughtul expression on Kimi's face

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Bourdais follows the queue to turn 1

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Timo Glock stands to his fans

Alonso, Trulli and Kubica head to first corner, Hamilton pulls away

A McLaren car is being rolled through the phalanx of grid girls

A souvenir photo of the whole family with Sebastian Vettel (except daddy who takes the picture)

Raikkonen's pit stop in lap 22

Fernando Alonso at drivers parade

Alonso ends his pit stop

Lewis Hamilton waves at the spectators from a Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Jenson Button waves at fans during drivers parade

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

The safety car and the medical car clear the track together

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

The Toyota pit crew practices a pit stop with Timo Glock

Bernie Ecclestone goes for a walk through pitlane

Cool Kimi, freshly shaved

Jenson Button, Honda

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota, runs over fresh paint at pit lane exit

Alonso leaves the Renault pits

Adrian Sutil greets from a historic car at drivers parade

Alonso receives a service in lap 19

Kimi Raikkonen is being interviewed whilst he prepares for drivers parade

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Keke Rosberg and Niki Lauda on the grid

Jarno Trulli unter pressure?

Windsurfing legend Brian 'Irie man' Talma from Barbados was invited as VIP guest to the Panasonic Toyota team

Timo Glock steers his Toyota against the centrifugal forces

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Jenson Button's McLaren-Mercedes on fifth grid position

A thoughtful expression on Fernando Alonso's face

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Robert Kubica, Renault

Post qualifying press conference with the fastest three qualifiers: Felipe Massa, Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso

A few seconds after the start of the German GP 2010

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, during a rainy practice session in Hockenheim

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, checks his Schuberth helmet's visor on the grid

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, during a rainy practice session in Hockenheim

Black rubber on the empty grid

Third placed Vettel leaves parc ferme after his home race

Daniel Ricciardo, HRT

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, on the grid

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Vitaly Petrov, Renault

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Mark Webber walks to drivers parade

Alonso's Ferrari car is returned to pits after the race, ultra light with low fuel

Waiting before the drivers parade: Nico Rosberg

Unused tyre walls

Vitaly Petrov is pushed over the grid by Renault mechanics

The grid girls walk in line on the grid (GP2 race)

Sebastian Vettel seems reluctant

Kovalainen's Lotus-Cosworth on the grid

The grid girls stand in line at the red carpet for the drivers parade

Heikki Kovalainen sucks at his bottle

A BMW Sauber-Ferrari on the grid

Race winner Alonso celebrates on podium after a controversial Hockenheim win

Gilles Villeneuve, German GP Hockenheim 1979

Jochen Mass, Arrows-Cosworth

Mike Kranefuss of Ford with Carlos Reutemann.

Phil Hill at the Nuerburgring 1962

Lloyd 'Lucky' Casner (USA) in the Maserati CDM (Tipo 61) #2472 entered by Camoradi USA

Ferrari driver Phil Hill

Paul Frere, 1000km Nuerburgring 1962

A field of umbrellas on the main grandstand watch the cars racing through the rain

Hans Herrmann (D) prepares on the grid for the 1000kms Nuerburgring 1962 and will become third placed in the Porsche 718 WRS #047

Giancarlo Baghetti speaks with Ferrari's team manager Mauro Forghieri during a rainy practice session to the German Grand Prix, Nuerburgring 1962

The Maserati CDM (Tipo 61) of Lloyd Casner (USA) and Masten Gregory (USA), 1000 km, Nurburgring, 1962

Winner Olivier Gendebien (B) puts his hand on the steering wheel of the Ferrari Dino 246SP #0790

Joakim Bonnier, Porsche

Heinz Schiller im Porsche, Solitude 1962

The Ferrari 250 GTO 3809GT of Kalman von Csazy (CH) and Karl Foitek (CH)

John Surtees

A Ferrari's steering wheel

John Surtees cleans his goggles

The eighth placed Ford GT40 GT/104, driven by Chris Amon (NZ), entered by Shelby American Inc.

Cooler water refill of a 12-cylinder Ferrari

A Ferrari V12 engine

John Surtees, moments before the start

The Ferrari 250 GTO #4491GT of Peter Sutcliffe (GB) and Peter Lumsden (GB) pits in front of the Ford GT40 #1003 driven by Maurice Trintignant (F) and Guy Ligier (F)

At the Le Mans start Mike Parkes leaps aboard the Ferrari 275 P2 that he will share with Frenchman Jean Guichet.

Dan Gurney

Guy Ligier

Phil Hill (USA) on Ford GT40 GT/103

Pit stop of the Ford GT40 Roadster GT/112 driven by Richard Attwood (GB) and John Whitmore (GB)

The victorious Jack Brabham in his Brabham-Repco through the Karussell, Nurburgring, German Grand Prix, 1966. After his championships in 1959 and 1960 he is on the way to his next title.

John Surtees Cooper-Maserati leads Brabhams Brabham-Repco and Rindts
Cooper-Maserati briefly, before Brabham overtakes Surtees to win.

The Ferrari 330 P3 Spyder #0844 driven by John Surtees (GB) and Mike Parkes (GB)

Lorenzo Bandini, Ferrari 312, driving through the Karussell, German Grand Prix, Nurburgring, 1966

Italian drivers Lorenzo Bandini and Ludovico Scarfiotti (left hand), 1000km Nurburgring, 1966

Innes Ireland (GB) and Mike Salmon (GB) on Ford GT40 #1002 FEL IC, entered by F. English Ltd.

Henri Greder (F) and Jean-Michel Giorgi (F) on Ford GT40 #1003 in front of Rolf Stommelen's and Kurt Ahrens, Jr.'s Porsche 910/8 027 - they gain first place in S+3.0 classement (7th overall)

Bernard Cahier as Goodyear PR manager with Jackie Stewart

Colin Crabbe (GB) and Roy Pierpoint (GB) in a Ford GT40 #1021

The winning Porsche 910 007 S-ZL 123 driven by Udo Schütz (D) and Joe Buzzetta (USA)

Colin Crabbe (GB) and Roy Pierpoint (GB) on Colin Crabbe's Ford GT40 #1021

Jim Clark

Jacky Ickx (B) and Richard Attwood (GB) in the Mirage M1 Ford #10001, entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering

Helmut Kelleners (D) and Jürgen Neuhaus (D) on Porsche 911 S entered by IGFA

The Ferrari 275 GTB/2 of Helmut Felder (D) and Gunther Lohstraeter (D) lifts all four wheels at the Nurburgring, 1967

Peter Mould (GB) on Abarth 1300 OT

Andrea de Adamich (I) gains fifth place in the Alfa Romeo T33

Colin Crabbe (GB) and Roy Pierpoint (GB) on Colin Crabbe's Ford GT40 #1021

Graham Hill, German GP, Nurburgring, 1968

The F1 drivers group up for a sponsor photo session

Ken Tyrrell and Jackie Stewart during the German GP 1968

Ken Tyrrell and Jackie Stewart during the German GP 1968

The two Brabham-Repco BT26 are being pushed to a rainy grid

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Jo Bonnier in the Lotus-Cosworth 49B which was only entered at this race by the Swedish Ecurie Bonnier. He was the last private 'gentleman' driver and died in an accident during the 24hs of Le Mans on June 11th 1972.

Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) jumps with his Ferrari 312P 0870 at 'Flugplatz' on the Nuerburgring Nordschleife

Jackie Stewart, Matra-Cosworth MS80

Jo Siffert jumps with his Lotus-Cosworth 49B

Jochen Rindt (left) and Richard Attwood. Between them a journalist.

Lotus driver Graham Hill prepares himself for the race

Equipped with golden laurel, race winner Jo Siffert (CH) gives autographs after podium ceremony

Vic Elford (GB) assures his proper seating in the Porsche 908/02 010

Bruce McLaren and Jackie Steward stand in front of the others during the drivers briefing prior to the German GP 1969

The Porsche 908/02 018 of Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D) was destroyed in practice session

Jo Siffert (CH) jumps with the Porsche 908/03 #010 of J. W. Automotive Engineering

Fourth placed Ferrari 512S 1008 driven by Mike Parkes (GB) and Herbert Müller (CH)

Brabham mechanics prepairing Rolf Stommelen's car no 21, German Grand Prix, Hockenheim, 1970

Jochen Rindt wins the German GP with the new Lotus-Cosworth 72C

Jo Siffert speaks with Shell's technical delegate Foerster, German GP Hockenheim 1970

Rolf Stommelen (D)

Jochen Rindt discusses times with Lotus team principal Colin Chapman, the Austrian journalist Heinz Prueller listens

Australian Jack Brabham

Race winner Jochen Rindt on Lotus-Cosworth 72C

Jochen Rindt wins the 1970 German GP on Lotus-Cosworth 72C

The victorious Porsche 908/03 008 of Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D)

Jochen Rindt

Jacky Ickx, Ferrari 312B2

Helmut Marko (A) on Porsche 908/03 007

Siffert's Porsche mechanics wait for their next commitment

The winning Porsche 908/03 008 driven by Gérard Larrousse (F)

Gijs van Lennep (NL), 1000km Nuerburgring 1971

Vic Elford

Dechent's winning Porsche 908/3 008 #26, driven by Gerard Larrousse (F) and Vic Elford (GB)

Carlo Chiti (left) from Alfa Romeo

Niki Lauda in a Formula 2 March 712 during the 1971 Eifelrennen

Toine Hezemans (NL) at the banking with the Alfa Romeo T33/3

Jo Siffert

Exact timekeeping at Martini Racing pits

Emerson Fittipaldi during the Formula 2 Jim Clark-Rennen 1972 in Hockenheim

Ferrari 312PB #0882 driven by Jacky Ickx (B) and Clay Regazzoni (CH)

Denny Hulme on McLaren-Cosworth M19C, German GP Nuerburgring 1972

Derek Bell (GB) on Mirage M6 Ford 601

An overeager uninformed security tries to remove Bernard Cahier by headlock from a place where he was allowed to (and insisted to) stay with the helping hands of surrounding spectators

Italien Ferrari driver Arturo Merzario, followed by Redman (McLaren) and Lauda (March), German Grand Prix, Nurburgring, 1972

Second placed Arturo Merzario (I) on Ferrari 312 PB #0890

Bonefeld / Niehaus on Opel Kadett 2000, entered by Opel-Team Van Eupen

Third placed Werner Christmann (D) on Opel Commodore 2800 GS, entered by Steinmetz Automobiltechnik GmbH, right behind Horst Kloft's Porsche 911S

Jacky Ickx (B) in the early retiring Ferrari 312 PB #0882

Winner Ronnie Peterson (S) on Ferrari 312 PB #0886

Clay Regazzoni, Ferrari, closely followed by Stewart's Tyrrell

Race winner Jacky Ickx on podium with second placed team mate Regazzoni and third Peterson after winning the German GP 1972

Brian Redman (GB) sits ready strapped into the cockpit of the Ferrari 312 PB #0888

Toine Hezemans (NL), BMW-Motorsport (D), BMW 3.0 CSL, Grosser Preis der Tourenwagen, 6-Stunden-Rennen zur Europameisterschaft 1973, Deutsche Automobil-Rennsport-Meisterschaft (round 12), European Touring Car Championship (round 4)

Gijs van Lennep (NL) and Herbert Müller (CH) drove the Porsche Carrera RSR 911 360 0686 R7 entered by Martini Racing/Porsche AG to fifth position

The Porsche safety car

Race winner Brian Redman (GB) scratches the banked corner at the Nuerburgring with the front of his Ferrari 312 PB #0888

Jacky Ickx sits on the Ferrari 312 PB #0888 in pits

Toine Hezemans (NL), BMW-Motorsport (D), BMW 3.0 CSL, Grosser Preis der Tourenwagen, 6-Stunden-Rennen zur Europameisterschaft 1973, Deutsche Automobil-Rennsport-Meisterschaft (round 12), European Touring Car Championship (round 4)

Chris Amon (NZ) / Hans-Joachim Stuck (D), BMW-Motorsport (D), BMW 3.0 CSL, Grosser Preis der Tourenwagen, 6-Stunden-Rennen zur Europameisterschaft 1973, Deutsche Automobil-Rennsport-Meisterschaft (round 12), European Touring Car Championship (round 4)

Porsche racer George Follmer speaks with Norbert Singer (right hand)

Hezemans / Quester / Menzel, BMW-Motorsport (D), BMW 3.0 CSL, Grosser Preis der Tourenwagen, 6-Stunden-Rennen zur Europameisterschaft 1973, Deutsche Automobil-Rennsport-Meisterschaft (round 12), European Touring Car Championship (round 4)

Gijs van Lennep (NL) and Herbert Müller (CH) in the Porsche Carrera RSR 911 360 0686 R7 entered by Martini Racing/Porsche AG

19. Internationales ADAC-1000 km-Rennen auf dem Nürburgring 1973

BMW race director Jochen Neerpasch with chief engineer Martin Braungart, BMW-Motorsport (D), BMW 3.0 CSL, Grosser Preis der Tourenwagen, 6-Stunden-Rennen zur Europameisterschaft 1973, Deutsche Automobil-Rennsport-Meisterschaft (round 12), European Touring Car Championship (round 4)

Brian Redman (GB) jumps with the Ferrari 312 PB #0888

George Follmer (USA) retired with the Porsche Carrera RSR 911 360 0576 R5, entered by Martini Racing/Porsche AG, after 6 laps in an accident

Jacky Ickx jumps with the Ferrari 312 PB #0888

The Ford Capri RS of Dieter Glemser (D) and Jochen Mass (D)

Joker 'Striezel' Stuck

Hans-Joachim Stuck (D) / Ronnie Peterson (S), BMW (D), BMW 3.0 CSL, Deutsche Automobil-Rennsport-Meisterschaft ADAC (round 12), European Touring Car Championship (round 4) 1974. Nürburgring 6 Hours

Niki Lauda, Ferrari 312T, leading Depailler's Tyrrell during the early laps

Mariella Reininghaus, Niki Lauda's girlfriend

Hans-Joachim Stuck with his wife, German GP Nuerburgring 1975

Niki Lauda, polesetter at the Nurburgring, German Grand Prix, 1975

Mario Andretti, Parnelli-Cosworth VPJ4

Jody Scheckter jumps with the Tyrrell-Cosworth 007, German GP 1975

Hans-Joachim Stuck on March-Cosworth 751, German GP Nuerburgring 1975

Tyrrell driver, Frenchman Patrick Depailler

Niki Lauda

Ferrari driver and championship contender Niki Lauda in pits

DRM 1976 Rd. 2, ADAC Flugplatzrennen Mainz-Finthen, Division II, BMW 2002

British McLaren driver James Hunt

One year after his fire accident, Niki Lauda wins the German GP in Hockenheim 1977

German GP 1977: Niki Lauda

Niki Lauda, Ferrari 312T2

Niki Lauda, Ferrari driver

Héctor Rebaque, here in front of Peterson's Lotus, becomes 6th placed at Hockenheim in 1978, his best placement so far

German GP 1978: Niki Lauda

Jody Scheckter on Wolf-Cosworth becomes second at the German GP Hockenheim 1978

Drying Lotus drivers overalls of Peterson and Andretti, German Grand Prix, 1978

David Thieme

Alain Prost, McLaren-Cosworth

Alan Jones.

Williams crew at pitwall from left to right: Teammanager Jeff Hazel, Charlie Chrichton-Stewart, a Goodyear tyre engineer and Sheridan Thynne

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Keke Rosberg

TGC3

Jacques Laffite, Williams

A display shows a BMW engine's electronic component s and turbo charger

Brabham driver Nelson Piquet with his team principal Bernard Ecclestone

Jacques Laffite, Williams-Ford FW08C, during a rainy practice session

TGC4

Riccardo Patrese and Dieter Stappert, head of BMW Motorsport

Prost, McLaren TAG-Porsche

Elio de Angelis, Lotus-Renault

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TGC4

TGC4

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Ricardo Zonta of Toyota

Michael Schumacher in Ferrari pits

Ralf Schumacher paying a visit to Sir Williams

Ayrton Senna, McLaren-Honda

Giancarlo Fisichella

Carrying democracy at F1: Good old Tifoso buddy

Ralf Schumacher doing a seat test

The rest of the field

Alain Prost, McLaren-Honda, German GP Hockenheim 1989

Alain Prost, McLaren-Honda, Hockenheim 1989

Bernard Cahier takes a drink with Francois Guiter of ELF Aquitaine

Mika Hakkinen, Lotus 102B equipped with a Judd EV V8 engine, (note exceptional sponsor livery)

McLaren team-boss Ron Dennis and his teammanager Jo Ramirez

Mika Hakkinen in his Lotus with Ford's Cosworth HB5 V8 engine

Johnny Herbert, Lotus

Jean Alesi, Ferrari

Winner of the German Grand Prix, Gerhard Berger on Ferrari

Dolly Buster

German GP 1994

Hockenheim 1994: Race winner Gerherd Berger of Ferrari, his first victory after the Australian GP 1992

Heinz-Harald Frentzen in the Sauber Mercedes pits

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

Mika Hakkinen, who retired with engine failure, is given a lift to park ferme by Gerhard Berger's Ferrari

Jean-Christophe Boullion

Third placed Gerhard Berger

Fans supporting the local hero and 1994 World Champion Michael Schumacher, German Grand Prix, Hockenheim, 1995

Ralf Schumacher with his manager Willi Weber, in discussion with Mercedes executives Hubbert and Haug

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

Damon Hill, Williams-Renault FW18, World Champion 1996

German GP 1997

Mika Hakkinen and David Coulthard celebrate their fresh contract with McLaren for 1999.

Norbert Haug dripping wet after podium ceremony

Mika Salo as Michael Schumacher's replacement at Ferrari becomes second placed behind team-mate Irvine

Mika Hakkinen, McLaren-Mercedes

Pedro Diniz and Mika Salo of the Sauber team receiving a new technically equipped bicycle as present

Rubens Barrichello presents his trophy

Mika Salo

Michael Schumacher spins out

Rubens Barrichello, Ferrari

Rubens Barrichello wins the race

Ralf Schumacher in his Williams, zoom

Montoya in his Williams, zoom

Ralf Schumacher, pitstop

Ralf Schumacher, zoom

Montoya in his Williams, zoom

Ralf Schumacher with Frank Williams

Montoya in his Williams

Michael Schumacher, zoom

Ralf Schumacher, pitstop

Ralf in his Williams

Williams mechanics pushing back the car

Ralf Schumacher, pits

Ralf Schumacher, pitstop

Montoya in his Williams

Exit of the pits

Ralf Schumacher in his Williams, zoom

Ralf in his Williams

Montoya in his Williams, zoom

Mechanic behind grid-girl

Williams mechanics pushing back the car

Ralf Schumacher

Ralf Schumacher, pitstop

Montoya making his pitstop

Kimi Raikkonen

Kimi Raikkonen

Montoya in his Williams

Montoya making his pitstop

Montoya in his Williams

Berger with Haug

Ralf in his Williams

Montoya in his Williams, zoom

Montoya in his Williams, zoom

Montoya making his pitstop

Frentzen

Montoya in his Williams

Ralf in his Williams

Montoya with his girlfriend

Gerhard Berger

Ralf in his Williams

Montoya, portrait

Montoya in his Williams, zoom

Ralf in his Williams

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Ralf Schumacher in his Williams

Jenson Button during practice in the pits

Montoya in his Williams

Drivers presentation

Michael Schumacher on the grid

Montoya

Michael Schumacher - Red Passion

Michael Schumacher, the old but again new F1 World Champion

Kimi's through the dust

Montoya

Salo leading Button

German GP 2002

Two of many more Schumi Fans

VIP Boris Becker & son

Dorint hotel

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

Nick Heidfeld

Drivers parade

Bernie Ecclestone's motorhome overlooks the paddock

Sebastian Vettel's wax figure is presented in the paddock

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel's wax figure is presented in the paddock

A marching band takes care of the entertainment on the grid before the race cars appear

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing aims a dash of champagne at second placed Raikkonen who prefers to drink alone

Third placed Romain Grosjean of Lotus proudly raises his trophy on the podium

Fernando Alonso enjoys a drink in Ferrari pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, in front of team mate Webber

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing kisses his winning drivers trophy, celebrating a victory at his home Grand Prix for the first time

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing celebrates in parc ferme

Sergio Perez, McLaren

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

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Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing presents his winning drivers trophy, celebrating a victory at his home Grand Prix for the first time

The start field goes through turn one

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Champagne showers on the rostrum after the German Grand Prix for winner Vettel and second placed Raikkonen

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing sprays champagne

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

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Sebastian Vettel poses for a souvenir photo in the Energy Station

Kimi Raikkonen practises pit stops with the Lotus F1 team

Felipe Massa prepares for a practice session in Ferrari pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing jumps at the rostrum, celebrating a victory at his home Grand Prix for the first time

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Second placed Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus presents his trophy and shows his famous backholding smile

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

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Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

The steering wheel of Vettels RBR race car 'Hungry Heidi'

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1

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vor kimi, alonso und button

Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull-Renault

3rd pit stop for Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Romain Grosjean, Lotus-Renault, drives back to the pits

Hugged by the prowed Mercedes CEO Dieter Zetsche: Nico Rosberg, winner of the German Grand Prix, Hockenheim, 2014

Bernie Ecclestone, president and CEO of Formula One Management, on the grid, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India-Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault, in front of Alonso's Ferrari, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

The damaged Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton, after his accident in the Sachs curve during Q1, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Daniel Ricciardo in his Red Bull-Renault is closely followed by Fernando Alonso's Ferrari in the last remaining laps of the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim, 2014

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Ferrari front wings and nose cones, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Fight between Sergio Perez, Force India, Sutil's Sauber, and Maldonado's Lotus, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

The champagne shower: Race winner Nico Rosberg, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Congratulations to race winner Nico Rosberg, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault

Race winner Nico Rosberg had just arrived at parc ferme, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

The safety car is out for two laps. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, in the lead, followed by Bottas, Vettel, Alonso and Hulkenberg, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

For Lewis Hamilton this day was all about damage limitation after is incident in qualifying, witch forced him to start the race from 20th position on the grid, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber-Ferrari

Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull-Renault

Red Bull RB10 steering wheel, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

2nd pit stop for Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, has finished his pit stop, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, in the pits, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso arrive in paddock

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, drives out of the pits after his 3rd stop, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Daniil Kvyat, Toro Rosso-Renault

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault, back to the pits, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

2nd pit stop for leader Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Nico Rosberg in his Mercedes, a Force India and a Red Bull, ready to join the track on Friday morning, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull-Renault

Pole setter Nico Rosberg

Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen on his first pit stop of three after 10 laps only, losing his leading position "due to a crossed wheel nut" at rear right wheel (refering to formula1.com).

