GPL-HOCKENHEIM First release version v1.0.0 by markBAR with many thanks to Eric B, Jamie Rosenzweig, Francesco Caballero, Paul Jackson, JoJo, Kevin Clark, Pete Oosterman, Nick Reel, Nils Ruwisch for photo materials, Guru, Phil Flack, CW 123do, Randy Riggs, Klaus Hörbrand, Ryk, Papyrus, all gpl tool builders, the man who built the pit building, the rsc team also thanks to castle combe team for 3do´s (Fredrik Nornemark), Andre Streu for modified mips and everyone in the gpl community who has made tools, spent time on art, organised stuff so I could find it and everyone I haven´t named here. The layout is very good, altitudes done by moi with some circuit experience after lapping there on the bike occasionally on thursdays and hopping over the fence a few times to get some photos Have fun: ai work, works in 3dfx, should work in software mode, gives 25 fps with full grid on a P3 450 so should run well, no known frame hit areas. [EventXX] name=Grosser Preis von Deutschland shortname=Hockenheim GP trackDirectory=hockenhm numberOfLaps=30 day=9 month=7 startingGrid=1 The circuit at Hockenheim was built in 1939 by Mercedes-Benz, which wanted somewhere to test its cars for the high-speed Tripoli Grand Prix. The result was a massive sausage-shaped circuit running through the flat woodland close to the Rhine River. It was 4.8 miles in length and consisted of two long curling straights with a curve at either end. The western end of the track ran close to the village of Hockenheim and looped around the town cemetery. The track's development stopped before it had really began as war broke out and in the post-war era the Nurburgring was the main venue for racing in West Germany. Hockenheim hosted only a few minor events. The boom in the German economy in the late 1950s resulted in investment in new roads and in the early 1960s a new autobahn was planned which cut through the old circuit. It was then owned by the town and the German government agreed to pay compensation and the money raised was used to upgrade the track. The Germans engaged Dutch circuit designer John Hugenholz and he came up with the modern Hockenheim, 4.2 miles in length, including the twisty "Stadium" section - around which vast colorful grandstands were erected. Racing restarted in 1966 but it was not until April 1968 that Hockenheim hit the headlines, for all the wrong reasons, when Jim Clark was killed in an unexplained accident out in the woods during a Formula 2 race. Formula 1 went to Hockenheim in 1970 because the old Nurburgring was no longer safe enough. Jochen Rindt won the first German GP at Hockenheim but once the Nurburgring had been upgraded the race went back, leaving Hockenheim to hold Formula 2 and German national races. Niki Lauda's accident at the Nurburgring in 1976 ended the track's Formula 1 history and as Hockenheim was the only choice it became the new home of the German GP. Lauda won the first race in 1977 while Mario Andretti dominated for Team Lotus in 1978 and Alan Jones for Williams in 1979. In 1980 Patrick Depailler was killed while testing at the track and a chicane was built at the previously-challenging Ostkurve. In 1982 Didier Pironi suffered terrible leg injuries when he failed to see another car in a cloud of spray and crashed over it, cartwheeling down the track in his Ferrari. Patrick Tambay gave the Ferrari team a much-needed boost that weekend with a victory. The rise to fame of Michael Schumacher transformed Hockenheim into a huge loud party every year, notably in 1995 when he won the race but the circuit's small crowd capacity and the increasing costs of holding the race meant that by 2000 Hockenheim was planning a major rebuild, despite opposition from the local environmentalists. With the vast new Lausitzring