The Sachsenring, home to this weekend's German Grand Prix, is a circuit with a great motorsport tradition, because racing on roads near the town of Chemnitz began in 1920 and continued there until 1990.
In 1996 it was decided to build the new Sachsenring circuit about ten km away from the German town, and its first German GP took place there in 1998. Since then the circuit has undergone a series of improvements, including a radical change in the track layout in 2001.
Its numerous tight curves make it one of the slowest circuits on the calendar, but these characteristics ensure that races at the Sachsenring are always exciting and hard-fought.
For Ducati rider, Jorge Lorenzo, the German race is one of the few that he has not yet managed to win, but the Spanish rider finished runner-up four times between 2009 and 2012, while last year he concluded the race in fifteenth place. After a difficult race in the Netherlands last weekend, Jorge is looking forward to a return to form here in Germany, starting today.
“After a difficult weekend at Assen, I can't wait to arrive at the Sachsenring to resume the positive trend we demonstrated in the races before the Dutch GP,” he said. “The German track has a new surface and I'm pleased about that because for sure it'll help us have better grip. We will have to see immediately what the tyre wear is like on the new surface, but in any case the most important thing for me will be to find a positive feeling with the bike again and get back to being competitive.”
