F1: Lewis Hamilton wins the 2016 Formula 1 German Grand Prix at the Hockenheimring

MERCEDES Lewis Hamilton surged ahead at the start of the German Grand Prix on Sunday and held on to win the last race before the summer break and increase his championship lead.

Hamilton, second on the grid, was faster off the mark than teammate and title rival Nico Rosberg, who started from pole but dropped to fourth before the first corner.
Hamilton, a three-time Formula One champion who has won the title the last two seasons, now takes a 19-point lead over Rosberg into the four-week break, after trailing Rosberg by 43 points earlier in the season.

Hamilton has won six of the past seven races and now has 49 career victories.
“What a race, what a fantastic start. It was just about keeping it cool,” Hamilton said after his third German GP win.
Daniel Ricciardo was second, ahead of Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen, the first time these two Red Bull drivers shared the podium. Red Bull pushed past Ferrari into second place in the constructors’ standings.
Rosberg also picked up a five-second penalty for pushing Verstappen off the course and had to settle for fourth, after winning the Hockenheim race two years ago from pole.
“It is a tough one, really difficult,” Rosberg said. “The start went completely wrong, none of it was good,” said Rosberg, who swept the first four races of the season but has won only one since.
Rosberg said he was “surprised” to get the penalty and that it had cost him “dearly” because he was unable to challenge the Red Bulls after that.
He sat out the penalty on his third pit stop but the team appeared to have kept him behind for longer than the five seconds. “When a day goes completely wrong all those things come together,” he said.
The incident came on lap 29 after both Rosberg and Verstappen had pitted. There was a lot of wheel-to-wheel racing before Rosberg went wide and forced Verstappen off the track.