Callum
Due to the complexities of journeying to Peru tonight the German GP action will be reviewed on the video below. Posts will return in 4 weeks once I have returned back to the UK. so until then enjoy the Hungarian GP where Lewis Hamilton hopes to re close the gap at the top at one of his strongest circuits. Callum
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Lewis Hamilton reignited his World Championship hopes by taking 25 points out of Nico Rosberg. Exactly 6 years to the day when Lewis Hamilton won the British GP in 2008, the Brit repeated history. After a poor qualifying Lewis Hamilton started 6th but a mega drive saw him climb to 4th by Aintree. The red flag was then bought out for a huge accident where Kimi Raikkonen ran wide over a rain gully and smashed into the barrier along the Wellington Straight with a 47G impact!! The Williams of Felipe Massa tyres to spin to avoid the carnage but only managed to stop a bigger crash as he broke the rear suspension against the Ferrari. It rounded off a terrible 200th GP for Massa. The red flag lasted an hour as the smashed barrier was mended. On the restart Lewis Hamilton got past Kevin Magnussen and Jenson Button and began on his attack of Nico Rosberg. Nico Hulkenberg started to fall backwards through the field as the Silverstone wind ruined Force India's balance. Valtteri Bottas stormed through the field and was soon up to 3rd. But the biggest moment of the race was to come as Nico Rosberg's gearbox failed giving him his first DNF of the year (I called it in Review Preview on my YouTube channel :D). This then left Lewis Hamilton with the win in his reach and was able to cruise to the end. But the racing wasn't over just yet, Jenson Button was ever so close to a Silverstone podium on Pink for Papa day but needed one more lap to pass Daniel Ricciardo who did 37 LAPS on the option tyre!! Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso had a brilliant battle where both made stunning overtakes at Copse but the racing was overshadowed by the whining about track limits which shows the problems in F1 currently. Esterban Gutierrez took revenge on Pastor Maldonado at Club as he sent Pastor Maldonado airborne and taking himself out. Miraculously Pastor Maldonado was able to continue showing that the only positive about Lotus' 2014 car. But it was a stunner of a GP and 2014 hasn't shown us its best yet! 2 weeks to the German GP Nico Rosberg will be desperate to regain lost points on home turf.
1. Lewis Hamilton 2:26:52.0942. Valtteri Bottas3. Daniel Ricciardo4. Jenson Button5.Sebastian Vettel6. Fernando Alonso7. Kevin Magnussen8. Nico Hulkenberg9. Daniil Kvyat10. Jean-Eric Vergne11. Sergio Perez12. Romain Grosjean13. Adrian Sutil14. Jules Bianchi15. Kamui Kobayashi16. Max ChiltonPastor Maldonado DNFNico Rosberg DNFMarcus Ericsson DNFEsterban Gutierrez DNFFelipe Massa DNFKimi Raikkonen DNF Nico Rosberg levelled the pole trophy standings with an incredible pole in an awesome qualifying session at the British GP. It was an incredible session witch in Q1 saw Fernando Alonso, Kimi Raikkonen, Felipe Massa, and Valtteri Bottas drop out with both Caterham not making the 107% rule. The changeable conditions therefore allowed Max Chilton and Jules Bianchi into Q2. Q2 didn't cause any upsets but Esterban Gutierrez slid Ono the wall to join Adrian Sutil on the sidelines after his Q1 spin. Jules Bianchi scored his best ever qualifying with 12th. But in Q3 the British fans got there money's worth with the rain coming in at Stowe it looked like Lewis Hamilton had taken pole and Sebastian Vettel would be 10th with Nico Rosberg 2nd and Sergio Perez 3rd. But Qualifying 2014 style had more to come as the freebie quali tyres went on just in case. The first two sectors were wet so Lewis Hamilton aborted his lap Sergio Perez missed the flag and Sebastian Vettel was 3 seconds off the pace. Then Nico Hulkenberg, Sebastian Vettel then Nico Rosberg went 5 seconds quicker in the final sector with magnificently dried out giving Nico Rosberg pole and left Lewis Hamilton 6th and very embarrassed after a bad call. But the grid will provide an exciting race and Silverstone will not disappoint. Lewis Hamilton can still win but the favourite is Nico Rosberg. Will it be Sebastian Vettel, Jenson Button, or Nico Hulkenberg on the podium? How will Ferrari and Williams bounce back? Watch it live on BBC 1 and Sky F1, lights out at 1:00 UK time. 1. Nico Rosberg 2. Sebastian Vettel 3. Jenson Button 4. Nico Hulkenberg 5. Kevin Magnussen 6. Lewis Hamilton 7. Sergio Perez 8. Daniel Ricciardo 9. Daniil Kvyat 10. Jean-Eric Vergne 11. Romain Grosjean 12. Jules Bianchi 13. Max Chilton 5 PLACE PENALTY TO BE APPLIED 14. Esterban Gutierrez 15. Adrian Sutil 16. Valtteri Bottas 17. Felipe Massa 18. Fernando Alonso 19. Kimi Raikkonen DSQ Pastor Maldonado 107% Marcus Ericsson 107% Kamui Kobayashi |