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Team principal macus16 once joked that Manor’s goal is to finish 5th in every race. He probably wasn’t expecting it to happen… again.

Felipe Massa qualified an unsurprising 5th at the Hockenheimring, while Pastor Maldonado qualified 8th. Massa ran a relatively clean race under pressure, being blitzed by the likes of Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hulkenberg by lap 33. He finished 7th, but in the midst of team order controversy involving Magnussen and Ferrari teammate Felipe Nasr, the two were disqualified, bumping Massa up to 5th.

As for Maldonado, he faced early struggles when he locked up his brakes in the Mobil 1 turn on lap 14, followed by a slow pit stop on lap 33. Despite this, he began slicing through the field, overtaking Daniel Ricciardo and Romain Grosjean. He finished 8th, but due to Ferrari’s disqualification, was promoted to 6th.

Beer Hall Push

Shortly after the race, BRM decided to host a party in celebration of their first points of the season, with every team invited, and Manor was no exception.

It was “Bring-Your-Own-Booze”, yet the Manor boys didn’t have any available, so Massa and Maldonado decided to improvise. By stealing some from the Mercedes garage.

In (very) horrible choices for disguises, the duo posed as street performers to act as a diversion. Meanwhile, Manor team members Labradoodle and ZappaOMatic took advantage to sneak in and steal some kegs. Surprisingly, they were not caught.

The party went along smoothly, and no one was questioned by the act. Though with the publishing of this article, that might not be for long.