Hockenheim to stage 2015 race

Hockenheim has been announced as the host venue for this year’s German Grand Prix, ahead of Nurburgring.

The two tracks have been alternating every year since 2007, and this year should be the turn of Nurburgring after Hockenheim hosted last year’s race, which was won by Nico Rosberg.

However, the old German track has been suffering with financial pressure since 2012 and, although that was said to be fixed last year, Bernie Ecclestone has confirmed that a deal is in place for Hockenheim to take over.

He told reporters: “It’s going to be at Hockenheim, we’re in the middle of doing something with them. It can’t be Nurburgring because nobody’s there.

“We’ve got a contract in place (with Hockenheim), we just have to amend the years of the contract. It was alternating with Nurburgring so we’ll just take that out.”

Hockenheim was criticised last year for the low attendances, despite German racer Sebastian Vettel dominating the sport for four years.

Attendance numbers in Germany have been slowly declining since Michael Schumacher first left the sport in 2006, and it seems to have come to a head in the last 12 months.

It is a far cry from a decade ago, when both circuits held races on the calendar each season at the height of Schumacher’s domination.

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