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Job done for Lewis Hamilton. The Briton continues his stunning resurgence with a sixth win in his last seven races to increase his lead over Nico Rosberg.

He can now go off and enjoy to party with celebrities, or a bit of surfing with his dogs.

Rosberg, meanwhile, has plenty of thinking time to work out how he can fight back in the championship.

It's Olympics o'clock until the F1 circus meets up again for the Belgian Grand Prix at the end of August. See you on the other side!

If you haven't seen it already, here's Andrew Benson's account of the German Grand Prix.

A massive look of relief on Lewis Hamilton's face at the media pen as he is informed that he is 19 points ahead of Nico Rosberg, and he looks to genuinely not realise that's how much it is now.

Sebastian Vettel disagreed with his engineers at one point in the race and stayed out, instead of coming in when told to by his Ferrari team on his way to a fifth-placed finish.

"It is normal to be talking quite a lot during the race," Vettel tells Sky Sports. "It was a long discussion for many, many laps. We decided to stay out and it is my fault, I gave away the opportunity and I need to see if I can do better.

"We are not where we want to be and clearly there are a lot of things we need to do better. I'm trying to do what I can.

"The race pace was not bad, but not good enough. We struggled a bit with the balance, and I was sliding about a bit too much."

Relive Lewis Hamilton crossing the line to win the German Grand Prix with the BBC Radio 5 live commentary.

Some quotes from McLaren's Fernando Alonso. He finished 12th and missed out on any points

"Not an easy race today, not enough pace," he wrote on Instagram., external

"Good feeling anyway of the first half of the season with good points and a lot of progress in the car! Now a few weeks off and we will be back in Belgium stronger!"

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Lewis Hamilton joins some legends of the sport on three German Grand Prix wins. 

He moves alongside Ayrton Senna, Jackie Stewart, Juan Manuel Fangio and Fernando Alonso.

Michael Schumacher is out in front on four.

Special mention for McLaren's Jenson Button, who had a superb race to finish eighth.

"Eighth is good. It was about saving fuel at the end. A lot of work, but I was able to pick off the Williams who were struggling with the tyres. It is as good as we could have done, but we were 20 seconds behind the car in front.

"I'm looking forward to a holiday. I can sit on a beach lounger and drink a beer and not be feeling guilty.

"We are making progress, the team is doing a fantastic job, bringing something new each race and I'm sure there is not another team doing that."

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What are you doing, Daniel?

Nothing much, just drinking out of the shoe I've just completed a 67-lap grand prix in.

Ok then...

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Nico Rosberg has had much better days. Starting in pole position, he dropped to fourth, fought back to second, but then had a five-second penalty after it was judged that he drove Max Verstappen off the track.

Mercedes then held him for more than eight seconds, instead of the five extra during a pit stop.

"It is a tough one, really difficult," Rosberg tells Sky Sports. "The start went completely wrong, none of it was good. There was a lot of wheelspin, it caught me by surprise.

"I was very surprised to get the penalty. That cost me dearly. It (being held for longer than needed) didn't make a difference as I couldn't challenge the Red Bulls after the penalty. When a day goes completely wrong all those things come together.

"Being 19 points is not tough, tough is losing the race in the way I did and that will take some time to digest."

What went wrong for Nico Rosberg? Let's hear from the man himself...

Here's how it looks at the top of the drivers' championship. 

Having been 43 points behind Nico Rosberg after crashing in Barcelona, he's now 19 points ahead - an incredible 62 point swing. 

On fire.

A bit more from Lewis Hamilton, who says he plans to go and relax with his dogs during the summer break.

"The whole team has worked very hard for the first part of the season," he says. "We all need a break because it has been really well earned."

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Douglas Robertson: Unbelievable start from @LewisHamilton, external and great race from @MercedesAMGF1, external keep it going.

Lewis Hamilton is one win away from a personal landmark. His next race victory will take him onto 50 career wins, one behind Alain Prost.

Still some way to go to catch Michael Schumacher's stunning record.

Nico Rosberg's stop for a five second penalty ended up being a bit closer to eight seconds, compounding his miserable day. The reason for taking so long? A dodgy stopwatch! 

Oh dear...

Max Verstappen, who finished third: "We had a good start, from there on the pace was pretty good. I was enjoying it. We chose to do two different strategies and double podium is great for the team."

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Second-placed Daniel Ricciardo says: "That is two weeks in a row I've been on the podium and it is great to have the race back here in Germany.

"This is the first double podium for us in over a year and it is awesome to close out the first part of the season like this.

"My mum and dad are here and it is great to have their support. I see a few Australian flags, and I appreciate them and the support.

"It was a race of strategy first and on the super softs I was much more comfortable. We couldn't win but second and third is not too bad."

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Race winner Lewis Hamilton:  A big thank you to everyone who has come out. To see so many people here is great. What a race, what a fantastic start. It was just about keeping it cool. This is a very proud position to be in and thank you to the team, who did a fantastic job.

"I didn't make any mistakes so in my heart I'm happy with what I did. Yesterday was not perfect but you learn from those things."