Last time out I said it was the best race of the race of the season so far, for this seasons Hungarian Grand Prix I am predicting this race was the best race of the season! With Lewis Hamilton on pole and Nico Rosberg on the front row for Sunday's race, you would have thought it will be a predicted win for Lewis Hamilton with Nico Rosberg second. And at the start it was third on the grid Sebastian Vettel had a brilliant start and took the lead and stayed there throughout a dominating race win for Sebastian Vettel, to win this seasons Hungarian Grand Prix for his second race win of the season.
Now, Vettel has match Ayrton Senna's Forty-One Grand Prix wins. Vettel dedicated his win to Jules Bianchi and his family following Bianchi's death last week.
While, second place was unpredictable after half way through the race, when Kimi Räikkönen who was second from the start, then his hybrid system failed on him to retired lead Nico Rosberg to second place. That was until seven laps remaining, when Daniel Ricciardo attempted to pass Rosberg at turn one, resulting in a collision and damage, forcing both drivers in the pits. Ricciardo only needed a new front wing and only dropped to third, while Rosberg got a puncture and limped back to the pits, dropping to eighth. Then Daniil Kvyat in his Red Bull took second place and finished in second place to give Daniil Kvyat his first podium in Formula 1 and becoming the highest place Russian finish in Formula 1 eclipsing Vitaly Petrov third place finish from Australia 2011. Kvyat was five second behind, then Kvyat was handed a ten-second penalty for taking advantage of the track boundaries, which means Kvyat was fifteen seconds behind Vettel in the end.
Meanwhile, Daniel Ricciardo finished in third place in the Red Bull to complete the podium despite colliding with both Mercedes drivers in the race, Ricciardo was twenty-five seconds behind Vettel at the end of the sixty-nine lap race.
And for was the first time since the 2013 Brazilian Grand Prix that any of the factory Mercedes cars failed to finish on the podium. With the highest Mercedes driver was current F1 Champion Lewis Hamilton finished in sixth place after a poor first lap and colliding with Daniel Ricciardo, resulting in Hamilton needing a new front wing and also given a drive-through penalty. Hamilton was fifty two seconds behind Vettel in the end. While Nico Rosberg finished in eighth after colliding with Daniel Ricciardo with seven laps to go, which resulted with a puncture in the end. Rosberg was fifty-nine seconds behind Vettel in the end of the race.
Now with nine races to go, Lewis Hamilton leads from team-mate Nico Rosberg with 21 points behind Hamilton. While, Hungarian Grand Prix race winner Sebastian Vettel is third in the standings with 42 points behind Hamilton.
Rate the Teams and Drivers
Mercedes - 6
Lewis Hamilton - 7 (pole, finished sixth)
Nico Rosberg - 5 (finished eighth)
Red Bull Racing - 9
Daniel Ricciardo - 8 (finished third, and fastest lap)
Daniil Kvyat - 10 (finished second)
Williams - 5
Valtteri Bottas - 6 (finished thirteen)
Felipe Massa - 5 (finished twelfth)
Ferrari - 8
Sebastian Vettel - 9 (race win)
Kimi Räikkönen - 7 (DNF, Hybrid failure)
McLaren - 9
Jenson Button - 8 (finished ninth)
Fernando Alonso - 10 (finished fifth)
Force India - 6
Nico Hülkenberg - 6 (DNF, Front wing)
Sergio Pérez - 6 (DNF, Brakes)
Toro Rosso - 8
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 7 (DNF, Fuel pressure)
Max Verstappen - 10 (finished fourth)
Lotus - 5
Romain Grosjean - 7 (finished seventh)
Pastor Maldonado - 3 (finished fourteenth)
Manor - 6
Will Stevens - 6 (DNF/finished sixteenth, Suspension/four laps down)
Roberto Merhi - 7 (finished fifteenth, two laps down)
Sauber - 6
Marcus Ericsson - 7 (finished tenth)
Felipe Nasr - 6 (finished eleventh)
Next stop Spa-Francorchamps for the Belgian Grand Prix in four weeks time.
End of blog for now, new post soon. Bye.
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