How the thrilling German GP unfolded

Summary

Sebastian Vettel crashes out from lead in rain
Lewis Hamilton wins and later reprimanded for driving offence
P2 Valtteri Bottas, P3 Kimi Raikkonen
Daniel Ricciardo retires in the Red Bull, Williams cars also go out
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'Plain sailing'published at 14:18 British Summer Time 22 July 2018
Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra
None of the midfielders need to fight Lewis Hamilton too hard. They know the Mercedes is too quick for them. It's plain sailing for Hamilton so far.
Postpublished at 14:17 British Summer Time 22 July 2018
Lap 4/67
Another one gone for Lewis Hamilton, who zips past Fernando Alonso. 11th now, from 14th. Charles Leclerc is his next target.
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Lap 3/67
Sebastian Vettel's race to lose already. But the rain is going to have a say. Nevertheless, a lovely start by the German in his home race.
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Team radiopublished at 14:16 British Summer Time 22 July 2018
Lap 3/67
Kimi Raikkonen: "I have some rain on the visor."
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Postpublished at 14:16 British Summer Time 22 July 2018
Lap 2/67
Daniel Ricciardo started 19th and we were expecting an explosive start. It has not happened and he is still 19th. Stoffel Vandoorne has dropped back to last.
Postpublished at 14:15 British Summer Time 22 July 2018
Lap 2/67
Esteban Ocon is the next man to be caught by Hamilton. Two down, eleven to go. The Briton is now 12th.
Postpublished at 14:14 British Summer Time 22 July 2018
Lap 1/67
Kimi Raikkonen just about holds off an attack from Max Verstappen on the opening few corners. Lewis Hamilton started 14th, he has just gone past Sergey Sirotkin into 13th.
Postpublished at 14:13 British Summer Time 22 July 2018
Sebastian Vettel gets a clean start, he gets to the first corner nicely.
Go! Go! Go!published at 14:13 British Summer Time 22 July 2018
Let's go. The German Grand Prix is go, go, go.
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Rain alertpublished at 14:13 British Summer Time 22 July 2018
Team radio to Carlos Sainz: "It's not quite clear when the rain will hit us, but there are quite a lot of showers developing around us."
Laps led in Germanypublished at 14:12 British Summer Time 22 July 2018
Hamilton only has to overtake 13 drivers to add another number to this list.
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Postpublished at 14:11 British Summer Time 22 July 2018
Here is the formation lap. No stalling from anyone, which is always a good start.
Looking goodpublished at 14:11 British Summer Time 22 July 2018
It's looking colourful in the grandstands...
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'Red Bull are rolling the dice'published at 14:10 British Summer Time 22 July 2018
Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra
Red Bull are rolling the dice. Daniel Ricciardo is the only one starting on the medium tyres. That will give him less pace, but he will be behind the slower drivers to start with.
The assumption is that he'll be on a one-stop strategy. The safety car could be important. If that happens around lap 40, he'll be quids in.
Postpublished at 14:10 British Summer Time 22 July 2018
Yesterday, Lewis Hamilton was hunched over his stricken Mercedes looking distraught. Can he salvage a tough weekend today with another sensational drive?
Hockenheim - the home of 'The Shoey'published at 14:09 British Summer Time 22 July 2018
Remember this? Two years ago Daniel Ricciardo bolted down champagne from his shoe - the same shoe he had worn throughout a hot, sweaty race at Hockenheim - and 'The Shoey' was born.
No-one is safe from the celebration it seems, with Sir Patrick Stewart, Mark Webber, Lance Stroll and Gerard Butler, among those to have sampled the champagne from Ricciardo's race boots.
The Australian starts 19th today but showed his pace by being the fastest in the opening practice session so who knows? Another Shoey today. It will be some performance from the Australian if he can do that.
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The gridpublished at 14:08 British Summer Time 22 July 2018
A reminder of how we start...
1. Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari)
2. Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes)
3. Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari)
4. Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
5. Kevin Magnussen (Haas)
6. Romain Grosjean (Haas)
7. Nico Hulkenberg (Renault)
8. Carlos Sainz (Renault)
9. Charles Leclerc (Sauber)
10. Sergio Perez (Force India)
11. Fernando Alonso (McLaren)
12. Sergey Sirotkin (Williams)
13. Marcus Ericsson (Sauber)
14. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
15. Esteban Ocon (Force India)
16. Brendon Hartley (Toro Rosso)
17. Lance Stroll (Williams)
18. Stoffel Vandoorne (McLaren)
19. Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull, grid penalties because of engine part changes)
20. Pierre Gasly (Toro Rosso, grid penalties because of engine part changes)
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Get Involved #bbcf1published at 14:08 British Summer Time 22 July 2018
What is going to happen today?
Kristine Kirby‏: Rain at the #GermanGP, external would be great for Lewis, shades of Silverstone 2016, but I'd hang back a bit on the start in case we get a silly first corner or two and there are mangled cars that he can than drive around, and hopefully, away from..to podium.
Dennis Ethan: My prediction is a Ferrari 1-2, Red bull on the final podium place.
The title racepublished at 14:07 British Summer Time 22 July 2018
This is how it stands in the drivers' championship after 10 of 21 races.
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The battle for the titlepublished at 14:06 British Summer Time 22 July 2018
What a season it has been so far. What's the next twist? Stay tuned.
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