BMW Scores First Victory in F1 Return, Caterham’s Streak Ends

Qualifying:

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Diff.
1	39	Sho Tsuboi		1:13.379	1:12.823	+0.004
2	88	Robert Kubica		1:13.320	1:13.028	+0.209
3	18	Sebastian Vettel		1:13.374	1:13.517	+0.555
4	56	Einar Ármannsson		1:14.334	1:14.540	+1.515
5	20	Kevin Magnussen		1:14.815	1:14.573	+1.754
6	1	Victoria Desai		1:15.097	1:14.751	+1.932
7	10	Alessio Lorandi		1:14.778	1:14.894	+1.959
8	7	Charles Leclerc		1:15.696	1:14.903	+2.084
9	94	Pascal Wehrlein		1:13.955	1:13.721	+0.902**
10	60	Ritomo Miyata		1:15.002	1:14.946	+2.127
11	47	Lando Norris		1:13.043	1:12.819	*
12	57	Dean Stoneman		1:15.247	1:14.953	+2.134
13	33	Max Verstappen		1:15.001	1:15.134	+2.171
14	70	Pastor Maldonado		1:15.519	1:15.119	+2.182
15	63	George Russell		1:15.193	1:15.310	+2.300
16	29	Roger Ibe		1:15.499	1:15.355	+2.536
17	26	Robert Shwartzman		1:15.857	1:15.702	+2.833
18	23	Jules Bianchi		1:14.968	1:14.692	+1.873*
19	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.		1:15.787	1:17.925	+2.968
20	4	Robin Frijns		1:16.008	1:15.828	+3.009
21	81	Malik Zidan		1:16.531	1:16.292	+3.473
22	95	Beitske Visser		1:16.510	1:16.328	+3.509
23	80	Raven Roth		1:17.124	1:17.123	+4.304
24	98	Colton Herta		1:17.244	1:17.529	+4.425
25	11	Terry Hawkin		1:18.854	1:18.421	+5.602
26	21	Théo Pourchaire		1:19.384	1:19.266	+6.447

Report:

Despite its recent struggles to find people willing to pay hosting fees, Germany is still one of the realest motorsport nations out there.  German fans filled the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben to see what could be the last German Grand Prix for a time, around 60,000 people were on hand for this weekend.

While they were not able to see hometown hero Sebastian Vettel take a third win in a row, they at least got to see a German manufacturer win. They shared their joy with the ever-fanatic Icelandic fans: Einar Ármannsson won for Melrose Racing Team.

As Ármannsson returned to the top step of the podium for the first time since 2019, different teams were also able to celebrate: ROOKIE Racing tightened their grip on third in the championship with a 4-5 and Ferrari had both of its drivers in the points for the first time since Abu Dhabi last year.

Teams that struggled were Red Bull Racing who did not get either driver in the top 8 and McEwan, who did not get going at all and failed to look as competitive as they did in previous races, getting cleanly beaten by the two Loonmotor cars.

Race:

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	56	Einar Ármannsson		66:39.010	4	10
2	18	Sebastian Vettel		+3.009	3	8
3	47	Lando Norris		+13.717	11	6
4	88	Robert Kubica		+26.916	2	5
5	39	Sho Tsuboi		+39.169	1	5
6	10	Alessio Lorandi		+52.117	7	3
7	1	Victoria Desai		+53.717	6	2
8	94	Pascal Wehrlein		+77.003	9	1
9	33	Max Verstappen		1 Lap	13
10	26	Robert Shwartzman		1 Lap	17
11	7	Charles Leclerc		1 Lap	8
12	29	Roger Ibe		1 Lap	16
13	60	Ritomo Miyata		1 Lap	10
14	81	Malik Zidan		1 Lap	21
15	95	Beitske Visser		1 Lap	22
16	63	George Russell		1 Lap	15
17	57	Dean Stoneman		2 Laps	12
18	98	Colton Herta		2 Laps	23
19	80	Raven Roth		2 Laps	23
20	4	Robin Frijns		2 Laps	20
21	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.		2 Laps	19
22	11	Terry Hawkin		3 Laps	25
23	21	Théo Pourchaire		4 Laps	26
24	70	Pastor Maldonado		Motor	14
Ret	23	Jules Bianchi		Loose Wheel	18
Ret	20	Kevin Magnussen		Transmission	5

Fastest Lap:

Sebastian Vettel – 1:15.237

Infinite Improbability Drive Of The Race:

Alessio Lorandi – finally got his first points and earned every one of them.

Reject Of The Race:

Sebastian Vettel – losing a race in a way that hurts your team does not look good in the employee evaluation.