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Max Verstappen managed to win in the race Formula 1 GP Hungaria 2022. Meanwhile, Mercedes again secured a double podium through Lewis Hamilton and George Russell.
In the race which was held at the Hungaroring Circuit, Sunday (31/7/2022), George Russell, who started the race from the first grid, was able to maintain the advantage of the Ferrari duo who followed him. It lasted until lap 17, when he entered the pits.
Carlos Sainz rose to the top spot, followed by Charles Leclerc. But one lap later, Sainz pitted, giving Leclerc the top spot. Lewis Hamilton and Sergio Perez are in second place. All three have not entered the pits.
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Perez joined the pits on lap 19, making the third position filled by Russell with new tires compared to the two drivers in front of him. Hamilton’s entry into the pits on lap 20 lifted Russell’s position to second. Sainz returned to the top three.
Leclerc eventually pitted on lap 22, but the Monaco rider lost just one position and returned to the track in second, about 2 seconds behind Russell, but ahead of Sainz.
On lap 26, Russell and Leclerc’s gap was less than a second, Leclerc turned on his DRS to overtake, but Russell was still holding on. It was only on lap 31 that Leclerx was finally able to secure the leading position.
Lap 40, Leclerc pitted, changed tires to the hard type. Similarly, Russell is getting more and more difficult with the rear tires. Sainz poked into the top spot, followed by Hamilton. While Leclerc entered in third position.
Max Verstappen, who had not competed in the top flight since the beginning of the race, only managed to poke into the third position on lap 41, but the Dutch driver slipped on lap 42 and his position was taken back by Leclerc.
Verstappen chased again, and finally managed to overtake Leclerc on lap 45. Hamilton led the race on lap 48 after Sainz entered the pits. Verstappen poked into second position, followed by Leclerc. Sainz entered the track in fifth position, behind Russell.
With a difference of less than 5 seconds behind Hamilton on the 50th lap, Verstappen had a great chance of overtaking the remaining 20 laps. And the effort was successful on lap 52, when Hamilton entered the pits for the second time.
Verstappen led the race, followed by Leclerc, Russell, Sainz and Hamilton who returned to the track in fifth position. On lap 54, Russell who wore medium tires overtook Leclerc who wore hard tires.
Leclerc pitted on lap 55, changing his tires to soft. Sainz entered the top three, followed by Hamilton and Perez in the top five. Sainz and Hamilton also use soft tires like Leclerc, who is now in sixth position.
With his soft tires, Hamilton overtook Sainz on the 63rd lap, then overtook Russel on the 65th lap. But the time difference with Verstappen is still far, more than 10 seconds. In the end, the time gap was not caught up.
Verstappen managed to keep the position, securing his eighth win of the season. While Hamilton finished second and took the fastest lap points, while Russell completed the 2022 Hungarian Grand Prix podium.
F1 Hungarian GP 2022 results:
Sequence-Name-Country-Team-Record/Time Difference
1 Max Verstappen NED Red Bull Racing 1:39:35.912
2 Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes + 7.834s*
3 George Russell GBR Mercedes + 12.337s
4 Carlos Sainz ESP Scuderia Ferrari + 14.579s
5 Sergio Perez MEX Red Bull Racing + 15.688s
6 Charles Leclerc MON Scuderia Ferrari + 16.047s
7 Lando Norris GBR McLaren + 78.300s
8 Fernando Alonso ESP Alpine + 1 Lap
9 Esteban Ocon FROM Alpine + 1 Lap
10 Sebastian Vettel GER Aston Martin + 1 Lap
11 Lance Stroll CAN Aston Martin + 1 Lap
12 Pierre Gasly FRA Scuderia AlphaTauri + 1 Lap
13 Daniel Ricciardo AUS McLaren + 1 Lap
14 Guanyu Zhou CHN Alfa Romeo + 1 Lap
15 Mick Schumacher GER Haas + 1 Lap
16 Alexander Albon THA Williams Racing + 1 Lap
17 Kevin Magnussen THE Haas + 1 Lap
18 Nicholas Latifi CAN Williams Racing + 1 Lap
19 Yuki Tsunoda JPN Scuderia AlphaTauri + 2 Laps
DNF Valtteri Bottas FIN Alfa Romeo
*) Hamilton gets an additional 1 point from the fastest lap.
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