PHOTO:Nico Rosberg suffers at home, as Lewis Hamilton takes advantage to take home the Grand Prix
The British driver
started second on the grid but immediately overtook his Mercedes team-mate Nico
Rosberg, who endured a torrid time at his home grand prix.
Rosberg slumped to
fourth off the start-line, which is where he ultimately finished, having
started on pole. He was then later hit with a five-second time penalty for an
overzealous pass on Max Verstappen.
It means Hamilton heads
into the summer break with a 19-point lead over title rival Rosberg – a
remarkable turnaround considering the three-time world champion was 43-points
adrift of his team-mate at one stage.
Germany Grand Prix result
2 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Red Bull 1:30:51.196,
3 Max Verstappen (Ned) Red Bull 1:30:57.613,
4 Nico Rosberg (Ger) Mercedes GP 1:31:00.045,
5 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Ferrari 1:31:16.770,
6 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 1:31:21.223,
7 Nico Hulkenberg (Ger) Force India 1:31:54.249,
8 Jenson Button (Gbr) McLaren at 1 Lap,
9 Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Williams at 1 Lap,
10 Sergio Perez (Mex) Force India at 1 Lap,
11 Esteban Gutierrez (Mex) Haas F1 at 1 Lap,
12 Fernando Alonso (Spa) McLaren at 1 Lap,
13 Romain Grosjean (Fra) Haas F1 at 1 Lap,
14 Carlos Sainz (Spa) Scuderia Toro Rosso at 1 Lap,
15 Daniil Kvyat (Rus) Scuderia Toro Rosso at 1 Lap,
16 Kevin Magnussen (Den) Renault at 1 Lap,
17 Pascal Wehrlein (Ger) Manor Racing at 2 laps,
18 Marcus Ericsson (Swe) Sauber-Ferrari at 2 laps,
19 Jolyon Palmer (Gbr) Renault at 2 laps,
20 Rio Haryanto (Ina) Manor Racing at 2 laps
Not Classified: 21
Felipe Nasr (Bra) Sauber-Ferrari 57 Laps completed, 22 Felipe Massa (Bra)
Williams 36 Laps completed
World Championship Standings after German Grand
Prix
Drivers: 1 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) Mercedes GP 217pts,
2 Nico Rosberg (Ger) Mercedes GP 198,
3 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Red Bull 133,
4 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 122,
5 Sebastian Vettel (Ger)
Ferrari 120,
6 Max Verstappen (Ned) Red Bull 115,
7 Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Williams 58,
8 Sergio Perez (Mex) Force India 48,
9 Felipe Massa (Bra) Williams 38,
10 Nico Hulkenberg (Ger) Force India 33,
11 Carlos Sainz (Spa) Scuderia Toro Rosso 30,
12 Romain Grosjean (Fra) Haas F1 28,
13 Fernando Alonso (Spa) McLaren 24,
14 Daniil Kvyat (Rus) Scuderia Toro Rosso 23,
15 Jenson Button (Gbr) McLaren 17,
16 Kevin Magnussen (Den) Renault 6,
17 Pascal Wehrlein (Ger) Manor Racing 1,
18 Stoffel Vandoorne (Bel) McLaren 1,
19 Esteban Gutierrez (Mex) Haas F1 0,
20 Jolyon Palmer (Gbr)
Renault 0,
21 Marcus Ericsson (Swe)
Sauber-Ferrari 0,
22 Felipe Nasr (Bra) Sauber-Ferrari 0,
23 Rio Haryanto (Ina) Manor Racing 0
Manufacturers:
1 Mercedes GP 415pts,
2 Red Bull 256,
3 Ferrari 242,
4 Williams 96,
5 Force India 81,
6 Scuderia Toro Rosso
45,
7 McLaren 42,
8 Haas F1 28,
9 Renault 6,
10 Manor Racing 1,
11 Sauber-Ferrari 0
Hamilton said after the
race: ‘Today I didn’t make any mistakes, so in my heart I am happy with what I
did today. I came to do a job.
‘Yesterday wasn’t
perfect but you learn from those things, and today was a real show of looking at
the glass half-full.’
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