Michael Schumacher on Friday morning practice

Kimi Raikkonen takes a quick sip of Nescafé

Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher jumping on his car in parc ferme

Mark Webber, Williams

Michael Schumacher generously spreading out autographs

Nick Heidfeld being protected by his friendly physio

Michael Schumacher passing a giant grand stand in Motodrom

Mark Webber, Williams

Christian Klien, Red Bull Racing

Kimi Raikkonen with his race engineer

Mark Webber in his last Williams running

BMW Sauber test driver Robert Kubica

Michael Schumacher getting ready for a ride

Giancarlo Fisichella, ING Renault

Empty sweeped pit area during the rain race

Ralf Schumacher appreciates a comfortable cruise in front of his home fans

Markus Winkelhock experiences his first F1 qualification assignment

Fisichella's pit stop in lap 30

Ralf Schumacher

Parking of retired cars besides pit lane

Heikki Kovalainen, ING Renault

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen celebrates his pole position in parc fermé

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Markus Winkelhock's HANS

Markus Winkelhock enjoys his first drivers parade

Jenson Button, Honda

Heikki Kovalainen in the rain, in background Raikkonen leaving pit lane and Sutil

Kimi Raikkonen at first corner

An optimistic thumbs-up from Fernando Alonso

Giancarlo Fisichella, ING Renault

Ralf Schumacher, too

Massa leaves Dunlop hairpin in front of Alonso and Raikkonen

Kimi Raikkonen becomes the 'Iceman'

Massa's Ferrari with impressive built-in entertainment switch board

Inferior fighter Massa slips out of his Ferrari cockpit in parc fermé after the race, under the alert eyes of FIA race observer Herbie Blash

Alexander Wurz, Williams

Adrian Sutil, Spyker

Michael Schumacher smiles at pit wall during a visit at his native ground

Massa pits in lap 38

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Massa pits out in lap 38

Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore chat with VIP guests

Giancarlo Fisichella, ING Renault

Markus Winkelhock, Spyker

Safety car now in bright sunlight

Heikki Kovalainen's Renault

Fernando Alonso, McLaren Mercedes

Nick Heidfeld pits during qualifying

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

A fine zoom shot of Jarno Trulli in pit lane

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Kimi Raikkonen being belted

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

The Robertsons, manager father & son

Massa pits in lap 38

Massa pits in lap 38

Paddock reflection in McLaren-Mercedes' motorhome

After one lap the drivers parade arrives again

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg puts his helmet on

Rubens Barrichello, Brawn Grand Prix

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Race winner Mark Webber on podium raises his place trophy for his first first place

Two Brawn Grand Prix cars in parc ferme

Whilst dry ice emits clouds from the sidepod of the Brawn GP Mercedes, Jenson Button and his race engineer Andrew Shovlin discuss the setup besides the car

Pedro de la Rosa in front of the on-track display of the historic Silver Arrows

Jenson Button, Brawn Grand Prix

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen on Ferrari in front of Trulli's Toyota

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Mark Webber

Jenson Button speaks with Brawn GP's race engineer Andrew Shovlin

Pit stop of Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Rubens Barrichello, Brawn Grand Prix, spins wheels at pit lane exit

Polesitter Mark Webber is being interviewed by Peter Windsor

Nick Heidfeld's BMW Sauber car on the grid

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton in front of the Mercedes-Benz grandstand

Heikki Kovalainen

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg puts his balaclava on

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Force India team principal Vijay Mallya meets on the grid with Toyota's team boss John Howett

Sebastian Vettel's car is being pushed to scrutineering by the Red Bull mechanics

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Mark Webber in the pits

Felipe Massa walks with Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

Jenson Button, Honda

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Kimi Raikkonen in pits with Ferrari race engineer Chris Dyer and team boss Stefano Domenicali

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Jenson Button, Honda

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Race leader Hamilton is being serviced in lap 18

Janso Button in the pits

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Jenson Button, Honda

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes, passes a giant screen which shows his teammate's onboard camera view

Line-up of the BMW M1 race cars

Michael Schumacher gives autographs whilst his morning power walk through the paddock

Kubica pits early in lap 18

Jenson Button brakes at the hairpin

Jenson Button, Honda

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen with driver Robert Kubica, Member of the Board of BMW Dr. Klaus Draeger and team physio Jo Leberer

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

The BMW Sauber mechanics prepare Robert Kubica and his car for racing

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Second grid placed Massa arrives at parc ferme after qualifying

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

After arriving at parc ferme Hamilton jumps from his McLaren car

Michael Schumacher jokes around with Flavio Briatore, his team boss of his rookie times

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, navigates around a piece of pulled-out grass at hairpin

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Timo Glock rushes away from a pit stop with the Toyota pit crew

Dieter Quester drives a historic BMW M1

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

Prinz Leopold 'Poldi' von Bayern and Michael Hinderer were honoured to drive Regazzoni's former racing BMW M1

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

A Red Bull-Renault on the grid

Michael Schumacher stops at Mercedes GP pits

The bulky stuff and heavy lenses wait besides the grid until the photographers grab them on their way to turn one

Nico Rosberg on the grid with his physio and Mercedes race engineer Jock Clear

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, in front of the 'Mercedes-Benz' grandstand

Robert Kubica, Renault

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso walks to drivers parade

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Force India F1 Team

Jarno Trulli, Lotus Racing

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, rolls to his fifth grid position

Whilst Barrichello comes to Williams pits, Michael Schumacher ends his stop at Mercedes GP pits

Vitaly Petrov stops at Renault pits

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, gets a visit from his former manager Willi Weber on the grid

Heidfeld's grid girl

Mark Webber walks to drivers parade trough arrays of Santander-tagged grid girls

Rosberg's grid girl

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel greets his fans from Hockenheim's parc ferme

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

A second before the start of the German GP 2010

Lucas di Grassi, Virgin Racing

Fairuz Fauzy, Lotus Racing, during a rainy practice session in Hockenheim

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel celebrates in Hockenheim's parc ferme

Vitaly Petrov, Renault

Vitaly Petrov, Renault

Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus Racing

The Mercedes grand stand at the end of the main straight

After the second lap of the German GP, third positioned Vettel and the two Ferraris with Massa in the lead enter turn one already widely spread

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Force India F1 Team, gets a blue signal at pit lane exit

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Ferrari's Alonso leads Vettel

Sparks under Timo Glock's Virgin-Cosworth

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, is visited by his former manager Willi Weber on the grid

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, on the grid

Nico Rosberg stops at Mercedes GP pits

Felipe Massa still in front of Ferrari team mate Alonso

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, in the lead but still to stop at pits

Virgin's Lucas di Grassi passes Ferrari's pitstop signal

Felipe Massa stops at Ferrari pits

Patrick Tambay sits in a McLaren-Cosworth, German GP Hockenheim 1979

RenÈ Arnoux

Jody Scheckter, Ferrari driver

Italian Ferrari driver Lorenzo Bandini, German Grand Prix, 1962

Phil Hill (USA) with taped goggles in the Ferrari Dino 246SP #0790

Jim Clark (GB) in the Lotus 23 Ford entered by Essex Racing Team

The Maserati CDM (Tipo 61) of Lloyd Casner (USA) and Masten Gregory (USA), 1000 km, Nurburgring, 1962

Joakim Bonnier in a Porsche 804

Airfield Oberschleissheim, 1962, Alfa Romeo TZ1

Porsche's Graham Hill (GB) and his race director Huschke von Hanstein (D) on the grid before the 1962 1000km Nuerburgring

Ricardo Rodriguez

Race winner John Surtees (GB) in the Ferrari 250P #0812

Start 1000km Nuerburgring 1964

Phil Hill (USA) and Bruce McLaren (NZ) on a Ford GT40 GT/102, entered by Ford Advanced Vehicles

The winning Ferrari 275 P #0820, driven by Ludovico Scarfiotti and Nino Vaccarella, crosses the finish line of the 1000kms Nuerburgring 1964

Pit stop for the Ferrari Dino 166 P: Lorenzo Bandini briefs Nino Vaccarella,
who goes on to finish the race in 4th place.

Lorenzo Bandini in his Ferrari during practice

Formula 2 Lotus

Lorenzo Bandini (I) jumps out of the Ferrari Dino 166P #0834 with Surtees and Forghieri watching

Fan Wilfried Stummer appreciates an autograph from Jim Clark

Jim Clark

Jochen Rindt, 1000km Nuerburgring 1966

Car no. 35 Austin-Healey Sprite driven by Mike Garton (GB) and Alec Poole (IRL), in front of an unidentifyable Marcos (?) and the Ferrari 250 LM #8165 of Willy Mairesse (B) and Herbert Müller (CH)

A rear view on the Ferrari 250 LM #55 (serial no. 5845), driven only during practice session by Arthur W. Swanson (USA) and Robert Ennis (USA)

The delighted winnig Chaparal team, Phil Hill and (at the right) Jo Bonnier, 1000 km Nurburgring, 1966

Jo Schlesser (F) and Guy Ligier (F) on Ford GT40 #1003, entered by Ford France, gain victory in S+3.0 classement (fifth overall)

Jim Clark, Lotus-Climax

Managed crossroads traffic for the N¸rburgring's visitors

Denny Hulme.

Henri Greder (F) and Jean-Michel Giorgi (F) on Ford GT40 #1003 win the S+3.0 classement (7th overall)

The winning Porsche 910 007 S-ZL 123 driven by Udo Schütz (D) and Joe Buzzetta (USA)

John Surtees jumps with his Honda RA273, German GP 1967

Colin Crabbe (GB) and Roy Pierpoint (GB) on Colin Crabbe's Ford GT40 #1021

The Mirage M1 Ford #10001 driven by Jacky Ickx (B) and Richard Attwood (GB)

Jo Schlesser (F) and Guy Ligier (F) on Ford GT40 #1007

The Chaparral 2F (002) driven by Phil Hill and Mike Spence set the fastest practice time at the 1967 Nurburgring 1000 Kms and briefly led the race until the automatic gearbox broke, a familiar story during the season. The rugged construction of the Chaparral with its sturdy wing and struts is a stark contrast to the flimsy, skeletal rubbish that adorned F1 cars in 1968/9.

Edward Nelson (GB) and Peter de Klerk (ZA) on Ford GT40 #1009

Seventh placed Ford GT40 #1003 diven by Henri Greder (F) and Jean-Michel Giorgi (F)

Edward Nelson (GB) and Peter de Klerk (ZA) on Ford GT40 #1009

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Bruce McLaren, McLaren Ford-Cosworth M7A, German GP Nurburgring 1968

Jacky Ickx in the Ferrari 312 with a fragile rear wing and special rain visor

Jackie Stewart in the Matra-Cosworth MS80

Jacky Ickx slides at the edge with his Brabham-Cosworth BT26

Sally Courage keeps the times for her husband Piers

Race winner Jo Siffert (CH) in his Porsche 908/02 006

Herbert Müller (CH) returns unsuccessful to his pits

Hubert Hahne (D) and Dieter Quester (A) moved the Porsche 917 #004 during practice only, at the race itself it was driven by Frank Gardner (AUS) and David Piper (GB)

Jackie Stewart in the Matra-Cosworth MS80 during a practice session before the German GP

Winning Porsche team Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB)

The Lola T70 Mk.3B GT Chevrolet SL76/148 of Picko Troberg (S) and Björn Rothstein (S) was too damaged in practice to be repaired in time for the start

Race winner Jacky Ickx on Brabham-Cosworth BT26A, German GP 1969

Jochen Rindt, German GP Hockenheim 1970

Rolf Stommelen (D) and Piers Courage (GB) on Alfa Romeo T33/3 #75080-004

The Ferrari 512 S Spyder #1042 of John Surtees (GB) and Nino Vaccarella (I)

Jacky Ickx in his Ferrari 312B gains second podium place behind Jochen Rindt at the German Grand Prix 1970 in Hockenheim

Jochen Rindt in a Lotus-Cosworth 72C

Jochen Rindt prepares for qualifying in the first Lotus-Cosworth 72C

Kurt Ahrens sits in the later winning Porsche

Barbro Peterson keeps the times of her husband Ronnie

Ronnie Peterson

John Surtees (GB) on Ferrari 512 S Spyder #1042

Later German Grand Prix winner Jochen Rindt in the cockpit of his Lotus-Cosworth 72C

Lotus Team meeting

Pedro Rodriguez' shoes are being prepared for the pedals

Barbro Peterson performing a soft drink can opening during timekeeping

British Lotus driver John Miles

This Ferrari 512 S Spyder #1012 was driven in practice only by John Surtees (GB), Peter Schetty (CH) and Jacky Ickx (B)

Jackie Oliver rides out in the BRM P153

An exhausted winner of the German Grand Prix, 1970: Jochen Rindt and his happy Lotus team boss Colin Chapman (left)

Drivers women meet for coffee party in pits

Spectators enjoy the rare sun beams

Interserie Hockenheim 1971: Franz Pesch, Ferrari 512M (Gelo Racing Team)

Jo Siffert takes a nap in pits

Gerard Larrousse (spraying champagne) and Vic Elford surrounded by fans

Third placed Porsche 908/03 007 of Gijs van Lennep (NL) and Helmut Marko (A), entered by International Martini Racing Team

Gerard Larrousse and Vic Elford on podium, after winning the 1000km of Nuerburgring in their Martini-Porsche 908

Mario Andretti, Ferrari

Race winner Jackie Stewart, Tyrrell-Cosworth 003, German Grand Prix, Nurburgring, 1971

The multi-talented 'mechanic' of Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) also keeps the times at chilled Nuerburging weather conditions

Leo Kinnunen (SF) and Björn Waldegaard (S) on Porsche 911 S leads another car

Pedro Rodriguez in John Wyer's second placed Porsche 908/03 013

Vic Elford

Nanni Galli (I) on Alfa Romeo T33/3

Pedro Rodriguez' english girl friend Glenda takes the lap times

Siffert's Porsche mechanics wait for their next commitment

A Porsche mechanic carries a fire extinguisher on his back

Derek Bell (GB) in Gulf Racing Research's Mirage M6 Ford 601

Jackie Stewart meditates in pits

Mike Hailwood in his Surtees-Cosworth TS9B

Ronnie Peterson (S) in the Ferrari 312 PB #0886

The Ford Capri RS 2600 of Dieter Glemser (D) and Jochen Mass (D) wins in the T+2.0 group (seventh overall)

Hans-Wilhelm Ridder (D) on Opel Commodore GS

Race winner Jacky Ickx with second placed Ferrari team mate Regazzoni after winning the German GP 1972

The Porsche 908/03 008 driven by Reinhold Jöst (D), Mario Casoni (I) and Wilhelm Bartels (D)

The Porsche 908/03 008 driven by Reinhold Jöst (D), Mario Casoni (I) and Wilhelm Bartels (D)

Clay Regazzoni, Ferrari 312B2, German GP, 1972

1000km Nurburgring: Jacky Icky, Ferrari 312PB

Race winner Jacky Ickx with second placed Ferrari team mate Regazzoni after winning the German GP 1972

Hans-Joachim Stuck (D) in the BMW 3.0 CSL

Mike Beuttler, March

Dieter Glemser (D) and Jochen Mass (D) on a Ford Capri RS

Jochen Mass (D) jumps with the Ford Capri RS

Jochen Mass (D) on Ford Capri RS

Photographers, amon them H. P. Seufert (blue coat) and Josef Reinhard (red coat)

The power plant of an Alfa Romeo T33/TT/12

Peter Revson in his McLaren-Cosworth M23

George Follmer (USA) retired with the Porsche Carrera RSR 911 360 0576 R5, entered by Martini Racing/Porsche AG, after 6 laps in an accident

Hans-Peter Joisten (B) / Helmut Rösser (D), DNF, BMW 3.0 CSL, BMW Alpina, 19. Internationales ADAC-1000 km-Rennen auf dem Nürburgring 1973

Race winner Brian Redman (GB) in the Ferrari 312 PB #0888

BMW's Jochen Neerpasch and Ford's Mike Kranefuss

Jackie Stewart, Tyrrell

At pits Gérard Larrousse's (F) and Henri Pescarolo's (F) Matra-Simca MS670B 01 is being prepared by the mechanics

Gijs van Lennep (NL) and Herbert Müller (CH) drove the Porsche Carrera RSR 911 360 0686 R7 entered by Martini Racing/Porsche AG to fifth position

Rolf Stommelen in the cockpit of the Alfa Romeo T33/TT/12

James Hunt, Hesketh

Brit Ian Ashley, coming dircetly from Formula 2, moves this Token RJ02 in two races in season 1974 only and drives further races in 1975-1977

Clay Regazzoni on Ferrari 312B3 wins the German GP Nuerburgring 1974

Hesketh airbox

Allrounder Tom Belso, first Danish F1 driver ever - raced also F2 and F5000 - started 4 times for Frank Williams' team during F1 season 1974, here on the Iso Marlboro-Cosworth FW in Jarama 1974.

1000km Nürburgring 1974, Henri Pescarolo in a Matra-Simca MS670C in front of Merzario's Alfa Romeo T33/TT/12

Ogrodowczyk / Müller, BMW-Alpina (D), BMW 3.0 CSL, Deutsche Automobil-Rennsport-Meisterschaft ADAC (round 12), European Touring Car Championship (round 4) 1974. Nürburgring 6 Hours

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Clay Regazzoni celebrates his achievement with the Ferrari team after winning the German GP Nuerburgring 1974

Australian Larry Perkins during his first F1 assignment in an Amon-Cosworth AF101, replacing regular driver Chris Amon who recovers from an illness

Gijs van Lennep on Ensign-Cosworth N175, German GP 1975

Hans-Joachim Stuck (D), BMW 3.0 CSL, DNF, 1975 Europa-Meisterschaft für GT und Deutsche Rennsportmeisterschaft auf dem Norisring, 200 Meilen von Nürnberg, ADAC-Norisring-Trophäe, DRM Division 1

James Hunt's Hesketh-Cosworth 308 T-car, German GP Nuerburgring 1975

Jean-Pierre Jarier on Shadow-Cosworth DN5, German GP 1975

Niki Lauda, Ferrari 312T, leades the race after 9 laps

Ian Ashley (born in Wuppertal/Germany 1947) in the 2nd Williams FW03 Ford-Cosworth had a big accident at Pflanzgarten and suffered serious ankle injuries. It has been his sole Grand Prix in 1975.

Gijs van Lennep on Ensign-Cosworth N175, German GP 1975

Hans-Joachim Stuck (D), BMW 3.0 CSL, DNF, 1975 Europa-Meisterschaft für GT und Deutsche Rennsportmeisterschaft auf dem Norisring, 200 Meilen von Nürnberg, ADAC-Norisring-Trophäe, DRM Division 1

Hans-Joachim Stuck, March-Cosworth 751

Ian Ashley (born in Wuppertal/Germany 1947) in the 2nd Williams FW03 Ford-Cosworth during qualifying. He has a big accident at Pflanzgarten and suffered serious ankle injuries. It is sole Grand Prix in 1975.

Alan Jones, Hill GH1 Ford-Cosworth

James Hunt on Hesketh-Cosworth 308, German GP Nuerburgring 1975

Niki Lauda, Ferrari 312T2, after Pflanzgarten

Jacques Laffite, Ligier-Marta

James Hunt

German GP 1976: Clay Regazzoni in his Ferrari jumping in the drop down after Pflanzgarten during practice

The second start of the 1976 German Grand Prix after the nearly fatal accident of Niki Lauda.

