Happy holidays for Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton will head into Formula One’s summer holiday with a smile on his face after extending his lead in the championship to 19 points by winning yesterday’s German Grand Prix.

While his deflated title rival Nico Rosberg endured a miserable home race at Hockenheim, in which he crossed the line only in fourth, Hamilton sauntered to his sixth win in seven races.

Indeed having been 43 points behind Rosberg in May, Hamilton is now comfortably ahead of his Mercedes team-mate by virtue of an unbeaten July with victories in Austria, Silverstone, Hungary and here in Germany on Sunday.