F1: German Grand Prix report Sebastian Vettel won his home race for the first time, and the first grand prix of his F1 career in the month of July, when he led from the first corner. Starting from second on the grid behind the Mercedes of polesitter Lewis Hamilton, the Red Bull driver scorched ahead as soon as the five red lights went off. From there Vettel, the triple world champ, controlled the race establishing a lead. The appearance though of the safety car, following the retirement of Jules Bianchi’s Marussia — which unbelievably, then rolled, unmanned, backwards across the track — bunched the field up again. Vettel and the Lotus of second-placed Romain Grosjean pitted, followed by Kimi Raikkonen’s third-placed Lotus. The three battled to the end, with the Finn passing Grosjean with four laps remaining, but the former world champ eventually finished just a second behind Vettel. The German’s 30th career, win in just 110 races saw him extend his world championship lead over Fernando Alonso to 34 points: the Spaniard finished fourth in his Ferrari. Hamilton, whose car struggled on the Pirelli tyres, finished fifth, just ahead of former McLaren team-mate Jenson Button. Mark Webber brought his Red Bull home seventh. But the Aussie’s race was almost ruined by a botched pitstop which saw his car’s right-rear wheel fly off the hub and strike a cameraman.
Posted on: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 05:49:23 +0000
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