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As well as that, its a little more watchable, rather than having 2 cars way out in front. Some Mercedes problems will definately make for a more interesting race.Originally Posted by Rachel Divine
Hopefully
Sorry, not being mean, just a bit fed up with this Lewis vs Nico at the top ..
Rain affected the qualifying for the British Grand Prix.
Nico Rosberg is on pole.
Lewis Hamilton is sixth, because he did not complete a final lap believing he had done enough to secure pole, but the track dried and became faster, so he lost out.
Race Tomorrow (Sunday) 13:00
Starting Grid
1. 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes
2. 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault
3. 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes
4. 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes
5. 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes
6. 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
7. 11 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes
8. 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault
9. 26 Daniil Kvyat STR-Renault
10. 25 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Renault
11. 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault
12. 17 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari
13. 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault
14. 99 Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari
15. 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes
16. 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes
17. 14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari
18. 4 Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari
19. 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
20. 9 Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault
21. 10 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault
22. 21 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari
Gutierrez qualified 14th, but is dropped 10 places for unsafe release at previous race; Chilton qualified 13th, dropped 5 for unscheduled gearbox change.
Ericsson, Kobayashi fail to meet Q1 107% requirement – in theory, race at stewards' discretion, in reality, will race.
After 37 of 52 laps
Nico Rosberg retired, gearbox problem
Lewis Hamilton leads
Fernando Alonso driving well, despite 5 second penalty.
1 Great Britain L Hamilton Mercedes
2 Finland V Bottas Williams
3 Australia D Ricciardo Red Bull
4 Great Britain J Button McLaren
5 Spain F Alonso Ferrari
6 Germany S Vettel Red Bull
7 Denmark K Magnussen McLaren
8 Germany N Hulkenberg Force India
9 Russia D Kvyat Toro Rosso
10 France R Grosjean Lotus
11 France J Vergne Toro Rosso
12 Germany A Sutil Sauber
13 Mexico S Perez Force India
14 Venezuela P Maldonado Lotus
15 France J Bianchi Marussia
16 Japan K Kobayashi Caterham
17 Great Britain M Chilton Marussia
18 Germany N Rosberg (ret.) Mercedes
19 Sweden M Ericsson (ret.) Caterham
20 Mexico E Gutierrez (ret.) Sauber
21 Brazil F Massa (ret.) Williams
22 Finland K Raikkonen (ret.) Ferrari
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Lewis Hamilton wins the British Grand Prix. Now just four points behind Nico Rosberg.
Valtteri Bottas second for Williams
1 L Hamilton Mercedes
2 V Bottas Williams
3 D Ricciardo Red Bull
4 J Button McLaren
5 S Vettel Red Bull
6 F Alonso Ferrari
7 K Magnussen McLaren
8 N Hulkenberg Force India
9 D Kvyat Toro Rosso
10 J Vergne Toro Rosso
11 S Perez Force India
12 R Grosjean Lotus
13 A Sutil Sauber
14 J Bianchi Marussia
15 K Kobayashi Caterham
16 M Chilton Marussia
17 P Maldonado (ret.) Lotus
18 N Rosberg (ret.) Mercedes
19 M Ericsson (ret.) Caterham
20 E Gutierrez (ret.) Sauber
21 F Massa (ret.) Williams
22 K Raikkonen (ret.) Ferrari
Standings after British Grand Prix
1 N Rosberg Mercedes 165
2 L Hamilton Mercedes 161
3 D Ricciardo Red Bull 98
4 F Alonso Ferrari 87
5 V Bottas Williams 73
6 S Vettel Red Bull 70
7 N Hulkenberg Force India 63
8 J Button McLaren 55
9 K Magnussen McLaren 35
10 F Massa Williams 30
11 S Perez Force India 28
12 K Raikkonen Ferrari 19
13 J Vergne Toro Rosso 9
14 R Grosjean Lotus 8
15 D Kvyat Toro Rosso 6
16 J Bianchi Marussia 2
17 A Sutil Sauber 0
18 M Ericsson Caterham 0
19 P Maldonado Lotus 0
20 E Gutierrez Sauber 0
21 M Chilton Marussia 0
22 K Kobayashi Caterham 0
World Cup over, Wimbledon over, back to all things petrol-head.
The German Grand Prix, Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg, this weekend.
Practice 1 Fri 09:00
Practice 2 Fri 13:00
Practice 3 Sat 10:00
Qualifying Sat 13:00
Race Sun 13:00
The Hockenheimring biennially hosts the German Grand Prix. (Alternates with the Nürburgring in Nürburg.)
It is in the Rhine valley and is almost completely flat, with very little change in elevation.
It is the 10th of 19 races
Fastest Lap 1:13.780 Kimi Räikkönen for McLaren in 2004
67 laps x 4.574 km 2.842 miles
Race distance: 306.458 km 190.424miles
Top speed: 326 kmph 202 mph
In 2012, the last time the race was held at Hockenheim, Fernando Alonso won the race from pole position for Ferrari.
The 2013 German Grand Prix, held at the Nürburgring, was won by Sebastian Vettel for Red Bull, from second position on the grid.
Sebastian Vettel says Formula 1 can be 'very cruel'
Vettel, was speaking in an interview to be broadcast on BBC One.
Sebastian Vettel has won the last four titles, but heads into his home race this weekend sixth in the championship and without a victory.
"It's been a tough start, a rough season so far."
"F1 can be fantastic, as I have experience of, but it can be very cruel in retiring from problems. You rely on your car. It is part of the game."
“Mercedes are in a position to win every race if they want to, so it will be difficult to beat them”
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Unfortunately Germany will all be decided on qualifying and car reliability. Just hope this weekend both Merc's have problems, we might have a race worth watching at least.
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It isn't cruel having your arse handed to you by your team mate though
Final practice results before qualifying.
1) Rosberg
2) Hamilton
3) Alonso
4) Massa
5) Bottas
6) Magnussen
7) Ricciardo
8) Raikkonen
9) Vettel
10) Hulkenberg
11) Kvyat
12) Vergne
13) Button
14) Perez
15) Gutierrez
16) Grosjean
17) Bianchi
18) Maldonado
19) Sutil
20) Kobayashi
21) Ericsson
22) Chilton
Only three times since 1987, at Hockenheim, has the winner come from lower down the grid than the front row.
Eddie Irvine won from fifth in 1999.
Rubens Barrichello won from 18th in 2000.
Fernando Alonso won from third in 2005.
So qualifying at 13:00 today is important.
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