There was massive drama as the heavens opened and several drivers were caught out. The first high-profile casualty was Daniel Ricciardo with a mechanical issue. But he had retired way earlier. So the talk of the town was Sebastian Vettel who crashed out of the lead. As a result, Lewis Hamilton inherited the lead of the race and championship. Here is how Twitter reacted.
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Vettel‘s team radio sounded like he has was close to tears. I‘m so fucking sad
Radio message from a tearing-up Vettel after the crash: "F**** sake. F**** sake. Sorry guys. S***." #F1
Gutted for Vettel, but grazie ragazzi for the rain. #F1
First wet weather race Vettel leads he puts it in the wall. How many in a row did Hamilton win? There's no question at all who you want in the car in these conditions
Vettel fans right now:
Vettel needs to practice his parking 🤷♂️ #GermanGP
In need of a Vettel fan group hug
Vettel is out, why are they not allowed to race?
@CroftyF1 Vettel lost end plate play a part in his crash?
Vettel had fresher tyres and Kimi had to pit anyway. He was on two-stop strategy Bottas had fresher tyres, clearly faster and was told to stay behind Hamilton Notice the difference
Ferrari literally used team orders this race already ???
https://twitter.com/PauloRicaPrata/status/1021042260362842112
Using the app on iOS. Got better during the race. Except for that Vettel incident... 😥
Ferrari will kick themselves over their slow decision-making regarding Raikkonen and Vettel. @MercedesAMGF1, they won't care a jot #GermanGP
Vettel ran alone and lost
Yeah maybe trying to play safe. Good race though! Vettel fucked up.
https://twitter.com/Scott28426193/status/1021044582841241600
#GermanGP @LewisHamilton has to go down as one of the best drivers with shumi!!! Incredible win from 14th and this coming from a @f1_vettel and @ScuderiaFerrari fan
Everything would be ok if Vettel didnt crash tho :D :D Fanboyzzzzz
Y'all would crucify Hamilton as smug and arrogant if he said what Vettel said at silverstone. Suck it, Ferrari! 🖕 #GermanGP
merc with a perfect strategy too tbh, read the weather flawlessly and called for a pit stop at exactly the right time to discount it. like he lost 1 place and 0 seconds to vettel after about 10 laps on the ultras or something silly
Well championship is over, now Lewis Will have more than vettel, good I didn't pay for the streaming pass