Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff has confirmed that the German Grand Prix will return to the Formula1calendar next season.
The German Grand Prix was due to take place this weekend however it was dropped last March due to financial difficulty.
“We will be in Germany next year. The race is 100 per cent going to happen. The budget is there, it is a fact,” Wolff said. “Bernie [Ecclestone], Mercedes and the organisers in Hockenheim tried to help [fund it] but we couldn’t come up with the budget.
“There is an impact on [Mercedes] from losing the German Grand Prix but, as much as it is a shame that we can’t show and display our cars in front of our fans and Daimler colleagues, we will be there next year. Hockenheim was scheduled for next year and there is no doubt it is going to happen. It is sure.”
“There is an impact on [Mercedes] from losing the German Grand Prix but, as much as it is a shame that we can’t show and display our cars in front of our fans and Daimler colleagues, we will be there next year. Hockenheim was scheduled for next year and there is no doubt it is going to happen. It is sure.”
“There is a little bit of a hangover in Germany about F1, sports in general and national heroes. We had Schumacher five times in a row, we had Sebastian Vettel four times in a row, the German football team winning the World Cup. I think they have had it all and where do you go from there? Maybe not going there for a year and coming back next year could be a good thing.”
Since 2007 the location of the race has alternated between two storied tracks – the Hockenheimring and Nürburgring. Around 45,000 fans came to see the event at the Nürburgring in 2013 and 52,000 fans were in attendance last year at Hockenheim.
Since 2007 the location of the race has alternated between two storied tracks – the Hockenheimring and Nürburgring. Around 45,000 fans came to see the event at the Nürburgring in 2013 and 52,000 fans were in attendance last year at Hockenheim.
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