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The Germans consider him a “usurper”: Lewis Hamilton has equaled Michael Schumacher’s 91 victories in the Eifel GP at the Nurburgring. The former champion tied the record for success and achieved the seventh victory of the season with Mercedes. But those who want to demote Lewis’s numbers are wrong because he is without a doubt the strongest driver of this hybrid era.
The world championship has taken a turn in favor of Lewis Hamilton, who now has a 69-point lead over Valtteri Bottas, who was forced to retire due to the hybrid’s failure in a completely new power unit, the third of the season.
A reliability alarm sounds for the Star, but the Finn, after an excellent start, managed to keep the aggressiveness of the hexa champion at bay and, when it seemed that he could have control of the race started from the fantastic pole, he made a mistake in the Lap 13: Locked the front wheels when braking at Turn 1 and finished long. Hamilton joined the race leader and the two black arrows touched, but Bottas held on: it didn’t help because the “lumberjack” then accused the hybrid of a problem that forced him to slow down even at the stop.
And then there was the apotheosis of Lewis Hamilton, who was not even afraid that the safety car would be called in on lap 45 to move Lando Norris’s McLaren with the engine on fire.
Both Lewis and Verstappen complained about the slowness of the safety car driven by Maylander, but Bernd followed the order of the race director that he wanted to fold and rejoin the group. The fact is that the first ones found themselves with cold tires: Hamilton then invaded history with an indisputable and indisputable success.
Mover was the delivery by Mick Schumacher of a helmet from his father before the podium: Hamilton was excited to realize the greatness of his company.
Max Verstappen made the most of a highly evolved Red Bull: a new rear suspension and plenty of aerodynamic fixes debuted at the Ring that allowed the RB16 to get closer to the black arrow, but not to challenge the W11. The fact is that in the last laps after the safety car the Dutchman managed to cut almost ten seconds to those who followed him, also signing the fastest lap in 1’28 “139 is the sign that Red Bull has separated from the others and he inexorably approaches Mercedes.
Daniel Ricciardo gives Renault the first podium since the French manufacturer’s return to F1 with an official team: the Australian made no mistakes and finally got the result he deserved in some GPs. Now Daniel will be able to choose which director of the tattoo team should be Cyril Abiteboul. Meanwhile, he climbs to fourth place in the drivers’ championship, beating Lando Norris, who is forced to retire.
Ricciardo had to defend himself with his claws from the attacks of Sergio Pérez who tried to take the podium with Racing Point: the Mexican played a great race that takes Racing Point to third place in the Constructors’ World Championship, bypassing the McLaren that He was had to settle for Carlos Sainz, fifth. The Spaniard preceded Pierre Gasly with the very consistent AlphaTauri in sixth place.
To find Ferrari you have to go down to seventh place: Charles Leclerc has never found the rhythm with the Red, which in the race did not seem the same as in qualifying. The Monegasque made a lap in which he blew up the soft tires almost immediately, but even then he was not able to counteract those behind him. If there were no safety car, I would have finished driving around: they still have work to do in Maranello. Evil Vettel out of the points: eleventh, preceded by a great Antonio Giovinazzi capable of conquering a precious point with Alfa Romeo that will be worth his confirmation for 2021. The German was also the author of a long journey just behind Giovinazzi that was concluded with the usual twist …
It should make us think that Nico Hulkenberg, hastily called in to replace ailing Lance Stroll before qualifuche, is back close to the SF1000: the German had started last and held an important place despite being dry training from Silverstone, did his contribution to Racing Point third among Constructors.
Romain Grosjean also scored points, ninth with Haas: the Frenchman feared that he would have to stop because of a stone thrown by Kimi Raikkonen that hit his finger, preventing him from changing painlessly for a few laps, so afraid of having suffered a fracture. Then the transalpine gritted his teeth and risked being stopped by the race director because he had exaggerated with the cuts at Turn 4, so much that he deserved a blue and white flag, but then he took home two points that are gold for the team. USA that hasn’t changed anything on the VF-20 since the beginning of the year.
Disappointing Kimi Raikkonen: On the day the Finn broke Rubens Barrichello’s GP record, Iceman matched all the colors. He deserved a 10-second penalty for nearly flipping Russell into the braking curve at Turn 1, then he broke his front wing in a collision, so it shouldn’t surprise him to see him in 12th place.
The Eifel GP was very selective with no less than five retirements: F1 seemed less indestructible than usual, offering a race full of emotions and even overtaking. In front of those who argue that the current one is not a show suitable for the rank of the highest category …
