Lewis Hamilton heads the driver
standings for the first time this year after a controlled drive to victory in
Sunday Budapest race. Hamilton has a six point advantage over Mercedes team
mate Nico Rosberg, who finished second at the Hungaroring, as Red Bull’s Daniel
Ricciardo joined them on the podium.
Hamilton got the jump on polesitter
Rosberg at the start and from there only lost P1 during pit stops. Red Bull were
able to push the Silver Arrows in the early stages, but their challenge faded
and Ricciardo came home 25 seconds off the lead, with Ferrari Sebastian Vettel
right on this tail.
In the second Red Bull Ferrari
battle, Max Verstappen held on to win a tense and lengthy scrap for fifth with
Kimi Raikkonen, while Fernando Alonso took a worthy if distant seventh for
McLaren. His team mate Jenson Button was the race sole retirement. Toro Rosso
Carlos Sainz, William’s Valtteri Bottas and Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg
completed the top ten to take the remaining points.
The result gives Hamilton 192
points to Rosberg 186, as Ricciardo moves to third on 115 just ahead of
Raikkonen on 114, Vettel is fifth with 110, as Verstappen close up with 110. In
constructor stakes, Mercedes have 378 points; Ferrari 224 and Red Bull are
closing still with 223. Button was the only retirement in Hungary.
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