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Hochheim am Main – Less than two weeks after an acrimonious
after Hamilton Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton will be this weekend
wreck Sebastian Vettel's return to at Hockenheim, just as the German ruined his
own carnival at Silverstone.
As the Formula One World Championship heads midway
mark and a quivering rivalry shows suspicion of overflow, championship leader
Vettel has a chance of getting another blow for Ferrari like Hamilton
The Mercedes team, also at home, is trying to regain their consistency.
Vettel leads Hamilton by eight points after his Britons
triumph and would love dearly another success, in front of his family, his friends
and fans, to make sure he's heading to the summer holidays in Europe with a clear
advantage.
That would also give satisfaction to the Ferrari team leader
Maurizio Arrivabene who, after the British race, said that Mercedes should
I was ashamed of the remarks made about Ferrari.
The technical director of Mercedes James Allison was quoted as
suggesting that accidents of opening towers in France and Britain, which had seen
Ferrari cars collide with Mercedes, could be explained only as "deliberate
or incompetent. "
A little more was said once the dust had settled and defended
four-time champion Hamilton had described his own explosion after Kimi
Raikkonen was crushed against him, as "silly".
But this brief war of words signaled tensions between
two teams and their drivers while they fight for points and initiative in this
yo-yo title race of the year.
While Vettel, born in Heppenheim, never
won at Hockenheim and only once in Germany – at Nurburgring – while
Hamilton won on the circuit of Baden-Württemberg in 2016 and is looking for his fourth
German triumph as a whole.
After some unexpected unexpected performances recently
races, Mercedes needs to bounce back.
"Going to Hockenheim always has the impression of coming
"Said team leader Toto Wolff.
"It's only about a 90-minute drive from Daimler
headquarters in Stuttgart.
"We will fight not only to make a good show
our friends and fans to Hockenheim, but also get the result that they will
Hoping. "
Wolff was a figure shot at Silverstone after Ferrari
defeated to victory, but has since reviewed the entire Mercedes in the
triple unprecedented headline racing in France, Austria and Great Britain.
"We did not score as many points in the triple-header as
we had hoped, "he said.
" A lot of that was due to our own mistakes. however,
there is a silver lining to that.
"Although we did not maximize on the points, we brought the
fastest car at all three races. "
He added that Mercedes had a" decent first
half "as they head for the 11th race of the 21 race schedule, but
"left points on the table and had to do the damage limitation more often than
we wanted. "
As Wolff rallied his team, Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull
suggested that they no longer enjoy the supremacy of previous seasons and
seemed vulnerable.
"They are not as dominant as they were the last ones
a few years, "said the driver of the Red Bull
" This would inevitably start to
some point. I still think that they are the most difficult package to beat on the
grid, but for sure, they showed signs of weakness in some areas.
"Compared to what they've been, they look vulnerable,
but in the grand scheme of things, they are a strong team and hard to
beat. "
The Australian and his teammate Red Bull Max Verstappen may
emerge as challengers on the modern ring Hockenheim – no longer the broadband
power track after a revision in 2002.
But it is expected that Vettel, back on the circuit where he
saw his first F1 race as a boy, will be demolished with Hamilton as both
Champions four times lock the horns again.
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