Lewis Hamilton extended his championship
lead to 19 points heading into the summer break with dominant victory in
Germany, as team mate Nico Rosberg was beaten into fourth place by the Red
Bulls of Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen.
He may have lost out on pole
position, but from the moment the lights went out at the start Hamilton was in
complete command at Hockenheim. As polesitter Nico Rosberg was slow away,
Hamilton went straight into the lead as the German also fell behind the Red
Bulls of Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo, the Dutchman going round the
outside of his Team mate in Turn 1 to claim second.
Under Pressure, Rosberg clung to
fourth place, just fending off the Ferraris of Sebastian Vettel and Kimi
Raikkonen. It was soon clear that this was Hamilton race to lose, but his pit
stops went perfectly and he never lost the head. Hamilton now has 217 points to
Rosberg 198 with Ricciardo keeping third place with 133 from Raikkonen on 122,
Vettel on 120 and Verstappen on 115.
In the constructor stakes, Mercedes
increase their lead with 415 points as Red Bull overtakes Ferrari 256 to 242. Williams
have 96, Force India 80, Toro Rosso 45 and McLaren 42.
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