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By: Geoff Creighton

Summary

Hamilton wins after using fresh rubber from two-stop strategy to overhaul early leader Verstappen
Ferraris well adrift in third and fourth
Vettel uses long first stint to get ahead of Leclerc late-on and move onto the podium
Bottas makes contact with Hamilton and Leclerc on lap one, has to pit for a new wing and falls down the order before recovering to eighth
Status: Stopped
And this is the story of all about how Hamilton overhauled Verstappen for victory. Now go forth and enjoy your summers - and we'll see you for the Belgian Grand Prix soon!
Mercedes strategy helps Hamilton overhaul Verstappen for Hungary win
 
And that's four thrilling races in a row. F1, boring? Whatevs.
Hamilton throws his urn up in the air, and catches it just so. A metaphor for his race, perhaps? Verstappen can keep the ashes of his hard tyres in his.
The trophies today are a set of lovely Hungarian ceramic pots. These drivers have definitely...urn-ed them.
James Vowles - of "Valtteri, it's James" fame - will be joining Hamilton on the podium in deference of a well-executed strategy.
Vettel: "I was sitting in P4 and had nothing to use, so we just did a long stint at the start and hoped the soft would last. We need maybe to charge our batteries, the battle continues and there'll be tracks better for us."
Verstappen: "We were just not fast enough. I tried everything I could on the hard tyre to save alive, but couldn't. Today we didn't win, but it was a good day and a good weekend for us."
Hamilton: "It feels like a new win for us. We'd had brake problems all weekend for us, and I was doing a lot of lift and coast for half the lap, to try and save them. I didn't know if I could cut that 19s gap."

Christian Horner takes to the Red Bull team radio to speak to Verstappen. "They rolled the dice and it worked for them unfortunately, but you drove your heart out today so well done."
"What a drive, what a strategy. Only you could make that work today," Hamilton's engineer Peter Bonnington tells Hamilton.
It's a second consecutive P5 for Sainz, holding on from Gasly. Raikkonen, Bottas, Norris and Albon complete the top 10.
Vettel completes the podium in third, 61.433s off the lead, and 3.8s clear of Leclerc.
Verstappen crossed the line 17.796s behind Hamilton in second.
He led only a handful of laps in the middle of the race and then at the end, but Lewis Hamilton rounds the final corners comfortably clear to win the Hungarian Grand Prix!
 
Verstappen sets a 1m17.103s on his first full lap. Blistering pace, but too little too late of course.
Kvyat appears to have run out of tyres, and now drops behind Magnussen and Ricciardo.
That long first stint paid off for Vettel, even if the Ferraris are a minute behind Hamilton - who's made one stop more than Vettel or Leclerc.
There's a bit of intrigue for the final podium position - or there was, at least, as Vettel has just passed Leclerc into Turn 1 for third place.
 
"Tyres are dead, I cannot finish the race like this," Verstappen reported just before heading in for his stop. He's back out on softs.
Albon has dispatched Perez for the final point, who's now under serious attack from Hulkenberg.
Verstappen pits now from second - presumably for a shot at a consolation fastest lap.
... and Hamilton then drafts past towards the end of the straight and into the lead at Turn 1! Race done.
Hamilton is half a second behind Verstappen approaching the start of lap 67...
"When it comes down to it, you've got four laps worth of four-second hold on the overtake button," Red Bull tells Verstappen.
Bottas also passes Norris for 8th.
Hamilton is perilously close to getting DRS from Verstappen.
Albon passes Kvyat for 11th, in case you were wondering. In other midfield news, Ricciardo is still stuck behind Magnussen.
"Tyres are dead," reports Verstappen, as Hamilton moves closer and closer still.
Verstappen's next lap is a nightmarish 1m20.907s. Hamilton's is 1m18.625s! Less than five seconds separate them with six laps to go.
"Brakes OK?" Hamilton asks. "Brakes are fine. You've got margin."
Hamilton is another 1.5s faster than Verstappen on lap 62 of 70, and 7.5s splits the two leaders now. Eight laps remain.
"I don't know how much tyres will be left at the end," says Hamilton, who is told "it doesn't matter".
Hamilton sets another new lap record, and was 1.2s faster than Verstappen. Just 10 laps remain, and just over 10s separates the two.
Another new fastest lap (and lap record) of 1m18.566s for Hamilton, who is lapping more than a second faster than Verstappen again. Just over 10 laps remain, and 11.6s separate the pair.
"Oh this **** is starting to take the **** under braking," complains Ricciardo, unhappy with Magnussen's defending. It's definitely borderline, Magnussen giving him absolutely no room.
Hamilton pumps in a new fastest lap of 1m19.174s, and is 13.4s behind Verstappen as things stand.

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