German Grand Prix – Lewis Hamilton rose from 14th on the grid to win for Mercedes, while his title rival Sebastian Vettel crashed from the lead. Vettel led the early stages of the race from pole, building a three second advantage to Valtteri Bottas as Hamilton charged through the field, making his way through the midfielders to fifth place by lap 14 of 67. Kimi Raikkonen was the first to pit for the soft tyre on lap 14 and resultantly jumped both Bottas and Vettel who stopped on lap 28 and 24 respectively. Vettel closed in on Raikkonen but could not find a way through, which prompted a team radio debate to get the Finn to allow the pre-race championship leader through, which he...
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