Hamilton leads Vettel, sixth Gasly

Starting in pole position this Sunday at the Hungarian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton led the race from start to finish and clinched his fifth win of the season and his sixth career on the Hungaroring . A new success that allows the Briton, who preceded on Sunday the two Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Räikkönen on the podium, to consolidate his lead over Vettel in the general clbadification of the World Championship. On the French side, Pierre Gasly finished sixth, Romain Grosjean, tenth

"Train a London bus". Lewis Hamilton had already announced the color on the eve of the Hungarian Grand Prix, and it is clear that the strategy announced by the British has paid. The leader of the Mercedes team won this Sunday for the sixth time on the Hungaroring circuit thanks to a crew played perfectly by Valtteri Bottas . Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Räikkönen complete the podium after a lively race in the final laps. With this fifth success this season, the four-time world champion increases his lead at the top of the drivers' standings with a 24-point lead over his German dolphin before the summer break.

Bottas teammate de luxe

"London bus" needed a driver to hold the road, it is a Finn who took the orders. The Mercedes team was aware of the decisive moment of the start, as it is difficult to overtake on the Hungarian route. Bottas managed perfectly the start of the race by containing the Ferrari drivers, who had started from the second line. A "cap" strategy mastered to perfection by the native of Nastola, even though he had to make a pit stop on the 16th lap to cover that of his compatriot Kimi Räikkönen. This maneuver orchestrated by the Italian team left the field open to Sebastian Vettel behind Hamilton before the hunter became the hunted in the 26th round and the hook of the reigning World Champion by the paddocks.

The "plan C" Vettel failed

After failing in his overtaking on start and losing time due to Valtteri Bottas's human drag, Sebastian Vettel had no choice but to push his tires to the to limit the breakage in his second relay. However, the German driver came out of the pits in the 39th lap behind both Mercedes cars, falling back into the early race configuration . The Ferrari driver took his patience and managed to overtake the Finn in the 65th lap, with a collision hanging on the fin of the car of the German team. However, the gap with Lewis Hamilton was far too big and the native of Heppenheim had to settle for a second place.

Gasly sixth, the beautiful rise of Ricciardo

Behind the untouchable duo of this season in F1 , Kimi Räikkönen took advantage of the troubles of his compatriot to win a new podium . Also note the presence of two French in the Top 10. Pierre Gasly thus ranked sixth at the price of a controlled race from end to end while Romain Grosjean was able to get rid of the hard battle for the Top 10 . The young Normand confirmed his beautiful qualifying session, during which he had scored the sixth time. The Toro Rosso rider has perfectly mastered his rhythm and tire management, taking advantage of Max Verstappen's early retirement from the 6th lap . After finishing fourth in Bahrain and seventh in Monaco, the Rouen still scores points in the drivers standings. However, Pierre Gasly could not resist the beautiful recovery of Daniel Ricciardo. The Australian is managed to finish in fourth position starting only from the sixth line . The Australian even boasted a pbading in the last lap on Bottas, a few minutes after a collision, causing a controversial braking Finn who will be punished with an anecdotal penalty of 10 seconds because he finished with 23 seconds ahead of the sixth. This good performance of the Red Bull driver will probably forget the abandonment of his teammate. Auspicious for the rest of the season? According to the statistics, a brilliant race on the Hungarian side does not guarantee a successful season. Indeed, Lewis Hamilton, winner on the Hungaroring circuit in 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013 and 2016, never won the world championship the same year.

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