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From press release
Bouncing back from his first retirement of the season in Silverstone, German Nico Rosberg took a dominant home victory in Hockenheim.
Rosberg started from pole and led all the way to the checkered flag to score his fourth win of the season.
His Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton recovered from the qualifying accident that left him 20th on the starting grid to claim the last step of the podium behind Williams' Valtteri Bottas, making it an all Mercedes top 3.
Everybody expected the Bracley based team to struggle without the "Fric" suspensions, but Hockenheim proved the W05 is still the best car on the grid.
"Before the race I was worried that without the Fric system the gap in the race would be smaller," said Rosberg. "But we were again the quickest out there"
"I can't be too ecstatic about the race because it has been a tough weekend for me," added Hamilton.
"I've ultimately lost more points to Nico in the championship battle. But I'm grateful that I could limit the damage with a podium finish.
"When you are sitting on the grid basically in last place, with no other cars in your mirrors, it's very hard to imagine that you could be standing up there two hours later."
Race results* - German Grand Prix (round 10 of 19)
1 - Nico Rosberg (Mercedes W05) - 67 laps 1.33'42"914
2 - Valtteri Bottas (Williams FW36-Mercedes) - 20"789
3 - Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes W05) - 22"530
4 - Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull RB10-Renault) - 44"014
5 - Fernando Alonso (Ferrari F14-T) - 52"467
6 - Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull RB10-Renault) - 52"549
7 - Nico Hulkenberg (Force India VJM07-Mercedes) - 1'04"178
8 - Jenson Button (McLaren MP4/29-Mercedes) - 1'24"711
9 - Kevin Magnussen (McLaren MP4/29-Mercedes) - 1 lap
10 - Sergio Perez (Force India VJM07-Mercedes) - 1 lap
11 - Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari F14-T) - 1 lap
12 - Pastor Maldonado (Lotus E22-Renault) - 1 lap
13 - Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso STR9-Renault) - 1 lap
14 - Esteban Gutierrez (Sauber C33-Ferrari) - 1 lap
15 - Jules Bianchi (Marussia MR03-Ferrari) - 1 lap
16 - Kamui Kobayashi (Caterham CT05-Renault) - 2 laps
17 - Max Chilton (Marussia MR03-Ferrari) - 2 laps
18 - Marcus Ericsson (Caterham CT05-Renault) - 2 laps
Fastest lap of the race: 1'19"908 by Lewis Hamilton
Retirements
Adrian Sutil
Daniil Kvyat
Romain Grosjean
Felipe Massa
Drivers' championship
1.Rosberg 190; 2.Hamilton 176; 3.Ricciardo 106; 4.Alonso 97; 5.Bottas 91; 6.Vettel 82; 7.Hulkenberg 69; 8.Button 59; 9.Magnussen 37; 10.Massa 30; 11.Perez 29; 12.Raikkonen 19; 13.Vergne 9; 14.Grosjean 8; 15.Kvyat 6; 16.Bianchi 2.
Constructors' championship
1.Mercedes 366; 2.Red Bull-Renault 188; 3.Williams-Mercedes 121; 4.Ferrari 116; 5.Force India-Mercedes 98; 6.McLaren-Mercedes 96; 7.Toro Rosso-Renault 15; 8.Lotus-Renault 8; 9.Marussia-Ferrari 2.
*Unofficial results
Bouncing back from his first retirement of the season in Silverstone, German Nico Rosberg took a dominant home victory in Hockenheim.
Rosberg started from pole and led all the way to the checkered flag to score his fourth win of the season.
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| Nico Rosberg (Photo: Mercedes AMG F1 Team) |
His Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton recovered from the qualifying accident that left him 20th on the starting grid to claim the last step of the podium behind Williams' Valtteri Bottas, making it an all Mercedes top 3.
Everybody expected the Bracley based team to struggle without the "Fric" suspensions, but Hockenheim proved the W05 is still the best car on the grid.
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| Celebrations after a double podium for Mercedes (Photo: Mercedes AMG F1 Team) |
"Before the race I was worried that without the Fric system the gap in the race would be smaller," said Rosberg. "But we were again the quickest out there"
"I can't be too ecstatic about the race because it has been a tough weekend for me," added Hamilton.
"I've ultimately lost more points to Nico in the championship battle. But I'm grateful that I could limit the damage with a podium finish.
"When you are sitting on the grid basically in last place, with no other cars in your mirrors, it's very hard to imagine that you could be standing up there two hours later."
Race results* - German Grand Prix (round 10 of 19)
1 - Nico Rosberg (Mercedes W05) - 67 laps 1.33'42"914
2 - Valtteri Bottas (Williams FW36-Mercedes) - 20"789
3 - Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes W05) - 22"530
4 - Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull RB10-Renault) - 44"014
5 - Fernando Alonso (Ferrari F14-T) - 52"467
6 - Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull RB10-Renault) - 52"549
7 - Nico Hulkenberg (Force India VJM07-Mercedes) - 1'04"178
8 - Jenson Button (McLaren MP4/29-Mercedes) - 1'24"711
9 - Kevin Magnussen (McLaren MP4/29-Mercedes) - 1 lap
10 - Sergio Perez (Force India VJM07-Mercedes) - 1 lap
11 - Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari F14-T) - 1 lap
12 - Pastor Maldonado (Lotus E22-Renault) - 1 lap
13 - Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso STR9-Renault) - 1 lap
14 - Esteban Gutierrez (Sauber C33-Ferrari) - 1 lap
15 - Jules Bianchi (Marussia MR03-Ferrari) - 1 lap
16 - Kamui Kobayashi (Caterham CT05-Renault) - 2 laps
17 - Max Chilton (Marussia MR03-Ferrari) - 2 laps
18 - Marcus Ericsson (Caterham CT05-Renault) - 2 laps
Fastest lap of the race: 1'19"908 by Lewis Hamilton
Retirements
Adrian Sutil
Daniil Kvyat
Romain Grosjean
Felipe Massa
Drivers' championship
1.Rosberg 190; 2.Hamilton 176; 3.Ricciardo 106; 4.Alonso 97; 5.Bottas 91; 6.Vettel 82; 7.Hulkenberg 69; 8.Button 59; 9.Magnussen 37; 10.Massa 30; 11.Perez 29; 12.Raikkonen 19; 13.Vergne 9; 14.Grosjean 8; 15.Kvyat 6; 16.Bianchi 2.
Constructors' championship
1.Mercedes 366; 2.Red Bull-Renault 188; 3.Williams-Mercedes 121; 4.Ferrari 116; 5.Force India-Mercedes 98; 6.McLaren-Mercedes 96; 7.Toro Rosso-Renault 15; 8.Lotus-Renault 8; 9.Marussia-Ferrari 2.
*Unofficial results