Good afternoon, all, and welcome to our LIVE coverage of the German Grand Prix. As we head towards the halfway point in the championship, you'd be forgiven for feeling as though this is Nico Rosberg's year, and as if the odds are stacked against Lewis Hamilton. The Mercedes team-mates deny any accusations of a rift between them, but Hamilton could easily be forgiven for feeling that life can be very unfair sometimes. After five races, he must have thought he was set to claim the title; then there were questions about team tactics as well as the state of his car. He was delighted to secure first place at Silverstone (while Rosberg quietly fell away and failed to finish); but this weekend has not continued that resurgence - at least not so far. Hamilton starts from 20th on the grid - although he may end up starting from the pit lane - after his gear box had to be changed following accident damage yesterday. Meanwhile, Rosberg starts from pole, and looks to extend his lead in the

Formula 1 | German Grand Prix

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Vettel wants to know whether he's supposed to be saving fuel or trying to pass. It's a fair question. Meanwhile, Hamilton gets called in to pit.

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Rosberg pits from the lead and emerges back into the lead. Isn't life uncomplicated for him?

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"This front left is not going to last," says Hamilton, sounding a bit panicked. He's told that they'll consider some other options, in that case.

But Hamilton is really struggling, by his own account, with the left front.

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Mercedes have told Lewis Hamilton that the plan is to make the best of it with the wing they have - they don't want to risk losing time with a longer stop to change it.

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Alonso and Vettel power past Hulkenberg, leaving him back in sixth.

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Do you think Bottas can hold off Hamilton for the rest of the race? Let us know - @EurosportCom_EN.

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Massa declares himself "very frustrated" and describes the day as "disappointing". Touch of understatement there.

And then Alonso goes quicker by four-tenths.

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Hamilton has just recorded the fastest lap of the race so far, 1:21.691, so presumably he's pushing on.

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Kimi Raikkonen's taken a lot of damage as well today, and he pits.

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Meanwhile, reports are coming in that Felipe Massa is very angry with Kevin Magnussen about that clash right at the start.

Hamilton's fretting about what can be done about the damage to his car, though, saying he's lost some downforce.

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Hamilton is past Hulkenberg, who's presumably managed to stop those alarms.

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So will he have to pit again to get that fixed? Can he afford the time? What will Mercedes' strategy be?

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And another little clip! Hamilton and Button, as the Mercedes attempts to gain another place, and there seems to be a touch more damage on the bodywork.

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Nico Hulkenberg is getting advice from his team on how to reset the alarms going off in his cockpit - it seems to be his air temperature gauge.

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Hamilton stayed on softs then - he'll be on super-softs at the end, offering a potential advantage.

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Poor Romain Grosjean - loss of power in his car, and he's out of the race.

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A three-second stop for Hamilton, and he's back out into eighth.

Stop-go penalty for Vergne, for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.

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