Hamilton won the Hungarian Formula 1 GP and brought the advantage over Vettel to 24 points

BUDAPEST (dpa) .- The British


Lewis Hamilton
won the Grand Prix with authority


Formula 1
from Hungary and thus extended from 17 to 24 points his advantage over the German Sebastian Vettel before the championship recess. Mercedes driver successfully defended
the "pole" reached Saturday to add his fifth win of the season and the second in a row after his victory in Germany. The world champion also celebrated his sixth victory in Budapest, a record in the circuit.

Vettel finished second, who managed to score good points after starting the race in fourth. With an aggressive maneuver, the German has managed to overcome five rounds of the end the Finnish Valtteri Bottas, who until then had successfully supported the ravages of the Ferrari. Kimi Räikkönen, Vettel's teammate in the Italian team, finished fourth after taking advantage of the touch suffered by Bottas on the wing in the maneuver in which he was overtaken by his rivals.

Bottas, who did the dirty work of Mercedes resisting Ferrari's attacks to the extent that he could, ended up losing his temper at the end of the race and was also overtaken by the Australian Daniel Ricciardo to finish in fifth place. Before being overtaken by Ricciardo, the Finn defends himself with a rather irregular maneuver that may be worth a penalty.

Frenchman Pierre Gasly reaches the finish line in sixth position with his Toro Rosso, followed by Denmark's Kevin Magnussen (Haas). The Spanish Fernando Alonso finished eighth with his McLaren, just ahead of fellow countryman Carlos Sainz (Renault), who could not take advantage of his good starting position (fifth place). The marking area was closed by Frenchman Romain Grosjean (Haas).

Far from the noise and fighting between Bottas and Ferrari, Hamilton finished. "What a beautiful day, thanks a lot to everyone at the factory," said the relaxed Briton after a triumph that, at the beginning of the weekend, was not fully expected. The Mercedes driver had several problems at the training, but the rain fell in the rankings helped him to reach the "pole" and today, on the dry, he was able to keep the l & rsquo; Advantage without problem.

12 of the 21 championship races, Hamilton adds 213 points to the 189 of Vettel. In this way, the British can go on vacation with a good mattress before the reign of the engine will resume in four weeks in Belgium.