2016 German Grand Prix Review

Review of the twelfth round of the 2016 F1 season held at the Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, in South-West Germany, for the German Grand Prix.

Overall, a dominating race weekend for Mercedes, dominating in practice, dominating in qualifying, and most importantly dominating in the race for Mercedes driver and current Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton. Nico Rosberg on pole for Sunday's race, the race was once again decided by the first corner of the first lap of the race with Hamilton overtaking Rosberg in a lightning start to the first corner where Hamilton took the lead and stayed there and dominated the race to conclude with this seasons German Grand Prix for Hamilton's sixth race win of the season.



While, Daniel Ricciardo finished in second place in the Red Bull, Ricciardo was seven seconds behind Hamilton at the end.

Meanwhile, Max Verstappen finished in third place in the other Red Bull to complete the podium, Verstappen was thirteen seconds behind Hamilton at the end of the sixty-seven lap race.

with Lewis Hamilton's win in Germany and Nico Rosberg only managing a fourth place finish at Hockenheim, Lewis Hamilton has now improve his lead of the F1 driver championship from six points to nineteen points ahead of team-mate Nico Rosberg with nine races to go.

Rate the Teams and Drivers

Mercedes - 8
Lewis Hamilton - 9 (race win)
Nico Rosberg - 7 (pole and finished fourth)

Ferrari - 7
Sebastian Vettel - 7 (finished fifth)
Kimi Räikkönen - 7 (finished sixth)

Williams - 5
Valtteri Bottas - 6 (finished ninth, lap down)
Felipe Massa - 5 (DNF, Suspension)

Red Bull Racing - 8
Daniel Ricciardo - 9 (finished second and fastest lap)
Max Verstappen - 8 (finished third)

Force India - 8
Nico Hülkenberg - 9 (finished seventh)
Sergio Pérez - 7 (finished tenth, lap down)

Renault - 4
Kevin Magnussen - 5 (finished sixteenth, lap down)
Jolyon Palmer - 4 (finished nineteenth, two laps down)

Toro Rosso - 5
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 6 (finished fourteenth, lap down)
Daniil Kvyat - 5 (finished fifteenth, lap down)

Sauber - 4
Marcus Ericsson - 5 (finished seventeenth, two laps down)
Felipe Nasr - 4 (DNF, Power unit)

McLaren - 7
Fernando Alonso - 6 (finished twelfth, lap down)
Jenson Button - 8 (finished eighth, lap down)

Manor - 5
Rio Haryanto - 4 (finished twentieth, two laps down)
Pascal Wehrlein - 6 (finished seventeenth, two laps down)

Haas - 6
Romain Grosjean - 6 (finished thirteenth, lap down)
Esteban Gutiérrez - 7 (finished eleventh, lap down)


Next stop Spa-Francorchamps for the Belgian Grand Prix in four weeks time.