German Grand Prix live

Summary

Hamilton crashes in rain chaos, Verstappen wins
Hamilton handed penalty
Bottas, Leclerc, Hulkenberg and Perez out after crash, Riccardo out after engine failure, Norris out

Live Reporting

Michael Emons

Postpublished at 12:53 British Summer Time 28 July 2019
Lewis Hamilton then took advantage of Ferrari's woes to produce this moment of magic and take his 87th pole position.
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Postpublished at 12:50 British Summer Time 28 July 2019
This is where it all went wrong for Ferrari...
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Hamilton on pole as both Ferraris break down - read the reportpublished at 12:50 British Summer Time 28 July 2019
Andrew Benson
BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer
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Lewis Hamilton beat Max Verstappen to pole position at the German Grand Prix as Ferrari's challenge faltered because of technical problems.
Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc had looked favourite for pole position but was unable to take part in the top 10 shoot-out. And team-mate Sebastian Vettel will start last after a turbo problem in the first part of qualifying meant he failed to set a time and will start last on the grid for Sunday's race.
Hamilton took pole by 0.346 seconds, with only 0.022secs separating Verstappen, Valtteri Bottas and Pierre Gasly.
It was a superb performance by Hamilton, who has been ill this weekend at Hockenheim.
"Lewis, you never fail to amaze us," team boss Toto Wolff said to him over the radio after the session.
Hamilton said: "The car has been feeling good, but the Ferraris have been on another level. If Leclerc had been there, it would definitely have been close between us."
Postpublished at 12:47 British Summer Time 28 July 2019
Let's start off with a quick look at a very dramatic qualifying session yesterday.
Postpublished at 12:46 British Summer Time 28 July 2019
Current weather = wet, very wet.
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Bring on the rain!published at 12:45 British Summer Time 28 July 2019
A wet race? It's about time!
We get going at 15:10 local time (14:10 BST) and this is the weather forecast for Hockenheim. A 51% chance of rain when we start, rising to a 92% chance halfway through.
Postpublished at 12:42 British Summer Time 28 July 2019
Good afternoon and welcome along to BBC Sport's coverage of the German Grand Prix. I'm Michael Emons and I will be guiding you through all the action today. We've got a jumbled grid and it is raining, so basically it is all set up to be an absolute classic.
Of course we've got BBC Radio 5 Live commentary as well.
Ferrari's disasterpublished at 12:37 British Summer Time 28 July 2019
Fastest in each of the practice sessions and quickest in the opening phase of qualifying, it was all going so well for Ferrari.
But then it all fell apart.
Sebastian Vettel's car suffered with an intercooler problem meaning he could not set a time so that's him right at the back. Then Charles Leclerc had a fuel-pump drive problem and could not take part in the last part of qualifying so he starts 10th.
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After all that, Lewis Hamilton battled to pole position despite suffering with illness. How fit will he be today? What can Ferrari do today? Will we have a wet race? So many questions. This is going to be a fascinating few hours.
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