2015 Hungarian Grand Prix Sunday - Hungarian GP
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Perez, Massa and Maldonado are running very close together as they scrap over P14.
Lap 36:
1 Vettel
2 Raikkonen +8.0
3 Rosberg +22.9
4 Hamilton +30.7
5 Ricciardo +39.7
1 Vettel
2 Raikkonen +8.0
3 Rosberg +22.9
4 Hamilton +30.7
5 Ricciardo +39.7
EDD STRAW: "Rosberg's lack of pace is a real surprise. Yes, he's on the medium tyres so will be slower that those on softs, but Ricciardo has been lapping at the same pace and often quicker while also on the mediums."
So, at the next stops, the Ferraris and Hamilton will have to take the slower, harder tyre. Rosberg and Ricciardo's reward for this tough middle stint will be soft tyres for the final stint, and perhaps a chance to repair some of the damage they are suffering at the moment.
Hamilton takes another 1.2s out of Rosberg on lap 34. He's now 8.6s adrift of his team-mate, with the softer tyre at this stage.
Nasr, having just got his fresh tyres, suffers a huge lock up at Turn 2 on his out lap. They'll be rather spoiled then.
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Fastest lap for Hamilton - 1m26.801s. He's now 9.7s behind Rosberg.
Nasr pits from P15 and goes onto the medium tyres.
Medium-shod Ricciardo has not been able to hang with Hamilton since losing fourth. He's 6.6s behind the Mercedes now, sitting fifth.
Maldonado, who has served his drive-through penalty, is now just 1.1s behind Massa in the fight for the lowly P17.
Rosberg is 20s off the lead, and 12.9s behind Raikkonen.
The gap between Vettel and Raikkonen has stabilised at just over seven seconds now.
Hamilton is now 12.9s behind Rosberg, continuing to charge.
Verstappen is really having to fight his car through Turn 5.
Hamilton 1.2s faster than Rosberg last time around. He's now 14.2s behind his team-mate, trying to make inroads while he has the faster tyre.
Kvyat and Verstappen get held up by Merhi as they come by to lap him.
As a recap, Vettel, Raikkonen and Hamilton are on softs, Rosberg and Ricciardo are on mediums.
Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, Hungarian Grand Prix 2015
Lap 30:
1 Vettel
2 Raikkonen +7.3
3 Rosberg +18.9
4 Hamilton +34.3
5 Ricciardo +36.1
6 Bottas +46.5
1 Vettel
2 Raikkonen +7.3
3 Rosberg +18.9
4 Hamilton +34.3
5 Ricciardo +36.1
6 Bottas +46.5
Verstappen is closing up on Kvyat - he's just 0.7s behind the Red Bull.
Vettel leads Raikkonen by 7.3s now. He's still edging away.
Ricciardo made sure he contested the apex well, given that Hamilton appeared to be clear before the braking zone. Hamilton was wise to it, leaving room, knowing he would get away on the exit of Turn 1 into the second DRS zone.
EDD STRAW: "Now Hamilton is up to fourth place behind Rosberg, from a world championship perspective the question now is whether he can challenge his team-mate. The gap between the two is around 16 seconds."
Ricciardo fights with all he has, which isn't much when you've got the harder tyre and a Renault engine. Hamilton passes around the outside into Turn 1, and now he's fourth.
EDD STRAW: "Rosberg's pace really isn't where it needs to be. Ricciardo, behind, is also on the mediums and is going quicker than him. Needs to find some more pace and consistency as his laptimes are quite variable."
DRS zone looms again. Hamilton prepares another attack.
Nasr moves past Massa - it's all going wrong for the Williams driver today.
The battle for fourth is alive again, but it's costing Hamilton a lot of time. He's now 34 seconds off the lead, and 16s behind P3 Rosberg.
Ricciardo defends from Hamilton into Turn 2, just hanging on for another lap.
Massa is under severe pressure from Nasr and the other Sauber of Ericsson has just nipped past him.
Alonso has crept into P10 for McLaren - he benefited most from the Perez and Maldonado shunt.
Hamilton has sorted himself out after that minor off - he's back in DRS range of Ricciardo.
EDD STRAW: "Right now, Rosberg is losing time to the Ferraris, but you have to take into account the fact he's on the medium-compound Pirellis with a view to attacking later on the faster tyres. Last time round, he did a 28.072s, which was half-a-second slower than Vettel and just over a tenth off Raikkonen. There's enough there to give Raikkonen something to think about, but Vettel shouldn't be concerned."
Vettel is pulling away nicely from Raikkonen. He was four tenths faster last time around, and his lead is up to 6.3s.
The Ferraris (on softs) are lapping in the 1m27s. Medium-shod Rosberg in third is doing low 1m29s - as is Ricciardo in fourth on the same rubber.
Hamilton locked a wheel at Turn 11 (strange place to lock-up - it's a quick corner), and went off track, losing more time.
EDD STRAW: "Perez, incidentally, is showing no signs of significant ill-effects from being booted into the air briefly. He's lapping at a reasonable enough pace down in 14th, so if there are any problems they aren't a massive problem."
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Massa's told to manage his tyres "like he did on Friday".
"But it's a different car compared to Friday," is the Brazilian's reply.
"But it's a different car compared to Friday," is the Brazilian's reply.
Hamilton has already fallen out of DRS range, despite having a car advantage and a softer tyre than Ricciardo's Red Bull. We apologise to Ricciardo - it's clearly not going to be the formality we predicted!
EDD STRAW: "It's not a great surprise to see Maldonado getting a penalty for that collision with Perez. The only thing you could say is that, when you are going around the outside of someone, you always know there's a risk of that happening but from the one replay I've seen the Lotus driver was always going to get punished."
Lap 25:
1 Vettel
2 Raikkonen +5.6
3 Rosberg +13.9 (M)
4 Ricciardo +28.9 (M)
5 Hamilton +31.5
1 Vettel
2 Raikkonen +5.6
3 Rosberg +13.9 (M)
4 Ricciardo +28.9 (M)
5 Hamilton +31.5
By: Glenn Freeman, Edd Straw, AUTOSPORT staff, Alex Kalinauckas
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