article_snippet: There will be no German Grand Prix this year, Hockenheim circuit boss Georg Seiler Hockenheim circuit boss Georg Seiler said on Tuesday in a decision that ended months of uncertainty over the country's Formula One race.
article_snippet: The absence of Germany, home of reigning world champions Mercedes, for the first time since 1960 leaves the calendar with 19 races. '
article_snippet: We have no hope any more of having a Formula One race here (this year),' Hockenheim circuit boss Georg Seiler told Bild newspaper. '
article_snippet: One supremo Bernie Ecclestone had kept the door ajar but Hockenheim circuit boss Georg Seiler said time had run out because 'quality would now suffer' if they went ahead with the 10th round of the championship. '
article_snippet: We had declared We willing to step in for Nurburgring, something We were contractually not obliged to do,' Hockenheim circuit boss Georg Seiler said. '
article_snippet: There were talks with third parties over taking over the risk but third parties were not successful.'
article_snippet: One supremo Bernie Ecclestone said that Hockenheim was the only option for the July 19 race despite it being the Nurburgring's turn under an alternation agreement.
article_snippet: Hockenheim hosted last year's grand prix, and is also due to host it in 2016, but the circuit has made heavy losses due to poor attendances and is unwilling to shoulder the burden for three years in a row.
article_snippet: The Nurburgring, one of the sport's most historic venues with the original track dating from the pre-World War Two years, also has financial troubles and has changed ownership since it last appeared on the calendar.
highlights_snippet: Hockenheim circuit boss Georg Seiler rules out hosting 2015 grand prix .
  
highlights_snippet: Absence of German GP, scheduled for July, leaves calendar with 19 races .
  