Alex-Dias Ribeiro on March-Cosworth, 1977, German GP, Hockenheim

Austrian Ferrari driver and championship leader Niki Lauda

Briton Rupert Keegan in the Penthouse Rizla Hesketh 308E

Niki Lauda

Jochen Mass' recovered McLaren-Cosworth

Later third placed local hero Hans-Joachim Stuck sits in a Brabham-Alfa Romeo, German GP Hockenheim 1977

Niki Lauda

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Hans-Joachim 'Striezel' Stuck; Shadow Ford-Cosworth DN9

Start of the AvD Rennsport trophy DRM race Grosser Preis von Deutschland, Hockenheim 1978, Division 2

Mario Andretti im Lotus-Ford 79 in Hockenheim

Jody Scheckter, Ferrari 312T5

Niki Lauda, Dieter Stappert and Nelson Piquet enjoy the German hospitality

ATS driver and Abba drummer Slim Borgudd

Jean-Pierre Jarier on a Ligier-Cosworth

Elio de Angelis

Tyre pressure control on Senna's Lotus, German Grand Prix, Hockenheim, 1986

Rear view on the Lotus-Renault 98T

Stefan Johansson, McLaren

Alain Prost, McLaren

Kimi Raikkonen's McLaren Mercedes on the grid

Antony Davidson of BAR Honda

Michael Schumacher with cheering team in parc fermé

The first few after the start

Michael Schumacher hugging his team

Takuma Sato, BAR-Honda

Jenson Button arrives from his best race ever and celebrates in Hockenheim's parc ferme

Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher with cheering team in parc fermé

Kimi Raikkonen's McLaren Mercedes on the grid

Michael Schumacher with cheering team in parc fermé

Guenter Schmidt, RIAL team boss, stands besides Christian Danner

Michael Schumacher

Ayrton Senna, German GP 1992

Ayrton Senna, German GP Hockenheim 1992

Sieger Prost vor Schumacher bei der Siegerehrung

Michael Schumacher waves his fans

German GP 1993: Damon Hill

Schauspielerin Dolly Buster spaziert durchs Fahrerlager

Third placed Gerhard Berger and winner Schumacher spray champagne

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

Mika Häkkinen and David Coulthard

Johnny Herbert

Bernard Cahier has fun with his son Paul-Henri

Mika Häkkinen between advertising panels

Jenson Button

Rubens Barrichello wins the German Grand Prix 2000

Montoya pitting

Ralf in the pits

Head beeing interviewed

Montoya in 2. place

Post cows

Montoya in his Williams, zoom

Zoom of Montoya

Frentzen fans cheer for their idol but Jordan replaced him with Zonta

Ralf Schumacher, interview

Montoya in his Williams

In the parc ferme

Raikkonen, pan-shot

Ralf Schumacher, pan-shot

Montoyas car on the grid

Ralf Schumacher, portrait

Jacques Villeneuve raises his trophy for third place

German GP 2001: Ferrari engineers working on Michael Schumachers car on the grid

Winner Ralf Schumacher

Juan-Pablo Montoya

Montoya in his Williams

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Montoya in his Williams

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Ralf Schumacher, pan-shot

Working on the grid

Montoya in his Williams, zoom

Ralf Schumacher in his Williams

Nick Heidfeld

Drivers waving

Nick Heidfeld in his Sauber

Ralf Schumacher, pan-shot

German singer Juliette being chased by the paparazzi

Villeneuve lifting a wheel

Michael passing the finish line infront of his team

Podium of the German Grand Prix 2002 with winner Michael Schumacher (Ferrari), 2nd and 3rd places for the Williams drivers Juan Pablo Montoya and Ralf Schumacher

Felipe Massa

Start, Michael in the lead

Heinz-Harald Frentzen in pits during qualifying

Kimi Raikkonen hard on brakes

Nick Heidfeld and team boss Peter Sauber

Felipe Massa

McNish's engine blow up

David Richards

Queuing up at pit lane exit

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

The real Sebastian Vettel gives an autograph

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Vitaly Petrov, Caterham

Ferrari mechanics guard Alonso's race car on first grid position

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher receives good wishes for the race from Daimler chairman Dieter Zetsche

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

a close-up on a Caterham race car

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Race cars in line during the Hockenheim Grand Prix

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Race fans invade the Hockenheim track during the podium ceremony after therace

Valtteri Bottas, Williams

A Toro Rosso race car in pitlane

1. runde

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Pit stop of Jenson Button, McLaren

Pit stop of Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, is pushed to his grid position

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1

1. runde

Sergio Perez, McLaren

Charles Pic, Caterham

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, is pushed to his grid position

Jenson Button in McLaren pits

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber, comes to pits

Pit stop of Charles Pic, Caterham

Second placed Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus F1 arrives in parc ferme after the race

Pit stop of Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, spins out in turn one after four laps of the race

rennen freigegeben; vettel vor grosjean, kimi und alonso

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, practises pit stops

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1

Third placed Romain Grosjean of Lotus F1 celebrates in parc ferme after the race

Second placed Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus F1 arrives in parc ferme after the race

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso

Esteban Gutierrez comes to Sauber pits

Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel walk between the grid girls to drivers presentation

Sergio Perez, McLaren

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber-Ferrari

Pastor Maldonado, Lotus-Renault, back to the pits

Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes

Sergio Perez, Force India-Mercedes

Pastor Maldonado, Lotus-Renault, in the pits, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Romain Grosjean, Lotus-Renault

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault, behind Bottas' Williams, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso-Renault

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, out of the pits for qualifying, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Romain Grosjean, Lotus-Renault

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault, passes the grand stand, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Felipe Massa's Williams after a rollover, a result of the collision with Magnussen in the 1st corner, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Adrian Sutil spun and his engine switched off, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso-Renault

A very happy German Grand Prix 2014 winner: Nico Rosberg

Congratulations to race winner Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Ralf Schumacher pitting in lap 29

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Nick Heidfeld retires in pits with brake failure in lap 9 after a collision during first lap

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Toro Rosso

Michael Schumacher's usual podium jump

Jenson Butto in front of a huge grandstand

Mark Webber, Williams

Kimi Raikkonen grabbing a fire extinguisher

Nick Heidfeld retires in pits with brake failure in lap 9 after a collision during first lap

Nick Heidfeld

Midland driver Tiago Monteiro zooming out of his pits

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Fernando Alonso, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Toro Rosso

Before the race, organisers and officials precisely check timing and weather conditions - from left to right: a bodyguard, politician Kurt Beck, Nuerburgring boss Walter Kafitz and politician Ingolf Deubel

Hamilton pits in lap 54

Winner Alonso sprays champagne

Mercedes always provides a Maybach to Mr. Ecclestone - are the colours matching his motorhome on purpose?

Swiss colleague Dani Reinhard pictures Quick Nick during a BMW Sauber pit stop practice

Massa yet in front of Alonso

Nick Heidfeld talks with his favorite interviewer

Fernando Alonso, McLaren Mercedes

More rain again makes the BMW Sauber team react promptly and change Kubica's tyres for intermediate weather conditions in lap 52

The two Toyotas pass the curbs of 'NGK-Schikane'

Hamilton finishes his pit stop in lap 54

Hamilton finishes his pit stop in lap 54

Kimi in a slight drift on an already slippy track

Anthony Davidson, Super Aguri

Robert Kubica arrives at grid position

Giancarlo Fisichella in front of Mercedes grandstand

The roaring flock from behind

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Jenson Button, Honda

Nick Heidfeld puts some rubber on launch ground

Jenson Button, Honda

Massa and the rest rush through Mercedes Arena exit

Rubens Barrichello in front of his chasers Fisichella, Schumacher and Kubica

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Hamilton under service in lap 54

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Toro Rosso

Felipe Massa at drivers parade

Lewis Hamilton stops at McLaren Mercedes pits

Nico Rosberg puts his helmet and HANS on

BMW Sauber's Kubica corners between Rosberg and Alonso

Nico Rosberg, Williams, followed by Kubica and Fisichella

New rear design for Lewis Hamilton's McLaren Mercedes ...

Jenson Button, Brawn Grand Prix, finishes his pit stop

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes, passes a new landmark, a part of the new fast roller coaster rail system

Green lights at pit lane exit for Nico Rosberg, Williams

Button and Buemi get close

Pit stop of Jenson Button, Brawn Grand Prix

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Massa's pit board signals third position

Red Bull mechanics keep the secrets of Webber's rear wing settings ...

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1, in front of Fisichella and Alonso

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes, in front of Massa's Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel exits the Dunlop hairpin in front of Red Bull team mate Webber

Dry ice emits clouds from the sidepod of the Brawn GP car

Jenson Button diverts to Brawn Grand Prix pits

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

... and of the secret diffuser design

Pit stop of Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nico Rosberg, Williams, on the main straight in front of Kubica, Fisichella and Alonso

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel with Kimi Raikkonen

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Robert Kubica corners in front of a sliding Alonso

Heikki Kovalainen stops at McLaren Mercedes pits

Lewis Hamilton's father Anthony watches a times screen in pits

Robert Kubica stops at BMW Sauber pits

Lewis Hamilton

Rubens Barrichello, Brawn Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

New spare front wings wait in front of BMW Sauber pits

The grid in the reflection of Nick Heidfeld's sunglasses

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Kovalainen's McLaren Mercedes and Button's Brawn Mercedes dance around the curb at first turn

Rubens Barrichello, Brawn Grand Prix, still leads the later race winner Webber

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Cars lined up in parc ferme

Nick Heidfeld prepares to lay some rubber on his pit place

Being passed by Bourdais, Ferrari's Massa exits pit lane

Nick Heidfeld rushes to grid formation

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso approaches his Renault pit crew for a stop during Q3 (qualifying part 3)

Hamilton's first pit stop

Timo Glock and Sebastian Vettel walk to drivers parade

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Webber's physio Roger Cleary prepares the pitboard

Rubens Barrichello and Nico Rosberg

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Neslon Piquet jr. surprises with a spectacular second place

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

The start to the historical BMW M1 display race

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Kubica in front of Kovalainen

Polesitter Hamilton arrives at parc ferme after qualifying

Timo Glock practices a pit stop with the Toyota pit crew

Timo Glock practices a pit stop with the Toyota pit crew

On the grid Hamilton takes the seat in a McLaren car without wheels

Sakon Yamamoto, Hispania Racing

Two silver arrows are prepared for a display lap with the former McLaren Mercedes dream team David Coulthard and Mika Hakkinen

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

Sutil walks away from the rest of the cars in FIA parc ferme after the race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Team Lotus principal Tony Fernandes at the pitwall

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Third placed Vettel waves at the crowds after his home race

Mercedes sporting director Norbert Haug

Jarno Trulli, Lotus Racing

Jenson Button stops at McLaren Mercedes pits

Standing on the strip

Lewis Hamilton stops at McLaren Mercedes pits

Green lights at pit lane exit for Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Jarno Trulli, Lotus Racing

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Race winner Alonso leaves parc ferme after a controversial Hockenheim win

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Fans from Japan express their devotion to Michael Schumacher

Red Bull's VIP guest Vitali Klitschko on the grid together with Burghard Hummel of WWP

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing after gaining a fourth place on his home GP, leading the championship with 216 points, 77 ahead team mate Webber (139)

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, during a rainy practice session in Hockenheim

Jenson Button stops at McLaren Mercedes pits

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Nick Heidfeld's helmet bears the winning drawings of a design contest

Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus Racing

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Fairuz Fauzy, Lotus Racing

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, steers through the hairpin during a rainy practice session in Hockenheim

Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber on drivers parade truck

Rubens Barrichello and Sebastian Vettel walk together to drivers parade

Two speedy cars in front of the main grandstand

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Alonso speeds trough a rubber-covered last turn

The field goes around turn one and heads Mercedes arena, Hamilton in the lead

Robert Kubica, Renault

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, between railing and billboards

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Race winner Alonso stretches his back in parc ferme

Felipe Massa end his stop at Ferrari pits

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Adrian Sutil, Lewis Hamilton, Sakon Yamamoto, Lucas di Grassi and Vitantonio Liuzzi discuss on their way down from drivers parade truck

A happy McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh on the grid

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, is pushed to his grid position

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

A few seconds after the start of the German GP 2010

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

The Nuerburg sits enthroned above the satellite dishes of the TV combound

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton stops at McLaren Mercedes pits

Jaime Alguersuari and Vitantonio Liuzzi walk together to drivers parade

Fairuz Fauzy, Lotus Racing

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Race winner Hamilton returns from his McLaren mechanics to parc ferme through a bunch of photographers

Sebastian Vettel is pushed backwards to Red Bull Racing pits after practice session

Mark Webber, Rubens Barrichello, Robert Kubica and Sebastian Vettel discuss on their way down from drivers parade truck

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Felipe Massa at the Dunlop hairpin exit

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Father and son Vettel enjoy the roaring of the Red Bull-Renault at their home town

Lotus team boss Colin Chapman

The procar series race: Niki Lauda, BMW M1

Ligier driver Jacky Ickx, German Grand Prix, Hockenheim, 1979

Jacky Ickx's wife Catherine

Championship leader Jody Scheckter, Ferrari

Rene Arnoux.

Clay Regazzoni, German GP 1979

Jim Clark (GB) in pits with the Lotus 23 Ford, entered by Essex Racing Team, he retires soon in an accident after 11 laps of the 1000km race at the Nuerburgring in 1962

Ferrari's reigning World Champion Phil Hill in the pits

Pit stop for the Porsche 718 WRS of Graham Hill and Hans Herrmann with team manager Huschke von Hanstein keeping an eye on things.

Dan Gurney, German Grand Prix Nuerburgring 1962

Jim Clark (GB) in a Lotus 23 Ford, entered by Essex Racing Team, retires in an accident after 11 laps of the 1000km race at the Nuerburgring in 1962

Airfield Oberschleissheim, 1962: The German race ace Peter Nocker (1963 European Touring Car Champion) wins in his Ferrari 250GT SWB (s/n 1917GT)

Italian Ferrari driver Lorenzo Bandini

Mexican brothers Pedro and Ricardo Rodriquez (right)

Airfield Oberschleissheim, 1962

Ferrari's Forghieri talks to World Champion Phil Hill, German GP 1962

John Surtees

Heini Walter, Ferrari 250GTO driver (in entry list only) talking to Herbert Mueller

The Ferrari 250 GTO (3809GT) #48 driven by Karl Foitek (CH) and entrant Kalman von Csazy (CH) is being refueled

Lorenzo Bandini (I) refuels the Ferrari Dino 166P #0834 himself

Dan Gurney jumps in the Brabham-Climax BT11 during the German Grand Prix, 1965 - and becomes third placed

Lorenzo Bandini (I) refuels and cleans the windshield of the Ferrari Dino 166P #0834 himself

The new World Champion Jim Clark, a worthy winner of the German Grand Prix 1965, his sixth victory of the year

Lorenzo Bandini (I)

Graham Hill, in the Maranello Concessionaires Ferrari 275 P2 that he shares with BRM team-mate Jackie Stewart, at the Suedkehre.

Denny Hulme

Carroll Shelby's Ford GT40 GT/104 driven by Chris Amon (NZ), Bruce McLaren (NZ) and Phil Hill (USA)

Richard Attwood

Husche von Hanstein at Porsche pits with Jo Bonnier

Chris Amon.

The victorious driver pair Jo Bonnier (S) and Phil Hill (USA) on the Nürburgring podium

Jim Clark getting out of his car during practice for the 1966 German Grand Prix

The Ferrari 330 P3 Spyder #0844 driven by John Surtees (GB) and Mike Parkes (GB)

Race winner Jack Brabham on Brabham-Repco BT19 leaves the two Cooper-Maseratis behind, German GP Nuerburgring 1966

The winning Chaparral 2D Chevrolet 2D001 driven by Jo Bonnier (S) and Phil Hill (USA) during practice session

Dan Gurney aviates his Eagle-Climax T1G past the remains of a crashed touring-car at Bruennchen.

The Ferrari Dino 206 S #008 driven by Richie Ginther (USA), at the wheel, and Pedro Rodriguez (MEX)

Start

Phil Hill's Chaparall and Surtees' Lola Aston Martin have yet to move off their marks

Julien Vernaeve (B) and Clive Baker (GB) lead the rear of the field with a MGB no. 107, closely followed by no. 108, Joachim Kamousin (D) on Alfa Romeo Duetto and car no. 1, John Surtees (GB) in the Lola T70 Mk.3 Aston Martin SL73/101

Phil Hill, a manager from Goodyear (?), Bernard and Jane Cahier and Chaparral team boss Jim Hall chat together at Goodyear hospitality

Jo Schlesser (F) and Guy Ligier (F) on Ford GT40 #1007

Jo Schlesser (F) and Guy Ligier (F) on Ford GT40 #1007

Phil Hill (USA) and Mike Spence (GB) drive the large-winged Chaparral 2F Chevrolet 2F002 CZV-659 until the gearbox brakes after 10 laps

Edward Nelson (GB) and Peter de Klerk (ZA) on Ford GT40 #1009

Rico Steinemann (CH) on the steering wheel of a Porsche 906 LH 153

British Lotus driver Jim Clark jumps at km 12,9 between Kesselchen and Mutkurve

Before the German Grand Prix 1968, Jo Siffert appreciates an informal lap on a bike

Lotus driver Graham Hill

Using his Dunlop wet tyres to maximum effect in pouring rain, Jackie Stewart leads the German Grand Prix in his Matra Ford-Cosworth MS10

Jackie Stewart, Matra Ford-Cosworth MS10, without his rear wing during rainy practice session

Jacky Ickx, Ferrari

Graham Hill in his Lotus Ford-Cosworth

Jochen Rindt becomes third placed with a Brabham-Repco BT26

Winner Jackie Stewart on the podium with third placed Jochen Rindt receives the trophy for his greatest Grand Prix victory

Groupshot of all drivers for a German main sponsor (ROWENTA lighters)

Helmut Kelleners (D) and Reinhold Jöst (D) on Ford GT40 #1081, IGFA Deutsche Auto Zeitung Köln

Works Porsche P908/2 018 #4 driven by Rolf Stommelen (D) and Hans Herrmann (D) becomes second placed

The remains of the Abarth 1300 SP after practice session, not happen to be raced by Toine Hezemans (NL), Erich Bitter (D), and Dieter Quester (A)

Second placed Jackie Stewart jumps with the Matra-Cosworth MS80 at Nurburgring's 'Bruennchen'

Anita Elford keeps the sponsor stickers of her husband Vic up-to-date

Piers Courage in his Brabham BT 26A coming in to land at “Brünnchen”
watched by the crowd.

Jochen Rindt jumps with his Lotus-Cosworth 49B at Pflanzgarten

Jochen Rindt, Lotus

Porsche team-mates Brian Redman and Jo Siffert

Brian Redman (GB) and Jo Siffert (CH) celebrate their victory on the Nuerburgring podium

Vic Elford, one of the best allrounders of his time, in a McLaren M7B which was entered only once

A thoughtful Jacky Ickx at the Nuerburgring in 1969

The Willy Kauhsen (D) / Karl von Wendt (D) Porsche 908/02 011 (no .5) climbs up to Nurburgring's 'Karussell'

Graham Hill, Lotus

Hubert Hahne (D) and Dieter Quester (A) moved the Porsche 917 #004 during practice only, at the race itself it was driven by Frank Gardner (AUS) and David Piper (GB).

Graham Hill jumps with his Lotus-Cosworth 49B, German Grand Prix, Nurburgring, 1969

Günther Selbach (D) and Friedhelm Thiessen (D) did not finish the race in the Astra RNR1 Climax 03 entered by BMW Martini Garage

Hubert Hahne (D) and Dieter Quester (A) moved the Porsche 917 #004 during practice only, at the race itself it was driven by Frank Gardner (AUS) and David Piper (GB).

Swiss driver Jo Siffert being interviewed for a documentary F1 movie

John Surtees (GB) on Ferrari 512 S Spyder #1042

John Miles getting his Lotus-Cosworth 72C refueled

Shell refuels a Ferrari

Barbro Peterson keeps her husband Ronnie's times (you can see Ronnie's helmet in the foreground) together with Siffert's wife Simone in March pits during the German GP weekend 1970

Jochen Rindt with Lotus team principal Colin Chapman on the grid, the new Lotus-Cosworth 72C wins the German GP

Jo Siffert (CH) in the Porsche 908/03 #010 entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering

Jackie Stewart is being interviewed by TV journalists after practice, besides him his wife Helen and timekeeping Nora Tyrrell

Jacky Ickx in his Ferrari

Jochen Rindt

Jochen Rindt in the cockpit of his winning Lotus-Cosworth 72C, German GP Hockenheim 1970

Barbro, the wife of Ronnie Peterson

Later race winner Jochen Rindt sits relaxed in the cockpit whilst the Lotus mechanics work on the engine of the Lotus-Cosworth 72C, Hockenheim 1970

Vic Elford (GB)

Race winner Jochen Rindt takes a sip of champagne on Hockenheim's podium

John Surtees (GB) swaps seat with other driver Nino Vaccarella (I) to bring the Ferrari 512S Spyder #1042 to third place

Shell refuels a Ferrari

Pedro Rodriguez

Jo Siffert walks back on the track after retiring with oil pressure failure

Gijs van Lennep (NL), 1000km Nuerburgring 1971

German GP 1971: Clay Regazzoni

Pierre Greub (CH) and Jean-Claude GuÈrie (F) on a Porsche 911 S

Rainer W. Schlegelmilch at "Flugplatz", Nurburgring, German Grand Prix, 1971

Pedro Rodriguez' english girl friend Glenda takes the lap times

Journalists wait for the retired driver pair Jacky Ickx (B) and Clay Regazzoni (CH) in front of S.p.A. Ferrari SEFAC pits

The Ferrari 512 M #1018 of Georg Loos (D) and Franz Pesch (D) leads Herbert Müller (CH) in the Ferrari 512 M #1044 in front of Teddy Pilette (B) and Gustave Gosselin (B) driving the Lola T70 Mk.3B GT Chevrolet SL76/146

Reinhold Jöst (D) and Willy Kauhsen (D) become sixth placed on Porsche 917K 022

Interserie Hockenheim 1971: Georg Loos, McLaren M8E Chevrolet (Gelo Racing Team)

Jo Siffert (CH) in John Wyer's Porsche 908/03 012

Andrea de Adamich (I) and Henri Pescarolo (F) become fourth placed on Alfa Romeo T33/3 #75080-009

Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) scratches the banking with the edge of the Porsche 908/03 013 entered by J. W. Automotive Gulf Porsche

Vic Elford (GB) jumps out of the Porsche 908/03 #008 entered by International Martini Racing Team during a pit stop in practice

Günter Steckkönig (D) and Dieter Schmid (D) on Porsche 911 S entered by E. Strähle KG becomes second placed in GT+2.0 class (tenth overall)

Reinhold Joest's Porsche 908/3 008 #9, driven by Reinhold Joest (D), Mario Casoni (I) and Wilhem Bartels (D), retires with a broken wheel after 33 laps

The Porsche 908/03 008 driven by Reinhold Jöst (D), Mario Casoni (I) and Wilhelm Bartels (D)

Dieter Glemser (D) and Jochen Mass (D) on Ford Capri RS 2600

John Fitzpatrick (GB) and Erwin Kremer (D) on Porsche 911 S

Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx, winner of the 1972 German Grand Prix

The Porsche 908/03 008 driven by Reinhold Jöst (D), Mario Casoni (I) and Wilhelm Bartels (D)

The safety car leads the start field through formation lap

Niki Lauda before the Formula 2 Jim Clark-Rennen 1972 in Hockenheim

Ronnie Peterson, March 721G

Emerson Fittipaldi, Lotus Ford-Cosworth 72D

George Follmer (USA) retired with the Porsche Carrera RSR 911 360 0576 R5, entered by Martini Racing/Porsche AG, after 6 laps in an accident

Niki Lauda (A) / Brian Muir (AUS), BMW 3.0 CSL, BMW Alpina, 19. Internationales ADAC-1000 km-Rennen auf dem Nürburgring 1973

Race winner Brian Redman (GB) jumps at the Nuerburgring in the Ferrari 312 PB #0888

Niki Lauda

19. Internationales ADAC-1000 km-Rennen auf dem Nürburgring 1973

Toine Hezemans (NL) / Dieter Quester (A), winner of T+3.0 group classement, BMW 3.0 CSL, BMW Motorsport GmbH, 19. Internationales ADAC-1000 km-Rennen auf dem Nürburgring 1973

A Ferrari V12 engine

Helmut Kelleners (D) / Teddy Pilette (B), Winner of T2.0 group classement, BMW 2002 Tii, Koepchen Tuning, 19. Internationales ADAC-1000 km-Rennen auf dem Nürburgring 1973

John Fitzpatrick (GB) and Gerry Birrell (GB) jump to victory in T3.0 group with the Ford Capri RS (sixth overall)

Alfa Romeo mechanics inspect the rear of Rolf Stommelen's (D) and Andrea de Adamich's (I) Alfa Romeo T33/TT/12

Gijs van Lennep (NL) and Herbert M¸ller (CH) drove the Porsche Carrera RSR 911 360 0686 R7 entered by Martini Racing/Porsche AG to fifth position

Arturo Merzario, Ferrari

Toine Hezemans (NL) rushes past BMW race director Jochen Neerpasch, BMW-Motorsport (D), BMW 3.0 CSL, Grosser Preis der Tourenwagen, 6-Stunden-Rennen zur Europameisterschaft 1973, Deutsche Automobil-Rennsport-Meisterschaft (round 12), European Touring Car Championship (round 4)

Jacky Ickx, Ferrari 312 PB

BMW race director Jochen Neerpasch with two drivers, BMW-Motorsport (D), BMW 3.0 CSL, Grosser Preis der Tourenwagen, 6-Stunden-Rennen zur Europameisterschaft 1973, Deutsche Automobil-Rennsport-Meisterschaft (round 12), European Touring Car Championship (round 4)

Brazilian Carlos Pace, Ferrari

Arturo Merzario, Williams FW03 Ford-Cosworth

Tyre abrasion, Schnitzer-Racing-GmbH (D), BMW 3.0 CSL, Deutsche Automobil-Rennsport-Meisterschaft ADAC (round 12), European Touring Car Championship (round 4) 1974. Nürburgring 6 Hours

Swiss Ferrari driver Clay Regazzoni celebrates his Nürburgring Grand Prix victory. Left to him finishing second is Jody Scheckter. On the right you can see the minister-president of Rhineland-Palatinate and vice-chair of the federal CDU party Helmut Kohl.

