ADAC Hockenheim Historic – The Jim Clark Revival 7-9 May 2026 ^Featured

Written by Guus Docen

Over 45,000 spectators experienced historic motorsport once again during the second weekend of May. More than 500 different legendary racing cars were on display at the legendary Hockenheimring. From vintage Formula cars to relatively modern Formula 1 vehicles, Touring cars and current sports cars were all present. Well-known marques from the past, such as Lotus, Ford, Ferrari, Fiat, Alfa Romeo, and Porsche, roared their engines. The popular event is affectionately known as the "Jim Clark Revival." This year would have been the 90th birthday of the Scotsman, considered as the greatest Formula One talent of the 1960s. Opel had an impressive exhibition on the roof of the pit complex, and the former Mercedes building once again hosted an exhibition dedicated to Jim Clark.

The Raceclub Germany Historic is an association of owners of historic GP, formula, and sports cars. The focus is on a shared passion for classic motorsport and the authentic presentation of significant racing cars from previous eras.
Fast Formula 2 cars from Lotus, March or G.R.D, driven by legends like Jochen Rindt and Ronnie Peterson, Formula 3, Formula 3000 and Formula 5000 complete this unique journey through time. At Hockenheim Raceclub Germany Historic had presentation runs all three days.
The Lurani Trophy and the Formula Vee series feature tributes to two of the most successful and renowned Junior single seaters of the last century.
While the Lurani Trophy is the flagship for Formula Junior, Formula Vee is considered one of the most ingenious ideas of the brilliant former Porsche racing director, Huschke von Hanstein. Both racing classes have managed to produce big names including several Formula 1 World Champions such as Jochen Rindt, Niki Lauda, and Keke Rosberg. The Historic Formula Vau showed an impressive number of entries, fifty-one cars. In the Lurani Trophy just 18 cars were entered for two races.
The German Racing Championship, also known as the DRM, was the most important motor racing series in Germany from 1972 to 1985. In the first years of the DRM, modified touring cars were used according to FIA Group 2 rules. From 1977, touring cars were registered according to FIA Group 5 rules, which were significantly more heavily modified, had protruding fender extensions and spoilers and were usually equipped with turbo engines that had to have a displacement 1.4 times smaller. At Hockenheim, there were 25 entries, a varied field of cars, like BMW M1 Procar, Ford Turbo Capri, Porsche 911 RSR and Opel Kadett C Coupé.
The two races of the Touring Car Golden Era were absolute crowd-pleasers. Fifty-two cars were on the starting grid, BMW E36s, BMW M3, Ford Sierra RS 500, Nissan Skyline, Honda Accords and Civics, Audi A4 STW and a very special Audi 200 M86.
The Golden Era Classic Cup brings an exclusive range of historically significant Porsche cars back onto the racetrack, providing a complete overview of the technical evolution of the Zuffenhausen-based brand. The starting grid at Hockenheim was a bit disappointing with just eleven cars competing.
The BOSS GP is one of the fastest racing series in Europe. Brute race monsters from Formula 1 go head to head against GP2, Indy Cars, Renault’s World Series, A1 GP and any other powerful, fast and noisy formula cars. Twenty-one cars competed in two races with just one former F1 car, the Toro Rosso STR1 driven by Inog Gerstl.
The ADAC Hockenheim Historic – The Jim Clark Revival is an excellent race-event for young and older motorsport fans. The 22nd edition will be held during the weekend of May 7 to 9, 2027.

Pictures by Michael Körber (more pictures of Michael on Instagram mk_images.de)