Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, with regret for the former and relief for the latter, have expressed their surprise that a Safety Car wasn't deployed towards the end of the German GP. With the Sauber of Adrian Sutil stranded in the middle of the pitstraight, the appearance of the Safety Car - which would have triggered a dramatic conclusion to the race - seemed inevitable with just over 20 laps of the grand prix remaining. Lewis Hamilton raced from 20th on the grid to 2nd place in Germany, resulting in some nail-biting action. The frontrunning Mercedes team evidently believed as much, calling in Hamilton three laps ahead of schedule for a new set of supersoft tyres that were to fade to...
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