German March driver Hans-Joachim Stuck

Argentinian Carlos Reutemann, Brabham

Hans-Joachim Stuck (D) / Ronnie Peterson (S), BMW (D), BMW 3.0 CSL, Deutsche Automobil-Rennsport-Meisterschaft ADAC (round 12), European Touring Car Championship (round 4) 1974. Nürburgring 6 Hours

Ian Ashley (born in Wuppertal/Germany 1947) in the 2nd Williams FW03 Ford-Cosworth during practice. He had a big accident at Pflanzgarten and suffered serious ankle injuries. It has been his sole Grand Prix in 1975.

Jody Scheckter, Tyrrell-Cosworth 007

Nuerburgring panorama

The remains of Williams Cosworth of Ian Ashley after he crashed heavily at Pflanzgarten and sustained serious ankle injuries. A marshal carries Ashley's helmet

James Hunt, Hesketh

Ronnie Peterson, Lotus

Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi in an '75 season Tyrrell Ford-Cosworth 007. The Italian attends four races under the entrant Scuderia Gulf Rondini (which was never again heard of afterwards).

James Hunt

DRM 1976 Rd. 2, ADAC Flugplatzrennen Mainz-Finthen, Division II, BMW 2002

Carlos Pace, Brazilian Brabham driver

The 2nd start (restart after Lauda's fire accident): James Hunt, McLaren, leading Regazzoni, Ferrari, and both Tyrrell's of Depailler and Scheckter

Ferrari driver Niki Lauda

DRM 1976 Rd. 2, ADAC Flugplatzrennen Mainz-Finthen, Division II, BMW 2002

James Hunt's McLaren-Cosworth is prepared whilst the German press surrounds the local hero Jochen Mass behind him, German GP Hockenheim 1977

Gunnar Nilsson and Mario Andretti discuss with gestures in Lotus pits

Jean-Pierre Jarier, ATS

Jody Scheckter on Wolf-Cosworth becomes second at the German GP Hockenheim 1978

Patrick Depailler, Tyrrell

Jochen Mass, ATS Ford-Cosworth

Alan Jones, Williams

Later second placed Carlos Reutemann on Williams-Cosworth, German GP Hockenheim 1980

Jabouille's Renault in the pits during practice, German Grand Prix, Hockenheim, 1980

DRM race winner Bob Wollek on Jägermeister Kremer Racing's Porsche 935 K3/80 3.2

At Williams pits team boss Frank Williams and engineer Patrick Head check with Alan Jones in the Williams-Cosworth

Jean-Pierre Jarier, Ligier JS21 Ford-Cosworth

Nelson Piquet in a 1.5 t/c Brabham BT52B-BMW 4

Riccardo Patrese and Gordon Murray with a 1.5 t/c Brabham BT52B-BMW 4

TGC4

TGC4

Ayrton Senna on Lotus-Renault, German GP Hockenheim 1986

Gerhard Berger in the Benetton-BMW (1.5 t/c Benetton B186-BMW 4)

TGC4

Johnny Dumfries, Lotus-Renault

Alain Prost being serviced by his McLaren mechanics

Michael Schumacher with cheering team in parc fermé

A happy second placed Jenson Button gets a champagne shower from winner Schumacher

Hubbert and Dennis of Mercedes and McLaren standing at the grid

Felipe Massa

Kimi Raikkonen's McLaren Mercedes on the grid

Michael Schumacher with cheering team in parc fermé

Conny and Juan Pablo Montoya

Michael Schumacher spinning in the "Motodrom"

Second placed Alessandro Nannini, race winner Ayrton Senna and third placed Gerhard Berger listen to the national anthem on the podium following the German Grand Prix 1990

Michael Schumacher's pit stop

Alain Prost, Williams-Renault

Ayrton Senna, McLaren-Ford

Schauspielerin Dolly Buster spaziert mit einer Fotografenmeute durch die Boxengasse

Benetton drivers Johnny Herbert and Michael Schumacher wave to the fans during drivers parade

Jean Alesi offers a ride to Gerhard Berger, German GP 1996

Michael Schumacher could not attend the German GP 1999

Ferrari drivers Mika Salo and Eddie Irvine celebrate their Hockenheim podium

Heinz-Harald Frentzen sits in his 'post box'

Ralf Schumacher, braking

Burtis crash at the start

Ralf congratulating Michael for the pole

Burtis crash at the start

Montoya in his Williams, pan-shot

Burtis crash at the start

Burtis crash at the start

Burtis crash at the start

Berger with Haug

1. Start with Montoya and Ralf in the lead

Michael Schumacher jumping on podium

Montoya, pan-shot

Burtis crash at the start

McLaren key people

Montoya in his Williams

Barrichello overtaking Coulthard

David Coulthard over the curbs

Burtis crash at the start

Engineers work under difficult circumstances on Michael Schumacher's Ferrari engine at Hockenheim grid in 2001

Burtis crash at the start

German Mercedes VIP guests in paddock, Hockenheim Grand Prix, 2001

Burtis crash at the start

Burtis crash at the start

Montoya after his Pole

The two Williams drivers

Burtis crash at the start

Burtis crash at the start

Heinz-Harald Frentzen in the 2002 Arrows-Cosworth

Quick Nick Heidfeld approaches the new Mercedes Arena

Ferrari leading 1-2

David Coulthard lifting a wheel at the new turn

David Coulthard greeting Mercedes fans on his way back to the pits

David Coulthard

Rubens Barrichello gets a fast service from his Ferrari team

Michael passing the finish line

Nick Heidfeld

Kimi Raikkonen goes of at the start of the German Grand Prix

Nico Rosberg, GP2-Series driver.

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Maldonado's Williams-Renault is being prepared on the grid

Kimi Raikkonen on his way to drivers parade

Photographers shoot the drivers on their way to the truck

The steering wheel of a Mercedes race car

Polesetter Fernando Alonso of Ferrari celebrates his achievement after qualifying

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Polesetter Fernando Alonso hugs fifth positioned Nico Huelkenberg in parc ferme after qualifying

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Vitaly Petrov, Caterham

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Charles Pic, Marussia

Race winner Fernando Alonso, (later fifth placed due penalty) Sebastian Vettel and Jenson Button enjoy the action on the podium after the German Grand Prix

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Race winner Fernando Alonso celebrates on the podium after the German Grand Prix

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Michael Schumacher on his way to drivers parade

Parc ferme after the German Grand Prix

The steering wheel of a Ferrari race car

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher of Mercedes GP is chased by TV cameras

Race winner Fernando Alonso celebrates on the podium after the German Grand Prix

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, in front of Mercedes' Michael Schumacher

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

A Toro Rosso race car under cover

Vitaly Petrov of Caterham on his way to drivers parade

Jenson Button, Paul di Resta, Alex Wurz and Mark Webber wait together for the drivers presentation

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing arrives in parc ferme after his lap of honour

Sebastian Vettel changes wheels in Red Bull Racing pits

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing celebrates in parc ferme and jumps on his race car 'Hungry Heidi'

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing celebrates in parc ferme

Mark Webber in Red Bull Racing pits during a practice session

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview at the grid before tha race

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Mark Webber is serviced in Red Bull Racing pits

Sebastian Vettel changes wheels in Red Bull Racing pits

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing celebrates in parc ferme and jumps on his race car 'Hungry Heidi'

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing celebrates in parc ferme and jumps on his race car 'Hungry Heidi'

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes as polesetter in the middle with second qualified Red Bull race driver Sebastian Vettel and RBR team mate Mark Webber as third on the grid

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel changes wheels in Red Bull Racing pits

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Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault, makes his 3rd and last pit stop, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Red Bull pit crew ready for Sebastian Vettel, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, gets away clearly at the start, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Jenson Button and Sergio Perez walking to the drivers parade on Saturday's race day, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

German football star Lukas Podolski on the grid, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

The top three drivers on the podium: Bottas, Rosberg and Hamilton, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Massa's Williams wreck after the 1st corner incident, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso-Renault

Hi there: Jenson Button and his last year's team-mate at McLaren, Sergio Perez, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Starting grid with Rosberg (Mercedes) and Bottas (Williams) on the 1st row, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault, makes his 3rd and last pit stop, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault, makes his 3rd and last pit stop, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault

Start-finish line with both Ferraris and the Force India of Hulkenberg, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Massa family arrives in paddock

Massa's Williams wreck after the 1st corner incident, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel with his race engineer Rocquelin on the grid, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault, drives through the pit lane

Pit stop for Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull-Renault, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Felipe Massa, Williams, gets away unharmed after the collision with Magussen in the 1st corner, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault, after his pit stop, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Pit stop for Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull-Renault, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault, back to the pits during Friday morning practice session, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull-Renault

Midland test driver Markus Winkelhock

Michael Schumacher pitting out

Frenetic fans celebrating the victory of Michael Schumacher and Ferrari

BMW member of the board Burkhard Goeschel with Toro Rosso team boss Gerhard Berger and BMW motorsport director Mario Theissen

Jenson Button being serviced in lap 16

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Ferrari team with Jean Todt (his son Nicolas on the right) awaiting podium ceremony

Field in first corner, Kimi already passed

Kimi's McLaren smoking in park fermé

Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa packing their things together for podium ceremony

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

More rain again makes the BMW Sauber team react promptly and change Kubica's tyres for intermediate weather conditions in lap 52

Heidfeld changes tyres in lap 53

Fisichella leads Kubica

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

The two BMW Sauber cars of Kubica and Heidfeld

While third placed Webber claps the hands for his team, winner Alonso plays the air guitar for his amused boss

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Adrian Sutil, Spyker

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton approaches pits during qualifying session

Kubica tries it on the outside of Schumacher

Heidfeld pits in lap 37

Zoom of Fernando Alonso

Kimi Raikkonen zooms through pitlane

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Winkelhock, still on 'heavy rain tyres' is being overtaken by Hamilton who was first to change to dry condition tyres

Anthony Davidson, Super Aguri

Nick Heidfeld's BMW Sauber goes qualifying

Quite a photo-demanding crowd in front of Hamilton's pits

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Nearly all retired cars together - What a race, how exiting F1 can be!!! Willkommen am Nürburgring! :)

Anthony Davidson, Super Aguri

Heidfeld pits in lap 53

Lewis Hamilton jumps out of the drivers parade car (congrats for the speedy recover from quali crash, you tough sticker!;)

While Ralf just can keep his track, in the background Sato slides out on the sudden aquaplaning

With the race meanwhile red-flagged the two Toro Rosso cars can be recovered

Winkelhock falls back

Felipe Massa at first corner's apex

Massa and Alonso commence second lap with briefly installed intermediate tyres

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Now free Hamilton quickly returns to dry pits

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Race winner Mark Webber in front of Rubens Barrichello

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Felipe Massa glides into Ferrari pits

... and old rear aerodynamical package still on Heikki Kovalainen's McLaren Mercedes

Sebastien Bourdais in front of Toro Rosso team mate Buemi

Brief stop and visor wipe for Lewis Hamilton at McLaren Mercedes pits

Kimi Raikkonen ploughs his Ferrari through the gravel

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Rubens Barrichello, Brawn Grand Prix, brakes into first corner

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Two prancing Red Bulls in parc ferme

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Electronic supervision of Webber's Red Bull car

Tyre exchange for Sebastian Vettel's car at Red Bull pits

Lewis Hamilton takes off from McLaren Mercedes pits

Brawn GP's Rubens Barrichello in front of the rest of the start field

Nelson Piquet jr. and Robert Kubica walk to drivers parade

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, shakes his arms after winning his first Grand Prix

Felipe Massa exits the Ferrari car in parc ferme after Q3

Former sportscars racer, author and team boss Jochen Neerpasch prepares to race a BMW M1

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing, passes his own onboard camera image on screen

Parc ferme

Timo Glock rushes away from a pit stop practice with smoking tyres

Familiar faces amongst the drivers of historic BMW M1 race - Christian Klien and Joerg Mueller await their challenge

Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Wladimir Klitschko smiles despite the ambivalent weather conditions

After trying to avoid the final corner's dangerous dust fountains, Timo Glock loses control and crashes into pitwall

Michael Schumacher jokes around with Flavio Briatore, his team boss in his rookie times

Lewis Hamilton passes his cheering team and wins the German Grand Prix

Hamilton leads Massa and the rest of the field to first turn

The two finns stroll to drivers parade - Kimi Raikkonen and Heikki Kovalainen

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

Vettel and Alonso navigate through the Toyota's carbon fibre debris

Race winner Hamilton caresses his brother Nicolas at parc ferme fence

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Champagne shower for Norbert Haug

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

The Red Bull bouncers guard their vehicle well

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing after gaining a fourth place on his home GP, leading the championship with 216 points, 77 ahead team mate Webber (139)

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel enjoys even a third place trophy on podium after his home race in Hockenheim

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Second placed Massa raises his trophy

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, on the grid

Rubens Barrichello practises stops at Williams pits

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Force India F1 Team

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, stops at the pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, stops at the pits

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren on podium after the German GP

Fernando Alonso passes a cheering Ferrari team

Jarno Trulli, Lotus Racing

Nick Heidfeld's damaged Lotus-Renault after an incident with Buemi

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Bruno Senna, Hispania Racing

Sebastian Vettel puts his helmet on

Rubens Barrichello is well prepared for a chilled round on the Nuerburgring

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, ends his pit stop

The two Ferrari cars arrive in parc ferme after a controversial Hockenheim win

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, on the grid

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, shaves over the curbs

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

German Olympic Alpine Ski racer Champion Maria Riesch visits the paddock as VIP and is interviewed by German TV

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

The Ferrari pit crew waits for Massa

After qualifying, polesetter Mark Webber waves for the media in parc ferme

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, receives hugs and kisses from his former manager Willi Weber on the grid

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, in front of his team mate

Sebastian Vettel freezes a bit on his way to the drivers parade

Dieter Zetsche, Daimler AG's chairman of the board, ruminates about Mercedes' right way to World Championship

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Ferrari's Felipe Massa and Fairuz Fauzy of Lotus Racing at the hairpin during a rainy practice session in Hockenheim.

Bruno Senna, Hispania Racing

Karun Chandhok, Team Lotus

A young Ferrari fan shows his signed treasure

Bruno Senna, Hispania Racing

Lewis Hamilton's pit board signals position one leading by 2,7 seconds

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing, greets Rainer at the pitlane entrance

Jaime Alguersuari's Toro Rosso returns to pits without front wing

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren on podium after the German GP

Race winner Fernando Alonso raises his first-place trophy on podium

First placed Alonso and Third Vettel drink champagne

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Force India F1 Team, and Mercedes' Schumacher in the pitlane

Robert Kubica, Renault

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, rolls towards parc ferme after setting pole position

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Race leader Massa, second Alonso and following Vettel pass their pit wall signals

Vitaly Petrov and Michael Schumacher walk together to drivers parade

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, receives hugs and kisses from his former manager Willi Weber on the grid

Fernando Alonso feels cold on his way to the drivers parade

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

The grid girls take their positions under Moko's surveillance

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing leaves parc ferme after gaining a fourth place on his home GP, leading the championship with 216 points, 77 ahead team mate Webber (139)

Race winner Alonso jumps on his Ferrari car in parc ferme after a controversial Hockenheim win

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, overtakes Vettel

Anthony Hamilton

Timo Glock's Virgin-Cosworth sprays sparks on the main straight

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Ferrari mechanics take the bodywork off from Jody Scheckter's Ferrari, German GP Hockenheim 1979

Alan Jones in Williams FW 07

Championship leader Jody Scheckter in the Ferrari pits. Next to him with headphones on is Mauro Forghieri

Ferrari mechanics take the bodywork off from Jody Scheckter's Ferrari, German GP Hockenheim 1979

Ferrari mechanics take the bodywork off from Jody Scheckter's Ferrari, German GP Hockenheim 1979

Goodyear executives Robert Lobell and Alan Ockene meet in Hockenheim paddock

A Renault RS 11 V6 Turbo

Ferrari mechanics take the bodywork off from Jody Scheckter's Ferrari, German GP Hockenheim 1979

German GP 1979: German ATS driver Hans-Joachim Stuck

Giancarlo Baghetti (I) in the Ferrari Dino 196SP #0804 speaks with Mauro Forghieri

The start to the 1962 Solitude Grand Prix, polesetter and later winner Dan Gurney in a Porsche 804 with starting number 10 in front

Jim Clark (GB) in a Lotus 23 Ford entered by Essex Racing Team

Huschke von Hanstein sits in pits

Ricardo Rodriguez' wife Sara keeps the times of her husband

Hans Herrmann (D) prepares on the grid for the 1000kms Nuerburgring 1962, later he will become third placed in the Porsche 718 WRS #047

John Surtees (GB) and Willy Mairesse (B) discuss during the drivers exchange besides the winning Ferrari 250 P #0812

John Surtees (GB) and Willy Mairesse (B) discuss during the drivers exchange besides the winning Ferrari 250 P #0812

The Ferrari 250 GTO (3809GT) #48 driven by Karl Foitek (CH) and entrant Kalman von Csazy (CH)

Start for the 1000km Nuerburgring, 1964

Graham Hill in pits

Jim Clark celebrating his win and the World Championship at the Nurburgring Grand Prix with Lotus team boss Colin Chapman (above left) and a mechanic (left).

Jim Clark, Colin Chapman and Jackie Stewart joke around before the German GP 1965

Jackie Stewart aviates his BRM 261 past the remains of a crashed touring car at Nuerburgring's Bruennchen.

A thoughtful Jackie Stewart before the German GP 1966

Jo Bonnier (S) and Phil Hill (USA) on the winning Chaparral 2D Chevrolet 2D001

Ferrari engineeer Mauro Forghieri talks with John Surtees (GB) and Mike Parkes (GB) besides the Ferrari 330 P3 Spyder #0844 during a pitstop

Fun on the podium for winner Jack Brabham, second placed John Surtees and third placed Jochen Rindt

Podium ceremony of ADAC 1000km Nuerburgring: Patrick McNally and Mike Garton gained first position in group P1.3 (18th in overall placings) in their Marcos Mini GT of Marcos Racing Ltd.

Jacky Ickx (B) and Richard Attwood (GB) in the Mirage M1 Ford 10001 entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering

The retired Chaparral 2F Chevrolet 2F002 CZV-659 of Phil Hill and Mike Spence, Nuerburgring 1000km 1967

Podium ceremony of ADAC 1000km Nuerburgring: Patrick McNally and his co-driver Mike Garton gained first position in group P1.3 (18th in overall placings) in their Marcos Mini GT of Marcos Racing Ltd.

The winning Porsche 910 007 S-ZL 123 driven by Udo Sch¸tz (D) and Joe Buzzetta (USA)

Victorious Porsche drivers Udo Schütz (D) and Joe Buzzetta (USA) are picked from podium by their cheering mechanics

75 cars started the Nurburgring 1000 kms and this picture starts with the 17th fastest Ford-France Ford GT40 (1003) of Henri Greder/Jean-Michel Giorgi that will finish 5th. Alongside is Heini Walter's Ferrari 250LM (5905) that he shared with Peter Ditzler and the number 82 Team VDS Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ 2 of Serge Trosch/Teddy Pilette. Two more Ford GT40s follow, the Ed Nelson/Peter de Klerk 1009 and Colin Crabbe's 1021 with its distinctive roof blister to accommodate Crabbe's height, co-driven by Roy Pierpoint. Further up the line can be glimpsed Paul Vestey's dark blue Ferrari 275GTB/C (9035) the ex-Maranello Concessionaires 1966 Le Mans car.

