Lewis
Hamilton made a history at the 2018 German Grand Prix. Lewis had a problem with
“a loss of hydraulic pressure from failed power steering” and this stopped him
after the Q1. Although all circumstances Lewis won the 2018 German Grand Prix
of Formula 1.
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| Lewis Hamilton won the 2018 German Grand Prix of Formula One. |
The
Race Day for Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport began with Position 14 for Lewis Hamilton
and Position 2 for Valtteri Bottas. Lewis entered the point list in a few laps
while Valtteri was trying to fight for the P1.
Later
in the 2018 German Grand Prix Sebastian
Vettel on P1 crashed and Safety Car was deployed.
Bottas was slowed in the pit due to prepared Soft instead of UltraSoft tires. Lewis
had misunderstanding about entering the box, he went to enter but at the last
minute Hamilton decided to skip that box. Lewis saw that Kimi Raikkonen entered
the pit line and skipping the box Lewis leaded the German GP behind the Safety
Car.
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| Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas are behind the Safety Car. |
Lap
58 was significant one for the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport Team. Both
drivers were head to head fighting for the first place. Hamilton first, Bottas
attacked but Lewis defeated himself very well. After that James called Valtteri
to keep his position leaving the P1 for Hamilton.
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| Significant Lap 58 for the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport Team. Both drivers were head to head fighting for the first place. |
It
was a team’s play. Lewis decided to skip the box overtaking Kimi and
thus leading the GP of Germany. After that it was a must for Valtteri Bottas to
attack his teammate but he couldn’t. It was on Lap 58 and any maneuvers in the
end of the race could cost a lot for the team on slippery race track. That’s
why Mercedes gave instructions to Bottas to keep the 2nd place. Thus
Lewis Hamilton won the 2018 German Grand Prix of Formula 1.
Lewis
Hamilton also recorded fasted lap 1:15.545 in Lap 66 at the 2018 German GP and
he had one box stop in Lap 42 changing the Soft with UltraSoft tires. Valtteri
Bottas recorded his best time in the race 1:15.721 in Lap 65. Bottas had two
pit stops changing the UltraSoft with Soft in Lap 28 and later again with
UltraSoft tires on lap 53.
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| Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton without bad feelings after the race. Still Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport achieved 1-2 final. |
Lewis
Hamilton achieved his 66th career victory at the 2018 German Grand
Prix equaling Michael Schumacher’s record for most F1 wins at the race.
Valtteri kept the starting P2 and thus he helped the Mercedes-AMG Petronas
Motorsport Team to achieve 1-2 final.
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| Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport Lewis Hamilton's car. |
Lewis
leads Drivers’ Championship with 188 points he’s 17 points in front of Vettel
with 171 points. Valtteri has 122 points and he is on P4.
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| Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport Valtteri Bottas's car. |
Mercedes-AMG
Petronas Motorsport ensures the lead in the Constructors’ Championship with 310
leading the Ferrari (302) by 8 points. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of
Management of Daimler AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars, accepted the
Constructors’ trophy on behalf of the team.
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| Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars, accepted the Constructors’ trophy on behalf of the team. |
The
2018 German Grand Prix marks the 80th won in Formula 1 for Mercedes-AMG
Petronas Motorsport, the 60th fastest lap for the team and the 125th podium in
the series for Lewis – 92 years after the first German Grand Prix was won by
Mercedes in 1926.
