Formula 1: Lewis Hamilton dominates for 8th Hungary win

By Asher Fair | Jul 19, 2020

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Lewis Hamilton tied Michael Schumacher’s Formula 1 record for the most wins in a single Grand Prix by dominating the 2020 Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring.

To the surprise of no one, Lewis Hamilton started from the pole position and never looked back en route to another dominant victory, his second through three races of the 2020 Formula 1 season, at the Hungaroring, giving him eight Hungarian Grand Prix victories.

Hamilton, whose 86 career victories make him just five wins shy of Michael Schumacher’s record of 91, tied Schumacher’s record with his eighth victory in a single Grand Prix. Schumacher won the French Grand Prix on eight occasions. To put that into perspective, only two other active drivers have more than eight career victories.

Hamilton finished ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in second place for the second consecutive year, and he became the first driver to win the Hungarian Grand Prix in three straight seasons. He finished 8.702 seconds ahead of Verstappen following 70 laps around the 14-turn, 2.722-mile (4.381-kilometer) road course in Mogyoród, Hungary.

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Hamilton, who ran the race’s fastest lap after making a late pit stop, took the lead of driver standings away from teammate Valtteri Bottas, who finished in third place.

Verstappen crashed on his way to the starting grid, but he managed to drive from seventh place to second for his season-best result and his second consecutive podium finish. For the second consecutive season at the Hungaroring, a Mercedes driver challenged him late after making a pit stop for new tires, this time for second by Bottas. Last year, following his first career pole position, he relinquished the lead to Hamilton in the closing laps. But this year, he was able to stand his ground.

Racing Point’s Lance Stroll finished in a solid fourth place, tying the team’s best ever finish, ahead of Red Bull’s Alexander Albon in fifth. Albon was the final driver who finished on the lead lap, although his result is under review after Red Bull were apparently seen drying the track in front of his grid position before the start.

Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel finished in sixth as the first driver one lap off the pace. Racing Point’s Sergio Perez finished in seventh ahead of Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo in eighth.

Haas’ Kevin Magnussen originally finished in ninth place, but he and teammate Romain Grosjean were issued 10-second time penalties due to the fact that the team were found to have aided their drivers on the radio during the formation lap.

As a results, McLaren’s Carlos Sainz Jr. was promoted from 10th to ninth place, but Magnussen still finished in 10th to secure Haas their first point since last September’s Russian Grand Prix at Sochi Autodrom.

The race did feature two lead changes, as Hamilton came into the pits to get off of his intermediate tires for slick tires one lap sooner than Verstappen did early on in the race when the conditions moved from wet to dry. But Mercedes have yet to not lead a lap on pace this season. They have led all but one of the 212 laps that have been run in 2020.

Of the 20 drivers who did not compete in the race, the only one who failed to finish was AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly, who was forced to retire with an engine issue after completing only 15 laps.

Here are the full race results of the 2020 Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring.

Race Results
1st – Lewis Hamilton
2nd – Max Verstappen
3rd – Valtteri Bottas
4th – Lance Stroll
5th – Alexander Albon
6th – Sebastian Vettel
7th – Sergio Perez
8th – Daniel Ricciardo
9th – Carlos Sainz Jr.
10th – Kevin Magnussen
11th – Charles Leclerc
12th – Daniil Kvyat
13th – Lando Norris
14th – Esteban Ocon
15th – Kimi Raikkonen
16th – Romain Grosjean
17th – Antonio Giovinazzi
18th – George Russell
19th – Nicholas Latifi
20th – Pierre Gasly

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Following three consecutive weeks of action for just the second time in Formula 1 history, the sport is set to take next weekend off before moving to Silverstone Circuit for two consecutive races. The first of these two races, the British Grand Prix, is scheduled to take place on Sunday, August 2, and it is set to be broadcast live on ESPN beginning at 9:05 a.m. ET.

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