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The German Grand Prix 2019 was the 11th round of the 2019 F1 season, and took place at the Hockenheimring in Hockenheim, Germany, on July 28th.
Max Verstappen won the race after starting in the 2nd position, followed by Sebastian Vettel, and Daniil Kvyat completing the podium with an expectacular comeback, all the way from the 14th position of the grid.
Lewis Hamilton started from the pole position, but only managed to finish 9th.
Final results
Race evolution
Pit Stops
There were a total of 78 pit stops during the race.
The most popular pit stop windows were:
- Laps 2-3: 14 stops
- Laps 6-8: 5 stops
- Laps 23-31: 30 stops
- Laps 41-42: 6 stops
- Laps 44-47: 15 stops
- Laps 56-57: 4 stops
The fastest pit stop was Max Verstappen's, stopping the clock at 19.062 seconds during his pit stop on lap 46, while the slowest one was was Lewis Hamilton's, who stopped the clock at 1 minutes, 9.022 seconds, 49.960 seconds slower than Verstappen, during his pit stop on lap 29.
These times include the time the driver spent going through the pit lane, as well as the actual time he stopped for the mechanics to work on his car.
Strategy
The race was not obvious in terms of pit stop strategy, with different teams and different drivers choosing to make anywhere from 1 to 6 stops.
The race winner, Max Verstappen, was on a 5 stops strategy.
1 stop
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6Daniel Ricciardo
2 stops
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1Lando Norris
3 stops
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7Nico Hülkenberg
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2Carlos Sainz
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7Charles Leclerc
4 stops
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10Alexander Albon
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7Kimi Räikkönen
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12Valtteri Bottas
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11Daniil Kvyat
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2Antonio Giovinazzi
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10Pierre Gasly
5 stops
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18Sebastian Vettel
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1Romain Grosjean
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1Max Verstappen
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8Robert Kubica
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11Lance Stroll
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6George Russell
6 stops
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8Lewis Hamilton
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4Kevin Magnussen
Excluding those drivers who could not finish the race, those on a 3 stops strategy gained 2 positions on average, the ones on a 4 stops strategy gained 3 positions on average, the ones on a 5 stops strategy gained 7.17 positions on average, while those on a 6 stops strategy lost an average of 2 positions.
This difference in possitions gained, together with a deeper nalaysis of each strategy, reinforces the conclusion that a 5 stops strategy was the best option.
It is important to note that this might not always be the case for other races held at the Hockenheimring, as the conditions might change from year to year, in terms of wheel degradation, accidents, safety cars, etc.
Incidents
The reace did not end without incidents... 7 drivers out of the original 20 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.
These included, Pierre Gasly, who retired dure to damage caused by a collision with other cars on lap 61, Valtteri Bottas, Nico Hülkenberg, and Charles Leclerc, all of whom had to retire due to an accident, Lando Norris, who suffered a power loss on lap 25, Daniel Ricciardo, who suffered from problems with the exhaust on lap 13, and Sergio Pérez, who lost control and spun off the track on lap 1.
Collision
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Pierre GaslyLap 61
Accident
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Valtteri BottasLap 56
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Nico HülkenbergLap 39
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Charles LeclercLap 27
Power loss
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Lando NorrisLap 25
Exhaust
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Daniel RicciardoLap 13
Spun off
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Sergio PérezLap 1
Qualifying
Lewis Hamilton managed to get the pole position by 0.346 seconds and a final lipe time of 1:11.767. Right next to him, completing the first line of the grid, was Max Verstappen.
Track evolution
As the qualifying session went on, with the track rubbering in, and the drivers testing the limits of the grip of their cars, the times per lap dropped, and 13 out of the 15 drivers that took place in Q2 were able to improve their times.
The Q3 is the time were all the remaining drivers put all their cards on the table, even those with a superior car who might have been managing their times in Q1 and Q2 push their cars to the limit in Q3. That being said, the changing conditions of the track made it difficult to find these limits, and only 3 drivers were able to improve their Q2 times.