Hamilton continues to lead with victory in German F1 race

Lewis Hamilton who had emerged on top of the driver’s table after his victory in Hungary in the last race, continued with his winning spree as he extended his championship lead to 19 points with a clear win in Germany. In the end he was 6.9 seconds ahead of Red Bull's Ricciardo as he claimed his 49th Grand Prix victory - and his sixth win in the last seven races.

His Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg could only manage a fourth position but the two drivers of Red Bull racing Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen managed a place on the podium by coming in 2^nd and 3^rd respectively.

POS        NO         DRIVER                                 TEAM

1              44           Lewis Hamilton                 MERCEDES         

2              3              Daniel Ricciardo                                RED BULL RACING           

3              33           Max Verstappen              RED BULL RACING           

4              6              Nico Rosberg                     MERCEDES         

5              5              Sebastian Vettel               FERRARI              

6              7              Kimi Räikkönen                 FERRARI              

7              27           Nico Hulkenberg              FORCE INDIA     

8              22           Jenson Button                   MCLAREN

9              77           Valtteri Bottas                   WILLIAMS

10           11           Sergio Perez                       FORCE INDIA

11           21           Esteban Gutierrez           HAAS

12           14           Fernando Alonso             MCLAREN

13           8              Romain Grosjean             HAAS

14           55           Carlos Sainz                        TORO ROSSO

15           26           Daniil Kvyat                         TORO ROSSO

16           20           Kevin Magnussen            RENAULT            

17           94           Pascal Wehrlein                MRT       MERCEDES         

18           9              Marcus Ericsson                SAUBER

19           30           Jolyon Palmer                    RENAULT            

20           88           Rio Haryanto                      MRT MERCEDES               

NC          12           Felipe Nasr                         SAUBER                DNF      

NC          19           Felipe Massa                      WILLIAMS           DNF      

Note - Grosjean had a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change. Hulkenberg had a one-place grid penalty for misuse tyres in qualifying. Sainz had a three-place grid penalty for impeding Massa during qualifying.

For Vijay Mallya controlled Force India team, the two drivers Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez came in 7^th and 10^th position, thereby securing crucial points for the team. For Lewis who started his race behind his teammate who was in pole position, there was no looking back as the lights went out. He was in complete command at Hockenheim. Everything was timed perfectly for him as he kept up with the lead at every it stop.

Rosberg managed a fourth in the race, warding off stiff competition from the two Ferrari drivers-- Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen.

Hamilton now has 217 points to Rosberg’s 198 with Ricciardo keeping third place with 133 from Raikkonen on 122, Vettel on 120 and Verstappen on 115.

In the constructors’ stakes, Mercedes increase their lead with 415 points as Red Bull overtake Ferrari - 256 to 242. Williams have 96, Force India 80, Toro Rosso 45 and McLaren 42.