Helmut Kelleners (D) and Jurgen Neuhaus (D) on Porsche 911 S entered by IGFA

Jacky Ickx' (B) and Richard Attwood's (GB) Mirage M1 Ford 10001 in pits, further the Lotus 47 Climax 47/GT/16 of Julian Sutton (GB) and Hugh Dibley (GB)

Denny Hulme, Nuerburgring 1967

Jackie Stewart, Matra Cosworth MS10

Jim Clark, Lotus 48

Lucien Bianchi's Cooper-BRM T86B is being pushed to a crowded grid twenty minutes before the start

Graham Hill in the Gold Leaf Team Lotus 49B races through the mist and the rain at the Suedkehre en route to second place.

Winner Jean-Pierre Beltoise

Graham Hill in the Lotus-Cosworth 49B

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Jackie Stewart flies in the Matra-Cosworth MS80, German GP, Nurburgring, 1969

Jacky Ickx and Jackie Oliver smile for the press

The works Porsche P908/2 018 #4 driven by Rolf Stommelen (D) and Hans Herrmann (D) gains second place in the 1969 1000km Nuerburgring

Kurt Ahrens jumping with his Brabham-Repco BT24 V8 at Nuerburgring "Bruennchen"

Andrea de Adamich (I) and Nino Vaccarella (I) on Alfa Romeo T33/2 75033-017

The Duke of Metternich shows the trophy of winner Jacky Ickx, German GP 1969

First placed works Porsche P908/2 006 #1 driven by Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB) wins after 44 laps

Helmut Kelleners (D) and Reinhold Jöst (D) on Ford GT40 #1081, IGFA Deutsche Auto Zeitung Köln

Jo Siffert, Lotus

Sandro Munari's (I) and Rauno Aaltonen's (SF) Lancia Fulvia HF F&M Special 8183401238 gains first position in the P1.6 group (27th overall)

Porsche 917 #004 entered by Porsche System Engineering, driven by Frank Gardner (AUS) - DNP, David Piper (GB) - DNP, DNS: Hubert Hahne (D), DNS: Dieter Quester (A)

Presentation at the Hockenheimring 1969: Drivers Jo Siffert and Pedro Rodriquez anticipate the launch of the Porsche 917

Race winner Jo Siffert (CH) in his Porsche 908/02 006

Walker-Lotus driver Graham Hill checks the tyre pressure

Jochen Rindt meets Lotus team boss Colin Chapman just after his victory (his 4th in a row, 5th overall that season so far) in the 1970 German Grand Prix at Hockenheim

Jo Siffert (CH) in pits on Porsche 908/03 #010

Helen Stewart keeps the lap times of her husband Jackie

Herbert Müller (CH) on the Ferrari 512 S #1008

Ronnie Peterson in a March-Cosworth

John Surtees (GB) takes a seat in the Ferrari 512 S Spyder #1042 whilst the Unipower GT BMC driven by Stanley Robinson (GB) and John Blanckley (GB) passes by in pitlane

Willy Kauhsen (D) on Porsche 908/02 023

John Surtees (GB) and Nino Vaccarella (I) on the podium as winner in class S5.0 (third overall)

Lotus driver Jochen Rindt

The Ferrari 512 S Spyder #1042 on the main straight driven by John Surtees (GB) and Nino Vaccarella (I) gains first place in S5.0 classement (third overall)

Jo Siffert (CH) in pits with his Porsche 908/03 010

Lotus teamboss Colin Chapman with his Austrian driver Jochen Rindt on the grid

Jochen Rindt, Lotus-Cosworth 72C, German GP Hockenheim 1970

Gerard Larrousse and Vic Elford being pushed to pose for a photo on track after winning the 1000km of Nuerburgring in their Martini-Porsche 908

The Porsche 908/03 008 of Vic Elford (GB) and Gérard Larrousse (F)

Fifth placed Toine Hezemans (NL) on Alfa Romeo T33/3

Jo Siffert (CH)

Rolf Stommelen (D) on Alfa Romeo T33/3

The jumping Alfa Romeo T33/3 #75080-009 of Andrea de Adamich (I) and Henri Pescarolo (F)

Dechent's winning Porsche 908/3 008 #26, driven by Gerard Larrousse (F) and Vic Elford (GB)

Vic Elford enjoys a cigarette after winning the 1000km Nuerburgring 1971

Vic Elford receives a full service on his winning Porsche 908/03 008

Porsche 908/2 #7, driven by entrant Ernst Kraus (D) and Dieter Basche (D)

Andrea de Adamich (I) and Henri Pescarolo (F) become fourth placed on Alfa Romeo T33/3 #75080-009

Vic Elford (GB) in pits with the Porsche 908/03 008

The winning drivers Vic Elford (GB) and Gérard Larrousse (F) gives autographs after podium ceremony

Dieter Glemser (D) and Jochen Mass (D) on Ford Capri RS 2600

Jackie Stewart jumps with the Tyrrell-Cosworth 003 during practice at Nuerburgring Pflanzgarten 1972

Third placed Helmut Marko (A) and Andrea de Adamich (I) on Alfa Romeo T33/TT/3 11572-002

John Fitzpatrick (GB) and Erwin Kremer (D) on Porsche 911 S (car no. 55) are being overtaken by the BMW 2800 CS driven by Peter Ochs (D) and Rolf Rummel (D)

Jackie Stewart

Hans-Joachim Stuck (D) on Ford Capri RS 2600 in front of teammates Dieter Glemser (D) and Jochen Mass (D) on the other Ford Capri RS 2600

Jacky Ickx (B) and Brian Redman (GB) sit on their later winning Ferrari 312 PB #0888 in pits, being caressed by chief designer Giacomo Caliri

Gijs van Lennep (NL) and Herbert Müller (CH) drove the Porsche Carrera RSR 911 360 0686 R7 entered by Martini Racing/Porsche AG to fifth position

Car no. 76, the Ford Capri RS of John Fitzpatrick (GB) and Gerry Birrell (GB) becomes first placed in group T3.0 whilst the Ford Capri RS of Dieter Glemser (D) and Jochen Mass (D) retires after 23 laps with a broken camshaft

The Ford Capri RS of Dieter Glemser (D) and Jochen Mass (D) retire after 23 laps with a broken camshaft, 1000km Nuerburgring 1973

19. Internationales ADAC-1000 km-Rennen auf dem N¸rburgring 1973

Gijs van Lennep (NL) and Herbert Müller (CH) drove the Porsche Carrera RSR 911 360 0686 R7 entered by Martini Racing/Porsche AG to fifth position

Jacky Ickx in his Ferrari 312PB on the way to formation lap

The naked engine of an Alfa Romeo T33/TT/12

Ronnie Peterson, 6hrs Nuerburgring 1974

Clay Regazzoni celebrates his win on the podium after the German GP Nuerburgring 1974, together with third placed Carlos Reutemann, Dr. Helmut Kohl and the Duke of Metternich

Clay Regazzoni celebrates his achievement with the Ferrari team after winning the German GP Nuerburgring 1974

Grid positions are taken before the Jim Clark Revival race Hockenheim 1974, Formula 2 European Championship, with Hans-Joachim Stuck's holding an umbrella above his March 742

Start of the 1000km Nürburgring 1974, Beltoise leads in a Matra-Simca MS670C

Jacques Laffite, Williams

Vittorio Brambilla, March-Cosworth 751, German GP Nuerburgring 1975

The remains of Williams Cosworth of Ian Ashley after he crashed heavily at Pflanzgarten and sustained serious ankle injuries. A marshal carries Ashley's helmet

March drivers Lella Lombardi and Vittorio Brambilla, German Grand Prix, Nurburgring, 1975

1000 km Nürburgring 1975, Dieter Hegels (D), BMW 3.0 CSL, BMW Faltz Alpina Essen

Jody Scheckter, Tyrrell

Niki Lauda, Ferrari 312T2, German GP 1976

The second start after Lauda's terrific accident.

Niki Lauda, starting from 2nd position on the grid in the No. 1 Ferrari, has a bad start and drops down the field

German GP 1976: Ferrari drivers Clay Regazzoni and Niki Lauda debate during Sunday morning warm-up

Keegan in his Hesketh with RizLa+ tobacco rolling papers and Penthouse Magazine as striking sponsors

Unofficial starter Hans Heyer retires with a broken gear linkage in his Penske-Cosworth after nine laps, (note exceptional sponsor livery)

Keke Rosberg leading Emerson Fittipaldi

Ronnie Peterson, Lotus Ford-Cosworth 79, German GP Hockenheim 1978

Patrick Tambay

Jabouille's Renault is being prepared for the German Grand Prix 1980

The Ferrari drivers Gilles Villeneuve and Jody Scheckter (right)

Williams engineer Patrick Head speaks with Alan Jones, Williams-Cosworth, German GP Hockenheim 1980

DRM race winner Bob Wollek on Jägermeister Kremer Racing's Porsche 935 K3/80 3.2

DRM race winner Bob Wollek on Jägermeister Kremer Racing's Porsche 935 K3/80 3.2

Nelson Piquet during practice session

Elio de Angelis, Lotus-Renault

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Nelson Piquet sits in the 1.5 t/c Brabham BT53-BMW 4

Jochen Mass needs a beer, 200 Meilen von Nürnberg, Norisring 1984

Jonathan Palmer drives the 1st Zakspeed F1 car in Autumn 1984 at the Nurburgring, with teamboss Erich Zakowski on the left

Cristiano da Matta of Toyota

The new main grandstand at the beginning of the straight

Members of the board of BMW meet at Hockenheim: Dres. Goeschel, Theissen and Panke

Race winner Ayrton Senna congratulates third placed Gerhard Berger on podium of the German GP Hockenheim 1990

Williams driver David Coulthard prepares for action and squeezes the helmet on

Pedro Diniz in his Forti-Cosworth FG01-95 in front of McLaren's Mark Blundell

At first corner on second lap leader Damon Hill slides off the track and crashes his Williams-Renault FW17 into the barriers

Cheering crowd and Michael Schumacher, German GP 1995

German GP 2000

BAR driver Ricardo Zonta brakes in 'Motodrom'

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Montoya braking, pan-shot

Bobby and Patrick

Montoya braking, pan-shot

Champagne shower for a very happy Rubens

Rubens jumps in the Parc Ferme

Montoya

Michael Schumacher

Montoya

Rubens Barrichello, Ferrari

Ralf Schumacher

Marshals Club group photo with Ralf Schumacher

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

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German GP 2005

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Juan Pablo Montoya

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Mechanics push a Toro Rosso race car under cover

Race winner Fernando Alonso celebrates on his Ferrari race car in parc ferme after the German Grand Prix

The Ferrai mechanics celebrate besides parc ferme Alonso's achievement

F1 World Champion of 1998 and 1999 Mika Hakkinen chats with his former McLaren team mate David Coulthard

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Pit stop of Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Architect Hermann Tilke walks in the paddock with VIP guests

Champagne and confetti showers on the rostrum after the German Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Race winner Fernando Alonso celebrates on his Ferrari race car in parc ferme after the German Grand Prix

Mechanics push a Toro Rosso race car under cover

Race winner Fernando Alonso presents his trophy

Pit stop of Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton posts the race's only retirement

Race winner Fernando Alonso takes a large sip of champagne on the podium after the German Grand Prix

Fernando Alonso stops at Ferrari pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Grid girls wait in line with the photographers for the drivers

Polesetter Fernando Alonso of Ferrari celebrates his achievement after qualifying

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Third (later second) placed Jenson Button of McLaren gets out of his race car in parc ferme after the German Grand Prix

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

A Red Bull-Renault race car is prepared on the grid

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Fernando Alonso stops at Ferrari pits

Race winner Fernando Alonso sprays champagne on the rostrum after the German Grand Prix

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, stops at the pits

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Giedo van der Garde, Caterham

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, is pushed to his grid position

Paul di Resta, Force India

Paul di Resta, Force India

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Third placed Romain Grosjean and second placed Kimi Raikkonen, both Lotus F1, congratulate each other in parc ferme after the race

The start field goes through turn one, Vettel in the lead in front of polesitter Hamilton and team mate Webber

mit joe robinson, vettel’s number 1 mechanic

The start field goes through turn one, Vettel in the lead in front of polesitter Hamilton and team mate Webber

The start field approaches turn one, Vettel takes the lead from polesitter Hamilton and team mate Webber squeezes in between

The top three qualifying drivers: Felipe Massa, as 3rd, pole setter Nico Rosberg and Valtteri Bottas, as 2nd, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Just before the start: Pole sitter Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, and Valtteri Bottas, Williams, on the 1st row, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Nico Rosberg earns his first career victory on his and Mercedes’ home soil and increases his championship lead to 14 points over team-mate Lewis Hamilton, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

German Grand Prix winner Nico Rosberg with the FIA Formula 1 Technical Delegate at Grand Prix races, Jo Bauer

Seconds before the accident between Felipa Massa, 3rd, and Kevin Magnussen, 4th, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Michael Schumacher shaking his body and trophy

The start

Starting field approaching first corner

Felipe Massa watches his timing monitor

Takuma Sato decelerates the Super Aguri car at first corner

Lewis Hamilton leaves pits during qualifying session

Proud McLaren team boss Ron Dennis leads his World Champion to the scales

Alonso's, Kimi's und Massa's cars after qualification session

Markus Winkelhock stalls tyres

Alonso sprays champagne besides thirsty Massa

Flavio Briatore with cult director (his younger brother?;) Quentin Tarantino on the grid - need a hand?

Both leading Ferraris at first corner

Saturday's quickest three qualifiers, Raikkonen on pole position

Robert Kubica slows his BMW Sauber car down

Second placed Massa presents his booby prize ;)

Markus Winkelhock slows his Spyker down

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Hamilton is being brought back to trackwith a strong lifter

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sutil retires at first corner photo position

Winner Alonso passes his cheering McLaren team

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Toro Rosso

Coulthard ploughs through the puddles

Unexpected third placed Mark Webber slowly passes his frenetically celebrating Red Bull team

Whilst Schumacher seems to be not very amused, Ron Dennis practices new gestures

Very happy Webber shakes his well earned trophy

Lewis Hamilton brakes in his McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso wins the European Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton approaches pits during qualifying session

Hamilton awaits help from intervention officials with running engine

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, speeds through the Schumacher-S

Cars go in line through the hairpin on the first lap out for qualifying

Jenson Button, Brawn Grand Prix, ends his pit stop

Sparks fly up from the rear of Heikki Kovalainen's McLaren Mercedes

Sparks fly up from the rear of Heikki Kovalainen's McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel exits the Red Bull car in parc ferme after Q3

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Arriving at the first corner, Hamilton swerves from the start field with a puncture in the right rear tyre after touching Webber's Red Bull Renault

Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel approaches the pits

The field flows around turn one

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota, leads Alonso's Renault

Felipe Massa besides the grid with Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley

Sebastian Vettel exits the Red Bull car after Q3

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

David Coulthard practices a pitstop with the Red Bull pit crew

DaimlerChrysler chairman of the board 'Dr. Z.' Dieter Zetzsche arrives at Hockenheim paddock

Nelsinho Piquet and Fernando Alonso celebrate their birthday anniversaries in advance with Flavio Briatore in front of the Renault motorhome

David Coulthard leaves Red Bull pits

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Robert Kubica, Giancarlo Fisichella and Fernando Alonso on their way to the drivers parade

Second placed Nelsinho Piquet is being showered

A very happy Nelson Piquet jr. raises trophy and fist

David Coulthard rushes to Red Bull pits

Piquet and Massa get together in parc ferme under the eyes of FIA officials

David Coulthard rushes to Red Bull pits

Former F1 driver and TV presenter Christian Danner with TV chef Tim Maelzer before the historic BMW M1 race

Moko collects colourful memories at parc ferme fence

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Race winner Alonso and third placed Vettel congratulate each other in parc ferme after a controversial Hockenheim win

Jenson Button is reversed to McLaren pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media behind the cars in parc ferme: on the left hand third qualified Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel, his team mate Mark Webber as polesetter in the middle and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton as second on the grid

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso stops at Ferrari pits

After qualifying, Nico Rosberg and Webber get out of their cars in parc ferme

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Force India F1 Team

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, shaves over the curbs

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

International photographers take pictures of German Olympic Alpine Ski racer Champion Maria Riesch in the paddock

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Nick Heidfeld's damaged Lotus-Renault after an incident with Buemi

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Vitantonio Liuzzi damaged his Force India-Mercedes at the beginning of qualifying session

Jenson Button in front of McLaren pits

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Ferrari drivers Massa and Alonso spray champagne on Hockenheim's podium

Massa's manager Nicolas Todt listens to Ferrari engineer Rob Smedley who reports to Stefano Domenicali and Felipe Massa on the grid

Felipe Massa enters the 'Motodrom' in front of Ferrari team mate Alonso

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, takes the chequered flag and a controversial Hockenheim win

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren celebrates with champagne on the podium after the German GP

After the start of the German GP 2010, Ferrari's Alonso and Massa heckle polesitter Vettel at turn one

Pit stop of Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

A McLaren mechanic encourages Vettel who overtakes the slower pitting Massa

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Vitaly Petrov of Lotus Renault GP passes the Mercedes grandstand

Robert Kubica on Renault in front of the two Mercedes with Schumacher and Rosberg, and Sauber's Kobayashi

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, in front of team mate Vettel

Lucas di Grassi, Virgin Racing

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren on the podium with Simon Roberts, spraying campagne at the McLaren operations director after the German GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, in front of Vettel and Kobayashi

Champagne for race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren on podium after the German GP

Tommi Parmakoski holds Vettel's pit board

Champagne showers for second placed Alonso and third Webber

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, enters the chicane after the Dunlop hairpin named after him - Michael-Schumacher-S

Timo Glock poses for a souvenir photo with Ring architect Hermann Tilke and wind power entrepreneur Willi Balz of Windreich AG

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Felipe Massa stops at Ferrari pits

Final podium ceremony group photo of second placed Felipe Massa of Ferrari, race winning team mate Fernando Alonso and third placed Sebastian Vettel

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

A lot of champagne for controversial winner Alonso

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, passes the green lights at pit lane xit

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Ferrari team manager Marco Piccinini talking to Gilles Villeneuve

German ATS driver Hans-Joachim Stuck

The grid girls from Germany walk to the grid in Silverstone

Ricardo Rodriguez, 1000km Nuerburgring 1962

Race winner Graham Hill on the rostrum of the 1962 German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring

Lorenzo Bandini sitting in his Ferrari. Next to him on the right is his team-mate Baghetti and Ferrari engineer Mauro Forghieri (dark T-shirt). German Grand Prix, Nurburgring, 1962.

David Piper's (GB) and Ed Cantrell's (USA) Ferrari 250 GTO #3767GT

Willy Mairesse (B) jumps into the cockpit of his winning Ferrari 250 P #0812

The Abarth 1300 S of Tommy Spychiger (CH) and Teddy Pilette (B)

Lorenzo Bandini, 1000km Nurburgring, 1964

Lotus owner Colin Chapman and chief mechanic Jim Endruweit congratulate Jim Clark for his first and only German GP victory 1965

Chris Amon speaks with a journalist

An exhausted Chris Amon (NZ) calms down on pitwall after pushing his Ford GT40 GT/104

Jim Clark, Colin Chapman and Jackie Stewart joke around before the German GP, 1965

Graham Hill, Jim Clark, Colin Chapman, Jackie Stewart and two mechanics joke around before the German GP 1965 (What is Jackie doing with Graham's helmet?)

The race starts with Clark, Stewart, Hill and Surtees in the front row

Phil Hill (USA) sits in the Ford GT40 GT/103 and chats with teammate Bruce McLaren (NZ)

Ferrari drivers Lorenzo Bandini (I) and Ludovico Scarfiotti (I), on the right, celebrate their victory - first in P 2.0 group and second overall after 1000 kilometers at the Nurburgring, Germany, 1966

Hans Herrmann's (D) and Dieter Glemser's (D) Porsche 906 E 154 (car no. 15) in front of their team mate car Porsche 906 E 141 S-XR 46 driven by Udo Schütz (D) and Günther Klass (D), both cars retire during the endurance race

Richard Attwood at the Karussel in the Maranello Concessionaires Ferrari Dino 206S (006) that he shared with David Piper during the 1966 Nurburgring 1000 Kms

The engine compartment of a Ford GT40, driven by Edward Nelson (GB) and Peter de Klerk (ZA) during the 1000km Nuerburgring 1967

The engine compartment of a Ford GT40, driven by Edward Nelson (GB) and Peter de Klerk (ZA) during the 1000km Nuerburgring 1967

John Surtees (GB) in the Lola T70 Mk.3 Aston Martin SL73/101

Denny Hulm, Brabham-Repco

The engine compartment of a Ford GT40, driven by Edward Nelson (GB) and Peter de Klerk (ZA) during the 1000km Nuerburgring 1967

Jim Clark, Lotus 49, leads Denny Hulme’s BRM and Dan Gurney’s Eagle-Weslake at the end of the main straight. Clark later retires, Gurney leads and breakes down, leaving Hulme to win.

