Hungarian GP: Race - Re-Cap & Results

Race: Re-Cap & Results 

The Hungarian GP is now over and this was quite an impressive race in all ways. About 2 hours before the usual lights out, it began to rain and hard. Puddles were building on the circuit and the clouds were hangin low over the Hungaroring.

Luckily, the rain let up around the time of the race start and shockingly, we had a clean first lap, even in the slightly wet conditions. Lewis Hamilton and Kevin Magnussen were starting from pit-lane and Lewis had a mild spin but managed to get the car back under control and keep going. They both knew they had many spaces to catch up if they wanted to get into the points.

Daniil Kvyat was lucky to start the race at all after stalling on the grid and having to be wheeled off. Luckily, the issue was not too big and the team was able to get him out into the race.

The first crash of the race belonged to Marcus Ericsson who spun out in the Caterham, sending it into the barriers. It was a very heavy crash but luckily he is OK. It was unlucky enough but to add to it, Kobayasi later retired due to a Fuel System failure.

Romain Grosjean was next to crash and pretty much in the same area. The crash had apparently happened when he was trying to warm up his fresh set of tyres. His team-mate Pastor Maldonado had a spin during the race, but was lucky to keep going and finish the race.

Force India, like Caterham, ended the race with a double retirement. Hulkenberg first when he spun out and hit the barriers. Perez was next when he was rounding the last turn and heading for the grid, his back wheels touched the grass and it sent the car spinning and smashing into the walls in the grid area. Both drivers are OK but disappointed to end their points-scoring streak.

The last retirement of the race belonged to Esteban Gutierrez who was looking for a strong finish when he was holding 8th position. Unfortunately, Esteban's car came to a hault when his ERS failed. His team-mate Sutil, finished right outside of he points in 11th.

Lewis Hamilton made the most of his race, catching up to the front after starting from Pit-Lane. He was told in the final laps to let his team-mate, Rosberg, pass. But Lewis wasn't letting him by easily. He kept his lead and ended up finishing in 3rd.

It looked like Ferrari's Fernando Alonso was going to take the win, when Daniel Ricciardo made a late pass to get into first position in the final laps. Ricciardo brought home Red Bull's second win of the year and Alonso was able to hold Second to finish on the podium.

Here are the final race results:

1. Daniel Ricciardo / Red Bull-Renault / Australia / + 25 Points

2. Fernando Alonso / Ferrari-Ferrari / Spain / + 18 Points

3. Lewis Hamilton / Mercedes-Mercedes / Great Britain / + 15 Points

4. Nico Rosberg / Mercedes-Mercedes / Germany / + 12

5. Felipe Massa / Williams-Mercedes / Brazil / + 10 Points

6. Kimi Raikkonen / Ferrari-Ferrari / Finland / + 8 Points

7. Sebastian Vettel / Red Bull-Renault / Germany / + 6 Points

8. Valtteri Bottas / Williams-Mercedes / Finland / + 4 Points

9. Jean-Eric Vergne / Toro Rosso-Renault / France / + 2 Points

10. Jenson Button / McLaren-Mercedes / Great Britain / + 1 Point

11. Adrain Sutil / Sauber-Ferrari / Germany

12. Kevin Magnussen / McLaren-Mercedes / Denmark

13. Pastor Maldonado / Lotus-Renault / Venezuela

14. Daniil Kvyat / Toro Rosso-Renault / Russia

15. Jules Bianchi / Marussia-Ferrari / France

16. Max Chilton / Marussia-Ferrari / Great Britain

Retired - Esteban Gutierrez / Sauber-Ferrari / Mexico (ERS Failure)

Retired - Kamui Kobayashi / Caterham-Renault / Japan (Fuel System Issue)

Retired - Sergio Perez / Force India-Mercedes / Mexico (Crash)

Retired - Nico Hulkenberg / Force India-Mercedes / Germany (Crash)

Retired - Romain Grosjean / Lotus-Renault / France (Crash)

Retired - Marcus Ericsson / Caterham-Renault / Sweden (Crash)

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