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Amy Hawk, F1Insider78 - "What a tremendous race. Brilliant, really. A very wild and crazy way to go into the annual Summer Break. First of all, congratulations to Daniel (Ricciardo) on his win! He drove like a champion. Also congrats to Fernando and Lewis. Both well deserved finishes. Very happy for all of them. It was a shame that both Force India drivers were unable to finish due to minor accidents. Most importantly both are OK and of course, we still have a good handful of races, so I'm sure there will be more points for Nico (Hulkenberg) and Checo (Perez) - As for Sauber, the points were so close. I think Adrian only needed a few more laps in order to pass Button. As for Esteban, there was a failure with the car's ERS, so it was just an unlucky case, but overall, the car is looking better and they looked strong on track. There were obviously a lot of accidents and like I mentioned earlier with Force India, the most important thing of the race was that everyone is OK and uninjured. Now we have the few weeks of Summer Break before the teams head to Spa for the Belgian GP, Spa being one of my favourite circuits. Always an action-packed race and we are looking forward to it very much."
Frances Fry, F1Insider78 - "Wow! What a race! I feel like I'm saying that a lot this season but, it seems every race is providing more excitement and action than I anticipated. Firstly, I would like address Mercedes. I believe I am right in saying Mercedes said there would be no team orders this season so I was very surprised to hear the team tell Lewis to let Nico past. Lewis was doing exceptionally well. Before the race, I knew the Hungaroring offered little opportunity for overtaking and Hamilton had managed to battle his way from starting in the pit lane to third place! Considering this, I agree that Hamilton had every right to ignore the team orders. He deserved the podium finish that he had most definitely earned. Through a combination of other drivers skill and a stint with the Safety Car, Nico Rosberg found himself having to battle for places rather than gathering seconds up front. Whilst this may have sadly ended Rosberg's run of fortune, it definitely supplied all people watching the sport with exactly what they had tuned in for, something somewhat shocking. Another aspect of this 'shock' would be that Vergne from Toro Rosso in fact found himself battling with the big boys for points in the double figures! This was a very pleaser surprise considering the not so fortunate stint that JEV had been battling with recently. He certainly seemed to he having fun!
The before mentioned safety care was due to what appeared to be a horrific collision between Caterham's Ericsson and the wall at the exit of turn 3. On lap 8, his car spam out resulting in a lot of debris. Caterham did not have a good race as later on Kobayashi also found himself in the pit lane, waiting for the winner to cross the line.
That winner just happened to be Australian Ricciardo. The winner had a magnificent race which partnered with some great tactics from his team managed to win him his second Grand Prix. To add to this momentous occasion, we saw Fernando Alonso cross the line in second place giving him his first podium finish of the season which seems to have been a long time coming but was no less deserved than expected. He fought well for it.
Additional spectacular efforts came from the drivers at Sauber. It's no secret that their season hasn't had the most easy start but with each race, I've noticed slight improvements, edging them closer to the points. I honestly thought this race would be the one for them. Esteban Gutierrez was doing fantastically well until his car unfortunately experienced an issue with his ERS forcing him to retire. This left it all to Sutil who battled well but despite his efforts finished in 11th place, just out of the points and between the two McLarens. If I was you, I'd stay tuned for the second half of the season coming back in 3 weeks from Belgium because if this race is anything to go by, Spa will be a truly thrilling event."
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