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Formula 1 Hungarian GP

Hungarian Grand Prix race day

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Raikkonen is closing on Bottas for third - that gap was 6s and now it's down to 3.6s.
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"It won't be long now, just keep your head up," Mercedes tells Hamilton.
A cleaner lap for Vettel this time and he reduces Hamilton's lead to 6.5s.
Hulkenberg stops for medium tyres. Hopefully that solves his crap issues.
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"Balance is pretty crap," reports Hulkenberg. STOP BEING SO CRYPTIC, NICO.
Locking up and running a bit wide into the tight Turn 12 didn't help Vettel there either.
Traffic is starting to feature for the leaders now and that's affecting the gap - a slower sector for Vettel means the gap is back up to 7.2s to Hamilton.
Perez pits from P15 - he swaps his ultrasofts for the softs.
The field is pretty spread out now - Hulkenberg to Hartley and Hulkenberg to Grosjean, both gaps around 1.2s, are the closest fights.
Suddenly things are swinging Ferrari's way - Vettel was 1.5s quicker than Hamilton that time around. The lead gap is 6.3s on lap 22 with neither having pitted yet.
Ricciardo has now successfully made it past Magnussen and up to 6th.
Raikkonen takes fourth from yet-to-pit Gasly. Bottas is 6s ahead in third.
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Mercedes tells Hamilton the plan is to keep him out all the time he's still doing good times, while Ferrari tells Vettel it's now time for "plan C".
Are Hamilton's ultrasofts starting to fade? Vettel starts gaining on him, getting the lead gap down to 7.6s.
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Red Bull reminds Ricciardo that he has a perkier engine mode available: "We can see you're being sensible, but it's there if you need it."
Ricciardo has to try another big lunge on Magnussen, and again the Haas is able to brake late enough.
A replay catches Bottas running slightly wide out of the chicane and kicking up some dust. He's losing a bit of time to Vettel ahead now - that gap is 18s.
Plenty of drivers setting personal best laps - including Hartley and Hulkenberg at the tail end of the top 10.
Ricciardo can't DRS pass Magnussen so has to try an outbraking move, but the Haas holds him off at Turn 1.
Ricciardo is now right on Magnussen's tail for sixth.
Vettel is a touch quicker than Hamilton on the latest lap but the gap is still stubbornly 8.7s.
That tweet from Ferrari explains the slight delay in the pitstop - clear some debris from the brake system.
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"How are the tyres, Daniel?" Red Bull asks Ricciardo. "They've been pretty consistent," he replies. He's on softs.
This time around, Hamilton is 0.02s faster than Vettel. There's a tyre disparity, though - Hamilton's doing those times on ultrasofts, Vettel on softs.
Raikkonen has a 5s gap to close to catch the yet-to-pit Gasly. Ricciardo will soon be right with Magnussen for sixth.
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Ricciardo briefly held fastest lap as he reached clear air, but it was then taken by Raikkonen - who did a 1m22.046s.
Bottas cruises past Gasly to take third.
Vettel is now in clear air without Bottas in his way but he's not making any inroads on Hamilton ahead really - only 0.016s faster on the last lap.
Grosjean is now just 0.7s behind Hulkenberg in 10th place.
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"Another good lap, Lewis, just keep them coming," Hamilton is told.
Bottas will be with the yet-to-stop Gasly for third very soon.
Raikkonen breezes past Magnussen to take fifth into Turn 1. He's 6.3s behind Bottas ahead now.
Gasly is temporarily up to a glorious third as the leaders pit.
Raikkonen is quickly catching Magnussen for fifth.
And indeed Ricciardo does take seventh from Sainz at Turn 1. That was very late - it initially looked like the Red Bull couldn't catch the works Renualt car with the same power.

By: Geoff Creighton

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