LEWIS HAMILTON WINS STRATEGY BATTLE IN HUNGARY

Lewis Hamilton took his seventh Hungarian Grand Prix victory at the Hungaroring, edging a nail-biting strategic battle with Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen that saw the Mercedes driver make up a 19-second gap to the Dutchman and claim the lead four laps from home after gambling on a second pit stop.

Starting from pole, Verstappen led for 59 of the 70 laps, only ceding top spot to Hamilton during the first round of pit stops. However, on lap 48, Mercedes opted to pit Hamilton for a second time and fitted his Mercedes with new medium compound tyres.

Verstappen though stayed on track, on the hard tyres fitted during his sole stop on lap 25. Hamilton rejoined 19s behind the Red Bull but as Verstappen’s tyres faded Hamilton closed. And on lap 67 Hamilton powered past the Red Bull driver to claim his 81stcareer win.

2019 HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX - HUNGARORING 70 laps, 306.630km., Weather: Sunny
CLASSIFICATION:
P.	DRIVER	TEAM	TIME/GAP
1.	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG	1h35:03.796
2.	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+ 17.796
3.	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	+ 1:01.433
4.	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 1:05.250
5.	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren	+ 1 lap
6.	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull	+ 1 lap
7.	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	+ 1 lap
8.	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes AMG	+ 1 lap
9.	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 1 lap
10.	Alex Albon	Toro Rosso	+ 1 lap
11.	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	+ 1 lap
12.	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	+ 1 lap
13.	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 1 lap
14.	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	+ 1 lap
15.	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	+ 2 laps
16.	George Russell	Williams	+ 2 laps
17.	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	+ 2 laps
18.	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	+ 2 laps
19.	Robert Kubica	Williams	+ 3 laps
FASTEST LAP: MAX VERSTAPPEN - 1:17.103
NOT CLASSIFIED:
20.	Romain Grosjean	Haas	technical
HUNGARORING - HYBRID ERA 2014 Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull - 1h53:05.058 2015 Sebastian Vettel - Ferrari - 1h46:09.985 2016 Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes AMG - 1h40:30.115 2017 Sebastian Vettel - Ferrari - 1h39:46.713 2018 Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes AMG - 1h37:16.427 2019 Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes AMG - 1h35:03.796 @MakFormula1 - Republic of Macedonia

***CLASSIFICATION AFTER 12/21 RACES***
DRIVERS:
1.	Lewis Hamilton	250
2.	Valtteri Bottas	188
3.	Max Verstappen	181
4.	Sebastian Vettel	156
5.	Charles Leclerc	132
6.	Pierre Gasly	63
7.	Carlos Sainz Jr.	58
8.	Kimi Räikkönen	31
9.	Daniil Kvyat	27
10.	Lando Norris	24
11.	Daniel Ricciardo	22
12.	Lance Stroll	18
13.	Kevin Magnussen	18
14.	Nico Hulkenberg	17
15.	Alex Albon	16
16.	Sergio Perez	13
17.	Romain Grosjean	8
18.	Antonio Giovinazzi	1
19.	Robert Kubica	1
20.	George Russell	0
CONSTRUCTORS:
1.	Mercedes AMG	438
2.	Ferrari	288
3.	Red Bull	244
4.	McLaren	82
5.	Toro Rosso	43
6.	Renault	39
7.	Alfa Romeo	32
8.	Racing Point	31
9.	Haas	26
10.	Williams	1