Hamilton fears an instant reaction from Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton's German Grand Prix victory means he is back at the top of the drivers' standings, but he fears an instant response from Ferrari next weekend.

The leader has changed six times in just eleven races this season and Hamilton believes that it could switch again at this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix.

Hamilton described Sunday's Hockenheim win as "the best drive of my life" as he came back from 14th on the grid to be victorious in Germany.

The Mercedes man, who signed a new contract last week, is now 17 points clear at the summit of the table going into the Hungarian Grand Prix.

"It's usually not our (Mercedes) strongest track but I'm hopeful it's not a power circuit," Hamilton told The London Evening Standard.

"Hopefully this extra chunk of power that Ferrari have doesn't serve them as well there and we have a decent fight."

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff estimated that Hamilton and his team-mate Valtteri Bottas, who finished second, were losing about half a second a lap because of Ferrari's greater speed on the straights.

Former world champion Nico Rosberg believes that Sebastian Vettel threw away his victory yesterday by pushing too aggressively that caused him to crash.

"Conditions were difficult but he still had a gap to the guys behind, he could have just gone slower and instead he chucked it into the wall. It's so bad," Rosberg said.