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Hockenheimring "Sachs curve" - or curves that made history!

Name: BMW 2002 1970
Brand: BMW

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Created in 2017

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Daniel Reinhard

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Daniel Reinhard

Hockenheim Ring GmbH

Archiv Reinhard

Daniel Reinhard

Hockenheim Ring GmbH

Archiv Reinhard

Race through the Sachs curve at the end of the sixties

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Hockenheim start entrance Motodrom opposite direction

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Heavily frequented Sachs curve in a DTM race

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Formula 1 Grand Prix Max Verstapen (Red Bull RB12) ahead of Sergio Perez (Force India VJM09)

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Marco Wittmann in the BMW M4 DTM on the clearly visible very wide line

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Porsche 911 at a Swiss championship race in the Sachskurve in 1970

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Great overview of the fans for thrilling action

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Timo Glock ahead of Maxime Martin and Tom Blomquist all BMW M4 DTM

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The old start and finish area had had its day. The wall of the newly planned south stand was already rising in the background

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The unfinished Dunlop and Continental towers already dominated the scene. In between, the pits.

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Local problems and the redesign of the highway made the alteration of the old Hockenheimring unavoidable

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The World Championship race for motorcycles provided the motorsport setting for the Motodrom's opening celebrations in front of 140,000 spectators.

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The south and north curves as well as the start and finish area were built here. 900,000 cubic meters of forest floor were transformed into a gigantic dam system

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Summary

The Sachs-Kurve is an exceptional corner, as it can (nowadays) be taken faster on the outside than on the classic racing line. But that's not the only reason that makes it special. For a long time, this corner was the ideal place for spectacular pictures of the drivers, as it was the closest you could get to the track.

This article contains the following chapters

Rebuilt several times
The Motodrom from a photographic perspective
Naming

Estimated reading time: 4min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The small town of Hockenheim became nationally known thanks to the 12-kilometer Hockenheimring, which opened in 1932. The opening race on May 29, 1932 attracted 45,000 visitors. In 1938, the racetrack was converted for the first time into the so-called Kurpfalzring. During the economic crisis, unemployed people were used for the reconstruction as part of a job creation scheme. The second major reconstruction was triggered by the construction of the Bundesautobahn 6 highway, which completely cut through the ring (Stadtkurve), which at that time led right up to the houses. At that time, the race was still run counter-clockwise, i.e. against the usual racing direction. The start was on today's dragster track and the east bend was a left-hand bend back then. The track led right into the village of Hockenheim and past the cemetery.

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