ADAC 1000km Nuerburgring: Mike Garton pushes his and Patrick McNally's Marcos Mini GT of Marcos Racing Ltd. through the pitlane, later gaining first position in group P1.3

Victorious Porsche drivers Udo Schütz (D) and Joe Buzzetta (USA) on the Nuerburgring rostrum with german politician Franz Josef Strauss

Jim Clark on the grid before the start for a Formula 2 event at Hockenheim 1968

Vic Elford jokes around with Cooper mechanics and journalists sitting on the Cooper-BRM T86B in pits after the German Grand Prix 1968, in which he retired during the first lap in an accident

Jochen Rindt, German GP Nuerburgring 1968

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Jackie Stewart plows the puddles on the Nuerburgring with the Matra-Cosworth MS10, on his way to achieve his greatest Grand Prix victory: four minutes ahead second placed Graham Hill

Bruce McLaren, McLaren Ford-Cosworth, Nurburgring Grand Prix, 1969

Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D) drive the Porsche 908/02 018 in practice only

Willy Kauhsen (D) and Karl von Wendt (D) on Porsche 908/02 011

Roger Nathan (GB) and Mike Beckwith (GB) drove this Astra RNR1 Climax entered by Roger Nathan Racing to 23rd position

British driver Piers Courage in a Brabham-Ford entered by Frank Williams

Brian Redman (GB) and Jo Siffert (CH) are interviewed ater winning the 1000kms race at the Nuerburgring

Frank Gardner (AUS), David Piper (GB), Hubert Hahne (D) and Dieter Quester (A) moved this Porsche 917 004

Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) jumps with his Ferrari 312P 0870 at 'Flugplatz' on the Nuerburgring Nordschleife, 1000km Nuerburgring 1969

Pedro Rodriguez borrows Siffert's helmet

Heavy technical operations on the Ferrari 512 S Spyder #1042 spark plugs

A PR lady relaxes besides the tyre truck

Winning Porsche 908/3 008 #22, entered by Porsche Salzburg, driven by Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens (D)

This Ferrari 512 S Spyder #1012 was driven in practice only by John Surtees (GB), Peter Schetty (CH) and Jacky Ickx (B)

Championship leader Jochen Rindt and his Lotus teamboss Colin Chapman on the grid

Italian driver Andrea de Adamich during practice at the 1970 Hockenheim GP in his McLaren M14D which competed at 6 GPs, in this particular event not with the usual Ford-Cosworth engine but an Alfa Romeo V8 engine

Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) in his Porsche 908/03 011, 1000 km Nurburgring, 1970

Brit Brian Redman, one of the best allrounders of all times, drove the de Tomaso 505 only in England and Austria as substitute driver for Piers Courage who died shortly before in an accident in the Dutch GP, Zandvoort

John Surtees (GB) sits in the Ferrari 512 S Spyder #1042

Rolf Stommelen (D) - at the wheel - and Piers Courage (GB) love to jump with the Alfa Romeo T33/3 #75080-004 until a shock absorber failure forces them to retire

Race leader Jochen Rindt, Lotus, closely followed by both Ferraris of Ickx and Regazzoni and Amon's March

Jo Siffert during a practice session in the later second placed Porsche 908/03 013 of Pedro Rodriguez

Pedro Rodriguez' Porsche 908/03 #013 is being serviced

Winning team Vic Elford (GB, at the wheel) and Gérard Larrousse (F) on Porsche 908/03 #008 entered by International Martini Racing Team

Gijs van Lennep (NL) on Porsche 908/03 #007, 1000km Nuerburgring 1971

Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) during a pit stop of John Wyer's Porsche 908/3 007 #1 becomes second placed together with co-driver Jo Siffert (CH) and team mate Jackie Oliver (GB)

The later 8th placed Porsche 908/02 in the middle of the start field, entered by Ernst Kraus (D), driven by Dieter Basche (D) and Ernst Kraus (D)

A Mercedes leads the formation lap before the start

An exhausted but happy Vic Elford on the track after the 1000km race which he won for International Martini Racing Team together with GÈrard Larrousse, with a deserved bottle of champagne and the golden laurel around his neck

Helmut Marko (A) sits ready in the Porsche 908/03 007

Pedro Rodriguez' english girl friend Glenda notes the lap times

Winner Jacky Ickx, 2nd Clay Regazzoni, giving Ferrari a 1-2 finish and 3rd Ronnie Peterson of March

Arturo Merzario, Ferrari 312B2, German GP 1972

Emerson Fittipaldi, Lotus-Cosworth 72D, German GP 1972

Jacky Ickx, Ferrari 312B2 , German GP 1972

Patrick Depailler

Reinhold Joest's Porsche 908/3 008 #9, driven by Reinhold Joest (D), Mario Casoni (I) and Wilhem Bartels (D), retires with a broken wheel after 33 laps

Toine Hezemans (NL) / Dieter Quester (A), BMW 3.0 CSL, BMW Motorsport GmbH, Winner of T+3.0 group classement, 19. Internationales ADAC-1000 km-Rennen auf dem Nürburgring 1973

Toine Hezemans (NL) / Dieter Quester (A), BMW 3.0 CSL, BMW Motorsport GmbH, Winner of T+3.0 group classement, 19. Internationales ADAC-1000 km-Rennen auf dem Nürburgring 1973

Jochen Mass (D) jumps with the Ford Capri RS

Heinrich Hirth (D) / Günther Mohrs (D), BMW 2002 Tii, Koepchen Tuning, 19. Internationales ADAC-1000 km-Rennen auf dem Nürburgring 1973

The speedy Matra-Simca MS670B 03 of François Cevert (F) and Jean-Pierre Beltoise (F)

Toine Hezemans (NL) / Dieter Quester (A), BMW 3.0 CSL, BMW Motorsport GmbH, Winner of T+3.0 group classement, 19. Internationales ADAC-1000 km-Rennen auf dem Nürburgring 1973

The jumping Matra-Simca MS670B 03 of François Cevert (F) and Jean-Pierre Beltoise (F)

Gijs van Lennep (NL) and Herbert M¸ller (CH) drove the Porsche Carrera RSR 911 360 0686 R7 entered by Martini Racing/Porsche AG to fifth position

Swiss driver Clay Regazzoni in the jumping Alfa Romeo T33/TT/12 11512-001. Carlo Facetti (I) was the 2nd driver to pilot the Alfa.

Hans-Joachim Stuck (D) in the BMW 3.0 CSL

Toine Hezemans' (NL) and Dieter Quester's (A) BMW 3.0 CSL entered by BMW Motorsport GmbH gains victory in T+3.0 group (9th overall)

Clay Regazzoni, Ferrari, leads the field followed by Scheckter's Tyrrell and polesetter Lauda in the 2nd Ferrari who had a bad start. German Grand Prix, Nurburgring, 1974.

Start of the Jim Clark Revival race Hockenheim 1974, Formula 2 European Championship, with Hans-Joachim Stuck's March 742 in the lead

German GP 1974: Ferrari driver Clay Regazzoni in the descent after Pflanzgarten

German GP 1974: Clay Regazzoni's Ferrari leading Jody Scheckter (Tyrrell). Niki Lauda (Ferrari) had a bad start from pole position and had fallen back from 1st on the grid to 3rd.

James Hunt

Ronnie Peterson sits in his Lotus. Team boss Colin Chapman watches the scene.

Bette Hill, Marlene and an injured Rolf Stommelen, German GP Nuerburgring 1975

James Hunt on Hesketh-Cosworth 308, German GP Nuerburgring 1975

Rolf Stommelen sits in the 3rd Brabham-Alfa Romeo BT45 and talks to team boss Bernie Ecclestone, German Grand Prix, Nurburgring, 1976

German GP 1976: Ferrari driver Niki Lauda during warm-up on Sunday morning

It rained before the race and everyone apart from Jochen Mass (McLaren, far right in front of Pace's Brabham no. 8) decided to use wet weather tires. At the start Regazzoni (out of the picture) took the lead while both Hunt (McLaren no. 11) and Lauda (Ferrari, behind Scheckter's Tyrrell no. 3) were slow away.

Carlos Pace, Brabham-Alfa Romeo BT45, after Pflanzgarten

AvD Rennsport trophy DRM race Grosser Preis von Deutschland, Hockenheim 1978, Division 2, Hans Heyer in the Mampe Ford Zakspeed Ford Capri III Turbo

Alan Jones in the Williams (car No. 27), starts from pole position. The two Renault-Turbo's of JP Jabouille (No. 15) and R Arnoux are closely behind.

Williams driver Alan Jones in the lead, close behind him are both Renault's of Jabouille (no. 15) and Arnoux, German Grand Prix, Hockenheim, 1980

Nelson Piquet on 1.5 t/c Brabham-BMW BT52B

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Benetton had just signed a sponsorship deal with the Toleman team and Teo Fabi was able to achive pole position in an improved car, German Grand Prix, Nurburgring, 1985

Helmet fits perfectly ...

Michael Schumacher on his flying victory

Race winner Ayrton Senna and third placed Gerhard Berger spray champagne on the podium after the German Grand Prix, 1990

Die Schauspielerin Dolly Buster zu Besuch in der Benetton-Box

Podium, Berger vor den Ligierfahrern Panis und Bernard

Ferrari team boss Jean Todt with his drivers Gerhard Berger and Jean Alesi, GP Hockenheim 1994

Die Schauspielerin Dolly Buster zu Besuch in der Benetton-Box

Ralf Schumacher, Jordan

Former F1 word champion Emerson Fittipaldi in action during a historical event within the German Grand Prix

Ralf Schumacher, Jordan

German GP 1998

Heinz-Harald Frentzen's wife Tanja poses with a life-sized display of her husband

Burti and Michael after the crash

Luciano Burti rolling over in the air at the start of the German Grand Prix 2001

Michael leading Ralf

Montoya braking

Montoya and his girlfiend Connie

Cora und Ralf Schumacher flanieren Arm in Arm durch das Fahrerlager

Michael Schumacher wins the German Grand Prix 2002

Start: Kimi Raikkonen is out of the race

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Lotus' Kimi Raikkonen gets out of his race car in parc ferme after the race

German GP 2005

Sebastian Vettel and Michael Schumacher walk to the FIA scales after qualifying

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Bruno Senna and Daniel Ricciardo walk to drivers parade

Lewis Hamilton in McLaren pits

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Tyre exchange for Kimi Raikkonen at Lotus pits

Sebastian Vettel congtulates race winner Fernando Alonso - after finishing second on the track, Sebastian Vettel was penalised 20-seconds after the race

Vitaly Petrov, Caterham, emits sparks on the curb

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

The start field with Ferrari's Alonso in the lead approaches turn two

After one lap pf the race, Fernando Alonso keeps his position in front of Sebastian Vettel

The start field squeezes through turn one, race cars touch each other

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Race winner Fernando Alonso receives congrats from (later second placed) Jenson Button

Pit stop of Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Architect Hermann Tilke chats with former F1 World Champion Mika Hakkinen

Pit stop of Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Pit stop of Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Pit stop of Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Michael Schumacher and Kimi Raikkonen return from drivers parade

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel and Timo Glockwalk together to drivers parade

Pastor Maldonado comes to Williams pits

Pit stop of Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Pit stop of Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

The start field approaches turn one, Ferrari's Alonso in the lead

The start field with Ferrari's Alonso in the lead approaches turn two

Parc ferme after qualifying

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Jenson Button, Paul di Resta and Mark Webber walk to drivers presentation

Podium shot with race winner Nico Rosberg, 2nd Valtteri Bottas (left) and 3rd Lewis Hamilton, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, takes the chequred flag to win the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim, 2014

Nick Heidfeld on the grid with his manager Werner Heinz and his physio Jo Leberer

Champagne shower

Toyota test driver Ricardo Zonta with Toyota's head of marketing Andy Fuchs

Renault drivers Fernando Alonso and Giancarlo Fisichella

Sutil overtakes Raikkonen with a ballet-like spin

At the exit of Mercedes Arena photographers can get close to the action

Liuzzi's the next in gravel trap

Restart behind safety car, Winkelhock leads the race into fifth lap

Scott Speed smokes

Kubica being swiftly serviced in lap 39

Sutil gyrates into gravel which is still flying in the foreground raised by Button's Honda

Scott Speed, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Anthony Davidson, Super Aguri

Alonso celebrates his victory after having gained leadership from Massa just four laps before chequered flag

Hamilton lapped back and is allowed to pass safety car

In third lap the safety car is deployed so that rookie Winkelhock becomes unexpected race leader - he meanwhile changed to heavy rain tyres

BMW driver Kubica leads Schumacher's Toyota and teammate Heidfeld

The retired cars of Button and Speed are being towed away

The 'first' start

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Podium group photo: second placed Massa, winner Alonso and third placed Webber

Mark Webber ejects from a quick service at Red Bull Racing pits

1-2 winning Red Bull team mates Webber and Vettel hug each other in parc ferme

Second placed Sebastian Vettel crosses the finish line

Sebastian Vettel is being interviewed by Bob Constanduros before drivers parade

David Coulthard rushes to Red Bull pits

Giancarlo Fisichella enters pitlane at the end of the qualifying session

Whilst journalist Lionel Froissard listens carefully, Hamilton discusses the car setup with McLaren race engineer Phil Prew

Norbert Haug squeezes the Hamilton brothers

Glock seems to be safe and the medical car leaves the accident scene whilst the safety car leads the field between pitboards and a wreck

Group photo after qualifying: third qualified Kovalainen, polesetter Hamilton and second qualified Massa

Podium group photo of second placed Piquet, winner Hamilton and third placed Massa

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, stays in front of Felipe Massa's Ferrari

Race leader Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, in front of Webber

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the left hand second qualified Felipe Massa, Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle and Alonso as third on the grid - and passionate photographer Peter Fox with a wide angle lens :)

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team, stops at his pits

Pastor Maldonado, Williams, brakes hard into turn one

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, retires with hydraulics issues

Moko shows his documentation tool

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team, comes to pits

Pastor Maldonado, Williams, in front of Michael Schumacher

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Karun Chandhok, Team Lotus

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the left hand second qualified Felipe Massa, Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle and Alonso as third on the grid

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team, stops at his pits

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team, stops at his pits

Sebastian Vettel answers questions of Niki Lauda

Daniel Ricciardo, HRT

Mercedes engineers use their notebooks besides Rosberg's car on the grid

Race winner Alonso and second placed team mate Massa congratulate each other in parc ferme after a controversial Hockenheim win

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, in front of Massa and Sutil

Lewis Hamilton ejects from McLaren pits

A lot of champagne for controversial winner Alonso

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Second placed Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing needs guidance to the FIA scales by Herbie Blash

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

On the grid before the race, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel gets best wishes and a clap from his friend Bernie Ecclestone

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team, stops at his pits

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren cheers in parc ferme after the race

Karun Chandhok, Team Lotus, stalls the engine at pit lane exit

Lewis Hamilton is lifted with a jack at McLaren pits

Two cars fight in the rain at the beginning of the main straight

Graham Hill on a BRM P57 no. 11 and Dan Gurney, Porsche 908 no. 7, side by side at the start for the German Grand Prix 1962

Winner Phil Hill in the Ferrari 246 SP leads the traffic jam after the Le Mans type start at the 1000km Nuerburgring 1962.

Most probably a Porsche middle engine

Kalman von Csazy (CH) and Karl Foitek (CH) drive the Ferrari 250 GTO #3809GT to 30th place

Pit stop of Herbert Linge (D) and Gerhard Mitter (D) on Porsche 904 GTS #006 S-TJ 16

Smoke from the Jaguar E-type at pits during exchange between Warwick Banks (GB) and Patrick McNally (AUS), they become second placed in the GT+3.0 class

Pit stop of the winning team Ludovico Scarfiotti (I) and Nino Vaccarella (I) with the Ferrari 275P #0820

Bruce McLaren, 1000km Nuerburgring 1965

Unlucky Chris Amon (NZ) pushes his Ford GT40 GT/104 to pits with empty fuel tank

Third placed Dan Gurney and winner Jim Clark celebrate after the German GP 1965

Winner Jim Clark between Graham Hill and Dan Gurney

AvD's race director Baron Leo von Diergardt (left hand) claps on the podium for winner Jack Brabham, second placed John Surtees and third placed Jochen Rindt who is given the trophy to by Fuerst von Metternich

Hans Herrmann's (D) and Dieter Glemser's (D) Porsche 906 E 154 (car no. 15) in front of their team mate car Porsche 906 E 141 S-XR 46 driven by Udo Schütz (D) and Günther Klass (D), both cars retire during the endurance race

Pit-stop for Ferrari 250LM No. 8

Willy Mairesse (B) and Herbert M¸ller (CH) in the Ferrari 250 LM #8165 entered by Scuderia Filipinetti

The de Adamich/Galli Alfa Romeo was driven a little too enthusiastically during practice.

G¸nther Klass (D) and Ludovico Scarfiotti (I) move the Ferrari Dino 246S #004 for practice only

1000km Nuerburgring 1967 Start

The de Adamich/Galli Alfa Romeo retire on lap 18 with suspension failure.

The de Adamich/Galli Alfa Romeo.

Jim Clark, Lotus 49 (No. 3) starts from pole position but retires leaving Denny Hulme’s Brabham-Repco (No. 2) to win the race

The race machines stand in line for the start of the 1000kms race whilst the drivers wait for the signal opposite their sports cars. From front: Scuderia Lufthansa's Porsche 906 with starting number 70, the Alfa Romeo T33 of Autodelta SpA (nr. 20), Sten Axelsson's (S) Porsche 906 #117 (nr. 76), the Mirage M1 Ford 10001 entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering, and a row of Porsches...

Jo Schlesser in a McLaren of Ecurie Intersport in front of Chris Lambert's Brabham

The Formula 2 grid before the start. Car no. 6 Kurt Ahrens, car no. 10 Derek Bell and car no. 1 Jim Clark.

Jim Clark sits in his Gold Leaf Formula 2 Lotus 48 on the grid before the start to his last race at Hockenheim 1968. Kneeling beside the cockpit is mechanic Dave Sims

Vic Elford jokes around with Cooper mechanics and journalists sitting on his Cooper-BRM T86B in pits before the German Grand Prix 1968, in which he will retire during the first lap due to an accident

Willy Kauhsen (D) and Karl von Wendt (D) on Porsche 908/02 #011

Winner of the German Grand Prix 1969: Jacky Ickx with Duke of Metternich next to him holding the trophy in his hands

Jean-Pierre Beltoise, winner of the F2 race, Jim Clark Revival 1969

Mary Elford keeps the sponsor stickers of her husband Vic up-to-date

Presentation Hockenheimring 1969: Drivers Brian Redman, Jo Siffert and Pedro Rodriquez anticipate the launch of the two Porsche 917 versions with Porsche's race director Rico Steinemann

Podium ceremony of German GP 1969 - second placed Jackie Stewart, winner Jacky Ickx and third positioned Bruce McLaren

The Lola T70 Mk.3B GT Chevrolet SL76/148 of Picko Troberg (S) and Bjˆrn Rothstein (S) was too damaged in practice to be repaired in time for the start

Porsche 917 presentation at the Hockenheimring 1969: The company made a risky investment by unexpectedly building twenty-five 5000 cc 917's. F.l.t.r.: Rico Steinemann (Porsche racing manager), Helmuth Bott (Porsche head engineer) and Ferdinand Piech, responsible for mechanical development of Porsche's serial and racing cars.

Qualifying resulted in Jacky Ickx (No. 6) taking Pole Position, with Jackie Stewart (No. 7) on second and Jochen Rindt (No 2) on 3rd grid position, German GP, Nurburgring, 1969

Gerhard Mitter's (D) and Udo Sch¸tz' (D) Porsche 908/02 015

Race winners Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D) on the podium

Pedro Rodriguez does the fastest lap with a clean wiped visor

Herbert M¸ller (CH) on Ferrari 512 S #1008, a fire extinguisher leaves a white cloud in front of the grandstand

Siegerehrung, Rindt vor Ickx

Race winner Jochen Rindt on Lotus-Cosworth 72C in front of second placed Jacky Ickx on a Ferrari 312B, Hulme and Fittipaldi

The victorious Porsche 908/03 008 of Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D) takes the chequered flag

Pauli Toivonen (SF) and Sten Axelsson (S) in the Porsche 917K #021 during practice session, entered by Racing Team AAW. The vehicle did not start because it was withdrawn due to a fatal accident in practice in which team mate Hans Laine was killed.

Pit stop of the winning Porsche 908/3 008 #22, entered by Porsche Salzburg, driven by Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens (D)

Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) on Porsche 908/03 011, 1000km Nuerburgring 1970

Pedro Rodriguez' english girl friend Glenda takes the lap times

Ronnie Peterson, March-Cosworth 701, German GP Nuerburgring 1971

Mary Elford enjoys her husbands victory

Toine Hezemans (NL) and Nino Vaccarella (I) become fifth placed on Alfa Romeo T33/3

Gerard Larrousse and Vic Elford on podium, after winning the 1000km of Nuerburgring in their Martini-Porsche 908. Note the later German Chancellor Helmut Kohl on the left.

A BMW 2002, entered by BMW Alpina Essen, driven by Thomas Fervers (D) and Peter Kuhlmann (D), 6h touring car race at the Nurburgring, 1971

Dechent's later winning Martini-Porsche 908/3 008 #26, driven by Gerard Larrousse (F) and Vic Elford (GB). The Frenchman gets out of the cockpit while his copilot Elford (up right, with gloves) makes himself ready to take over the steering wheel.

