| The Hockenheim circuit was built as a test track by Mercedes-Benz in 1939. However the Nurburgring circuit was the main venue for German motor
racing, with only minor events taking place at Hockenheim. Hockenheim became famous in 1968 when Scots motor-racing ace Jim Clark was killed in a tragic accident on the circuit’s woodland stretch in a Formula 2
event. In 1970, the Nurburgring was declared too dangerous and the Formula 1 races were moved to Hockenheim. After a Nurburgring
upgrade, Formula 1 events returned to their original venue. In 1976, Austrian Niki Lauda’s horrific accident finally ended Nurburgring’s Formula 1 history and Hockenheim became the new home of the German Grand Prix. Since
then, Michael Schumacher’s rise to fame has really put Hockenheim on the motor-racing
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