Triple world champion Sebastian Vettel had never won a Formula 1 race on home soil, but he un-jinxed himself with a fine performance at the German Grand Prix.
Chasing hard all weekend were the Lotus pair of Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean.
On the same weekend Mercedes went from hero to zero; McLaren looked better; Ferrari made some weird decisions; a cameraman nearly got killed; a Marussia went on a wander; Pirelli tyres behaved - and we have it all in pictures. Plus