Winner Jacky Ickx, 2nd Clay Regazzoni, giving Ferrari a 1-2 finish and 3rd Ronnie Peterson of March

Later second placed Arturo Merzario (I) in a Ferrari 312 PB #0890 driven by Redman/Merzario, still in front of winning team-mate Ronnie Peterson (S) in an other Ferrari 312 PB #0886

Reinhold Joest's Porsche 908/3 008 #9, driven by Reinhold Joest (D), Mario Casoni (I) and Wilhem Bartels (D), retires with a broken wheel after 33 laps

Denny Hulme watches the reassembly of his McLaren-Cosworth M19C, German Grand Prix, Nurburgring, 1972

German GP Start: Polesitter Jacky Ickx leads Ronnie Peterson, Clay Regazzoni and Emerson Fittipaldi behind. Jackie Stewart (Tyrrell No. 1) drops from 2nd to 5th after banging wheels with Peterson as they fought for 2nd place

Hans-Joachim Stuck (D), at the wheel and Alex Soler-Roig (E) on Ford Capri RS 2600 become second placed in the T+2.0 group (eighth overall)

At pits GÈrard Larrousse's (F) and Henri Pescarolo's (F) Matra-Simca MS670B 01 with no. 5, besides the Matra-Simca MS670B 03 of FranÁois Cevert (F) and Jean-Pierre Beltoise (F)

Hans-Joachim Stuck (D) / Chris Amon (NZ) DND, BMW 3.0 CSL, BMW Motorsport GmbH, 19. Internationales ADAC-1000 km-Rennen auf dem Nürburgring 1973

Helmut Kelleners (D) / Teddy Pilette (B), Winner of T2.0 group classement, BMW 2002 Tii, Koepchen Tuning, 19. Internationales ADAC-1000km-Rennen auf dem Nurburgring 1973

At the start of the race, the Matra-Simca MS670B 03 of François Cevert (F) and Jean-Pierre Beltoise (F) gains the lead

A Matra-Simca MS670B 03 jumps with Jean-Pierre Beltoise (F) at the wheel

Rolf Stommelen in the cockpit of car no. 8, the Alfa Romeo T33/TT/12

The fifth placed Porsche Carrera RSR 911 360 0686 R7 driven by Gijs van Lennep (NL) and Herbert Müller (CH)

Gérard Larrousse (F) sets up the Matra-Simca MS670B 01

Mike Kranefuss and Hans Heyer talking to Jochen Mass

Winner Jochen Mass (D), Ford Capri RS 3100, 1975 Europa-Meisterschaft für GT und Deutsche Rennsportmeisterschaft auf dem Norisring, 200 Meilen von Nürnberg, ADAC-Norisring-Trophäe, DRM Division 1

Hans-Joachim Stuck (D), BMW 3.0 CSL, DNF, 1975 Europa-Meisterschaft für GT und Deutsche Rennsportmeisterschaft auf dem Norisring, 200 Meilen von Nürnberg, ADAC-Norisring-Trophäe, DRM Division 1

Ronnie Peterson, Lotus-Cosworth 72E, German GP Nuerburgring 1975

French driver Patrick Depailler in his Tyrrell Ford-Cosworth P34, on the left next to him designer Derek Gardner (with headphones)

Start of the 1977 German Grand Prix at Hockenheim: The leader Scheckter (not on the picture) is followed by Watson's Brabham no. 7, James Hunt in the McLaren no. 1, Lauda (far right, Ferrari no. 11), Laffite (no. 26) and Reuteman in the 2nd Ferrari no. 12.

German GP Hockenheim 1986 Start: While Stefan Johansson's Ferrari was nocked into a spin by Alliot collecting Fabi's Benetton as it went, Nelson Piquet (Williams-Honda no.6) takes 4th position ahead of Alain Prost in the McLaren, Patrese (Brabham-BMW) and the 2nd Williams of Mansell

Antonio Pizzonia leaving his pit

Champion Michael in the pits

At the start, Michael Schumacher in his Ferrari was kicked off by Fisichella's Benetton

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Ralf and Villeneuve on the podium

Start with Michael in the lead

Michael Schumacher brakes hard on the straight

Rubens Barrichello and Michael Schumacher passing the cheering team

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

The start field with Ferrari's Alonso in the lead approaches turn two

Race winner Fernando Alonso showers Sebastian Vettel with champagne on the podium after the German Grand Prix

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team, close behind Caterham's Petrov

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, practises pit stops

Paul di Resta, Force India

Pit stop of Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

The start field approaches turn one, Ferrari's Alonso in the lead

Paul di Resta, Force India

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, with pressure from behind

Mark Webber stops at Red Bull Racing pits

The start field with Ferrari's Alonso in the lead approaches turn two

Still second placed Sebastian Vettel arrives in parc ferme after the race - after finishing second on the track, Sebastian Vettel was penalised 20-seconds and becomes fifth

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

After one lap, Sebastian Vettel keeps his position in front of Michael Schumacher

The start field with Ferrari's Alonso in the lead approaches turn two

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Race winner Fernando Alonso and (later fifth placed due penalty) Sebastian Vettel compare their bottles of champagne on the podium after the German Grand Prix

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Second placed Sebastian Vettel gets out of his RBR car in parc ferme after the German Grand Prix - after finishing second on the track, Sebastian Vettel was penalised 20-seconds and becomes fifth placed

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes as polesetter in the middle with second qualified Red Bull race driver Sebastian Vettel and RBR team mate Mark Webber as third on the grid

Hockenheim Grand Prix, 2014, podium: 2nd placed Valtteri Bottas, Simon Cole, Mercedes F1 Chief Track Engineer, and both Mercedes drivers, Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton

Dozens of photographers pointing at the top three drivers after Saturday's qualifying for the German Grand Prix, Hockenheim, 2014

Lukas Podolski, German football player for Arsenal London, surrounded by former British F1 drivers Johnny Herbert and Damon Hill on the grid, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Nice 2nd place for Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

BMW boss meeting of Burkhard Goeschel and Mario Theissen

Michael Schumacher putting on his gloves

Nico Rosberg, Tonio Liuzzi and Tiago Monteiro walking to drivers display

Toro Rosso team boss Gerhard Berger watching handshake of his driver Scott Speed (on the right) with Red Bull pilot David Coulthard

Sutil slides into wet gravel

Start field squeezes through first corner

Start field enters first corner, both Ferraris in the lead

Rushing out to pit lane from his pit stop, Alonso squeezes his McLaren in front of Kovalainen's Renault

A very happy McLaren team boss Ron Dennis gets the winning constructor's trophy handed over from Michael Schumacher himself

Beginning lap 9 now without safety car, the free field expands around backholding Winkelhock

In third lap the safety car is deployed so that rookie Winkelhock becomes unexpected race leader - he meanwhile changed to heavy rain tyres

Safety car leads the queue with rookie Winkelhock in the lead

Adrian Sutil flies over the curbs at turn 14

Nick Heidfeld with BMW Sauber team mate Kubica in his neck

The fastest three qualifiers pose in parc ferme for the media after qualifying: Third grid placed Jenson Button of Brawn GP, polesitter Mark Webber of Red Bull and Brawn's second qualifier Rubens Barrichello

Mark Webber passes his cheering Red Bull team

Champagne showers for Red Bull's race winner Mark Webber, celebrating his first Grand Prix victory

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, receives the chequered flag and gains his first win

Champagne showers for Red Bull's race winner Mark Webber, celebrating his first Grand Prix victory

On Sunday morning the VIPs meet in the paddock: German soccer star Lukas Podolsky, Rhineland-Palatinate's premier minister Kurt Beck and the Nuerburgring's CEO Walter Kafitz

Collaborative candle blowing produces an exciting media spectacle

Race winner Lewis Hamilton presents his trophy

Mercedes sporting director Norbert Haug asks David Coulthard to handle the silver gem carefully ('no donuts, pal';)

Sebastian Vettel stops at Red Bull Racing pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

The field goes around turn one, Hamilton leads Webber and Alonso

The field goes around turn one, Hamilton leads Webber and Alonso

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, takes the chequered flag and a controversial Hockenheim win

Two silver arrows starting for a display lap with the former McLaren Mercedes dream team drivers David Coulthard and Mika Hakkinen

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, in front of Rosberg, Massa and Schumacher

Karun Chandhok receives a fast service at Team Lotus pits

Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali thanks race winner Alonso on podium after a controversial Hockenheim win

Two silver arrows are prepared for a display lap with the former McLaren Mercedes dream team David Coulthard, who puts his helmet on, and Mika Hakkinen

A McLaren mechanic encourages Vettel who overtakes the slower pitting Massa

Command center in Ferrari pits with test driver Marc Gene, head of press Luca Colajanni and Massa's manager Nicolas Todt

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, in front of Vettel

The field goes around turn one, Hamilton in the lead

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, takes the chequered flag on third position

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren enters the pitlane after the race

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren cheers in front of the photographers who surround parc ferme after the race

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team, leads Michael Schumacher

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, in front of Hamilton

The cars return to their pits after practice

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, leads the race in front of Red Bull's Webber

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, receives a set of new tyres

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, in front of Ferrari's Alonso

Both Mercedes drivers Rosberg and Schumacher get out of their cars in parc ferme after the race

Race winner Alonso and second placed team mate Massa congratulate each other in parc ferme after a controversial Hockenheim win

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Playboy Eddie Irvine flirting with the actual Miss Germany in Hungaroring paddock

Supporters of Germany's four-times world champion Sebastian Vettel on the grandstand

Graham Hill (right hand) and Hans Herrmann (on the left side) become third placed on Porsche and celebrate with Porsche race director Huschke von Hanstein on the podium after the 1000kms Nuerburgring 1962

The Porsche 718 GTR of Dan Gurney and Joakim Bonnier on its way through the rain to 4th place with the famous Nurburgring in the background.

Graham Hill (GB) and Hans Herrmann (D) become third placed in the Porsche 718 WRS #047

Honoury lap in a Mercedes limousine for the winner Clark.

Exchange of drivers during the 1000kms Nuerburgring in 1965: John Surtees (GB) and Ludovico Scarfiotti (I) refuel the Ferrari 330 P2 #0828 at pits

1000km Nuerburgring 1965 Start

Jackie Stewart's service on Graham Hill's trousers goes beyond the call of duty.

Winner Jim Clark between Graham Hill (left) and Dan Gurney

Car of the Australian "Swimming Kangaroo" Paul Hawkins who is being made fun of by his colleagues at the German GP - because of his harbor bath by accident in Monaco that year in his ex-works Lotus 33, entered by privateer Dickie Stoop.

Jo Bonnier (S) and Phil Hill (USA) on the winning Chaparral 2D Chevrolet 2D001

The Ferrari 330 P3 Coupe #0846 was driven in practice only by John Surtees (GB), Mike Parkes (GB) and Lorenzo Bandini (I)

The three works Porsche 906s start

While Phil Hill's Chaparall and Surtees' Lola Aston Martin have yet to move off their marks, the Porsche armada launches itself into battle with Jo Siffert at the front

Jo Siffert is fast away at the Le Mans-type start at the 1000kms Nuerburgring 1965, leading a whole phalanx of works Porsches

The de Adamich/Galli Alfa Romeo was driven a little too enthusiastically during practice.

Winner Jackie Stewart

Jackie Stewart, winner of a rainy German GP on the Nuerburgring 1968, watches third placed Jochen Rindt receiving his trophy on podium

Vic Elford, 1000km Nuerburgring 1969

Jochen Rindt jumps with the Lotus-Cosworth 49B at Pflanzgarten, German GP Nurburgring 1969

Qualifying resulted in Jacky Ickx (No. 6) taking Pole Position, with Jackie Stewart (No. 7) on second and Jochen Rindt (No 2) on 3rd grid position, German GP Nuerburgring 1969.

Jo Siffert with Brian Redman on Porsche 908/3, entered by John Wyer

Herbert Müller (CH) brings the Ferrari 512 S #1008 over the finish line as second placed in S5.0 classement (fourth overall)

Moments after the start: Jochen Rindt (Lotus No. 2) being overtaken by 4th grid placed Jo Siffert (March No. 12), German GP Hockenheim 1970

Shell refuels a Ferrari, German GP Hockenheim 1970

Pedro Rodriguez' english girl friend Glenda takes the lap times

Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) during a pit stop of John Wyer's Porsche 908/3 007 #1 becomes second placed together with team mate Jo Siffert (CH)

The winning drivers Vic Elford (GB) and Gerard Larrousse (F) celebrate their victory with Elford's family Mary and Martyn and a glass of champagne at Goodyear hospitality

Dechent's winning Porsche 908/3 008 #26, driven by Gerard Larrousse (F) and Vic Elford (GB)

Jo Siffert, Gulf Porsche 908/03 #013, 1000km Nuerburgring 1971

Race winners Vic Elford (GB) and Gérard Larrousse (F) on Porsche 908/03 008 celebrate their victory besides later German chancellor Helmut Kohl

Race winner Jacky Ickx on podium with second placed team mate Regazzoni and third Peterson after winning the German GP 1972

Carlos Reutemann (RA) in a Brabham BT38 - Ford BDE/Novamotor (BT38-26) entered by Motul Rondel Racing gets ready on the grid before the start of the V. Preis von Baden-Wurttemberg und Hessen 1972, European Championship for Formula 2 Drivers, Round 14

Helmut Marko (A) on Alfa Romeo T33/TT/3 11572-002 leads a BMW 2800 CS

Hans-Joachim Stuck (D), BMW 3.0 CSL, BMW Motorsport GmbH, 19. Internationales ADAC-1000 km-Rennen auf dem Nürburgring 1973

The disassembled Ferrari 312 PB #0888 under the inspecting eyes of Jacky Ickx (B) and Brian Redman (GB) at pits

Starting from 16th position on the grid in a Porsche Carrera RSR 911 360 0576 R5 (no. 66), entered by Martini Racing/Porsche AG, George Follmer (USA) will later retire after 6 laps in an accident

The future German chancellor Helmut Kohl (pictured as minister president of Rhineland-Palatinate) on the podium after the German Grand Prix, 1974, with Jody Scheckter and race winner Clay Regazzoni

Hans-Joachim Stuck (D) / Ronnie Peterson (S), BMW (D), BMW 3.0 CSL, Deutsche Automobil-Rennsport-Meisterschaft ADAC (round 12), European Touring Car Championship (round 4) 1974. Nürburgring 6 Hours

Martin Braungart with Formula 1 driver Ronnie Peterson (S), BMW 3.0 CSL, Deutsche Automobil-Rennsport-Meisterschaft ADAC (round 12), European Touring Car Championship (round 4) 1974, Nurburgring, 6 Hours

Ronnie Peterson with BMW 's Jochen Neerpasch during the 6hrs Nuerburgring 1974

Hans-Joachim Stuck (D) / Ronnie Peterson (S), BMW (D), BMW 3.0 CSL, Deutsche Automobil-Rennsport-Meisterschaft ADAC (round 12), European Touring Car Championship (round 4) 1974. Nürburgring 6 Hours

Hans-Joachim Stuck, March-Cosworth 751, German GP Nuerburgring 1975

From left to right: Bette Hill, Marlene Stommelen and an injured Rolf Stommelen.

Third Brabham driver Rolf Stommelen has prepared the Brabham-Alfa Romeo BT45 for sixth position, German GP Nuerburgring 1976

French driver Patrick Depailler in his Tyrrell Ford-Cosworth P34, next to him designer Derek Gardner, German Grand Prix, Hockenheim, 1977

Jody Scheckter, Wolf, leads the field at the start, 2nd position for John Watson in the Brabham Alfa-Romeo, German Grand Prix, Hockenheim, 1977

The start: Both Lotuses of Mario Andretti (no. 5) and Ronnie Peterson in the lead, as usualy during the 1978 season, closely followed by Lauda's red and blue Brabham-Alfa.

Frank Williams and Patrick Head (left) during a practice session beside Alan Jones' Williams.

After a pit stop for tyre change, McLaren team boss Ron Dennis gives way to his second placed driver Stefan Johansson, German Grand Prix, Hockenheim, 1987

Montoya breaking into the hairpin

Race winner Michael Schumacher, Benetton-Renault B195, passes his cheering fans, German GP Hockenheim 1995

Mika Häkkinen jumps on his car after securing another 1-2 win for McLaren in front of David Coulthard and Jacques Villeneuve (Williams)

Dieter Bohlens damalige Freundin 'Naddel' befragt den Sänger Chris de Burgh für den privaten TV-Sender RTL

Start incident of Michael Schumacher and a late braking Fisichella

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, goes of at the start. He has moved across in front of Fisichella's Benetton who drove straight into the back of the Ferrari.

Rubens Barrichello being rewarded with a champagne shower after winning his 1st GP in a rainy race in front of Hakkinen and Coulthard

Friends forever? Williams-BMW drivers Montoya and Ralf Schumacher shake hands after reserving the grid's front row for their team at the 2002 European GP

Thrilling hunting scenes

German GP 2005

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

The start goes through a debris-polluted turn one

Race winner Fernando Alonso congratulates (later) second placed Jenson Button in parc ferme after the Germnan Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, follows race leader Fernando Alonso

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

A lot of debris pollutes turn one, Sebatian Vettel navigates through

The race drivers queue up at the FIA scales after the German Grand Prix

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Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel take a microphone for an interview with Florian Koenig during drivers presentation

Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa posing for the media and their team

Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa gaining another one-two-victory for Ferrari

Hamilton jumps from position 10 to 4, Kubica spins after an approach by teammate Heidfeld

Hamilton looses his just gained fourth position with a flat right rear tyre

After the start, Hamilton manages to push the McLaren Mercedes car to second position in front of the first corner, but his right rear tyre deflates after a touch with Webber's Red Bull front wing

A funny chat before the historic BMW M1 race on Sunday between Prinz Leopold von Bayern, Niki Lauda and Christian Danner

Everybody on the grid gets ready for formation lap

Robert Kubica is being presented in a historic BMW 503 cabriolet

The start with Hamilton and Massa in the lead

Group photo after qualifying: third qualified Kovalainen, polesetter Hamilton and second qualified Massa

Second placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari congratulates race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren, third placed Webber arrives in front

Final podium ceremony group photo of second placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari, McLaren operations director Simon Roberts, race winner Lewis Hamilton and third placed Mark Webber

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, takes the chequered flag and wins the German Grand Prix 2011 at the Nuerburgring

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, takes the chequered flag and wins the German Grand Prix 2011 at the Nuerburgring

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, falls back after a spin. Behind him are Rosberg and Massa

Racing legend Hans-Joachim Stuck chats on the grid with minister president of Rhineland-Palatinate Kurt Beck

Second placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari congratulates race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren

A second after the start of the German GP 2010

Shortly after the start of the German GP 2010, polesitter Vettel loses his position to Alonso

Karun Chandhok comes to Team Lotus pits

Shortly after the start of the German GP 2010, polesitter Vettel loses his position to Alonso

FIA's Herbie Blash observes the nose cones of a Mercedes and a Ferrari car after qualifying in parc ferme

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team, jumps at the curbs

Karun Chandhok comes to Team Lotus pits

Winning Ferrari of Phil Hill with laurel trophy, 1000km Nuerburgring 1962

Hans Herrmann in his works-Porsche 718 WPS overtakes Tony Maggs in the John Ogier-entered Aston Martin DBR1/300 for 4th place.

The two drivers of the Brabham team: Denny Hulme sitting in his car, talking to teamowner Jack Brabham.

The winning Chapparal 2D Chevrolet, driven by Joakim Bonnier (S) and Phil Hill (USA)

Jacky Oliver jumps in a Formula 2 Lotus car at Nuerburgring km 12,9 Klostertal

John Surtees (GB) watches the remedial maintenance of the Lola T70 Mk.3 Aston Martin SL73/101 entered by Lola Cars/Team Surtees which retires after 6 laps with a broken rear wishbone

Frank Gardner (AUS), David Piper (GB), Hubert Hahne (D) and Dieter Quester (A) moved this Porsche 917 004

Andrea de Adamich (I) and Nino Vaccarella (I) on Alfa Romeo T33/2 75033-017

Jackie Stewart and Jochen Rindt introduce Lotus Formula 2 team's new sponsor BP during the German GP

Jackie Stewart and Jochen Rindt introduce Lotus Formula 2 team's new sponsor BP during the German GP

Hans Laine (SF) jumps with Sten Axelsson's (S) Porsche 906 125

Jochen Rindt, Lotus-Cosworth 49B, German GP Nuerburgring 1969

Brian Redman (GB) and Jo Siffert (CH) celebrate their victory on the Nuerburgring podium

Hubert Hahne (D) and Dieter Quester (A) moved the No. 61 Porsche 917 #004 during practice only, at the race itself it was driven by Frank Gardner (AUS) and David Piper (GB)

Denny Hulme, McLaren, crosses the line to finish 3rd in the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim 1970

Mike Parkes (GB) enters his business car, the later fourth placed Ferrari 512 S #1008 is being prepared

In a tight pit Mauro Forghieri is talking to his driver Jacky Ickx, while teammate Clay Regazzoni sits strapped in his Ferrari 312PB cockpit.

Jacky Ickx (B) and still seated Clay Regazzoni (CH) discuss the overheating problems of the Ferrari 312 PB #0878

Gijs van Lennep (NL) and Helmut Marko (A) behind the Porsche 908/03 007

At the start of the race, the Matra-Simca MS670B 03 of François Cevert (F) and Jean-Pierre Beltoise (F) gains the lead, 1000km Nuerburgring 1973

Hans-Joachim Stuck (D) / Ronnie Peterson (S), BMW (D), BMW 3.0 CSL, Deutsche Automobil-Rennsport-Meisterschaft ADAC (round 12), European Touring Car Championship (round 4) 1974. Nürburgring 6 Hours

Hans-Joachim Stuck (D) / Ronnie Peterson (S), BMW (D), BMW 3.0 CSL, Deutsche Automobil-Rennsport-Meisterschaft ADAC (round 12), European Touring Car Championship (round 4) 1974. Nürburgring 6 Hours

Winner Jochen Mass (D), Ford Capri RS 3100, 1975 Europa-Meisterschaft für GT und Deutsche Rennsportmeisterschaft auf dem Norisring, 200 Meilen von Nürnberg, ADAC-Norisring-Trophäe, DRM Division 1

From left to right: Bette Hill, Marlene Stommelen and Rolf Stommelen.

Third Brabham driver Rolf Stommelen in the Brabham-Alfa Romeo BT45 (later gainnng sixth position) besides team mate Carlos Pace and Reutemann's car, German GP Nuerburgring 1976

Swiss Ferrari driver Clay Regazzoni has taken the lead at the 1st start for the German Grand Prix 1976. Pole sitter James Hunt (McLaren no. 11) drops back, so as Niki Lauda in the 2nd Ferrari. Jochen Mass in the 2nd McLaren (no. 12) starts on dry weather tyres in the slippery conditions.

German Grand Prix winner and World Championship leader Niki Lauda with laurel. He celebrates his 2nd season's victory on the Hockenheim podium with AvD president Metternich and 2nd placed Scheckter (far right)

DRM race winner Bob Wollek on Jägermeister Kremer Racing's Porsche 935 K3/80 3.2

Norbert Haug's hand on the command buttons

German Grand Prix, Hockenheim, 2000: Championship leader Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, goes off after a collision with Fisichella

The start of the 2002 European GP at the Nuerburgring, both Williams-BMWs lead wheel-to-wheel

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: on the left hand second qualified Mark Webber of RBR, Fernando Alonso of Ferrari as polesetter in the middle and RBR's Sebastian Vettel as third placed on the grid.

