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Updates from Sunday at the Hungaroring for the Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix
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Following Charles Leclerc’s crash while leading last weekend’s French GP, Max Verstappen picked up the win and extended his F1 world championship lead to 63 points.
The main talking point in the F1 paddock has been Sebastian Vettel’s announcement that he will retire from F1 at the end of 2022.
George Russell stormed to a maiden F1 pole position in qualifying, beating Ferrari duo Carlos Sainz and Leclerc. Lewis Hamilton suffered a DRS failure in Q3 and starts seventh, while Verstappen had an engine issue on his final qualifying run and dropped to 10th.
The Hungarian GP marks the final race before F1’s summer break.
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Ferrari pits Leclerc for the third time today, swapping his questionable hard tyres for softs, which drops him back to sixth.
On lap 54 Russell repays the favour on Leclerc, with an almost identical move around the outside at Turn 1 from earlier in the race. He's up to second, 8.1s off Verstappen.
Tsunoda pits again from the back of the field, choosing the soft tyres for his final stint
So Russell is now bothering Leclerc for second place, having a look up the inside at Turn 1 and then another eye up the inside at Turn 2. It is roles reversed from earlier.
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Hamilton pits from the lead, taking on fresh softs, and comes out in fifth place. That releases Verstappen into the lead for the first time in this race.
20 laps to go and Russell is coming back at Leclerc who is really struggling on the hards in third place.
Apologies to Lance Stroll for the earlier post - that spin wasn't his fault!
Ricciardo receives a five-second penalty for his clash with Stroll
Hamilton leads this race, which has been a proper three-team and six-car fight at the front, with a 5.1s lead over Verstappen.
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Sainz pits from the lead, it is another slow stop for Ferrari, and the Spanish driver comes back out on softs in fifth place.
Ricciardo and Stroll almost come to blows! Stroll is spun round but both continue
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Ricciardo pits again, taking the hard tyres and coming out 11th
Meanwhile Hamilton reports his tyres are OK at present, meaning he's happy to press on running in second place 9.1s ahead of Verstappen. But the Mercedes driver will need to pit again having only been on the mediums.
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"Light drizzles," Verstappen reports on team radio. Is it going to rain or not?
Albon has made it past Tsunoda into 19th, with team-mate Latifi ahead of him
And there goes Verstappen, flying by Leclerc, going around the outside at Turn 1 before switching back and applying the power to charge in front before reaching Turn 2.
Verstappen has regained his composure after his spin and is back on the tail of Leclerc. With Sainz and Hamilton still due to pit ahead of them, this is effectively a fight for the net lead.
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Immediately after that Perez pits for mediums and stays sixth.
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Norris takes to the pits from 7th, taking the hard tyres to come out in ninth
Verstappen completes a 360 spin at Turn 13 - is there rain or the wind about - and as he gets going again he keeps ahead of Russell for fourth, but more importantly, behind Leclerc.
What's gone on here? Verstappen has spun at Turn 13! That's dropped him behind Leclerc and he's fighting to keep his position against Russell!
And Verstappen gets by Leclerc up the inside at Turn 1! That's the net lead!
Russell's stop just one lap after Verstappen isn't enough to prevent the undercut, as he emerges behind the Red Bull driver. What's more he's right on the tail of Leclerc!
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Russell pits a lap later at Mercedes going for the mediums, while leader Leclerc pits for hards at Ferrari. Hmmmm.
Vettel makes it past Ocon into 10th
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Red Bull bites the bullet with Verstappen and pits him for mediums at the end of lap 38. He's going for the undercut again, which put him in front of Hamilton earlier.
This threat of rain is also set to overlap with the second pitstop window for the frontrunners, making it a doubly difficult call.
Sainz is 1s off Russell, but he might have bigger things to worry about as Verstappen behind him is within his DRS range.
Spots of rain are being reported by the drivers towards the back of the circuit, where Tsunoda spun moments earlier, so the drivers will be on edge now.
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Magnussen has pitted again to get rid of his hard tyres - this time, he's opted for the mediums
Tsunoda spins at the chicane, relegating him to last place
At half-distance, Leclerc leads by 3.1s from Russell who is 0.7s ahead of Sainz. Verstappen is a couple of seconds behind Sainz with Hamilton 5.2s off the front four.
It won't be long until Russell will face the same pressure from Sainz for second place. Meanwhile, there's a glance at the weather radar from the Mercedes pitwall. Is that rain on the way?
Leclerc demonstrates his superior pace with a lap 2.1s faster than Russell as soon as he gets by. He's sprinted off into the distance.
Vettel gets past Alonso, emerging victorious in the battle of the veterans for 11th
Leclerc gets a mega move done on Russell for the lead! Using Ferrari power and DRS he zips up to Russell on the main straight and slams on the brakes late at Turn 1 to go around the outside.
This is getting tasty. Next time around Leclerc picks his move at Turn 3, then using a better exit powers alongside towards Turn 4, but Russell slams the door shut.
Strong race so far for McLaren, with Norris and Ricciardo in seventh and eighth respectively
Russell, looking for his first F1 win remember, isn't giving this up without a fight. Again he goes defensive through Turns 1-2 to keep Leclerc at bay. The Ferrari has the pace but can he find a way by?
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The other Alfa of Guanyu Zhou takes to the pits, emerging in 17th
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