Mercedes-Benz in Formula One rejected the protest. At the third race of the season in China, Rosberg took the team's first pole position as a works team since Fangio in ; Schumacher finished the session third, but moved up to second after a grid penalty for Lewis Hamilton. The team secured its first win in 57 years when Nico Rosberg finished first in the 2012 Chinese Grand Prix. In addition to that, Rosberg became the first German driver to win a Grand Prix driving a German vehicle since Hermann Lang's victory at the 1939 Swiss Grand Prix. On 28 September 2012, it was announced
1926 German Grand Prix of the marshals' huts, killing three people. The German Grand Prix would not return to the AVUS track until 1959. 1926 German Grand Prix The 1926 German Grand Prix was an auto race held at the AVUS track on 11 July 1926. It was the first ever German Grand Prix. The race was held in heavy rain, and was won by Germany's native son, Rudolf Caracciola. After a series of the 1920s–1930s victories by Germans (Hans Stuck, Bernd Rosemeyer, and a few more by Caracciola), no other German driver would accomplish a German GP win until Michael Schumacher's victory in