Vettl finally managed to win at home

Sebastian Vettel successfully defended the pressures of Lotus racers at the German Grand Prix and secured his first victory on home soil. Red Bull racer overtook Kimi Raikkonen by a hair, and Romain Grosjean was third.

Lewis Hamilton started the sice race from the best starting position, but fell asleep with the lights off and allowed Red Bull racers Sebastian Vettl and Mark Webber to overtake him until the first corner. Felipe Massa also advanced, breaking through to sixth place, and all the effort floated on the water in the seventh lap when the Ferrari racer lost control of the car in the first corner and had to resign.

During the first stops, a bizarre accident happened in the pits. Mark Webber drove away from the tire changer, despite the fact that the rear right wheel had not yet been tightened. The bike came off and rolled off the pits, hitting the cameraman, who was taken to hospital. The Red Bull racer stopped the car and the mechanics dragged him back to his garage, from where the Australian was able to return to the race.

The first six racers, who started the race on a softer mix of tires, soon decided to switch to a harder mix, only Romain Grosjean became a serious candidate to win with a thirteen-lap series. After his stop, the Frenchman drove onto the track behind Vettl. They were followed by Raikkonen in third place, and the race was then interrupted by another bizarre accident. Jules Bianchi had to park his Marussia by the track as his engine blew up. The Frenchman left the car, which then drove down the hill and across the track, causing the racers to be restrained by a safety car. The teams responded to him with new stops in the pits, but Vettel did not let go of the lead. After the restart, he tried to escape, but Grosjean and Raikkonen set out to hunt down the Red Bull. At the last stops, Vettel and Grosjean put on another set of harder tires, while Raikkonen stayed on the track a bit longer and tried a shorter rear end on softer tires.

The Finn managed to overtake teammate Grosjean five laps before the end, and Iceman then started to close the gap with Vettl with a series of the best laps. But the Lotus racer ran out of laps and Vettel celebrated his first victory in front of the home crowd, and Raikkonen had to settle for second place.

Grosjeana was frightened by Fernando Alonso at the end of the race, but the Frenchman still remained third, and Hamilton fell to fifth place after tire problems. Jenson Button was sixth, and Mark Webber took advantage of the safety car and made his way to seventh place. He was followed by Sergio Perez, Nico Rosberg and Nico Hulkenberg in tenth place.

Vettel now leads the overall standings with 34 points ahead of Fernando Alonso and six more ahead of Kimi Raikkonen.

 

	Racer	Team	Hour
1.	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:41:14.711
2.	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	+1.008
3.	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	+5.830
4.	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	+7.721
5.	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+26.927
6.	Jenson Button	McLaren	+27.996
7.	Mark Webber	Red Bull	+37.562
8.	Sergio Perez	McLaren	+38.306
9.	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	+46.821
10.	Nico Hulkenberg	Clean	+49.892
11.	Paul di Resta	Force India	+53.771
12.	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	+56.975
13.	Adrian Sutil	Force India	+57.738
14.	Esteban Gutierrez	Clean	+ 1: 00.160
15.	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	+ 1: 01.929
16.	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	+1 Circle
17.	Charles Pic	Caterham	+1 Circle
18.	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham	+1 Circle
19.	Max Chilton	Marussia	+1 Circle
Resignation
20.	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso	+38 Laps
21.	Jules Bianchi	Marussia	+39 Laps
22.	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	+57 Laps