Round 10 of the 2012 Formula One World Championship marks the second home race in succession for the MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS team. The German Grand Prix takes place on Sunday 22 July at the Hockenheimring which is just 100kms from the Daimler and Mercedes-Benz headquarters in Stuttgart.* The 2012 German Grand Prix will be the 33rd held at Hockenheim;Mercedes-Benz power has won twice, in 1998 & 2008* This year's race marks the tenth anniversary of the circuit's redesign andthe construction of the Mercedes Grandstand* The Drag Reduction System can be deployed for 59% of the lap in qualifying- the fourth highest value of the season* In seven races over the past ten years at Hockenheim, the Safety Car hasbeen deployed on just two occasionsMichael Schumacher"People often ask me whether there is any such thing as a home advantage insuch an international sport as ours and my answer is: perhaps not a homeadvantage, but certainly a home-race feeling. As a German driver, younaturally have a different sense of excitement when you arrive at the GermanGrand Prix and know that all the spectators in the grandstands aresupporting you. That makes you proud, and always boosts your motivation evenhigher. This year is the first time that our Mercedes works team has beencapable of racing right at the front, and because of that, we're hoping forlots of support from the fans and to reward them with our performance.Hopefully we will see a lot of Mercedes colleagues in the grandstands, andwe want to do particularly well for them. We have set ourselves the cleartarget of giving everybody a reason to celebrate next weekend."Nico Rosberg"I am really looking forward to our second home Grand Prix next week. Wewill start the weekend with visits to our factory for the new A-Class andB-Class in Rastatt, AMG in Affalterbach and the FOTA Fan Forum in Stuttgart;it will be great to see so many colleagues from Mercedes-Benz, and also tospend some time with the fans before the weekend gets really busy!Hockenheim is always very special for us, and especially for me. I was bornin Wiesbaden, near Hockenheim, and I have really good memories of theprevious Hockenheim races. Before my Formula One career, I won quite oftenat this circuit, and I will never forget my father's last DTM race in 1995.I joined him on the roof of his car driving through the Motodrom - and thatwas the moment when I thought to myself "How cool is that?!" and decided tobecome a racing driver like him. I will be pushing really hard to performwell in front of our fans in the Mercedes Grandstand, so we can hopefullycelebrate a good result together. I think our car should suit this trackmuch better than Silverstone. Hockenheim has long straights and shortcorners, which will be good for the Silver Arrow."Ross Brawn"The German Grand Prix will be our second home race in two weeks followingthe British Grand Prix at Silverstone last weekend, and we are lookingforward to racing in front of our home fans and Mercedes-Benz colleaguesonce again. As the Mercedes-Benz works team, the weekend is always a specialone for our team. Our performance has been up and down recently, rangingfrom podiums to lower points finishes, and we need to work hard to improveour level of consistency and ability to challenge at the front of the field.The Hockenheim layout should be more suited to the F1 W03 than thehigh-speed Silverstone layout, and we are bringing some further improvementsto the car which should help our performance. It would be very special toachieve a good result in Germany, so we will be working hard to achieve justthat."Norbert Haug"The German Grand Prix, in the country where the automobile was born, is ahighlight of every Formula One season and especially so for our SilverArrows works team. Following the race in Silverstone two weeks ago, this isour second consecutive home Grand Prix - the Daimler head office andMercedes headquarters in Stuttgart are located around 100 km from thecircuit. The Mercedes Grandstand, which gives the best views of some of themost interesting parts of the circuit, marks its tenth anniversary this yearand will once again offer many special attractions. One highlight will bethe opportunity for all visitors to Hockenheim to test drive the brand newA-Class for the first time in our Experience World."Hockenheim sets quite a different challenge to Silverstone. The circuit hasjust two very high-speed corners and the majority are medium-speed.Good braking stability and excellent traction are required in the Spitzkehreat the far end of the circuit, which then leads into the spectacularsequence in front of the Mercedes Grandstand. Following its introductionlast year, DRS is being used at this circuit for the first time and it canbe deployed for over half the lap in qualifying. What's more, it is certainto further increase the number of overtaking moves in the race, which willbe good for the fans and help make the race even more exciting."This year, we are celebrating 111 years of Mercedes Motorsport at theGerman Grand Prix. This impressive figure has special meaning; Nico'svictory in China this year came in his 111th Formula One race and was alsothe 111th Grand Prix win for Mercedes since 1901. In Hockenheim, our teamwill be working hard to deliver a similar level of performance to that wehave seen this year with Nico's win in China three months ago, his secondplace a month later in Monaco and Michael's podium finish two races ago inValencia."