While the drivers have already made their tyres selections for next weekend's German Grand Prix, the performance of the hard tyre at Silverstone has shed a whole new light on the white banded rubber the drivers usually do their best to avoid. Making his hards last 32 laps - though Pierre Gasly got 40 out of his - was one thing, but Lewis Hamilton posting a new lap record on the 32nd lap was something else. At Hockenheim, once again the hards get short shrift from the drivers, most, including Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, the Bulls and Daniel Ricciardo opting for just one set, while the rest take two. Renault and Toro Rosso take ten sets of the softs, while Ferrari takes nine and Mercedes and...
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