07:49 – German GP: Hamilton wants revenge at Vettel

A victory to repair the outrage: Lewis Hamilton, who has just extended at Mercedes, must absolutely win Sunday the German Grand Prix, on the lands of his rival Sebastian Vettel … which prevailed at home to Silverstone.

The British signed Thursday a new contract that binds him for two more seasons with his stable, until the end of 2020. It should touch more than 45 million euros a year.

"The pbadion of the competition that burns in me is shared by all members of this group, "said the 33-year-old driver, winner of three world titles and 44 GP since he joined the brand in 2013 in the star, in from McLaren

Vexed to have been beaten in front of his fans 15 days ago, Hamilton has no right to make mistakes in Hockenheim, where he also has great memories.

Advanced eight points overall in the Ferrari driver, the titleholder remembers that after ten races, the German had one more than him.

Vettel leads four victories for three at the moment in 2018. He may have been born about forty kilometers from the circuit of Baden-Württemberg , but he has never won, unlike Hamilton, winner in 2008 and 2016.

The shock between the two quadruple world champions is highly anticipated, especially by the organizers who hope to see the public return in numbers after several difficult editions at the level of affluence

– More British than German –

The German race is back on the calendar after being absent in 2017 and should disappear again next year.

A third zone of DRS has been added to facilitate overtaking, as it is gradually becoming the norm this season.

The Red Bulls of Australian Daniel Ricciardo and Dutchman Max Verstappen should a priori make the figura In the battle for victory, given the characteristics of the route.

"Going to Hockenheim is always like going home: it's only a 90-minute drive from Daimler's headquarters in Stuttgart. ", says Toto Wolff, the Austrian boss of Mercedes. A German team but with a more British than Germanic structure, in its bases of Brackley (chbadis) and Brixworth (engines).

After three years of almost absolute monopoly between 2014 and 2016, at the beginning of the V6 era hybrid, Mercedes finally seems to have made the idea that the Scuderia has once again become a formidable candidate for titles, thanks in particular to an engine that has become almost as powerful.

The "back to back to back" which saw the F1 circus perform three straight weekends in France, Austria and the UK, did not really smile, which translates into a delay of twenty units in the manufacturers' standings.

– The rain in qualifying? –

"We did not score as many points as we hoped for in these three successive races, largely because of our own mistakes," says Wolff. "However there is a glimmer of hope since we had the fastest car," he says.

There is still no fire in the Brackley stable. Its leaders consider they still have the upper hand with regard to the development of the car during the season.

Their proverbial reliability is also an badet that they see as decisive when the time comes. But this postulate only holds if the misadventure experienced in Austria three weeks ago (double abandonment) is not repeated.

And above all, it badumes that Ferrari will not be able to quickly produce a new aerodynamic update and mechanics as effective as the one revealed in the United Kingdom by the mark to the star.

The qualifications, which are likely to unfold in the rain Saturday, will be crucial again. Since 1987, only three successes have been achieved at Hockenheim by a driver who had not been on the front line.

Ferrari was close to clinching pole position at Silverstone, a sign of its immense progress on the race track. predilection of Mercedes

Before approaching Hungary next week, supposedly in favor of the Italian team, Hamilton knows what remains to be done