Formula 1 will also be present in Germany in the coming season.
(Photo: Reuters)
Berlin Formula 1 will be back in Germany next year. In the racing calendar published on Friday for the next season, the race in Hockenheim is planned for July 28th. Previously, a new contract for the traditional race threatened to fail for a long time because of the money.
The route operators only wanted to be hosts in the coming year if Formula 1 significantly reduced the required entry fees of allegedly around 21 million euros and so there was no threat of losses.
Now the racing series has confirmed the conclusion of a new one-year contract. “This shows that everyone involved in Formula 1 is working together to secure the long-term future of the sport and its fans,” Formula 1 boss Chase Carey was quoted as saying in the press release. The negotiations were “trusting, constructive and solution-oriented,” said Ring managing director Georg Seiler.
The previous contract for the Germany race in Hockenheim ended this year with the 36th appearance of the premier class in North Baden. Due to the high financial burden and the reduced interest of spectators, Hockenheim had recently only hosted the World Cup run every two years. This year, however, more than 70,000 spectators had made the Grand Prix a success.
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So far there have been a total of 77 Formula 1 races on German tracks, in 1959 even once on the Avus in Berlin. The Nürburgring was the venue 40 times. However, the Eifel course went bankrupt a few years ago and has not been on the Grand Prix calendar since 2013.
At the height of the Formula 1 boom in Germany triggered by Michael Schumacher’s successes, there were even two races a year between 1995 and 2006, one in Hockenheim and one at the Nürburgring. Under the leadership of Bernie Ecclestone, however, the racing series was constantly looking for new markets and awarded World Championship races in countries that were willing to pay significantly higher entry fees.
This price screw continues to cause major problems, especially for traditional routes in the core market of Europe. Recently, Monza again warned of an imminent end to the Ferrari home game because the race incurs high losses.
As in this year, the racing calendar for 2019 includes a total of 21 races. It all starts with the Grand Prix in Melbourne, Australia on March 17th. The final will take place on December 1st in Abu Dhabi.
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