Hamilton wins at Nürburgring to match Schumacher's record of 91 wins

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If anyone had any doubts about the 2020 World Cup,

won at the Nürburgring to take a 69-point lead over

.

With six races to go, his seventh title seems like a done deal.

If anyone was suspicious of the 91-win record, Hamilton won the Eifel Grand Prix to match

at the top of the all-time ranking.

With six appointments to go, The Kaiser's record will fall this very course.

No one dares question the supremacy of Hamilton, the best driver of the moment at the wheel of the best car of this century.

The rest, like

and

, who also took the podium at the Nürburgring, must resign themselves to the spoils.

Hamilton won with the same usual authority on a frosty Sunday at the Nurburgring.

With only 17ºC on the asphalt, the power of his Mercedes was unaffordable for the rivals.

Toto Wolff, head of the Silver Arrows, can only regret Bottas' mistake, which further cleared the way for his champion, who did not care to start from second on the grid.

Bottas only held 10 laps in the lead.

His hardships were unleashed after an uncontrolled braking that forced him to change tires immediately.

Relegated to third place, the Finn's car began to lose power, the victim of some electrical failure.

His abandonment was inevitable in the twentieth lap.

Many dropouts

A little earlier, on lap 15,

puncture

had forced the entry of the virtual 'safety car', with which the favorites to the podium enjoyed the possibility of an almost free stop to ride the intermediate compound.

The slowness of the Mercedes mechanics allowed Verstappen to recover two seconds over Hamilton.

Under a threat of rain, incidents and dropouts followed one another like an insistent trickle.

was suspended 10 seconds for blowing Russell's Williams more than a foot off the ground;

denied

space

and his five-second penalty was only the prologue to his withdrawal;

thwarted Renault's plans: "I don't have brakes and the gears don't work either," the Frenchman explained to his engineers.

Much better the afternoon was shaping up for Ricciardo, shooting towards the podium from a sixth position, in the wake of the McLaren and

, totally illusory.

He had been the first of all to change his tires, so everything was ordered right in the middle of the race, when Sainz and

had to fulfill their obligations in the pits.

Leclerc against Pérez

By then, the young Briton had sounded the alarm: "I have power problems," he revealed to the McLaren mechanics.

On his return to the tarmac he was overtaken by Pérez at the chicane with amazing ease.

"This is getting worse," he added shortly before the inevitable was confirmed by Sainz himself, able to cut the eight seconds lost to his partner in a jiffy.

The real fight happened a little later, with

against Pérez.

The Monegasque does not care about the deficiencies of his Ferrari, nor the worn tires to challenge a driver as hard to crack as the Mexican.

About

performance

, with another rookie error on the tenth lap, it is better not to talk too much.

The highlight of his career was dodging his teammate at the first corner, when Charles lunged senselessly in a maneuver that anticipated disaster.

Ricciardo, with his Renault, at the Nürburgring.

At that point, Hamilton reported the 'graining' on his front wheels and the hard tires, as evidenced by Vettel, did not support wear either.

Then, on lap 46, the MCL-35's engine started to scorch and race director Michael Masi turned everything upside down.

The decision to remove the 'safety car', despite the fact that Norris's car had been in an area without apparent danger, surprised even the most cautious.

Hamilton, Verstappen Ricciardo, Pérez and Sainz, the top five in that order, took the opportunity to mount soft tires.

The Eifel GP would be resolved in one of those unpredictable sprint races.

But the 10 laps, already with the sky almost clear, did not give much more of themselves.

Hamilton tempered his spirits before shooting off, out of Verstappen's reach.

A second ahead for the hexacampeón each time he crossed the finish line.

There was also no tension between Ricciardo and Pérez due to the coveted third step of the podium.

Only Sainz should have gone to great lengths to deny the gaps to Pierre Gasly.

This fifth place confirms the virtues of the Spanish's reliable careerist.

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