9 Hockenheim (1970-2001)

Hockenheim was a slow burner, as it didn’t win popularity awards in its early Formula 1 days. Perhaps this is unsurprising given it replaced the Nurburgring Nordschleife, initially as a 1970 one-off then more permanently from 1977.

The circuit was characterised by engine-testing long straights through forest, with these full-noise blasts separated by chicanes. The track then concluded with an incongruent stadium section winding between concrete grandstands, the cars often skittish with the required low-downforce settings.