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Michael Schumacher admitted that his Mercedes were ‘not up to speed’ at the Hungaroring after he and team-mate Nico Rosberg finished 10th and 13th fastest respectively after Friday’s free practice sessions
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Formula 1 Driver’s Championship

Pos.
Driver
Team
Points

1.
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren
157

2.
Jenson Button
McLaren
143

3.
Mark Webber
Red Bull
136

4.
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull
136

5.
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
123

6.
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes Grand Prix
94

7.
Robert Kubica
Renault
89

8.
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
85

9.
Michael Schumacher
Mercedes Grand Prix
38

10.
Adrian Sutil
Force India F1
35

11.
Rubens Barrichello
Williams
29

12.
Kamui Kobayashi
Sauber
15

13.
Vitantonio Liuzzi
Force India F1
12

14.
Vitaly Petrov
Renault
7

15.
Sebastien Buemi
Scuderia Toro Rosso
7

16.
Jaime Alguersuari
Scuderia Toro Rosso
3

17.
Nico Hulkenberg
Williams
2

18.
Pedro de la Rosa
Sauber
0

19.
Heikki Kovalainen
Lotus F1
0

20.
Karun Chandhok
HRT F1 Team
0

21.
Lucas Di Grassi
Virgin Racing
0

22.
Bruno Senna
HRT F1 Team
0

23.
Jarno Trulli
Lotus F1
0

24.
Timo Glock
Virgin Racing
0

25.
Sakon Yamamoto
HRT F1 [...]

Michael Schumacher is confident his Mercedes GP team’s form will improve, despite the continuation of a lacklustre season last weekend. The German finished ninth at his home grand prix, with team-mate Nico Rosberg beating him to eighth. But he is looking forward, not backwards, as the team approach the final third of the season. “The [...]

The Results of the race driven on Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany.

Pos.
Driver
Team
Time

1.
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
1:27:38.844

2.
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
+4.196

3.
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull
+5.121

4.
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren
+26.896

5.
Jenson Button
McLaren
+29.482

6.
Mark Webber
Red Bull
+43.606

7.
Robert Kubica
Renault
+1 Lap

8.
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes Grand Prix
+1 Lap

9.
Michael Schumacher
Mercedes Grand Prix
+1 Lap

10.
Vitaly Petrov
Renault
+1 Lap

11.
Kamui Kobayashi
Sauber
+1 Lap

12.
Rubens Barrichello
Williams
+1 Lap

13.
Nico Hulkenberg
Williams
+1 Lap

14.
Pedro de la Rosa
Sauber
+1 Lap

15.
Jaime Alguersuari
Scuderia Toro Rosso
+1 Lap

16.
Vitantonio Liuzzi
Force India F1
+2 Laps

17.
Adrian Sutil
Force India F1
+2 Laps

18.
Timo Glock
Virgin Racing
+3 Laps

19.
Bruno [...]

TV UNILATERALS Q. Fernando, as the team told you at the end you have indeed been very quick this weekend. Frustration though for much of the race and you said on the team radio at one stage ‘this is ridiculous’ but in the end it ended very well for you. Fernando ALONSO: Yeah, I think [...]

Nico Rosberg was relieved to finish in the points, after Mercedes GP endured a difficult weekend in Germany. The 24-year-old later admitted that the Brackley-based team’s race strategy had been damage limitation, in an attempt to prevent its drivers falling further behind in the title scrap. Rosberg, who eventually finished in eighth place, is now [...]

Mercedes-Benz experienced a tough result as it returned to its home German Grand Prix as a works team on Sunday, with Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher both coming home a lap down in eighth and ninth.
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Mercedes drivers Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher admitted there was not much more they could have done after a frustrating German Grand Prix saw them finish in 8th and 9th respectively on home soil
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Michael Schumacher suffered the ignominy of failing to make Q3 in front of his home fans at Hockenheim, losing out by eight thousandths of a second to team mate Nico Rosberg and finally bumped out of the qualifying shoot-out by rookie young German Nico Hulkenberg’s Williams-Cosworth.
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Mercedes Grand Prix drivers Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher were unable to make a significant impression at home in Germany on Saturday, with the former just making the cut for the top ten shootout as the latter was demoted.
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