{"id":899327,"date":"2026-09-20T21:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T21:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/899327\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T21:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T21:22:11","slug":"historic-f1-grand-prix-return-quite-far-from-happening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/899327\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic F1 grand prix return &#8216;quite far from happening&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nico Hulkenberg has acknowledged that a return of the German Grand Prix appears \u201cfar from happening\u201d.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The event last appeared on the F1 schedule in 2019, with Hockenheim bowing out of the sport with one of the most chaotic races of the decade.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>F1 has held a grand prix in Germany since then, with Nurburgring step in during the Covid-impacted campaign in 2020 under the Eifel Grand Prix banner.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali recently addressed the potential return of the German Grand Prix, <a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews365.com\/f1-ceo-addresses-potential-return-of-historic-grand-prix\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">admitting the sport was open to the possibility.<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>But Hulkenberg does not see such a development anytime soon.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTime will tell,\u201d\u00a0Hulkenberg told media including RacingNews365.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the moment it feels and seems quite far from that happening.\u201d\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>[Article continues below]\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tHulkenberg backs F1 to bring &#8216;benefits&#8217; to new countries<\/p>\n<p>F1 is currently seeing interest from various nations as they attempt to get a spot on the calendar, with Rwanda, South Africa and Thailand among those who have voiced their desire.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>However, a new contender has also emerged in Argentina, with the sport enjoying a boost in popularity there due to Franco Colapinto&#8217;s presence on the grid.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Hulkenberg stated it would be a major benefit for any country to have F1 visit it for a weekend.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArgentina and Franco have a big impact, they have a huge following, a huge fan base,\u201d Hulkenberg said.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf F1 has a driver of that nation, that&#8217;s obviously a big connection point and brings that nation closer to F1.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut all in all, it&#8217;s more F1, it&#8217;s attractive for a lot of countries to host the venue because it brings a lot of benefits.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt brings a lot of attention to the country for that weekend.\u201d\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nico Hulkenberg has acknowledged that a return of the German Grand Prix appears \u201cfar from happening\u201d. The event&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":899328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,827,830,828,831,829,826,813,823,825,806,805,824,803,804,822,85],"class_list":["post-899327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-daniel-ricciardo","tag-f1-calendar","tag-f1-live","tag-f1-results","tag-f1-standings","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-max-verstappen","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motorsport","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-racing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=899327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/899328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=899327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=899327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=899327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}