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Sunday, July 29, 2012

2012 HUNGARIAN GP: HAMILTON SEAL IT WITH WIN

Hamilton seal the perfect weekend for him with his 19 win!!!
Lewis Hamilton fended off Kimi Raikkonen to claim victory in the Hungarian Grand Prix and revitalise a title campaign that had begun to drift since McLaren's last win in Canada. Hamilton led the majority of the race, but had a Lotus on his tail nearly all of the way. 

Hamilton never led by more than three seconds from Grosjean in the first stint, and then in the final stint he had Raikkonen within two seconds for the final 15 laps but was able to hold off the Lotus on the tight circuit to eventually win by just one second. Grosjean came home third, just ahead of Sebastian Vettel who gambled on a late third stop to try and grab a spot on the podium but fell short. Fernando Alonso finished fifth and extended his championship lead to 40 points as he crossed the line ahead of Jenson Button, Bruno Senna, Mark Webber, Felipe Massa and Nico Rosberg.
Hungarian Grand Prix, Hungaroring.
70 laps, 306.630km, Weather: Sunny.

Classified:
Pos  Driver        Team                       Time
 1.  Lewis Hamilton       McLaren            1h41:05.503
 2.  Kimi Raikkonen       Lotus              +     1.032
 3.  Romain Grosjean      Lotus              +    10.518
 4.  Sebastian Vettel     Red Bull           +    11.614
 5.  Fernando Alonso      Ferrari            +    26.653
 6.  Jenson Button        McLaren            +    30.243
 7.  Bruno Senna          Williams           +    33.899
 8.  Mark Webber          Red Bull           +    34.458
 9.  Felipe Massa         Ferrari            +    38.350
10.  Nico Rosberg         Mercedes AMG       +    51.234
11.  Nico Hulkenberg      Force India        +    57.283
12.  Paul Di Resta        Force India        +  1:02.887
13.  Pastor Maldonado     Williams           +  1:03.606
14.  Sergio Perez         Sauber             +  1:04.494
15.  Daniel Ricciardo     Toro Rosso         +     1 lap
16.  Jean-Eric Vergne     Toro Rosso         +     1 lap
17.  Heikki Kovalainen    Caterham           +     1 lap
18.  Kamui Kobayashi      Sauber             +    2 laps
19.  Vitaly Petrov        Caterham           +    2 laps
20.  Charles Pic          Marussia           +    2 laps
21.  Timo Glock           Marussia           +    3 laps
22.  Pedro De la Rosa     HRT                +    3 laps

Fastest Lap: Sebastian Vettel - 1:24.136

Not classified/retirements:
Driver                   Team           On lap
Narain Karthikeyan     HRT-Cosworth       63
Michael Schumacher     Mercedes           61


After 11 races:                
Drivers:                    Constructors:             
 1. F.Alonso       164     1. Red Bull          246
 2. M.Webber       124     2.  McLaren          193
 3. S.Vettel       122     3.  Lotus            192
 4. L.Hamilton     117     4.  Ferrari          189
 5. K.Raikkonen    116     5.  Mercedes AMG     106
 6. N.Rosberg       77     6.  Sauber            80
 7. R.Grosjean      76     7.  Williams          53
 8. J.Button        76     8.  Force India       46
 9. S.Perez         47     9.  Toro Rosso         6
10. K.Kobayashi     33       
11. P.Maldonado     29       
12. M.Schumacher    29       
13. P.Di Resta      27       
14. F.Massa         25       
15. B.Senna         24       
16. N.Hulkenberg    19       
17. J.Vergne         4       
18. D.Ricciardo      2