Lewis Hamilton wins 2008 German Grand Prix

Lewis Hamiliton won the German Grand Prix after leading from the start. His victory was in doubt when his team decided not to pit him while the safety car was out. At that point Hamilton dropped to fifth, but his team mate Heikki Kovalainen let him through and went on to catch, Massa and Piquet. This now puts Lewis four points ahead of Felipe Massa in the Championship, going in to the next race in Hungary which he won last year.

The results of the race were:

1 Lewis Hamilton (GB) McLaren-Mercedes one hour 31 minutes 20.874 seconds
2 Nelson Piquet Jr (Brz) Renault at 5.586 seconds
3 Felipe Massa (Brz) Ferrari at 9.339
4 Nick Heidfeld (Ger) BMW Sauber at 9.825
5 Heikki Kovalainen (Fin) McLaren-Mercedes at 12.411
6 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari at 14.483
7 Robert Kubica (Pol) BMW Sauber at 22.603
8 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Toro Rosso-Ferrari at 33.282
9 Jarno Trulli (Ita) Toyota at 37.199
10 Nico Rosberg (Ger) Williams-Toyota at 37.658