German Grand Prix 2016: Lewis Hamilton wins, plus full finishing order

Lewis Hamilton has won the Formula 1 German Grand Prix from the Hockenheimring on Sunday. Hamilton went from second place on the grid to take the lead, and did not relinquish the lead throughout the entire race, extending his lead in the Drivers’ Championship, which he took over last week in Hungary.

The Red Bull of Daniel Ricciardo finished in second place, with teammate Max Verstappen just behind him. Nico Rosberg, Hamilton’s Mercedes teammate, had pole for the start of the race but lost out to his teammate and the Red Bulls on the first lap and never recovered. The Ferraris of Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Räikkönen were just behind Rosberg.

Red Bull pulled ahead of Ferrari in the Constructor’s Championship thanks to their stellar finish. The Ferrari was considered the only potential challenger the Williams going into this season, especially with Red Bull having such a big issue with Renault over its engine. But the Red Bulls have generally kept pace better than Ferrari, and that was evident in qualifying on Saturday and in the race on Sunday.

The start of the race saw Hamilton pass his teammate, but that was the least of the German’s worries as both Ricciardo and Verstappen also took Rosberg early. After several laps, Hamilton led Verstappen and Ricciardo with Rosberg slotting into fourth, not threatening to take his position back from either of the Red Bull drivers.

By the time the first pit stops came around, Rosberg went before Hamilton to try and cover Verstappen. A long pit stop prevented Rosberg from passing Verstappen, however, and when he came out of the pits he was stuck behind the McLaren of Jenson Button, while Verstappen managed to pass the Brit.

Ricciardo came out ahead of Rosberg as well, and when Hamilton pitted a couple laps later, he was still in the lead as well.

On lap 30, both Rosberg and Verstappen had pitted again, with the Red Bull driver coming out ahead. But Rosberg attempted an aggressive overtake and forced Verstappen off the track while passing him. Verstappen came across the team radio complaining about being pushed off, and the stewards investigated the overtake. A few laps later, the stewards gave Rosberg a five-second time penalty for the move.

It was a rough day for Felipe Massa of Williams. He qualified in 10th on the grid but was quickly passed by most of the pack, being easily overtaken by cars with much worse engines than the current-year Mercedes-powered engine that currently resides in the car.

During one of his pit stops his engineers took a close look at the car to try and determine what the problem was, if any, but after a few more laps Massa retired on lap 38.

Rosberg took his last pit stop on lap 45 and served the five-second penalty. He came out in fourth place, and stayed there when both Ricciardo and Verstappen took pit stops on the ensuing laps. On lap 48, Hamilton came in for his last stop and re-entered the track with the lead, unconcerned with the Ferrari of Räikkönen behind him.

Räikkönen needed another stop though and took his own stop, and re-entered the race in sixth place.

On lap 65, a scrap between Fernando Alonso and Sergio Pérez was one to watch, with the Red Bull of Verstappen trying to lap them thrown in for good measure. Verstapen lapped Pérez, who fell far behind, but Alonso locked up his brakes after Verstappen overtook him as well, and Perez managed to sneak past Alonso for 10th place and the final points position.

Meanwhile, Alonso’s teammate, Jenson Button, managed to pass Valtteri Bottas to move into eighth place shortly after that. Below is the full finishing order for Sunday’s race: