Hamilton uses head to take German GP win

Lewis Hamilton believes using his head as well his heart helped him conjure a German Grand Prix victory to savour on Sunday.

Hamilton produced a vintage performance to claim a crucial win that keeps him in the hunt for this year’s Formula One world title.

After all the criticism that followed his drives, and incidents, in Monaco and Canada, a seemingly more relaxed Hamilton proved to his critics he has not lost his touch.

Two overtaking manoeuvres on Mark Webber and Fernando Alonso, who finished third and second respectively at the Nurburgring, were the 26-year-old at his supreme best.

Hamilton even set the fastest lap to add to his superb weekend following which he is now 82 points adrift of Sebastian Vettel as the reigning champion had to settle for fourth in his Red Bull.

“Days like this definitely pay off more than you could imagine,” said Hamilton.

“This was a great race in the sense that there was Mark, Fernando and me all within a tenth (of a second) of each other, lap after lap after lap.

“It was about real perfection, about really not making mistakes.

“It was awesome, and both of these guys drove exceptionally well.

“For me, with my aggressive style, and with people commenting about being able to use it, here I was in a really very good head space.

“Perhaps I feel even better because I felt the moves I did were some of the most precise I have pulled in a while.

“Being able to drive with your head all the time and get it right, just right, is massively satisfying.”

It led to Hamilton describing the victory as “more special than usual”, with the hope now this is a platform to mounting a title crack at Vettel.

“I couldn’t feel any better because we never expected to come here and be so fast, but the guys have done a fantastic job and pushed so hard,” added Hamilton.

“I just feel great. It was one of the best races I’ve ever done, and this is a massive step forward.

“I really hope that as a team we can really use this to propel us forward and to keep the momentum going.”