Lewis Hamilton cruised to an unchallenged victory  German Formula One Grand Prix to extend his lead over Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg at the top of the world championship standings. Hamilton seized the advantage at the start from pole-sitter Rosberg, who drove an underwhelming race in front of his home fans, and was never overtaken.

• It was Hamilton’s sixth victory in the last seven races and fourth in succession. The 49th win of the reigning champion’s career left him two adrift of Frenchman Alain Prost’s mark of 51.

• The Briton crossed the line 6.9 seconds ahead of Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo, who was on the podium for the second race in a row on his 100th grand prix appearance.
• His team mate Max Verstappen finished third, his fourth top-three result, to give Red Bull their first double rostrum in more than a year.

• Rosberg, who had looked unbeatable after topping every practice session, was only fourth after falling back at thestart and collecting a five-second time penalty for forcing Verstappen off the track.
• Hamilton now leads Rosberg by 19 points in the standings with nine rounds of a record 21-race season remaining

• This was the 50th Grand Prix since the hybrid turbo rules were introduced to F1 and Mercedes’ 43rd win in the same period; an 86% strike rate, which is an unprecedented period of domination. Of the seven races they failed to win, two of them were due to contact between the Mercedes drivers.