Race - Re-Cap
Another GP down, and the next one is in just a few days as the Hungarian GP is back to back with Germany. But before we talk about the Hungaroring - It's time for this weekend's race re-cap.
The weather was sending down buckets of rain during the GP3 and GP2 races that took place before F1, but when the weather cleared up during the drivers parade, teams and drivers knew they had to make critical tyre choices and plans for pit-stop strategies, now that rain was nowhere in sight.
As soon as the lights went out, the cars were off and Rosberg was eager to get a lead in front of Bottas. Meanwhile, Bottas just wanted to stay ahead of his team-mate Felipe Massa, who in the first lap was involved in a massive accident when him and Kevin Magnussen collided. Massa was sent into a flip and skidded upside down for a few seconds, before his car landed right-side-up and came to a halt. Massa emerged uninjured, but angry at how his race was ended.
Kevin Magnussen was able to keep his car going and the Dane managed to get the McLaren to the end of the race and even score points for the team.
Lewis Hamilton who started from 20th after a bad crash in Q1 and a penalty for needing his gearbox changed, managed to jump up to 10th within just a handful of laps. He was closing in on a tight wheel-to-wheel battle involving Raikkonen, Vettel and Perez. All three were trying to overtake one another and Raikkonen lost quite a few pieces off the nose of his car. Perez was trying to avoid getting hit after earlier when Daniil Kvyat collided with the Force India. While neither suffered damage, Kvyat later retired due to an ignition failure that caused his Toro Rosso to burst into a roar of flames. He was quick to jump out, unharmed.
Lotus was also unlucky when Grosjean's car lost power seemingly due to a cooling problem. His team-mate, Pastor Maldonado was able to finish the race, although it was another no-points finish for them.
The only other retirement to take place was Adrian Sutil, whose car spun out and stopped in the middle of the track. Lots of speculation and confusion over why no safety car was called out. Instead, yellow flags were waved and marshals risked their lives to run out and push the Sauber off of the track.
Up in front, Rosberg had a miraculous lead over Bottas, around near 16 seconds. Bottas, meanwhile, was concentrating on keeping Hamilton behind. The Briton had made it all the way up to 3rd place and was closing in on the talented Fin. Rosberg, who suffered a retirement at Silverstone, went on to win this race, his Home GP and Bottas held off Hamilton long enough for another Second place finish.
McLaren drivers Jenson Button and Kevin Magnussen both finished in the points despite Jenson having an odd accident with former team-mate, Lewis Hamilton. At one point, Hamilton thought Jenson was going to let Lewis pass him during a sharp corner turn. This, however was not Jenson's intention, but was just giving himself needed room to avoid a collision with Lewis. However, they ended up bumping cars. While the two settled this after the race, it looked pretty intense on track.
Force India had another strong performance with Hulkenberg finishing 7th and Perez in 10th. Another double-points finish for the team and they stand in 5th in the constructors championship.
Here are the final results of the 2014 German Grand Prix.
RACE RESULTS:
1. Nico Rosberg / Mercedes-Mercedes / Germany / + 25 Points
2. Valtteri Bottas / Williams-Mercedes / Finland / + 18 Points
3. Lewis Hamilton / Mercedes-Mercedes / Great Britain / + 15 Points
4. Sebastian Vettel / Red Bull-Renault / Germany / + 12 Points
5. Fernando Alonso / Ferrari-Ferrari / Spain / + 10 Points
6. Daniel Ricciardo / Red Bull-Renault / Australia / + 8 Points
7. Nico Hulkenberg / Force India-Mercedes / Germany / + 6 Points
8. Jenson Button / McLaren-Mercedes / Great Britain / + 4 Points
9. Kevin Magnussen / McLaren-Mercedes / Denmark / + 2 Points
10. Sergio Perez / Force India-Mercedes / Mexico / + 1 Point
11. Kimi Raikkonen / Ferrari-Ferrari / Finland
12. Pastor Maldonado / Lotus-Renault / Venezuela
13. Jean-Eric Vergne / Toro Rosso-Renault / France
14. Esteban Gutierrez / Sauber-Ferrari / Mexico
15. Jules Bianchi / Marussia-Ferrari / France
16. Kamui Kobayashi / Caterham-Renault / Japan
17. Max Chilton / Marussia-Ferrari / Great Britain
18. Marcus Ericsson / Caterham-Renault / Sweden
RETIRED: Adrian Sutil / Sauber-Ferrari / Germany / Accident
RETIRED: Daniil Kvyat / Toro Rosso-Renault / Russia / Ignition Failure
RETIRED: Romain Grosjean / Lotus-Renault / France / Cooling
RETIRED: Felipe Massa / Williams-Mercedes / Brazil / Accident
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Article Written By: Amy Hawk
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