Max Verstappen: “Germany win doesn’t change Championship outlook”

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took his second win of the year in the German Grand Prix. Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel took second from the back of the grid and Toro Rosso’s Daniil Kvyat was third. Lewis Hamilton finished 11th after two mistakes. But the Briton did not lose any ground to team-mate Valtteri Bottas in the championship after the Finn crashed. Verstappen’s second win of the year means he now lies just 22 points behind Bottas but he wrote off the events of Hockenheim as a blip. "They [Mercedes] are so miles ahead in the championship," he said. "It [the 63-point deficit] is more than two victories, and they are still the dominant team, I think. We managed to do a good job but we still have to work very hard to close that gap and actually really fight for the victory every single race, so there's still a lot of work to do." Verstappen made no further errors and profited when Mercedes’ race fell apart. "We had to stay very focused," he said. "We couldn't afford too many mistakes. I mean now, after the race, I can say I did that 360 for the crowd, but at the time it was a bit tricky out there with the medium tyre, very low grip. I think the information between myself and the team was crucial. I think we made the right calls and that gave us the victory also."

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