Lewis Hamilton denied by crash as Max Verstappen claims dramatic German Grand Prix victory

Max Verstappen won a chaotic German Grand Prix in the pouring rain after Lewis Hamilton crashed while on course for victory.

Hamilton looked set to claim his eighth win of a dominant season before drama struck on lap 29 of 64 in a race which featured four safety car periods.


Verstappen took advantage of Hamilton’s slip-up

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The British star, who had just stopped for dry rubber, ran off the road at a final corner which had claimed Ferrari’s
Charles Leclerc one lap earlier.

Hamilton had to stop for a new front wing and was stationary for more than 50 seconds as his Mercedes crew dashed around for spare parts.

He finished 11th, having also been hit with a five-second penalty for entering the pits on the wrong side of the bollard, and spun in the final stages too on a day to forget for the world champion.