2015 Hungarian Grand Prix Sunday - Hungarian GP
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Hamilton is now ahead of Rosberg who has fallen down to P10.
Ricciardo takes another set of softs, as Rosberg makes it back to the pits with his limping Mercedes.
Ricciardo pits for a new nose. Kvyat is now second.
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Hamilton sets a new fastest lap of the race.
Ricciardo has front wing damage too. Rosberg can barely keep the car on track.
Rosberg tries to nip back on the inside as Ricciardo goes wide, there's contact, and Rosberg gets a puncture.
Ricciardo lunges Rosberg at Turn 1!
Vettel responds to Rosberg closing up in traffic with a personal best lap.
Hamilton passes Button on the pit straight to take P8.
Hamilton has moved past Ericsson and is all over the back of Button.
Lap 63:
1 Vettel
2 Rosberg +1.0
3 Ricciardo +1.6
4 Kvyat +3.6
1 Vettel
2 Rosberg +1.0
3 Ricciardo +1.6
4 Kvyat +3.6
Kvyat is now less than two seconds behind Ricciardo.
Sainz does bring his car into the pits and retires. He had been running in P6 after the safety car before his issue dropped him down the order.
Given the Renault engine's power deficit, Ricciardo is going to need an error from Rosberg to get a sniff at second, it seems.
Hamilton passes Nasr on the pit straight to move up to P10.
Lap 61:
1 Vettel
2 Rosberg +1.2
3 Ricciardo +1.8
1 Vettel
2 Rosberg +1.2
3 Ricciardo +1.8
Sainz is told to retire his car.
Maldonado is under investigation yet again - this time for overtaking under the safety car.
Ricciardo throws everything he has at Rosberg in the twisty part of the lap to get close onto the main straight, but even with DRS he can't get onto the Mercedes' tail to launch an attack.
Hamilton benefits from Maldonado's drive-through penalty and is up to P12.
Sainz has now fallen behind Ericsson and is down to P10.
Even though Ricciardo has DRS, Rosberg has pulled two tenths on him last time around. 0.6s separate them.
EDD STRAW: "Rosberg must be ruing putting on the mediums. He'd probably be in the lead by now had he taken softs for the final stint. Clearly happier on the mediums, but the softs have the pace as Hamilton is highlighting. As it is, Vettel can't shake off Rosberg but isn't under serious threat."
Maldonado breezes past Sainz on the run down to Turn 11.
Kvyat continues to catch the battle ahead of him. He's only 2.1s behind Ricciardo. Red Bull is making good use of the soft tyres at this stage.
Button passes Sainz for P8 on the pit straight. He had so much more speed than the Toro Rosso.
Vettel is 1.4s clear of Rosberg. Ricciardo only 0.4s behind the Mercedes.
Maldonado also gets a drive-through penalty, his second of the race, for speeding in the pitlane.
Rosberg is out of DRS range of Vettel at the moment, so crucially he doesn't have it to help him defend from Ricciardo. Lap 58/69.
Verstappen has had to come in to serve his drive through penalty for speeding behind the safety car.
Rosberg seems to be falling away from Vettel. Ricciardo is going to have his work cut out to put a move on the Mercedes on the straight, but maybe the DRS can help him through.
Lap 57:
1 Vettel
2 Rosberg +1.3
3 Ricciardo +2.1
1 Vettel
2 Rosberg +1.3
3 Ricciardo +2.1
Here's the Hamilton/Ricciardo moment from earlier, which earned the Mercedes driver a penalty:
Lewis Hamilton and Daniel Ricciardo contact, Hungarian Grand Prix 2015
Lap 56:
1 Vettel
2 Rosberg +1.2
3 Ricciardo +2.2
1 Vettel
2 Rosberg +1.2
3 Ricciardo +2.2
Massa pits as Hamilton serves his drive-through penalty behind him.
Kvyat is only another three seconds back in the other Red Bull. Fascinating.
Ricciardo took nearly one second out of Rosberg last time around. He's flying on those softs.
Lap 55:
1 Vettel
2 Rosberg +1.0
3 Ricciardo +2.8
1 Vettel
2 Rosberg +1.0
3 Ricciardo +2.8
Alonso and Button are up to P7 and P8.
Ricciardo will be praying Vettel can keep Rosberg behind. The Red Bull is on the march.
By: Glenn Freeman, Edd Straw, AUTOSPORT staff, Alex Kalinauckas
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