"Hello ladies!" Hamilton says in the waiting room after getting congratulated by the Red Bull drivers, his attention on the grid girls lining his walk to the podium.

He'll be very pleased not to be sharing the podium with Rosberg. It means he suddenly goes into the summer break with a rather commanding lead -- he was trailling by 43 points after the Spanish Grand Prix. A remarkable turnaround.

Lap 67

Hamilton starts the last lap. He's been in ominous form ever since taking that win in Monaco and he's about to take a 19-point lead into the summer break.

Hamilton wins the German Grand Prix. Commanding win from the reigning world champion and Rosberg has a big, big job to do if he wants to regroup after the summer break.

Ricciardo and Verstappen claim the next two spots on the podium. Rosberg fourth. Vettel finished fifth - interesting to see what Ferrari says about him ignoring that call to pit earlier when they felt he could have undercut Verstappen...

Lap 66

Hamilton starts the penultimate lap of the race. Alonso massively lifts to let Rosberg through and Perez has absolutely scampered free since getting past.

"Bottas on 32-lap primes, Jenson," McLaren tells Button. He's right behind the Williams driver. Button makes it look very easy through Turn 8. Safe to say Williams' two-stopper is unraveling slightly out there. Bottas might not even claim a point with Perez bearing down on him,four seconds quicker...

Lap 65

Three laps remaining. Perez has lost a lot of ground having to ovey blue flags.

Alonso and Perez go wheel to wheel on the run down Turn 8, the Mexican relegating Alonso out of the points with some great driving.

Lap 64

Perez closes right up to Alonso but not quite close enough to attempt a move, though he definitely thought about a lunge down the inside.

Lap 63

Hamilton's pace out in front is three tenths quicker than Ricciardo, who may have turned his attention to the other Red Bull behind.

Perez really close behind Alonso now in the battle for tenth. The two men have to compromise their laps to let Verstappen's Red Bull through as well.