Formula 1 in the live ticker: Vettel has a good chance of winning at home in Hockenheim

The Grand Prix of Germany in Formula 1 is after today's race at the Hockenheimring for history. Sebastian Vettel starts from pole position and has the best chance to win a home win. At Mercedes, there is an alarm after the dramatic drama of Lewis Hamilton. The Briton starts from the 14th and faces the next big race. The race in the live ticker.

GP of Germany (15.10)

Starting grid: 1. Vettel 2. Bottas 3. Räikkönen 4. Verstappen 5. Magnussen 6. Grosjean 7. Hülkenberg 8. Sainz 9. Leclerc 10. Perez 11 Alonso 12. Sirotkin 13th Ericsson 14th Hamilton 15th Ocon 16th Gasly 17th Hartley 18th Drive 19th Vandoorne 20th Ricciardo

12:57 pm: This will be the last Formula 1 race in Germany at the moment. One more reason for Sebastian Vettel to finish his time without a win at Hockenheimring. Heppenheimer, 31, started in his Ferrari from pole position at the German Grand Prix this Sunday (3:10 pm / RTL).

His biggest rival is far off: Lewis Hamilton should start from 14th place in the Vettel home race after a hydraulic failure on his Mercedes in qualifying.

Vettel's departure

He can run only initially lose – unless something extraordinary happens. In the race, the Ferrari is usually even faster, said Vettel after his brilliant pole lap ahead of the Finns Valtteri Bottas at Mercedes and Kimi Raikkonen in the second car of the Scuderia.

The second row of the grid completes Red Bull's Max Verstappen and that is why there was a lot of explosiveness: In France, Vettel and Bottas started, in England, Räikkönen defeated Hamilton .

Hamilton catches up

Hamilton raved Hockenheim of his catch-up in his home race two weeks ago at Silverstone. After falling far behind in the first place, Hamilton literally shot his silver arrow across the field to finish second.

He must now catch up. It will start in the third third, where it is particularly close at the start. "I'm going to try everything, but on this track it's hard to double," said Hamilton.

Farewell to Hockenheimring

It does not continue with Formula 1 in Germany. The contract of the premier category of motorsport with the Hockenheimring is the history of the race. There is no new one.

Instead, a lot of question marks and a lot of sadness, especially at Vettel, who wants to make at least a small bonus to the preservation of Formula 1 in Germany with a win. If he wins, he could use the chance for a small plea on the podium.

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