Hungarian Grand Prix 2018-07-29

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Date
Sun 29th July 2018 (UTC)

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00:00:00 UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
2018

Round
12

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Location
Hungaroring

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Description

The Hungarian Grand Prix is a motor race held annually in Hungary. Since 1986, the race has been a round of the FIA Formula One World Championship.
The first Hungarian Grand Prix was held on 21 June 1936 over a 3.1-mile (5.0 km) track laid out in Népliget, a park in Budapest. The Mercedes-Benz, Auto Union, and the Alfa Romeo-equipped Ferrari teams all sent three cars and the event drew a very large crowd. However, politics and the ensuing war meant the end of Grand Prix motor racing in the country for fifty years.
At the 2013 Hungarian Grand Prix, it was confirmed that Hungary would continue to host a Formula 1 race until 2021. The track was completely resurfaced for the first time in early 2016, and it was announced the Grand Prix's deal was extended for a further 5 years, until 2026.

Lewis Hamilton won a tense strategic battle at the Hungarian Grand Prix to head into Formula 1's summer break with a 24-point championship lead.
Ferrari appeared to blow their best chance to challenge the Mercedes driver, delaying a pit stop for Sebastian Vettel long enough to lose their advantage over Hamilton's team-mate Valtteri Bottas and emerge behind the Finn. It was a critical error that could have cost Vettel second place - but he fought back and passed Bottas with five laps to go.
Bottas misjudged an attempt to defend from Vettel, who passed on the outside on the run to Turn Two. Trying to keep the place from too far back, Bottas locked a wheel, slid onto the kerb, hit Vettel and damaged the Mercedes' front wing.
Vettel emerged unscathed and Bottas carried on, only to have another contact with Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo when the Australian tried to pass around the outside at Turn One and Bottas locked up and slid into him. Bottas' troubles allowed Kimi Raikkonen to come through into third place behind his Ferrari team-mate, while Ricciardo passed him on the last lap to take fourth.

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Result List

Result Description
Pos/ Driver/Car/Laps/Time/Retired /Pts

1/ Lewis Hamilton/ Mercedes/ 70/ 1:37:16.427/ 25
2/ Sebastian Vettel/ Ferrari/ 70/ +17.123s/ 18
3/ Kimi Räikkönen/ Ferrari/ 70/ +20.101s/ 15
4/Daniel Ricciardo/ Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer/ 70/ +46.419s/ 12
5/ Valtteri Bottas/ Mercedes/ 70/ +60.000s/ 10
6/ Pierre Gasly/ Scuderia Toro Rosso Honda/ 70/ +73.273s/ 8
7/ Kevin Magnussen/ Haas Ferrari/ 69/ +1 lap/ 6
8/ Fernando Alonso/ McLaren Renault/ 69/ +1 lap/ 4
9/ Carlos Sainz/ Renault/ 69/ +1 lap/ 2
10/ Romain Grosjean/ Haas Ferrari/ 69/ +1 lap/ 1
11/ Brendon Hartley/ Scuderia Toro Rosso Honda/ 69/ +1 lap/ 0
12/ Nico Hulkenberg/ Renault/ 69/ +1 lap/ 0
13/ Esteban Ocon/ Force India Mercedes/ 69/ +1 lap/ 0
14/ Sergio Perez/ Force India Mercedes/ 69/ +1 lap/ 0
15/ Marcus Ericsson/ Sauber Ferrari/ 68/ +2 laps/ 0
16/ Sergey Sirotkin/ Williams Mercedes/ 68/ +2 laps/ 0
17/ Lance Stroll/ Williams Mercedes/ 68/ +2 laps/ 0
NC/ Stoffel Vandoorne/ McLaren Renault/ 49/ DNF/ 0
NC/ Max Verstappen/ Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer/ 5/ DNF/ 0
NC Charles Leclerc/ Sauber Ferrari/ 0/ DNF/ 0

Driver Standings
Pos /Driver /Nationality /Car /Pts

1/ Lewis Hamilton/ GBR/ Mercedes/ 213
2/ Sebastian Vettel/ GER/ Ferrari/ 189
3/ Kimi Räikkönen/ FIN/ Ferrari/ 146
4/ Valtteri Bottas/ FIN/ Mercedes/ 132
5/ Daniel Ricciardo/ AUS/ Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer/ 118
6/ Max Verstappen/ NED/ Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer/ 105
7/ Nico Hulkenberg/ GER/ Renault/ 52
8/ Kevin Magnussen/ DEN/ Haas Ferrari/ 45
9/ Fernando Alonso/ ESP/ McLaren Renault/ 44
10/ Sergio Perez/ MEX/ Force India Mercedes/ 30

Constructor Standings
Pos/ Team/ Pts

1/ Mercedes/ 345
2/ Ferrari/ 335
3/ Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer/ 223
4/ Renault/ 82
5/ Haas Ferrari/ 66
6/ Force India Mercedes/ 59
7/ McLaren Renault/ 52
8/ Scuderia Toro Rosso Honda/ 28
9/ Sauber Ferrari/ 18
10/ Williams Mercedes/ 4

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