Lewis Hamilton is keeping one eye on the weather ahead of the German Grand Prix as he expects the strong possibility of rain or hot conditions to become Mercedeꦛs’ biggest worry while fighting for victory.

The reigning Form💫ula 1 world champion secured pole position at Hockenheim ahead of Red Bull Honda’s Max Ver❀stappen as chief threats at Ferrari Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel both suffered separate mechanical heartache leaving them down in 10th and 20th respectively on the starting grid.

With Mercedes struggling in hot conditions this season, leading to the team running a new cooling package debuted this weekend, Ha𝐆milton also remains wary of the heavy rain forecast on race day.

“I think it’s weather – that can be a threat,” Hamilton said. “There was talk of ꦜrain and pot🔯entially on race day.

“I’ve not looked at the long runs, so I don’t know how strong they are ☂on the long runs. It’s not the easiest of tracks to always overtake.

“But depending on the temperature, if it was like yesterd✤ay that makes it quite a difficult race and probably more stops.

“If it’s like Saturday, which again a𝐆ctually starting getting hotter towards the end, it’s still going to be a real challenge. I think the real challenge is just making sure we do all our due𝔍 diligence and make sure we operate at the level we have been operating at.”

The weather forecast for the German GP currently sees rain expected to arrive throughout the day at Hockenheim w💧ith a 60% chance of rain for the start of the race but temperatures are not expected to peak to simil꧃ar levels as seen at the start of the race weekend when Mercedes suffered.