Formula 1: Lewis Hamilton Wins the Hungarian Grand Prix

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Published: July 29, 2012

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Lewis Hamilton made the most of the Hungaroring's narrow, twisty layout to hold off a late challenge from Kimi Raikkonen and win the Hungarian Grand Prix for the third time.

Romain Grosjean followed the Finn home to give Lotus a double podium, ahead of Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso.

While his McLaren teammate claimed victory, Jenson Button will not be happy with sixth. Projected heavy tyre wear forced him onto a three-stop strategy, and traffic ended his hopes of a better finish.

The race was slightly delayed by what appeared to be a problem with the start sequence. At the first attempt the lights did not come on as expected.

Believing the start had been aborted and there would be a delay, Michael Schumacher—starting 17th after a poor qualifying—switched off his engine. But the cars were sent straight back round, and the German was forced to start from the pit lane.

After this second formation lap, the lights worked correctly and the race got underway, Hamilton holding the lead ahead of Grosjean as Button passed Vettel for third. It was an eventful first lap, but the excitement ended there.

The threatened thunderstorms never arrived, leaving us with a processional, largely dull affair. Despite the presence of the DRS overtaking aid, all the major position changes occurred during pit stops.

Real overtaking proved almost impossible, and even attempts were few and far between. The Lotuses of Raikkonen and Grosjean appeared faster than Hamilton's McLaren, but could not get close enough to challenge the Brit's lead.



One of the few incidents of note was Pastor Maldonado forcing Paul di Resta off the track at Turn 1 on Lap 49.

Though not intentional—he lost the back end while attempting to pass, and recovering the slide sent him wide towards di Resta—it brought yet another penalty for the Venezuelan and ensur...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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