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Behind the scenes at Hockenheim

Hamilton's 100th race, press conference ear-bashing, British media lost in the middle of the night and more, as Glenn Freeman reports from behind the scenes in Germany

Britain and Germany may be divided by their football teams, but in qualifying at least Hockenheim much resembled the waterlogged Silverstone of the previous week.

The Germans and the British love a bit of banter. The Germans like to boast about their football prowess and Brits shout about, well, other things, but a far less controversial topic of debate between the two nationalities - apart from each other's sense of humour - is the weather.

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