Hungarian Grand Prix LIVE: Lewis Hamilton wins to extend championship lead as Sebastian Vettel and Valtteri Bottas crash
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Your support makes all the difference.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
Lap 11: Ricciardo's on the charge now, and two laps after getting past Alonso into turn one, he repeats the move on Grosjean to take 10th and move into the points.
Lap 12: Hamilton's lead over Bottas is out to 5.4s and he's looking in complete control right now. Vettel is a further 1.7s back, but you get the idea that he's waiting for Bottas to pit before going for it. Ricciardo meanwhile gets up to ninth as he slings one inside Hulkenberg at turn one again.
Lap 13: Another lap, another victim falls to Ricciardo as he repeats the move into turn one on Hartley.
Lap 14: Raikkonen pits! He's the first front-runner to blink on the ultrasofts, but he's slow into the box and there's a delay on the left rear too. that brings him out behind Magnussen in sixth, all but ending any threat of hitting Bottas with the undercut.
Lap 15: Bottas reacts and pits with a neat 2.5s stop. The Mercedes emerges well ahead of Raikkonen, but will that open Bottas up to an attack from Vettel on the long-serving soft tyres. Ricciardo meanwhile makes light work of Sainz as he sweeps past for seventh, and the Australian is absolutely flying today. If only he had been starting the race towards the front.
Hamilton meanwhile puts in the fastest lap of the race so far.
Lap 18: So Hamilton's lead is now 8.6s over Vettel, with Bottas getting by Gasly to move up to third having pitted. Ricciardo meanwhile is just one second behind Magnussen and only 5.5s behind Raikkonen, and I wonder if he'll be able to take a late run at the Ferrari if his tyres hold on.
Lap 21: Ricciardo is onto the gearbox of Magnussen's Haas, but when he goes for it into turn one Magnussen sees him and gives him enough space to see them through the corner safely and maintain his advantage. However, that looks to be a stay of execution, as Ricciardo is clearly the fastest man out there right now.
Lap 22: Again, Magnussen holds off Ricciardo while giving him space through turn 1, but this time Ricciardo gets the run out of turn 2 and sweeps around the outside of the Haas to take sixth. Meanwhile Raikkonen gets by Gasly to move up to fourth.
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