being built in the former East Germany, however, Hockenheim needs to act quickly if it is to retain the German GP in the 21st century. The circuit remains an important venue for German national racing. GRAND PRIX RESULTS: GERMAN GP, 1970 German GP Hockenheim Aug 2, 1970 50 Laps, 6.789 The Grand Prix Drivers' Association refused to race at the Nurburgring because the organizers had failed to do safety work which had been requested and, at the last minute, the German GP was switched to the Hockenheim circuit. This had been upgraded since the death of Jim Clark two years earlier. The entry was similar to that at the British GP although Dan Gurney had left McLaren and returned to the United States and was replaced by Peter Gethin. German racer Hubert Hahne had bought himself a new March but he failed to qualify, along with Brian Redman in the De Tomaso, Andrea de Adamich in the McLaren-Alfa Romeo and Silvio Moser in the Bellasi. The Ferrari was becoming quicker and quicker and Jacky Ickx took pole position from Jochen Rindt's Lotus. Clay Regazzoni was an impressive third quickest in the second Ferrari, ahead of Jo Siffert's March, Henri Pescarolo's Matra and Chris Amon's March. World Champion Jackie Stewart was back in seventh place in his Tyrrell March. At the start Ickx went into the lead with Rindt behind him and they were joined by Siffert, Regazzoni and Amon to form the leading slipstreaming group. The five diced for lap after lap, until Siffert dropped away. On the 31st lap Regazzoni's engine gave up and five laps later Amon suffered a similar fate and so it was left as a straight fight between Rindt and Ickx. It was not until two laps from the finish that Rindt was able to make a break but the pair crossed the line separated by only 0.7sec. Hulme was third but he was 80 seconds behind. It was Rindt's fourth consecutive victory and as the F1 circus headed for his home in Austria, he was 20 points clear in the World Championship. POS NO DRIVER ENTRANT LAPS TIME/RETIREMENT QUAL POS 1 2 Jochen Rindt Lotus-Cosworth 72C 50 1h42m00.300s 2 2 10 Jacky Ickx Ferrari 312B 50 1h42m01.000s 1 3 4 Denny Hulme McLaren-Cosworth M14A 50 1h43m22.100s 16 4 17 Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Cosworth 49C 50 1h43m55.400s 13 5 21 Rolf Stommelen Brabham-Cosworth BT33 49 11 6 14 Henri Pescarolo Matra Simca-Matra MS120 49 5 7 23 Francois Cevert March-Cosworth 701 49 14 8r 12 Jo Siffert March-Cosworth 701 47 Engine 4 9r 7 John Surtees Surtees-Cosworth TS7 46 Engine 15 r 9 Graham Hill Lotus-Cosworth 49C 37 Engine 20 r 5 Chris Amon March-Cosworth 701 34 Engine 6 r 15 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 312B 30 Engine 3 r 16 John Miles Lotus-Cosworth 72C 24 Engine 10 r 1 Jackie Stewart March-Cosworth 701 20 Engine 7 r 11 Mario Andretti March-Cosworth 701 15 Gearbox 9 r 22 Ronnie Peterson March-Cosworth 701 11 Engine 19 r 6 Pedro Rodriguez BRM P153 7 Ignition 8 r 18 Jackie Oliver BRM P153 5 Engine 18 r 3 Jack Brabham Brabham-Cosworth BT33 4 Mechanical 12 r 8 Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra Simca-Matra MS120 4 Suspension 21 r 24 Peter Gethin McLaren-Cosworth M14A 3 Throttle Slides 17 nq 25 Brian Redman De Tomaso-Cosworth 505 22 nq 20 Andrea de Adamich McLaren-Alfa Romeo M14D 23 nq 27 Silvio Moser Bellasi-Cosworth 24 nq 26 Hubert Hahne March-Cosworth 701 25 German GP, Hockenheim, August 2, 1970, Round: 8, Race Number: 192 XXXII Grosser Preis von Deutschland Weather:Hot Entries:25 Qualified:21 Classified:9 Circuit Hockenheim Perimeter:6789 m Laps:50 (339.45Km) race winner:Jochen Rindt Lotus 72C Ford Cos. DFV 3.0 V8 1:42'00.3 199.7 10 pole position:Jacky Ickx Ferrari 312B Ferrari 3.0 F12 1'59.5 204.5 10 Fastest lap:Jacky Ickx Ferrari 312B Ferrari 3.0 F12 2'00.5 202.8