Crazy race in Hungaroring wins by Ricciardo

Ricciardo wins. He won a thrilling Hungarian Grand Prix that had drama, controversy and wheel-to-wheel racing to rival any race this season.

Ricciardo took the lead after pulling two brave overtaking moves on lap 67 and 68 to move from third to first. Fernando Alonso held on for an equally impressive second place in the Ferrari ahead of the warring Mercedes duo of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, which were both involved in a four-way battle for the lead in the closing stages.

Alonso looked set to end a 15-month victory drought for Ferrari, but ultimately found a mammoth 32-lap final stint on a set of soft Pirelli tyres too much and thus had to settle for second.

Hamilton reduced the points gap to title rival Nico Rosberg by taking an unlikely podium finish after a pitlane start, just fending off his Mercedes team-mate over the final lap as he battled to the finish on a well-worn set of medium tyres.

Hamilton survived a brush with the barrier after spinning at Turn 2 on the first lap, and also courted intra-team controversy by holding up team-mate Rosberg during his final stint despite radio requests to let him through.

The timing of Ericsson’s crash was particularly bad for the early top four – Rosberg, Valtteri Bottas, Sebastian Vettel and Alonso – as it came just after they had passed the pitlane entry. With the quartet therefore having to complete an additional lap at a controlled speed, while the cars behind were able to pit, Rosberg fed back to the track in fourth place.

 

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts
1 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault 70 Winner 4 25
2 14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 70 +5.2 secs 5 18
3 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 70 +5.8 secs 22 15
4 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 70 +6.3 secs 1 12
5 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 70 +29.8 secs 6 10
6 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 70 +31.4 secs 16 8
7 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 70 +40.9 secs 2 6
8 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 70 +41.3 secs 3 4
9 25 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Renault 70 +58.5 secs 8 2
10 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 70 +67.2 secs 7 1
11 99 Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 70 +68.1 secs 11
12 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 70 +78.4 secs 21
13 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 70 +84.0 secs 20
14 26 Daniil Kvyat STR-Renault 69 +1 Lap 10
15 17 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari 69 +1 Lap 15
16 4 Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 69 +1 Lap 18
Ret 21 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 32 +38 Laps 13
Ret 10 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault +46 Laps 17
Ret 11 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes +48 Laps 12
Ret 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes +56 Laps 9
Ret 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault +60 Laps 14
Ret 9 Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault +63 Laps 19

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  1. Post By GoldStandard

    Fantastic race…… let’s hope this stops people whining about F1 😉
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    Utterly stupid Merc team orders, asking Lewis to slow down (what!!!!!).
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    Utterly stupid Mclaren team decision to put on the wrong tyre for the conditions…… JB would have had P2 with brand new slick tyres and ready to race.
    LOL at least I got the miracle that I was hoping for 🙂 🙂

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