The complete German Grand Prix review
Fernando Alonso spent another race under pressure at the front of the field, but unlike Silverstone, in Germany he was able to hang on and take another race win, as our GP Review recounts
Practice one - Friday AM
If the teams thought they had escaped the rains of Silverstone, P1 made everyone think again as patchy showers intermittently interrupted running. In fact that set the tone for the best part of the weekend.
Jenson Button, using McLaren's revised MP4-27, set the pace in the initial session at Hockenheim, but in truth only the McLaren man and Romain Grosjean made use of the track when it was at its driest in the first 20 minutes.
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