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Button: Old Hockenheim was mighty
Jenson Button says he enjoys racing at Hockenheim but the new circuit is not “as mighty” as the old layout. F1 raced on a 6.8km high-speed version of the Hockenheimring until 2001, when it was shortened in to the current 4.8km circuit. Button raced on the old layout during his first two seasons in F1 – finishing fourth in 2000 and fifth the following year – and he admits he misses the challenge but likes the way the new track offers overtaking opportunities. “I remember racing at the old Hockenheim – four 200mph straights, a couple of fiddly chicanes and a stadium section where you held on tightly because the car didn't have any downforce,” Button said. “It seems like a...
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