Hamilton has finally won a race for Mercedes, four pole positions and before Sunday a best finishing position of only third. Hamilton is only the second British F1 winner in a German car, the only other being Stirling Moss back in 1955.
As has been mentioned quite a few times, Hamilton has won the Hungarian GP four times, with Kimi Raikkonen finishing second every time. Hamilton has also been on pole in Hungary four times, but with four different drivers next to him on the front row.
More new tyres for the Hungarian GP, mixing the 2012 construction with the 2013 compounds, without the drive through penalties there are more or less the exact number of pitstops as in Germany and Britain.
The fastest lap of the race went to Mark Webber, his third of the season and the 35th for Red Bull. Vettel’s podium was Red Bull’s 90th overall, not a bad number for a team that first entered in 2005.
The lovely graphs, Kimi Raikkonen has moved back up to second place, Fernando Alonso dropping down to third. Jenson Button has moved up a place with Paul di Resta moving down yet again and finally Giedo van der Garde has moved off of the bottom, swapping with Max Chilton.
Tight at the top, just one point between Raikkonen and Alonso after the Hungarian GP, Hamilton is just behind and only 10 points away. But Vettel is still a mile ahead, 38 points clear and that will likely increase as the season goes on.
Time for something new, DATA.
Pos | Driver | Team | Points | Laps | Fastest Lap | Grid |
1 |
Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes |
25 |
70 |
01:24.647 |
1 |
2 |
Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus |
18 |
70 |
01:25.260 |
6 |
3 |
Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull |
15 |
70 |
01:24.553 |
2 |
4 |
Mark Webber | Red Bull |
12 |
70 |
01:24.069 |
10 |
5 |
Fernando Alonso | Ferrari |
10 |
70 |
01:25.394 |
5 |
6 |
Romain Grosjean | Lotus |
8 |
70 |
01:25.328 |
3 |
7 |
Jenson Button | McLaren |
6 |
70 |
01:26.195 |
13 |
8 |
Felipe Massa | Ferrari |
4 |
70 |
01:25.176 |
7 |
9 |
Sergio Perez | McLaren |
2 |
69 |
01:26.143 |
9 |
10 |
Pastor Maldonado | Williams |
1 |
69 |
01:25.597 |
15 |
11 |
Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber |
0 |
69 |
01:26.740 |
12 |
12 |
Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso |
0 |
69 |
01:26.491 |
14 |
13 |
Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso |
0 |
69 |
01:26.863 |
8 |
14 |
Giedo van der Garde | Caterham |
0 |
68 |
01:27.473 |
20 |
15 |
Charles Pic | Caterham |
0 |
68 |
01:27.725 |
19 |
16 |
Jules Bianchi | Marussia |
0 |
67 |
01:28.250 |
21 |
17 |
Max Chilton | Marussia |
0 |
67 |
01:28.160 |
22 |
18 |
Paul di Resta | Force India |
0 |
66 |
01:26.608 |
18 |
19 |
Nico Rosberg | Mercedes |
0 |
64 |
01:25.089 |
4 |
RET |
Valtteri Bottas | Williams |
– |
42 |
01:27.127 |
16 |
RET |
Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber |
– |
28 |
01:29.135 |
17 |
RET |
Adrian Sutil | Force India |
– |
19 |
01:28.548 |
11 |