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It was until the rain showers swept the German circuit late and turn the events on their head. On the slippery track, Vettel slid into the barriers on the 52nd lap, allowing rival Lewis Hamilton – who had started a distant 14th after his qualifying heats – to take full advantage of Mercedes' brilliant strategy to take the lead, take the win and recover the advantage in the title race.
A post-race survey followed, but on the weekend he signed a new two-year contract with Mercedes, the world champion should not be denied.
who had never previously won from outside the top six on the grid, led home teammate Valtteri Bottas to give the Silver Arrows their first one-two home. In doing so, Hamilton tied Michael Schumacher's record of four GP wins in Germany, while the former seven-team Ferrari had to settle for third place for Kimi Raikkonen.
Max Verstappen brought back his Red Bull in P4 However, Nico Hulkenberg took fifth place in front of his home fans.
Romain Grosjean de Haas allowed Sergio Perez of Force India to take sixth place on the last lap with the Mexicans. his team-mate Esteban Ocon, Marcus Ericsson of Sauber and Brendon Hartley of Toro Rosso – who had all been out of the points before the rain came – completing the top ten scorers.
How the race went …
Vettel did Behind them, Bottas, Raikkonen and Verstappen were not wrong. Behind them, fears of uninterrupted contact proved unfounded as the pack raced cleanly, Hamilton starting to roll on soft tires, dropping a spot. at first, before rebroadcast Sergey Sirotkin's Williams in the stadium section.
While Vettel held Bottas at arm's length in front, Hamilton continued his ascent. On lap 11, the Briton had climbed to P6, but by that time he was within 25s of leader Vettel and his chances of stepping on the podium were slim
Ferrari was the first to show his hand of victory. a tactical point of view. Raikkonen went from ultra-soft to tender tires at the end of the 15th lap. The Finn returned to Hamilton in P4, but after Vettel, Bottas and Verstappen had more than 10 laps to go, Raikkonen won. [19659002EntrecesévénementsDanielRicciardo-quiavaitdébutéaudernierrangdelagrilleaprèsqueRedBullaitchoisidechangerplusieursélémentsdesongroupe-s'estarrêtéaprèss'êtreplaintde'perdrelepouvoir'Àcestadel'Australienmalchanceuxquiavaitdébutéavecdespneusmoyensets'estretirédequatredes11coursesen2018s'étaitfrayéuncheminparmilesdixpremiers
Raikkonen continued to lead ahead of Vettel, but with the latter Complaining that his tires, much cooler than those of his team – mate, were beginning to suffer in the wake of the Finn, Ferrari soon ordered the 2007 world champion to pbad and let the leader of the 2018 world championship pbad.
at the end of round 42 of 67, Mercedes finally called Hamilton after a huge opening relay. The Brit was replaced by the fastest high-speed tires, his team telling him that they represented his best chance to take the lead – how just they were …
In the first two rounds the first drops of rain began to fall. Turn 6 hairpin. Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, Fernando Alonso and Pierre Gasly all bet that the weather would hastily worsen, the first of three for the middlemen, the second for the full ones.
In reality, a major downpour did not occur and the four In case of slips, Leclerc was lucky to survive a 360-degree turn of the first corner and another turn out of the corner. Turn 3, which deprived him of points.
The drivers were fighting for grip, Bottas – now right behind Raikkonen – put a pbad on his compatriot, while Perez was another to spin. But the major drama was to follow as Vettel pulled audible groans from the huge crowd in the stadium section as he undersigned to Sachskurve, his obvious agony in his slap of his helmet and his tearful apology on the radio. ;team. It was the fifth time in his career that he was retiring from a race
With the safety car called to recover Vettel's car, Bottas was called in the stands for the fresh rubber and Raikkonen followed a lap later, while Hamilton made a trip through the grbad to the entrance of the pit that was originally called to do the same thing only to be told at the last minute to stay outside. The commissioners looked into the incident after the race before deciding to issue a reprimand to Hamilton.
All of a sudden, Hamilton led, and after seeing Bottas's challenge to recovery (and then benefited from the quadruple world champion coldly rolled on the remaining laps – during which both Williams retired in retirement to join Ricciardo and McLaren Stoffel Vandoorne – to complete an unlikely win.
Vettel's delay in the championship was converted to a 17-point advantage, while Ferrari's misery was completed as Mercedes recaptured the lead of the constructors race by eight points.
The key quote
Working time! So when it was raining, I knew I would have a good position, but you never knew what it was. that was going to happen after the safety car – the other guys behind had newer tires, but I would say, I'm so grateful for the hard work that the team did. "- Lewis Hamilton
L es statistics that matter
- It was the victory of 44 Lewis Hamilton, and he was driving the car number 44. Fans of numerology will also be interested to know that it was his 125 th career podium and 100 th points for Mercedes.
- The first time that a driver has won a race since P14 since the victory of Fernando Alonso in the Singapore Grand Prix in 2008.
- Hamilton also equales Michael Schumacher's record of four Grand Prix victories. # 39; Germany.
- Mercedes has never known a double In 1965, Valtteri Bottas appeared five times on the podium in 2018 – both in second place.
- Nico Hulkenberg's P5 was his best performance in the German Grand Prix, either at the Nürburgring or in Germany. Hockenheim
- The sixth place of Romain Grosjean scored The first time the French scored points at Hockenheim
- It is now three consecutive races that Force India has brought back both cars in the points
- 10 by Brendon Hartley gave Toro Rosso the first points at Hockenheim in a decade
- The two Williams retired from the race for the first time since the 2015 US Grand Prix.
DHL Fastest Lap
Lewis Hamilton 1m 15.545s (round 66) [19659006
What's next?
There is little time to rest because the F1 paddock is now heading to Budapest for the Hungarian Grand Prix next weekend, July 27-29.
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