2019 German Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 11 of 21 in the 2019 Formula One World Championship
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Race details[1][2] | |||||
Date | 28 July 2019 | ||||
Official name | Formula 1 Mercedes-Benz Grosser Preis von Deutschland 2019 | ||||
Location |
Hockenheimring Hockenheim, Germany | ||||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
Course length | 4.574 km (2.842 miles) | ||||
Distance | 64 laps, 292.736 km (181.897 miles) | ||||
Scheduled distance | 67 laps, 306.458 km (190.424 miles) | ||||
Weather | Early rain, Late clouds | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Mercedes | ||||
Time | 1:11.767 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing-Honda | |||
Time | 1:16.645 on lap 61 | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | Red Bull Racing-Honda | ||||
Second | Ferrari | ||||
Third | Toro Rosso-Honda | ||||
Lap leaders |
The 2019 German Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Mercedes-Benz Grosser Preis von Deutschland 2019) was a Formula One motor race which was held on 28 July 2019 at the Hockenheimring in Germany. The race was the 11th round of the 2019 Formula One World Championship and marked the 78th running of the German Grand Prix, and the 64th time the race had been run as a World Championship event since the inaugural season in 1950.
The race was won by Max Verstappen after starting second in a dramatic wet race. Pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton led the race until lap 27 when he crashed behind the safety car, losing the lead and his front wing as well as receiving a penalty for entering the pit lane on the wrong side of a safety bollard. Whilst behind the final safety car Daniil Kvyat and Lance Stroll switched to dry tyres before anyone else, allowing them to finish an unexpected third and fourth respectively. Robert Kubica scored his final point in the sport with tenth place for Williams, which would also be the team's only point of their 2019 season.
As of 2024, this is the last German Grand Prix to be held in Formula One, and also the last Formula One race to be held at Hockenheimring.