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Lewis Hamilton
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Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton stormed to a sixth win in seven races to have a 19 point advantage over his title rival and teammate Nico Rosberg at Hockenheim in the German Grand Prix.
Hamilton shot into the lead at the start from second on the grid as Rosberg slipped to fourth, due to excess wheel spin at the start.
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Rosberg was penalised for forcing Red Bull’s Max Verstappen off the track. Eventually, the German finished fourth after a difficult afternoon.
The German finished behind Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo and Verstappen after being unable to make up the lost time.
Hamilton dominated the race right from the first lap building a healthy gap ahead of the two Red Bulls. In seven races, Hamilton has turned his season around, moving from a 43-point deficit to Rosberg after five races to his current advantage of just six points short of an entire win. This was his fourth consecutive victory.
Watch how the twitter reacted after the Brit’s superb performance.
BREAKING: @LewisHamilton wins the #GermanGP ahead of @danielricciardo (P2) and @Max33Verstappen (P3) pic.twitter.com/fmrLrVJ4DY
— Formula 1 (@F1) July 31, 2016
IN PICS: @LewisHamilton celebrates after winning the #GermanGP pic.twitter.com/Ebekb4HP6E
— TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) July 31, 2016
VES ON ROS incident
"I had to go off the track otherwise we would have crashed"
"Lewis knows…" #GermanGP https://t.co/Z5gdETKwiu
— Formula 1 (@F1) July 31, 2016
UPDATED DRIVERS' STANDINGS
19 pts between P1 and P2
18 pts between P3 and P6#GermanGP 🇩🇪 pic.twitter.com/Yl8RtBOdSo
— Formula 1 (@F1) July 31, 2016
ROS (on VES incident): "I thought it was a good battle… & I was very surprised (to be penalised)" #GermanGP 🇩🇪 #F1 pic.twitter.com/ZLg6ariF4G
— Formula 1 (@F1) July 31, 2016
What's the obvious way to celebrate a podium in your 100th GP?
Champagne out of a shoe, of course
🍾 👟 😆#GermanGP pic.twitter.com/O4PQ1PJ5Oc
— Formula 1 (@F1) July 31, 2016
ROS: "Really tough one today… (the start) completely went wrong – a lot of wheel spin" #GermanGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/NmYqvQ9ga5
— Formula 1 (@F1) July 31, 2016
MOST #F1 WINS, ALL-TIME 🏁 🏆 💪@LewisHamilton is now just two behind the great @Prost_official #GermanGP pic.twitter.com/HLkqsc2zBI
— Formula 1 (@F1) July 31, 2016
HAM: "What a great start! My engineer did a great job – the balance was amazing" #GermanGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/wDBSKInWaA
— Formula 1 (@F1) July 31, 2016
LAUDA (on decision to penalise ROS): "Honestly, I think it was ok. He went too wide" #GermanGP 🇩🇪 #F1 pic.twitter.com/Xlqi6cDqq5
— Formula 1 (@F1) July 31, 2016
Amazingly Toto just told me that Rosberg's stop was an extra few seconds too slow because of a "stopwatch issue"!!
— Karun Chandhok (@karunchandhok) July 31, 2016
.@nico_rosberg finishes fourth and is now 19 points adrift of @LewisHamilton in standings. More here: https://t.co/aygNhaFT4o #SSNHQ
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) July 31, 2016
Controversial!
It's a 5-second time penalty for Nico Rosberg…
Text & @5liveSport https://t.co/irXxJpgjge tex pic.twitter.com/CwgIr0DPZ6
— BBCF1 (@bbcf1) July 31, 2016
Rosberg didn't even turn in till he was metres past the apex.. clear penalty.
— Benjamin (@Tiametmarduk) July 31, 2016
Shoey! 😂 @danielricciardo Australian level: Expert 👌🏆🇩🇪 #GermanGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/UVUwsCHQV7
— Aston Martin Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) July 31, 2016
Gotta love it !! @RHaryantoracing at the top of the Speed Trap table ! @ManorRacing #F1 #GermanGP 🇩🇪 pic.twitter.com/SQ0LLheGmK
— F1 GPGuide (@GPGuide) July 31, 2016
5 second time penalty for @nico_rosberg 😏🇩🇪 #GermanGP pic.twitter.com/rp7DltyPHD
— Elliot Horwood #44 (@ElliotHorwoodF1) July 31, 2016
