ICYMI: Behind the scenes in Germany

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HOCKENHEIMRING, GERMANY - JULY 28: Race winners trophy on the grid during the German GP at

You can't be watching social media all the time, so let us help you catch up on some moments you may have missed over the German Grand Prix weekend...

Crazy Kimi...

It's not just on track that the Iceman produces magic moments - and thankfully Alfa's press team are there to capture them all...

Mercedes makeover

Celebrating 125 years in motorsport, the Silver Arrows' special Hockenheim livery recalled the marque's famous trick of removing their cars' white paint to save weight - though rivals Red Bull had another explanation...

Fabulous fifties

And it wasn't just Mercedes' cars that had been given a new look in Germany...

Founding father

The man who started the team now known as Alfa Romeo Racing was there to see them land, and then sadly lose a double points finish...

Formula Juan

F1 loves to welcome former winners, and this cool Columbian knows just how it feels to stand atop the Hockenheim podium...

Football fans

Max Verstappen was joined by the boys from RB Leipzig...

No place like home

Mercedes' German Grand Prix may not have gone to plan, but it certainly wasn't down to a lack of local support...

Be prepared

This man certainly was. A former Boy Scout perhaps?

Gone but not forgotten

Amid their anniversary celebrations, there was one man Mercedes could not fail to remember - former colleague and three-time F1 world champion Niki Lauda...

Rolling back the years

There was no F2 action in Germany, but this was some welcome consolation. Schumacher + Ferrari = fever...

Brotherly love

Charles Leclerc may have stuffed it in the wall, but at least one member of the family found their way to victory in Germany...

Making music

It wasn't just the Hockenheim race that threw up scenes no one had predicted. The pre-race entertainment produced its fair share of surprises too...

Drivers on parade

Tough life being an F1 star - spend Sunday afternoons driving state-of-the-art racing machinery, and get chauffeured around in some classic motors before you start work...

Father figure

What a weekend Daniil Kvyat had. On the Saturday his partner Kelly Piquet gave birth to their first child, and on Sunday he scored his first podium since April 2016...

How many?

Yes, you did read the number correctly. There won't be another Grand Prix like this for a while...

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