Home Victory for the Silver Arrows on Eventful Afternoon at Hockenheim Mercedes-Benz Home Grand Prix
MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS, German GP 2016. Nico Rosberg, Lewis Hamilton Race Image Credit Diamler AG
- Lewis today took his 49th career victory – his second at the Hockenheim Circuit and sixth of the 2016 season so far
- Nico fought back from a slow start to reach P2 before a five second penalty dropped him back to P4 at the flag
- Lewis (217) leads the Drivers' Championship by 19 points from Nico (198) in P2
- MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS (415) lead Red Bull (256) by 159 points in the Constructors' Championship
Driver Chassis No. Grid Result Fastest Lap
Lewis Hamilton F1 W07 Hybrid/04 P02 P01 1:18.746
Nico Rosberg F1 W07 Hybrid/05 P01 P04 1:19.122
Strategy Start Stop 1 Stop 2 Stop 3
No. 44 SuperSoft Soft(Lap 14) SuperSoft (Lap 34) Soft (Lap 47)
No. 6 SuperSoft SuperSoft (Lap 11) Soft (Lap 27) Soft (Lap 44)
Weather Overcast, dry, mild
Temperatures
Air: 23.8 – 25.0°C Track: 36.6 – 42.3°C
Toto Wolff, Head of Mercedes-Benz Motorsport
First of all, what a fantastic drive from Lewis and a great feeling to win the German Grand Prix once again with Mercedes. This has been a very special weekend for the team and Lewis delivered a pretty perfect drive today: great start, great speed, great management. He’s gone from a big deficit to now leading the championship, so it’s been a very good streak. We have seen these waves of momentum in both directions and he is riding the crest right now. But as well as the sweet part of the afternoon, for Nico it was more bitter. The start didn’t go well for him with big wheel spin but then he struggled for pace in the race, too. There were two big talking points. First the penalty. I think you will find lots of opinions but what we really look for is consistency in the decision making. Sometimes you see cars battling and there is no consequence, other times penalties are handed out. Today’s felt tough because I think the fans want to see hard racing – and that’s what it was. Then there was the pit stop to serve the penalty. In such a high-tech sport, we don’t often have to use a stop watch in a manual process. Today, it didn’t start, so we had to take the safe option to make sure Nico observed the right amount of time. Sometimes these things happen. Overall, I think we can be very pleased with our first part of the year. 11 wins from 12 is a nice statistic to take into the summer break – but we know that our rivals are continuing to improve, too. We will take the break, recharge the batteries and come back with fresh energy in Spa.