Mercedes lick wounds after ‘Armageddon’ home race


Formula One F1 - German Grand Prix - Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany - July 28, 2019 Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton with a damaged front wing during a pit stop in the race Srdjan Suki/Pool via REUTERS

HOCKENHEIM, Germany (Reuters) - Mercedes Formula One boss Toto Wolff spoke of Armageddon, and karma, on Sunday after a landmark home German Grand Prix left the dominant champions with only a sour taste.

The team went into the weekend celebrating 125 years of motorsport involvement, and their 200th start as a constructor, but there was little to toast at the end of a chaotic, rain-hit afternoon.

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