Hockenheimring, Motorsport racing track in Hockenheim, Germany

The Hockenheimring is a motor racing circuit in Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg, on the Bertha Benz Memorial Route. Its 2002 Hermann Tilke redesign cut the forest straights, leaving a 4.574 km lap that keeps the stadium-like Motodrom and its grandstands, adds a tighter Turn 1 (Nordkurve) and runs through the flat Rhine valley. A long white pit building with a rounded tower borders the main straight.

The facility emerged in the 1930s as a test track in a forested area and gradually evolved into an international racing venue. In 2002, the original triangular layout with long forest passages was abandoned in favor of a more compact form with tighter track routing.

The Motodrom forms the heart of the facility and gives spectators from stadium seating a direct view of key corner sequences. Motorsport fans watch drivers brake, accelerate and turn into tight bends at close range.

The site can be used in different configurations, from the full Grand Prix track to shorter national variants. Visitors find signposted spectator areas and service points along the main access routes.

The circuit's name comes from the nearby town of Hockenheim, and its first layout was a roughly 12 km triangle course on unpaved forest paths, built in 1932 in about three months. The opening motorcycle race on 29 May 1932 drew 60,000 spectators; Arthur Geiss won the 250 cc class on a DKW and Tom Bullus the 500 cc class on an NSU.