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 37: Bottas slides beneath Hulkenberg to take second place, but he has an 8.6s gap to Verstappen to tackle. Meanwhile Hamilton is flying and is already on the back of Hulkenberg.
Lap 38: Hulkenberg goes to turn in at the hairpin and finds a Mercedes on the apex of the corner as Hamilton launches one from miles back to take third place.
Lap 39: Raikkonen goes off! He's the next victim to the final two corners but manages to keep the Alfa Romeo out of the wall and gets back on track, although he does lose seventh and eight to Vettel and Gasly.
Lap 41: Hulkenberg goes into the wall! He's off at the final corner and he's not as lucky as Kimi as he's beached in the gravel! Disaster for Renault as he crashes out of fourth place of his home grand prix.
Safety car deployed!
Lap 42: Verstappen pits from the lead, but Red Bull offer him slicks and he declines despite the lack of rain on the radar. Bottas and Hamilton remain out but Verstappen has the gap for a free stop to retain the lead of the race.
Lap 44: Hamilton says he doesn't liek the state of his inters, but Mercedes have left it too long to pit him as the rest of the field have now caught the safety car.
Lap 46: Stroll pits for slick tyres as the only man not on inters. That's a big gamble as the final sector is still very wet.
Lap 47: Hamilton is under attack from Albon, Sainz and Gasly! He can't get his tyres up to speed and the three drivers right behind him are all over the back of the Mercedes as they go into the hairpin two-by-two. Hamilton just holds on ahead of Sainz, but ALbon loses three positions and is down to ninth. Verstappen and Bottas pit for slicks!
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