Chaotic German Grand Prix Results in Caterham 1-2, Norris Wins

Qualifying:

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Diff.
1	57	Dean Stoneman		1:28.281	1:14.232
2	94	Pascal Wehrlein		1:28.901	1:14.577	+0.345
3	23	Alexander Albon		1:31.904	1:16.499	+2.267
4	37	Victoria Desai		1:31.251	1:16.788	+2.556
5	18	Sebastian Vettel		1:31.075	1:16.956	+2.712
6	29	Roger Ibe		1:30.048	1:17.084	+2.852
7	20	Kevin Magnussen		1:31.631	1:17.166	+2.934
8	47	Lando Norris		1:30.781	1:17.167	+2.935
9	33	Max Verstappen		1:30.709	1:17.289	+3.057
10	39	Sho Tsuboi		1:32.950	1:17.294	+3.026
11	77	Valtteri Bottas		1:31.207	1:17.458	+3.226
12	70	Sérgio Sette Câmara		1:31.958	1:17.538	+3.306
13	26	Pastor Maldonado		1:31.999	1:17.541	+3.309
14	60	Ritomo Miyata		1:33.425	1:17.672	+3.440
15	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.		1:32.764	1:17.918	+3.686
16	4	Robin Frijns		1:32.157	1:18.376	+4.144
17	31	Esteban Ocon		1:32.307	1:18.551	+4.319
18	11	Terry Hawkin		1:32.170	1:18.636	+4.404
19	23	Jules Bianchi		1:32.887	1:19.168	+4.963
20	95	Beitske Visser		1:34.257	1:19.544	+5.312
21	56	Einar Ármannsson		1:34.588	1:19.759	+5.527
22	46	Alessandro Cicognani		1:33.845	1:19.801	+5.569
23	7	Charles Leclerc		1:33.588	1:21.545	+7.313
24	84	Jack Aitken		1:35.295	1:21.973	+7.741

Report:

Rain. It is both the source of great joy and great sorrow in motorsport, it gives birth to opportunity through chaos. This old wisdom once more was proven right and the opportunity was seized by Lando Norris and Caterham.

For the most part, this race looked like Ferrari’s to lose. Victoria Desai led it in the early part before a driver error placed her down the order. Alexander Albon inherited the lead, but a late technical failure took him out with only a few kilometres to go.

As Caterham expand their lead in both championships, other drivers helped themselves, too. Kevin Magnussen gave Toyota a lot of points and it would have been more without crashing into Pastor Maldonado.

The Venezuelan had a nice comeback, beating his established teammate by ten seconds and setting the fastest lap of the race in the closing stages. Also successful was the “debut” of Rookie Racing, the BR Mansell ersatz that got two cars in the top 10.

Race:

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Time/Retired	Points
1	47	Lando Norris		73:10.777	15
2	18	Sebastian Vettel		+34.064	12
3	37	Victoria Desai		+36.360	10
4	33	Max Verstappen		+40.217	8
5	39	Sho Tsuboi		+41.903	6
6	20	Kevin Magnussen		+62.507*	5
7	26	Pastor Maldonado		+70.429	4
8	70	Sérgio Sette Câmara		+80.432	3
9	11	Terry Hawkin		1 Lap	2
10	60	Ritomo Miyata		1 Lap	1
11	23	Jules Bianchi		1 Lap
12	94	Pascal Wehrlein		1 Lap
13	46	Alessandro Cicognani		1 Lap
14	56	Einar Ármannsson		2 Laps
15	95	Beitske Visser		2 Laps
16	85	Jack Aitken		3 Laps
17	7	Charles Leclerc		3 Laps
18	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.		3 Laps
19	23	Alexander Albon		Oil Leak
DNF	29	Roger Ibe		Transmission
DNF	57	Dean Stoneman		Accident
DNF	14	Esteban Ocon		Accident
DNF	4	Robin Frijns		Motor
DNF	77	Valtteri Bottas		Transmission

* 30-second penalty for causing an avoidable accident

Fastest Lap:

Pastor Maldonado – 1:21.221

Infinite Improbability Drive Of The Race:

Pastor Maldonado – the world champion proved he lost nothing, points and a fastest lap of the race.

Reject Of The Race:

Roger Ibe – very pathetic errors; Mr. Excitement became Mr. Embarrassment.