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari takes the chequered flag and wins the German Grand Prix in Hockenheim

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Race winner Fernando Alonsoenjoys a champagne shower of Sebastian Vettel and Jenson Button on the podium after the German Grand Prix

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: on the left hand second qualified Mark Webber of RBR, Fernando Alonso of Ferrari as polesetter in the middle and RBR's Sebastian Vettel as third placed on the grid.

Final podium group photo

Politician Kurt Beck (on the right) honours BMW bosses at BMW Sauber's grid position: Norbert Reithofer, Klaus Draeger, Joachim Milberg and Mario Theissen

Hamilton waves the marshals to lift his car out while Speed's Toro Rosso slips into his back and Davidson's Super Aguri already approaches in dangerous drift

Mario Theissen, Joachim Milberg, Klaus Draeger and Norbert Reithofer of BMW are visited on the grid for a chat by politician Kurt Beck

Massa fights Alonso back in the rain, both battling side to side on the straight

Michael Schumacher is being interviewed by ex-partner RTL

Kalman von Csazy (CH) and Karl Foitek (CH) drive the Ferrari 250 GTO #3809GT to 30th place

Red Bull team manager Jonathan Wheatley raises the winning constructor's trophy

For the on-track display of the Silver Arrows the (former) Mercedes drivers Alex Wurz, Bernd Schneider, David Coulthard, Pedro de la Rosa and Niki Lauda take place at the historic steering wheels

TV presenters wait in line for an interview on the grid with Seb Vettel

A very proud Mercedes Motorsport director raises the trophy for the winning constructor

Group photo of the german F1 drivers: Nick Heidfeld, Sebastian Vettel, Nico Rosberg, Timo Glock and Adrian Sutil

A second before the start of the German GP 2010

Felipe Massa of Ferrari finaly overtakes Rosberg's Mercedes

Rubens Barrichello locks the brakes of his Williams-Cosworth car

McLaren mechanics cheer for race winner Hamilton

Paul di Resta, Force India, in front of Barrichello

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the left hand third qualified Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel, his team mate Mark Webber as polesetter in the middle and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton as second on the grid

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren on podium after the German GP

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren raises his trophy on the podium after the German GP

Second placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari gets a lift to parc ferme from Red Bull's third placed Mark Webber

Having missed his refuelling signal, an exhausted Chris Amon pushes the Shelby American Ford GT 40 towards the pits, being watched by officials and photographers, dropping from 3rd to 8th as a result.

Lotus owner Colin Chapman and chief mechanic Jim Endruweit congratulate Jim Clark for his first and only German GP victory

The Phil Hill / Mike Spence Chapparal 2F (No. 4) was fastest in practice but slow away at the start, getting into the top six before stopping with transmission failure on lap 10. Note the huge crowd and the varied mix of cars.

Jacky Ickx (No 9) starting from pole position in his Ferrari, leads the field. Chris Amon (Ferrari, No 8) is second and Jochen Rindt (Brabham) third, followed by Elford's Cooper and Hill's Lotus (No 3).

German Hubert Hahne on a Formula 2 BMW 269 - BMW M11 (BMW withdrew all cars of its 269 F2 project from the race as Gerhard Mitter died in a fatal accident at Schwedenkreuz in practice session)

German Hubert Hahne on a Formula 2 BMW 269 - BMW M11 (BMW withdrew all cars of its 269 F2 project from the race as Gerhard Mitter died in a fatal accident at Schwedenkreuz in practice session)

Jacky Ickx takes a sip of champagne from Jochen Rindt's first place cup, German Grand Prix, Hockenheim, 1970

Winning Porsche Salzburg team Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D) surrounded by cheering officals, team members, such as Elford's wife Mary, and fans, 1000km Nuerburgring, 1970

Debriefing session at Lotus with newcomer Emerson Fittipaldi, racing manager Dick Scammell, team boss Colin Chapman, no. 2 driver John Miles and sitting on the Lotus, championchip leader Austrian Jochen Rindt.

During a pit stop Vic Elford takes the winning Porsche 908/03 008 over from Gerard Larrousse

The Ferrari 312 PB #0878 has some overheating problems as you can see on jumping Clay Regazzoni's (CH) oil-spilled overall

Jo Siffert (CH) waits besides the Porsche 908/03 012 whilst mechanics try to fix chassis problems

Prime minister of Rhineland-Palatinate and later German chancellor Helmut Kohl towers above podium ceremony for victorious Porsche 908/3 drivers Gerard Larrousse (F) and Vic Elford (GB)

Start of 1000km Nuerburgring 1973: The Matra-Simca #4 of Cevert and Beltoise in the lead before retiring with engine failure in lap 12, the pursuing Ferrari with No. 1 (Ickx/Redman) wins the race.

Matra mechanics work at the Simca engine

Gijs van Lennep (NL) and Herbert Mueller (CH) drove the Porsche Carrera RSR 911 360 0686 R7 entered by Martini Racing/Porsche AG to fifth position

Daniele Audetto (Ferrari team manager) and Clay Regazzoni talk to Niki Lauda in the Ferrari cockpit, German GP 1976

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DRM race winner Bob Wollek on Jägermeister Kremer Racing's Porsche 935 K3/80 3.2

Right after start Mika Hakkinen starts to spin in front of first corner

2nd start for the German Grand Prix, Hockenheim, 2001, with both BMW Williams' of Juan Pablo Montoya and Ralf Schumacher in the lead, followed by the McLaren's of Hakkinen and Coulthard

Rubens hugs his team mate Michael for the support

Fights under blue sky

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari takes the chequered flag and wins the German Grand Prix in Hockenheim

Michael Schumacher prepares for the race, Daimler chairman Zetsche watches the scene

Race winner Alonso raises his trophy

Nuerburgring's CEO Dr. Walter Kafitz, Daimler's CEO Dr. Dieter Zetsche and Rhineland-Palatinate's premier minister Kurt Beck on the grid

Final podium group photo of Red Bull team manager Jonathan Wheatley, second placed Red Bull Racing team mate Sebastian Vettel to winner Mark Webber and third placed Felipe Massa of Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel on the grid with Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh chats on the grid with Mercedes chairman of the board Dieter Zetsche

Second placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari has parked the car besides the track as engine saving precaution and gets a lift from Red Bull's third placed Mark Webber

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh chats on the grid with Mercedes chairman of the board Dieter Zetsche

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh chats on the grid with Mercedes chairman of the board Dieter Zetsche

Fourth qualified Felipe Massa in front of the fantastic chinese architecture - designed in Germany

The winning Ferrari 330P2 #0828 of John Surtees (GB) and Ludovico Scarfiotti (I) takes the chequered flag after 1000 kilometers

Nino Vaccarella (I) refuels the Ferrari Dino 166P #0834 whilst talking to team mate Lorenzo Bandini (I)

Freiherr von Diergardt presents Jack Brabham with the winners trophy, watched by second placed John Surtees, whilst Fuerst von Metternich hands Jochen Rindt his cup for third place.

Podium with 2nd placed Ickx and winner Jochen Rindt. On the right Duke of Metternich and Huschke von Hanstein.

Nino Vaccarella (I) watches John Surtees (GB) disappear from pits in the Ferrari 512 S Spyder #1042

Gijs van Lennep (NL) and Helmut Marko (A) exchange drivers seats on Martini's Porsche 908/03 #007 and become third placed after the 1000 km endurance race at the Nuerburgring in 1971

David York with Pedro Rodriguez at Porsche pits

Swiss Ferrari driver Clay Regazzoni has taken the lead at the 1st start for the German Grand Prix 1976. Pole sitter James Hunt (McLaren no. 11) drops back, so as Niki Lauda in the 2nd Ferrari. Jochen Mass in the 2nd McLaren (no. 12) starts on dry weather tyres in the slippery conditions.

German Grand Prix, Hockenheim, 2000: Championship leader Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, goes off after a collision with Fisichella

Race winner Fernando Alonso enjoys a champagne shower of Sebastian Vettel and Jenson Button on the podium after the German Grand Prix

Button climbs the fence to protect himself against further onspinning cars which slide into gravel like on ice

Second placed Sebastian Vettel waves from podium at his supporters

Champagne showers for Red Bull's team manager Jonathan Wheatley

Champagne showers for Red Bull's race winner Mark Webber

Shortly after the start of the German GP 2010, the Ferraris heckle polesitter Vettel at turn one

Shortly after the start of the German GP 2010, Alonso's Ferrari heckle polesitter Vettel

The field comes around Mercedes arena, Alonso leads fourth placed Vettel

Moko is always a good TV filler when there's nothing going on in the pitlane :)

Drivers briefing, German GP Nuerburgring 1965: Bruce McLaren, Graham Hill, Mike Spence and Jackie Stewart

John Surtees gets the drop on Jim Clark, Jackie Stewart and Ludovico Scarfiotti. The eventual winner Jack Brabham (No. 3) is on the second row.

The two works Porsche 906s, 6th and 7th in the line-up, of Udo Schuetz (No. 16) and Bob Bondurant (No. 17), who decided they could not wait for the rest.

Start for the 6th race of the 1966 Formula 1 season on a damp Nurburgring track with John Surtees, Cooper no. 7, in the lead followed by polesetter Jim Clark, Lotus no. 1, Jackie Stewart's BRM, and Scarfiotti's Ferrari

The Formula 2 grid before the start. Car no. 6 Kurt Ahrens, car no. 10 Derek Bell and car no. 1 Jim Clark.

Clemens Schickentanz (D), Paul Keller (CH) and Günter Steckkönig (D) compete in the Kremer Porsche Carrera RSR 911 #360 0885, entered by Oldenkott Tobacco and Pipes Racing, and become second placed in the GT+1.6 classement (12th overall) at the 1973 1000km Nuerburgring

Clemens Schickentanz (D), Paul Keller (CH) and Günter Steckkönig (D) compete in the Kremer Porsche Carrera RSR 911 #360 0885, entered by Oldenkott Tobacco and Pipes Racing, and become second placed in the GT+1.6 classement (12th overall) at the 1973 1000km Nuerburgring

Clemens Schickentanz (D), Paul Keller (CH) and Günter Steckkönig (D) compete in the Kremer Porsche Carrera RSR 911 #360 0885, entered by Oldenkott Tobacco and Pipes Racing, and become second placed in the GT+1.6 classement (12th overall) at the 1973 1000km Nuerburgring

German GP 1974: A delighted winner Clay Regazzoni. Left to him Jody Scheckter, on the right Carlos Reutemann

German GP 2000

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari wins the German Grand Prix in Hockenheim, closely followed by third placed Sebastian Vettel

Rubber marbles besides the racing line at the last turn

Lukas Podolski, German football player for Arsenal London, surrounded by former British F1 drivers Johnny Herbert and Damon Hill on the grid, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Race winner Mark Webber raises his first first place trophy

Tommi Parmakoski signals Vettel fifth position with the pit board

Vettel brakes hard behind team mate Webber into turn one after the start, losing positions to Alonso

Vettel brakes hard behind team mate Webber into turn one after the start, losing positions to Alonso

At the start, Hamilton overtakes polesitter Webber

Jacky Ickx (No 9) on pole position in his Ferrari, Chris Amon (Ferrari, No 8) on second and Jochen Rindt at third starting place in his Brabham - on a rainy grid at the Nuerburgring in 1968.

Moments before the start: Jacky Ickx (no. 9), pole setter in his Ferrari, Chris Amon (Ferrari no. 8) second and Jochen Rindt third in his Brabham, German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring, 1968

Jacky Ickx (B) in the Ferrari 312PB #0878 leads at the start in front of Stommelen's (D) Alfa Romeo T33/3. Behind them later winning Vic Elford (GB) and van Lennep (NL), both in the Martini-Porsches 908/03, closely followed by Siffert's (CH) and Rodriquez' Gulf-Porsche

Jacky Ickx (B) stands besides the Ferrari 312 PB #0878 and listens to what Clay Regazzoni (CH) talks to Mauro Forghieri whilst mechanics try to fix the overheating issue

Podium ceremony after the 1000 km Nurburgring, 1971: The winning Porsche team of Gerard Larrousse (F) and Vic Elford (GB), beside them on the left is Helmut Kohl, minister-president of Rhineland-Palatinate and later Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998.

Clemens Schickentanz (D), Paul Keller (CH) and Günter Steckkönig (D) compete in the Kremer Porsche Carrera RSR 911 #360 0885, entered by Oldenkott Tobacco and Pipes Racing, and become second placed in the GT+1.6 classement (12th overall) at the 1973 1000km Nuerburgring

Clemens Schickentanz (D), Paul Keller (CH) and Günter Steckkönig (D) compete in the Kremer Porsche Carrera RSR 911 #360 0885, entered by Oldenkott Tobacco and Pipes Racing, and become second placed in the GT+1.6 classement (12th overall) at the 1973 1000km Nuerburgring

Second placed Stefan Johansson pits with the flaming McLaren-TAG Porsche during the German GP Hockenheim 1987

German GP 2000

Hamilton keeps his engine running and gives signs to the busy marshals to help him out of the gravel trap

The field seconds before the start: Jim Clark of Lotus (no. 1) on pole, at his side John Surtees, Jackie Stewart and Ludovico Scarfiotti

Race winners Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D) receive congratulatoins on their victorious Porsche 908/03 #008 as they enter parc fermé after their honoury lap

Clemens Schickentanz (D), Paul Keller (CH) and Günter Steckkönig (D) compete in the Kremer Porsche Carrera RSR 911 #360 0885, entered by Oldenkott Tobacco and Pipes Racing, and become second placed in the GT+1.6 classement (12th overall) at the 1973 1000km Nuerburgring

Clemens Schickentanz (D), Paul Keller (CH) and Günter Steckkönig (D) compete in the Kremer Porsche Carrera RSR 911 #360 0885, entered by Oldenkott Tobacco and Pipes Racing, and become second placed in the GT+1.6 classement (12th overall) at the 1973 1000km Nuerburgring

Two silver arrows are prepared for a display lap with the McLaren Mercedes dream team David Coulthard and Mika Hakkinen, here taking part of a group shout with Mercedes chairman of the board Dieter Zetsche amongst other managers and VIPs

Kalman von Csazy (CH) on Ferrari 250 GTO #3809GT, Grand-Tourisme-Rennen Solitude 1962

Start for the 1000 km Nurburgring: Both Ferraris 250 P of John Surtees (GB, car no. 110) and Ludovico Scarfiotti (I) beside Edgar Barth's (DDR) Porsche 718 WRS (car no. 101)

Race winners Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D) sit on their victorious Porsche 908/03 #008 as they enter parc ferme after their honoury lap

Moments before the start for the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim 1970: Pole position for Jacky Ickx (Ferrari no. 10), alongside him Jochen Rindt (Lotus no. 2). 3rd place on the grid for Clay Regazzoni (Ferrari no. 15), 4th Jo Siffert (March no. 12).

BMW bosses together on the grid: Mario Theissen, Helmut Panke and Burkhard Goeschel

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, enters pit lane in front of Vettel on the penultimate lap

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, enters pit lane in front of Vettel on the penultimate lap

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren takes turn one in front of Webber and Alonso

A crowded grid before formation lap

Just before football match Germany vs Argentina Premiere TV visagist Zuza had to organise some national flags

Kalman von Csazy (CH), Ferrari 250 GTO #3809GT, Grand-Tourisme-Rennen, Solitude, 1962

Before the on-track display of the Silver Arrows, Mercedes-Benz' chairman of the board Dr. Dieter Zetsche poses on the grid with Mercedes Motorsport director Norbert Haug and the McLaren drivers Hamilton and Kovalainen

The moment of the start

On Sunday before the drivers parade, all five German drivers are invited to an interview

Heidfeld manages to keep his car on track while many other cars meet in the gravel

Freiherr von Diergardt tries to brief a disinterested bunch of drivers, who are not listening to a word he is saying (fltr.: Dan Gurney, Jackie Stewart, Chris Amon, Denny Hulme, Mike Spence, Frank Gardner, Jochen Rindt, Paul Hawkins).

2pm local time, round 6 of the 1966 F1 season is about to start. Polesetter Jim Clark, Lotus No 1, John Surtees' Cooper, Jackie Stewart's BRM, and Scarfiotti's Ferrari made it on to the front row of the grid.

Double World Champion Sebastian Vettel recommends Rainer Schlegelmilch's recent coffeetable book 'Formula One World Champions' (published by teNeues, Germany)

Drivers groupshot, from left to right: Johnny Servoz-Gavin, Hubert Hahne, Lucien Bianchi (above), Jacky Ickx (above), Jean-Pierre Beltoise (below), Piers Courage (below), Jackie Oliver (below), Jo Siffert and Graham Hill

Bernie Ecclestone browses through Rainer Schlegelmilch's recent coffeetable book 'Formula One World Champions' (published by teNeues, Germany) for which he wrote the foreword

The F1 drivers group up for a sponsor photo session, the German company Rowenta produces modern gas lighters

Double F1 World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi (1972 and 1974) signs his chapter in Rainer Schlegelmilch's new editorial book 'Formula One World Champions' (published by teNeues, Germany)

Nico Rosberg browses through Rainer Schlegelmilch's recent coffeetable book 'Formula One World Champions' (published by teNeues, Germany), probably seeking a matching christmas present for his father Keke

Piquet in his Brabham-BMW. Next to him are team designer Gordon Murray (headphones on) and Paul Rosche of BMW. 1984, European Grand Prix at the Nurburgring, Germany.

After signing his chapter in Rainer Schlegelmilch's recent coffeetable book 'Formula One World Champions' (published by teNeues, Germany), Fernando Alonso poses with the senior photographer for a souvenir photo

Bernie Ecclestone browses through Rainer Schlegelmilch's recent coffeetable book 'Formula One World Champions' (published by teNeues, Germany) for which he wrote the foreword, and Pasquale points at a very memorable photo

Richard Attwood and Pedro Rodriguez of the winning Porsche team. It was Rodriguez last win before his fatal accident two weeks later at the Norisring (Germany). It was also Porsche's last win in the 5-litre Group 5 cars.

Both triple F1 World Champions and former rivals Nelson Piquet (1981, 1983 and 1987) and Niki Lauda (1975, 1977 and 1984) share fond memories over browsing through Rainer Schlegelmilch's new editorial book 'Formula One World Champions' (published by teNeues, Germany)

Both triple F1 World Champions and former rivals Nelson Piquet (1981, 1983 and 1987) and Niki Lauda (1975, 1977 and 1984) share fond memories over browsing through Rainer Schlegelmilch's new editorial book 'Formula One World Champions' (published by teNeues, Germany)

Two triple F1 World Champions and former rivals loudly laugh about happy memories they just found in Rainer Schlegelmilch's new book 'Formula One World Champions' (published by teNeues, Germany): Nelson Piquet 1981, 1983 and 1987 - Niki Lauda 1975, 1977 and 1984

Two triple F1 World Champions and former rivals loudly laugh about happy memories they just found in Rainer Schlegelmilch's new book 'Formula One World Champions' (published by teNeues, Germany): Nelson Piquet 1981, 1983 and 1987 - Niki Lauda 1975, 1977 and 1984

Airfield Oberschleissheim, 1962, Alfa Romeo TZ1

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, Monaco GP 1999

John Surtees driving a McLaren chassis for his Team Surtees the last time: Next race in England he had a full-Surtees F1 motorcar ready.

Eddie Irvine hugs tough competitor Mika Häkkinen while Ron Dennis watches

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Bravo, 1974

Ayrton Senna strapped to his Lotus cockpit during a practice session

Alonso's mechanics practise tyre changing during qualifying at Ferrari pits, the rain tyres were just for the exercise

Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx, Spanish Grand Prix, Jarama, 1970

The rebuild Jaguar of German Peter Lindner

Belgium GP 1962: View from the pits to Eau Rouge

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Modulo, 1970

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Bravo, 1974

Concept Car, Bertone Lancia Stratos, 1970

Concept Car, Abarth 2000 Pininfarina Scorpio, ca. 1970

A BMW 2002, entered by BMW Alpina Essen, driven by Thomas Fervers (D) and Peter Kuhlmann (D), 6h touring car race at the Nurburgring, 1971

Jochen Rindt

Helmut Marko (A)

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Berlinetta Speciale, 1969

Newcomer Ayrton Senna

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Marzal, 1967

Beatle George Harrison, GP Monaco 1966

The fifth placed yellow Ferrari 512 S #1030 of Hughes de Fierlant (B) and Alistair Walker (GB) overtakes the Porsche 911 S of Claude Haldi (CH) and Arthur Blank (CH)

Concept Car, Abarth 2000 Pininfarina Scorpio, ca. 1970

Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) finish 5th placed after 1000 kms in a Porsche 917K #021 entered by Racing Team AAW

Driver's briefing befor the start for the Belgian Grand Prix, 1962 (left to right hand): Trevor Taylor, Tony Maggs, Jim Clark, John Campbell-Jones, Bruce McLaren, Jo Siffert, Ricardo Rodriguez, Graham Hill, Innes Ireland, Richie Ginther, Jack Brabham, Maurice Trintignant

Bruce McLaren, Belgium GP 1962

Concept Car, ItalDesign Maserati Medici I, 1974

Jim Clark, exhausted and lined, but with the shining eyes of a winner, Belgian Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps, 1962

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Modulo, 1970

Huschke von Hanstein talks with Ferry Porsche

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Marzal, 1967

VIP guest Nicolas Cage with wife

Concept Car, Italdesign Maserati Medici I, 1974

Denny Hulme, McLaren-Cosworth M14A leading Henri Pescarolo's Matra Simca, speeds up Beau Rivage curve

BMW 750iL (E32), 1987, driven by Niki Lauda

The Maserati CDM (Tipo 61) of Lloyd Casner (USA) and Masten Gregory (USA), 1000 km, Nurburgring, 1962

Concept Car, Bertone Carabo, based on Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale, 1968

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Graham Hill (right hand) chats with Phil Hill, Italian GP Monza 1962