Hamilton glad to see the 支援する of German Grand Prix
A dejected 吊りくさび Hamilton said he was only human after 衝突，墜落ing while 主要な Sunday’s thrill-a-minute German Grand Prix.
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took advantage of Hamilton’s 高くつく／犠牲の大きい slip-up to 勝利，勝つ a frenetic rain-攻撃する，衝突する race which 伴う／関わるd four safety cars and several high-profile 事故s.
One of those 伴う／関わるd Hamilton, who had looked 始める，決める to （人命などを）奪う，主張する his eighth victory of a 支配的な season before he 攻撃する，衝突する the 塀で囲む on （競技場の）トラック一周 29 of 64 enthralling （競技場の）トラック一周s of 演劇 at Hockenheim.
The Briton crossed the line 11th of the 13 分類するd 走者s, the first time he has 完全にするd a race and finished outside the points in more than six years.
However, late on Sunday night he was 促進するd to ninth ? 選ぶing up two points after Alfa Romeo drivers’ Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi were 攻撃する，衝突する with 30-second 刑罰，罰則s for t orque 不正行為s.
“I am only human,” said Hamilton. “It was a mistake. Mistakes happen.
“It has been a bad day, a bad 週末, and probably the worst day I have had for a long, long time. I am glad it’s over.”
吊りくさび Hamilton had a bad day at Hockenheim (AP)
The world 支持する／優勝者 was enjoying a 36-second lead when he was called in by Mercedes to change to 悪賢い tyres にもかかわらず 執拗な 小雨.
On his first （競技場の）トラック一周 out of the 炭坑，オーケストラ席s, he ran off the road at the final corner, which had just （人命などを）奪う，主張するd its first 犠牲者, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.
Hamilton pulled in for 即座の 修理s, but his Mercedes 乗組員 were caught off-guard. What 続いて起こるd was a 炭坑，オーケストラ席 stop 国境ing on the farcical.
Hamilton´s 炭坑，オーケストラ席 stop was far from 臨床の (AP)
Hamilton’s team, dressed in retro gear to celebrate 125 years of motorsport, ran around like headless chickens as they searched for spare parts. Hamilton was 静止している for more than 50 seconds.
He 現れるd in fifth, but then dropped way 負かす／撃墜する the order, stopping a （競技場の）トラック一周 late after the safety car was （軍隊を）展開する，配備するd for a third time when the last bend （人命などを）奪う，主張するd another scalp, Renault’s Nico Hulkenberg.
Hamilton asked over the 無線で通信する: “How has it gone this bad?” It was to get even worse.
Max Verstappen won the race (AP)
A second spin followed, this time at the first corner, to the deafening 元気づけるs of the German （人が）群がる. In the space of 25 incredible （競技場の）トラック一周s, Hamilton had fallen from first to last.
“The turning point was when we put on 悪賢いs when it was still wet,” said Hamilton, taking 目的（とする） at his Mercedes team.
“Things are going to be thrown at you on days like this, but it felt like one 支配 after another, like snakes and ladders, and I kept hitting the snakes today.”
Sebastian Vettel carved through the field (PA)
Hamilton has been 戦う／戦いing with flu throughout the 週末, raising eyebrows when he …に出席するd the pre-race drivers’ 要点説明 wearing a winter jacket, にもかかわらず the heatwave. He 明らかにする／漏らすd on Sunday night he has cancelled personal かかわり合いs scheduled for the next few days ーするために 残り／休憩（する） ahead of next week’s Hungarian Grand Prix.
A doctor from the FIA went to see Hamilton on the morning of Sunday’s race to give him the all-（疑いを）晴らす to compete.
“This 週末 has just been mentally and 肉体的に challenging for me,” 追加するd the Briton. “I am going home [to Monaco] to sleep to try and get over this bug.”
Valtteri Bottas also 衝突，墜落d out, making it a bad day for Mercedes (AP)
Despit e Hamilton’s poor 週末 he leaves Hockenheim with a 41-point 選手権 lead,? after team-mate Valtteri Bottas 衝突，墜落d out when he should have finished second.
Verstappen kept his 冷静な／正味の to 勝利，勝つ from Sebastian Vettel, who 嵐／襲撃するd from 20th to second. Toro Rosso’s Daniil Kvyat finished third, and later 献身的な the podium position to his girlfriend Kelly Piquet, who gave birth to the couple’s first child, a daughter, on Saturday night.
Another remarkable storyline （機の）カム in the form of Racing Point’s Lance Stroll, who led for the first time in his career, before finishing fourth. McLaren’s Carlos Sainz was fifth ahead of London-born Thai Alexander Albon, who was a career-best sixth.
Williams driver Robert Kubica was 促進するd to 10th, 収入 his first point since returning to the sport.
