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Hungarian GP

2016 Formula 1 Hungarian GP

Hungary
Jul 21, 2016 to Jul 24, 2016
Hungaroring, HU
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Formula 1 Hungarian GP

Hungarian Grand Prix - Race

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So that's it for a somewhat anti-climactic Hungarian Grand Prix, a race that was largely decided in Turn 1 and that never quite developed a victory battle despite threatening one on several occasions.

Here's our report. See you next week for the German Grand Prix at Hockenhein.
And the teams' championship standings are:
Mercedes 378
Ferrari 224
Red Bull 223
Williams 94
Force India 74
Toro Rosso 45
McLaren 38
Renault 6
Manor 1
Sauber 0
The drivers' championship standings are now:
Hamilton 192
Rosberg 186
Ricciardo 115
Raikkonen 114
Vettel 110
Verstappen 100
Bottas 56
Perez 47
Massa 38
Sainz 30
Grosjean 28
Hulkenberg 27
Alonso 24
Kvyat 23
Button 13
Magnussen 6
Wehrlein 1
Vandoorne 1

Race results

Pos.#DriverChassisEngineGap
1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes Mercedes -
2 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes Mercedes 1.977
3 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull TAG 27.539
4 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari Ferrari 28.213
5 33 Max Verstappen Red Bull TAG 48.659
6 7 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari Ferrari 49.044
7 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren Honda 1 lap
8 55 Carlos Sainz Jr. Toro Rosso Ferrari 1 lap
9 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams Mercedes 1 lap
10 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India Mercedes 1 lap
11 11 Sergio Perez Force India Mercedes 1 lap
12 30 Jolyon Palmer Renault Renault 1 lap
13 21 Esteban Gutierrez Haas Ferrari 1 lap
14 8 Romain Grosjean Haas Ferrari 1 lap
15 20 Kevin Magnussen Renault Renault 1 lap
16 26 Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso Ferrari 1 lap
17 12 Felipe Nasr Sauber Ferrari 1 lap
18 19 Felipe Massa Williams Mercedes 2 laps
19 94 Pascal Wehrlein Manor Mercedes 2 laps
20 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber Ferrari 2 laps
21 88 Rio Haryanto Manor Mercedes 2 laps
  22 Jenson Button McLaren Honda 10 laps
For Daniel Ricciardo, it's his third consecutive Hungaroring podium.
It's Nico Rosberg's career-first Formula 1 podium at the Hungaroring - but he surrenders the championship lead as a result, and will now trail Hamilton by six points.

So that's Lewis Hamilton making it a record five wins at the Hungaroring.

Wasn't in much doubt after Turn 1, Lap 1.

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"Awesome race, Lewis, well done mate, great stuff."

"As always, guys, thank you so much for all your hard work this weekend - and everyone back in the factory."

The rest of the points-scorers are Alonso, Sainz, Bottas and Hulkenberg, all a lap down.
Verstappen keeps fifth ahead of Raikkonen.
Daniel Ricciardo is on the podium, successfully holding off former teammate Sebastian Vettel.
Rosberg brings it home in second place.
Chequered Flag
Lewis Hamilton wins the 2016 Hungarian Grand Prix!
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Raikkonen very, very unhappy with Verstappen on the radio, says that he will end up hitting the Red Bull if Verstappen doesn't stop moving under braking.
Final lap - Hamilton has just posted his best lap of the race, he's well clear.
Alonso has been lapped, so the leading Mercs won't encounter any more traffic.
Two laps to go. The gap out front is back out to 1.4s, while Vettel is now within half a second of Ricciardo.
Raikkonen has a go around the outside of Turn 1 - he locks up and runs wide as a result.

There was definitely only one dash from Verstappen that time around so Raikkonen won't have anything to complain about.
Rosberg within a second of Hamilton again.
Raikkonen looks to be braking later in T1 and T2, trying to force a mistake from Verstappen. It's not happened so far.
Four laps to go, no traffic right ahead of Hamilton and he is matching Rosberg's pace.
Verstappen is starting to find some time on Raikkonen through S2, which is helping him out in the early-lap DRS zones.
Five laps to go. The gap out front is 1.3s.
And now there's a chance of two simultaneous Red Bull - Ferrari battles, as Vettel gets within a second of Ricciardo.
Raikkonen is getting ever closer to Verstappen in the DRS zones but it's not enough for now.

Replays show Hamilton locking up and running wide at Turn 12, which is what allowed Rosberg to get much closer.

He's got the gap back up to 1.1s now.

Raikkonen has a go at Verstappen into Turn 2 as they both clear Magnussen - but the Dutchman holds on.
Rosberg keeps gaining - and he's now within a second of Hamilton.
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"Jenson, we're going to retire the car."

1.3s between Hamilton and Rosberg with nine laps to go.

Race on? Please?

Verstappen keeps taking a wider line through Turn 1 than Raikkonen, which is stopping the Finn from having a good go at Turn 2.

Also, the young Dutchman is now reporting that Raikkonen is abusing track limits.
Rosberg is back within two seconds of Hamilton.
Lots of traffic ahead of the Verstappen - Raikkonen battle now.
Lap 60/70:

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Nico Rosberg +1.878
3. Daniel Ricciardo +15.461
4. Sebastian Vettel +17.922
5. Max Verstappen +30.002
6. Kimi Raikkonen +30.342
7. Fernando Alonso +72.563
8. Carlos Sainz +76.209
9. Valtteri Bottas +79.555
10. Nico Hulkenberg +1L
11. Esteban Gutierrez +1L
12. Sergio Perez +1L
13. Jolyon Palmer +1L
14. Romain Grosjean +1L
15. Kevin Magnussen +1L
16. Daniil Kvyat +1L
17. Felipe Nasr +1L
18. Felipe Massa +1L
19. Jenson Button +1L
20. Pascal Wehrlein +1L
21. Marcus Ericsson +1L
22. Rio Haryanto +2L
Raikkonen yet to have another proper go at Verstappen, but he's keeping at it.
2.3s between Hamilton and Rosberg with 12 laps to go.
It did look like Verstappen was weaving quite a bit in defense.

Raikkonen is back on his tail again now.
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Raikkonen: "He moved right and then back to left! [Expletive]"
The Finn damages his front wing while trying to weave around Verstappen in the second DRS zone.

There doesn't appear to be any serious lasting damage.
Crash
Contact between Raikkonen and Verstappen!
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