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Hungarian Grand Prix LIVE: Lewis Hamilton wins to extend championship lead as Sebastian Vettel and Valtteri Bottas crash

Follow the latest from the final Grand Prix before the summer break

Jack de Menezes
Sunday 29 July 2018 10:17 EDT
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Formula 1: Official intro video

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Lewis Hamilton starts from pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix with championship rival Sebastian Vettel down in fourth after an action-packed qualifying session.

Two thunderstorms hit the Hungaroring that shook up qualifying, and brought the best out of Hamilton as he left it late to snatch pole away from Mercedes teammate Valttero Bottas, who starts alongside him in second. Kimi Raikkonen claimed third, having at one point looked on course for his first pole in over a year, meaning both Ferraris start behind the Mercedes’ at a track that is supposed to favour them.

Red Bull endured a nightmare day as Max Verstappen could only manage seventh, but at least he made it out of Q2 whereas teammate Daniel Ricciardo failed to do so, leaving him in a lowly 13th. Fernando Alonso starts 11th in the McLaren on what is his 37th birthday, looking to bounce back from another disappointing day.

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What time does it start?

The Hungarian Grand Prix gets underway at 14:10 BST on Sunday 29 July.

Where can I watch it?

The race will be shown live at 14:10 BST.

Starting grid

1 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) Mercedes GP 1min 35.658secs

2 Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Mercedes GP 1:35.918

3 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 1:36.186

4 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Ferrari 1:36.210

5 Carlos Sainz (Spa) Renault 1:36.743

6 Pierre Gasly (Fra) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:37.591

7 Max Verstappen (Ned) Red Bull 1:38.032

8 Brendon Hartley (Nzl) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:38.128

9 Kevin Magnussen (Den) Haas F1 1:39.858

10 Romain Grosjean Haas F1 1:40.593

11 Fernando Alonso (Spa) McLaren 1:35.214

12 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Red Bull 1:36.442

13 Nico Hulkenberg (Ger) Renault 1:36.506

14 Marcus Ericsson (Swe) Sauber-Ferrari 1:37.075

15 Lance Stroll Williams No Time

16 Stoffel Vandoorne (Ned) McLaren 1:18.782

17 Charles Leclerc (Can) Sauber-Ferrari 1:18.817

18 Esteban Ocon Force India (Fra) 1:19.142

19 Sergio Perez (Mex) Force India 1:19.200

20 Sergey Sirotkin (Rus) Williams 1:19.301

LIGHTS OUT! THE HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX IS UNDERWAY!

Jack de Menezes29 July 2018 14:13

Lap 1: Hamilton and Bottas make a very strong side and fall into line to lead the field into turn one. Vettel hangs it out on the outside of turn three and gets by teammate Raikkonen for third, while Verstappen takes both Gasly and Sainz and is up to fifth, which is brilliant for the three-team fight we wanted.

Jack de Menezes29 July 2018 14:14

Lap 2: A disastrous start for Ricciardo as he's dropped four positions to 16th, and reports in that he's had contact on the left-front that, he thinks, was to his tyre and not the wing. It's even worse news for Leclerc though as he's pulled into the pit entry and is out of the race before the end of the first lap.

Jack de Menezes29 July 2018 14:16

Lap 3: Replays of the start shows Ericsson clouting the front left tyre of Ricciardo heavily, and it's impressive that nothing broke there as the Sauber managed to get airborne. Leclerc managed to get himself sandwiched between the Force Indias that ended his race with damage, while Sainz and Verstappen also made contact on the exit of turn 1.

Jack de Menezes29 July 2018 14:18

Lap 4: End of the lap and Hamilton already leads by 3.3s from teammate Bottas, putting him out of DRS range.

Jack de Menezes29 July 2018 14:19

Lap 5: Ricciardo begins the recovery drive, but gets his first overtake effort wrong as he runs wide into turn 2 and drives off track, allowing the McLaren to remain in 13th.

Jack de Menezes29 July 2018 14:20

Lap 6: This time Ricciardo gets it right as he launches up the inside of Vandoorne....but wait! Verstappen has no power, and it's yet another Red Bull retirement. What a nightmare this is becoming for the team as yet another Renault engine let's them down.

Virtual Safety Car deployed!

Jack de Menezes29 July 2018 14:21

Lap 8: The VSC ends as quickly as it starts and we're back to racing conditions. Verstappen is furious with the latest engine failure, and his message back to the team expresses exactly how he feels with what I counted as seven swear words in there.

Jack de Menezes29 July 2018 14:24

Smooth sailing for Mercedes so far

Lewis Hamilton leads the field into turn one 

Jack de Menezes29 July 2018 14:26

Christian Horner, Red Bull team principal, tells Sky Sports:

No surprise really. We think it's the MGU-K. We pay multi-millions of pounds for these engines for first class state of the art products. You can see they're clearly short of that.

Jack de Menezes29 July 2018 14:27

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