Lewis Hamilton Right to Ignore Team Orders at the 2014 Hungarian Grand Prix

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Published: July 28, 2014

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Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg are involved in perhaps the most intense Formula One championship battle since 1989.

The two Mercedes drivers have a car which is the class of the field. Under normal circumstances and putting reliability aside, they would finish first and second in every single race.

But the 2014 Hungarian Grand Prix was anything but "normal circumstances."

Rosberg had started from pole and led comfortably, but he lost out when the safety car was deployed to deal with Marcus Ericsson's accident. Hamilton had started from the pits after a mechanical failure in qualifying, and though he was making some progress, it wasn't enough.

The safety car brought them closer together.



When it came in at the start of the 13th lap, Rosberg was fourth with Hamilton 13th. But while Nico made a hash of the first few racing laps, Lewis drove like a man possessed.

By Lap 15, Rosberg was sixth, Hamilton eighth. Sebastian Vettel was the meat in the Mercedes sandwich, and ahead of Rosberg was the man who probably cost him the win—Jean-Eric Vergne.

Rosberg ended up stuck behind the Toro Rosso for 16 laps. Despite having the quicker car, he could not get by, and Mercedes made the decision to call him in quite early for his second stop.

The plan was that he would run two quick, short stints on the soft compound tyres to the end of the race.

Hamilton, meanwhile, found himself inheriting Rosberg's spot on Vergne's gearbox. Maybe he had more pace, or maybe he just felt he had less to lose—whatever the reason, he blasted by the Frenchman within two laps of Rosberg's stop.

Having earned some clear air, he began lapping over a second a lap faster.

At the same time, Rosberg was struggling through traffic—Pastor Maldonado, then Valtteri Bottas and finally Kevin Magnussen. He had fresh rubber but couldn't use it, and he was ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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