The Italian Gazzetta dello Sport praises Lewis Hamilton’s performance in Germany: ‘Hamilton is a living legend who became visibly moved when Mick Schumacher gave him the helmet of his father Michael Schumacher. The Briton could not believe it and with that we saw how reality can sometimes even transcend fantasies. After the safety car phase, he showed again how good he is in the race, although Max Verstappen simply could not do much against Hamilton’s Mercedes in his Red Bull car. Once again the Dutchman got everything out of his car, but he had to conclude again that he does not have a world championship worthy car in his possession. ‘
Sky Sports is logically also very enthusiastic about the achievements of fellow countryman Hamilton, the Briton can no longer miss a seventh title according to his countrymen: ‘Lewis has taken a gigantic step towards equaling the number of world titles of Schumacher. The seventh title is almost in. The Mercedes driver still had to compete for his victory at the Nurburgring, because Verstappen was competitive again as always. The young Dutchman showed that when he drove the fastest lap of the race at the end of the race. However, that was no longer enough to get close to Hamilton, because he crossed the finish line more than four seconds earlier. ‘
In France they talk about Hamilton, but they also do not want to ignore Schumacher. According to The team the Mercedes driver has done a great job matching Schumacher and that is why his race is rated with a 9.5. It wasn’t a spectacular race, but Hamilton still gets a 9.5 because he deserves that mark for his entire oeuvre. With his 91st victory he is becoming an even bigger legend in motorsport. ‘
As said, the race was not very exciting and that was partly because only Verstappen is able to put Hamilton under pressure. Every race weekend, the Red Bull driver does everything he can to get everything out of his car, but his car does not come close to the Mercedes car. That would almost make you feel sorry for the Dutchman. We will also have to ask ourselves whether these years will be seen in retrospect as lost years for Verstappen. He deserves to win every race himself in the future. ‘
Finally, the German image nice words for Hamilton and of course they also look back proudly on the performance of Nico Hulkenberg. ‘The victory and with it equaling the Schumacher record gave everyone goosebumps. Hamilton also took Schumi’s helmet to the podium and that basically summed it all up. Unfortunately, the record was not matched after an exciting race, although we saw a strong performance from Hulkenberg. He had to get into the Racing Point car from scratch and did an excellent job. In addition, there was a second place for Verstappen, who fell for Lewis at the end of the safety car phase. The six-time world champion pulled a clever trick by braking a bit more just before the chicane, forcing the Dutchman to brake again. Then Hamilton took off quickly and took the win on the ring.
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