Jack Leslie F1: 2016 German Grand Prix In Pictures

Lewis Hamilton went into Formula 1's summer break on a positive note with his third German Grand Prix victory, beating the Red Bulls of Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen.

The British driver extended his lead in the drivers' standings, with Nico Rosberg finishing fourth. Here is the Hockenheimring race weekend in images.

Friday

Rosberg got his weekend off to a strong start by setting the pace in first practice on Friday morning.

Young stars Charles Leclerc and Esteban Ocon were driving in FP1 for Haas and Renault respectively.

Valtteri Bottas went for a spin during the 90-minute session, as drivers tried to find the limit of the circuit again.

Rosberg remained fastest in the second session, finishing four tenths clear of Hamilton.

Sergio Perez suffered a minor blip in FP2 when he ran wide at Turn 1 and hit a bump, with his car briefly launching into the air.

Saturday

Rosberg made it a clean-sweep in practice, moving ahead mid-way through the session with his super-soft lap.

Jenson Button suffered a disappointing session, with problems interrupting his running. He finished down in 19th.

Hamilton was investigated for an unsafe release during FP3 but he was let off. If he had picked up a reprimand, it would have been his third and that would've resulted in a penalty.

Kevin Magnussen was the first to be eliminated in the first segment of qualifying, with Pascal Wehrlein, Daniil Kvyat, Rio Haryanto, Felipe Nasr and Marcus Ericsson next up.

Esteban Gutierrez dropped out of Q2 along with Button, Carlos Sainz Jr., Fernando Alonso, Romain Grosjean and Jolyon Palmer.

In Q3, Sebastian Vettel was sixth fastest, with Nico Hulkenberg, Valtteri Bottas, Perez and Felipe Massa next up.

Rosberg beat Hamilton and Ricciardo to pole position, with Max Verstappen and Kimi Raikkonen fourth and fifth.

Sunday

There were several grid penalties, with Hulkenberg, Sainz and Grosjean dropping places.

Hamilton had a strong start to lead through the first couple of corners, with Verstappen second and Ricciardo third.

Alonso spent most of the race within the top 10 but lost ground late on after struggling with his tyres.

Rosberg dropped to fourth place and had to hold off the Ferraris in the opening laps.

Perez had what he described as the worst start of his career at the Hockenheimring, falling down the order on the first lap.

Hamilton's nearest challenger proved to be Ricciardo, with the Red Bull driver closing the gap in the final stages.

The Ferrari drivers suffered a rather lonely race, some way off the leading Mercedes and Red Bull cars.

Sainz had a grid penalty and struggled to gain much ground, with the Hockenheimring not particularly suiting Toro Rosso.

Despite it not being a particularly exciting race there was some strong racing up and down the field.

Hamilton claimed his sixth win of the season and extended his championship lead, also picking up his third F1 victory in Germany.

It was a strong result for Red Bull as the team picked up its first double podium of 2016, with Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen second and third.

Ricciardo showed us what a "shoey" is on the podium - drinking the Chandon bubbly out of his shoe!

2 August 2016

2016 German Grand Prix In Pictures

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