The FORMULA 1 GERMAN GRAND PRIX 2019 had enough rain to create a new level of tires drama that we had not seen yet this season. The race started with the Formation Lap lasting for 3 laps so that the Race Director could decide if the race should start with the normal standing start or, based on weather conditions do a Safety Car start. The standing start, which is preferred by the drivers, saw the Red Bulls of Verstappen and Gasly, that started on Rows 1 and 2 being badly passed before turn 1. All cars started on Full Wets. It became obvious very early in the race that the wet conditions were going to be a major factor creating a little more drama and throughout the race there was more than enough tires drama.
As parts of the track dried, most teams switched to Intermediates and then the tires drama escalated, as the race continued some teams gambled and switched to Softs, but quickly found out that they were a little too optimistic as cars on Softs, starting sliding all over the place, some going off the track, some maintaining control to get back on and some stopped when they hit a barrier. The crashes that caused Yellow Flag situations, allowed those cars on Softs to quickly pit to get back on Intermediates.
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won the race with an amazing performance by Sebastian Vettel, who started dead last, finishing 2nd for Ferrari on his home track and Danill Kvyat put Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda on the Podium with his 3rd place finish Verstappen also earned the fastest lap point.
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