F1 fans find themselves with an unusual three week at this time of year as the German GP is no longer on the calendar, so the real question is will we miss the German GP?
The German GP is seen as one of the classics of the F1 calendar due to the historic Nürburgring and also the long line of successful drivers. In 2014, the GP took place at the Hockenheimring and was a fairly uneventful race as Lewis Hamilton had a break issue which left to a crash in qualifying he made his way through the field whilst German driver Nico Rosberg lead from the front.
So maybe not in term of fantastic races fans will miss the German Grand Prix, but the German drivers and fans are sure to especially as two of them are in the top three of the World Championship. Sebastian Vettel in his first season of a resurgent Ferrari must be gutted that he doesn’t get to show off his new team to all his home fans, friends and family. Nico Rosberg, who was carrying a great deal of momentum before the British Grand Prix will be sure to miss his home Grand Prix as the crowd would give him the boost that Hamilton received every lap during the previous race.
Another reason the race may be missed is due to the fact despite the races haven’t always been fantastic, there have been so fascinating ones including the 2013 race where current teammates Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel battled out for the win with the German coming up tops in a thrilling end to the race. They may be struggling for numbers but they will always tend to fluctuate depending on how their drivers are doing and with this being Vettel’s first season with the Scuderia, the numbers should have been high. If you look at the German GP in comparison with what it’s up against in terms of new races then there really isn’t much competition at all. What could take over? The front runner and most likely is Azerbaijan GP at the Baku street circuit, it doesn’t seem like a brilliant track nor a popular place that people would tend to visit along with the race. Therefore the organisers should be doing everything in their power to bring the German GP back to the calendar where it belongs for 2015 and hopefully it can stay put at the Nürburgring.
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