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
1993 German Grand Prix 1993 German Grand Prix The 1993 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Hockenheim on 25 July 1993. The race, contested over 45 laps, was the tenth round of the 1993 Formula One season and was won by Alain Prost, driving a Williams-Renault, after team-mate Damon Hill was denied a first win by a tyre problem on the penultimate lap. This was Prost's 51st and final Grand Prix victory. The two Williams were 1st and 2nd in qualifying with Prost on pole ahead of Hill, Schumacher, Senna, Blundell and Brundle. Prost had a poor start and