Sebastian Vettel held off Valtteri Bottas to claim pole position for his home race, the German GP, while a hydraulic issue sidelined Lewis Hamilton in Q1. After earlier rain marred final practice, the track had almost completely dried out ahead of Saturday's qualifying at the Hockenheimring. There was, however, a threat of rain in the air. Q1 saw Ferrari dominate with Kimi Raikkonen holding down P1 ahead of Sebastian Vettel while there was drama for Hamilton. Having climbed the kerbs, he reported that 'the gears won't change' and stopped on the side of the track. Both Hamilton and the Hockenheimring marshals tried to push his car back to the pits but were forced to give up on that...
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