Hamilton cruises to victory in Hungarian GP

Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton has a crusade to victory in the Hungarian Grand Prix to extend his title over 24 points over Sebastian Vettel

Hamilton headed the race from Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen after a late race clash with Valtteri Bottas had been running second, but struggling for grip on old tyres his staunch defense finally gave way to laps to run, to which point his race unraveled.

Vettel ran an alternate strategy the middle part of the race, only to drop behind Bottoms after his stop where he would have gone to the last lapse

An early start saw the front two rows get away cleanly, Vettel going the long way around Raikkonen at Turn 3

Verstappen gained two hits on the line to move to fifth, while Ricciardo lost contact with the Marcus Ericsson's Sauber.

Char The Leclerc's race was over, opening the door to the opening of the race.

Soon after Verstappen became the second retirement after he reported a loss of power, stopping on circuit on Lap 6 and triggering a brief Virtual Safety Car.

Ricciardo quickly made up for his sluggish start.

Raikkonen was the first of the front runners to stop, swapping his ultrasoft tires for a set of softs after just 15 laps

It forced Mercedes' hand, Bottas heading into a weather with a better stop comfortably ahead of the Ferrari. [19659003] Out front, The Hamilton driver seems to be in the lead of the future the breed.

Mercedes called the race leader in the aftermath of the season.

Having got a set of soft compound tires, Vettel was the last (19659003) It was a slow stop, a drastic change in the rate of decline.

A promising race for Stoffel Vandoorne came to an end while running ninth, drawing the Virtual Safety Car for the second time on Lap 51.

Vettel's efforts to attack Bottoms for second time were blunted, the Ferrari struggling to run close enough

Raising the Vettel with challenging laps remaining

Vettel without challenging.

With four laps remaining Vettel finally got a run on Bottas, launching an attack into Turn 1 before-dragging the Mercedes in Turn 2.

A defiant Bottas, Vettel's car [19999003] Bottas' race went out bad Riccardo to the Red Bull, a young man who was born in 1948, was one of the most famous people in the world. Turned to the …

The Mercedes slid wide of the apex, tagging the side of the Red Bull and forcing Ricciardo off the road.

It was a position, though stewards announced their intention to examine the incident after the race, although it mattered not, Ricciardo making the move stick at the end of the final lap.

Out front, Hamilton won by nearly 20 seconds from Vettel and Ricciardo, Showing back to Formula 1 [1965990] Result: Hungarian Formula 1 Grand Prix

Drivers' Championship

Constructors' Championship

Pos	Team	Points
1	Mercedes	345
2	Ferrari	335
3 [19659032] Red Bull	223
4	Renault	82
5	Haas	66
6	Force India	59
7 19659032] McLaren	52
8	Toro Rosso	28
9	Sauber	] 18 [19659031] 10 [19659032] Williams	4 [19659208] [ad_2] Source link Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tags Cruises GP Hamilton Hungarian victory Related Articles "I had to make a statement": Joe Root says the century was a special round | sport Sri Lanka v England: Joe Root's sublime 124 places tourists first Henriques posts 152 against Qld in Shield Socceroos news: Wayne Rooney Farewell England, Tim Cahill, Australia v Lebanon Une équipe pénalisée par une controverse étrange Wallabies vs. Italy rugby Test news, Simon Raiwalui, forwards Powered by https://naaju.com/aus | Designed by Naaju © Copyright 2024, All Rights Reserved