German Grand Prix LIVE: Max Verstappen wins second race of the season as Hamilton and Bottas crash
Re-live the live updates from Hockenheim where championship leader Lewis Hamilton endured a nightmare afternoon as Red Bull took the spoils
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Your support makes all the difference.Max Verstappen mastered the tricky Hockenheim conditions to win the German Grand Prix as both Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas crashed out of the running on a miserable day for the championship leaders.
Hamilton looked on course for victory after leading from the front, but repeated accidents throughout the field caused chaos in the running order as different strategies played out. After Ferrari's Charles Leclerc crashed out of fourth position, Hamilton followed him into the wall the following lap with the safety car already deployed, which required him to pit immediately for a new front wing and land him a five-second time penalty for missing the pit entry.
The error allowed Verstappen to take the lead of the race, and despite further safety car periods due to Bottas' accident at Turn One, the Red Bull youngster was able to take the chequered flag and finish ahead of a hard-charging Sebastian Vettel who went from last to second, with the Toro Rosso of Daniil Kvyat a surprise finisher in third, one day after the birth of his first child. Re-live the action below.
What time does it start?
The German Grand Prix gets underway at 2:10pm BST (3:10pm CET).
Where can I watch it?
The race will be shown live on Sky Sports F1 from 12:30pm. Highlights will be shown on Channel 4 at 7pm.
Starting grid
1 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) Mercedes GP 1min 11.767secs
2 Max Verstappen (Ned) Red Bull 1:12.113
3 Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Mercedes GP 1:12.129
4 Pierre Gasly (Fra) Red Bull 1:12.180
5 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Alfa Romeo Racing 1:12.538
6 Romain Grosjean (Fra) Haas F1 1:12.851
7 Carlos Sainz (Spa) McLaren 1:12.897
8 Sergio Perez (Mex) Racing Point 1:13.065
9 Nico Hulkenberg (Ger) Renault 1:13.126
10 Charles Leclerc (Mon) Ferrari No Time Set
11 Antonio Giovinazzi (Ita) Alfa Romeo Racing 1:12.786
12 Kevin Magnussen (Den) Haas F1 1:12.789
13 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Renault 1:12.799
14 Daniil Kvyat (Rus) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:13.135
15 Lance Stroll (Can) Racing Point 1:13.450
16 Lando Norris (Gbr) McLaren 1:13.333
17 Alexander Albon (Tha) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:13.461
18 George Russell (Gbr) Williams 1:14.721
19 Robert Kubica (Pol) Williams 1:14.839
20 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Ferrari No Time Set
Lap 19: Sainz spins off! He loses the front heading into the penultimate corner and the intermediates cannot cope with the undried run-off on the outside, sending him into a spin at the final corner. He's able to keep the engine running, engages reverse and gets going again to keep his race alive, albeit dropping from 10th to 14th.
Lap 21: Bottas runs wide into the final corner just as rain starts to fall again, allowing Verstappen to move into range behind him. However, the red dot in the background is growing large and larger, as Leclerc is catching them quickly to the point that if Hamilton pits now he will lead the race.
Lap 23: Magnussen is the guinea pig in being the first driver onto slick tyres. He puts on the softs, but it is still raining and that could backfire horribly.
Lap 24: Vettel pits from seventh for slicks, though Magnussen is not setting fastest laps yet and the evidence suggests it's slightly too early. What can the German do from here?
Lap 25: Verstappen is all over the back of the Mercedes of Bottas, but he hasn't got the grip to get out of the corners to give himself a chance. Red Bull look like they're going to pit him for slicks...and they do! Verstappen blinks first.
Lap 26: Verstappen exits the pits sideways as he searches desperately for grip, and unlike Vettel and Magnussen he's on the mediums as opposed to softs.
Lap 27: Everyone is pitting for slicks now as Norris, vyat and Stroll all come in, before Bottas arrives for medium tyres to respond to Verstappen's stop. Bottas is out a mile ahead of Verstappen though, and that's because he's spun in the stadium complex after putting a rear tyre on the wet kerb.
Lap 27: Norris pulls off the track after losing power, just as Stroll spins behind him on the slicks. Leclerc is pitting meanwhile and is sensibly going for the slicks.
Virtual safet car deployed!
Lap 28: That pays hugely in favour of Leclerc as he jumps Bottas and Verstappen due to the VSC to move up to second. Hamilton will have to respond, but it will ensure that he keeps the lead when he comes in at the end of the lap.
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