The race itself was a good race to watch and an exciting one too. Surprising pole postion for George Russell for Sunday's race. At a dry Hungarian Grand Prix, George Russell kept first place into turn one, from Carlos Sainz Jr. and Charles Leclerc. By lap 31, Leclerc took the lead. While Current Formula 1 Champion Max Verstappen who started tenth after having Power-unit problems in qualifying moved upto fourth place and pitted for new medium tyres on lap 39. And to respond to Verstappen pit-stop, Leclerc pitted on the next lap for hard tyres which was the wrong call from Ferrari. Verstappen overtook Leclerc at the start of lap 43, despite spun off 360 degrees on lap 41, leading on lap 51 from Sir Lewis Hamilton to the end to conclude with a race win this seasons Hungarian Grand Prix for Max Verstappen's eighth race win of the season.
Meanwhile, Sir Lewis Hamilton finished in second place in the Mercedes, Hamilton was eight seconds behind Verstappen at the end.
Meanwhile, George Russell finished in third place in the other Mercedes to complete the podium, Russell was twelve seconds behind Verstappen at the end of the seventy lap race.
Highlights of the race below, enjoy.
Rate the Teams and Drivers
Mercedes - 9
Lewis Hamilton - 9 (finished second, fastest lap)
George Russell - 9 (pole, finished third)
Red Bull Racing - 8
Max Verstappen - 10 (race win)
Sergio Pérez - 7 (finished fifth)
Ferrari - 7
Charles Leclerc - 8 (finished sixth)
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 7 (finished fifth)
McLaren - 6
Daniel Ricciardo - 5 (finished fifteenth, lap down)
Lando Norris - 8 (finished seventh)
Alpine - 6
Fernando Alonso - 6 (finished eighth, lap down)
Esteban Ocon - 6 (finished ninth, lap down)
AlphaTauri - 5
Pierre Gasly - 6 (finished twelfth, lap down)
Yuki Tsunoda - 4 (finished nineteenth, two laps down)
Aston Martin - 7
Sebastian Vettel - 8 (finished tenth, lap down)
Lance Stroll - 6 (finished eleventh, lap down)
Williams - 5
Alexander Albon - 5 (finished seventeenth, lap down)
Nicholas Latifi - 5 (finished eighteenth, lap down)
Alfa Romeo - 5
Valtteri Bottas - 5 (DNF, Power unit)
Guanyu Zhou - 5 (finished thirteenth, lap down)
Haas - 5
Kevin Magnussen - 5 (finished sixteenth, lap down)
Mick Schumacher - 5 (finished fourteenth, lap down)
Next stop Spa-Francorchamps for the Belgian Grand Prix in four weeks time.
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