Welcome to the Hungarian Grand Prix, the eleventh race of the 2021 Formula 1 World Championship.14:31
In Saturday’s qualifying, pole position was taken by Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton who will start in front of team mate Valtteri Bottas. In the second row, the two Red Bulls of Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez, while the Alpha Tauri driven by Pierre Gasly will start from the fifth box, ahead of McLaren driver Lando Norris who in turn precedes Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc.14:30
The other Ferrari driven by Carlos Sainz is bad: the Spanish driver, due to an accident at the end of Q2, will start from fifteenth position on the grid.14:31
Everything is ready on the starting grid, the formation lap begins.15:00
ROUND 1: Lewis Hamilton takes the lead but everything happens behind. Bottas fully takes Norris who in turn touches Perez and Verstappen. Leclerc also out after a contact with Stroll. Safety Car on the track.15:26
ROUND 2: Recap Out Bottas, Perez, Leclerc and Stroll. Verstappen returned to the pits to fix the car. Right now, the referees decide to display the red flag. Race suspended.15:16
The single-seaters returned to the pits awaiting the new start of the race.15:12
Let’s recap the starting grid: Hamilton, Ocon, Vettel, Sainz, Tsunoda, Latifi, Alonso, Russell, Raikkonen, Schumacher, Gasly, Ricciardo, Verstappen, Mazepin, Norris, Giovinazzi. The race will restart at 15.32.15:21
Let’s start again with the formation lap! The single-seaters line up with the Safety Car to make the lap of the track.15:32
Only Hamilton on the starting grid! All the other drivers have decided to start from the pits to change tires.15:35
LAP 4: Hamilton remains in the lead but will have to change tires! The track is now dry and the Englishman mounts the intermediates on his car.15:36
LAP 5: Hamilton returns to the pits and returns to the track, queuing up behind all the other cars. Ocon leads the race followed by Vettel and Latifi.15:39
ROUND 6: Ocon has a second advantage over Vettel. Meanwhile, Mazepin has withdrawn from the rear.15:40
ROUND 7: Hamilton set the fastest lap. Behind, Verstappen struggles to move up the rankings and maintains eleventh position. In front, all unchanged.15:41
LAP 8: Ocon and Vettel have separated the other drivers. Latifi, third, keeps Tsunoda and Sainz behind.15:42
ROUND 9: Ocon remains firmly in the lead in front of Vettel. The German Aston Martin driver is trying to catch up with the French Alpine driver.15:44
ROUND 10: Behind, Hamilton passed Giovinazzi to reach thirteenth position. In front, all unchanged.15:45
ROUND 11: Stop & Go for Giovinazzi, guilty of not having traveled the pit lane at adequate speed. Meanwhile, in front of Vettel continues to shorten the gap with Ocon.15:46
ROUND 12: Vettel is about a second behind Ocon. Behind, Hamilton is battling Gasly for twelfth position.15:48
ROUND 13: Ocon continues to push in an attempt to detach Vettel.15:50
ROUND 14: Verstappen overtook Schumacher to enter the points. Up front, Ocon always in command.15:51
ROUND 16: Vettel moved within a second of Ocon. Behind, Hamilton and Gasly overtook Schumacher.15:53
ROUND 17: Verstappen is trying to reach Ricciardo to grab the eighth position. Meanwhile, Hamilton set the fastest lap again.15:55
ROUND 18: Vettel shows up in Ocon’s mirrors and is putting pressure on him. The two drivers duel for the lead.15:56
ROUND 19: Tsunoda and Sainz struggle to overtake Latifi. The Williams driver is defending himself very well. Meanwhile, Hamilton returns to the pits again.15:58
ROUND 20: Hamilton returns to the track in twelfth place behind Schumacher. Up front, the lead positions are frozen.15:59
ROUND 21: Verstappen returns to the pits to change tires. Hamilton takes advantage of it and passes in front of the Dutchman who returns to the track behind the Englishman and Ricciardo.16:01
ROUND 22: Hamilton continues to have a good pace. The Mercedes driver is ninth ahead of Russell, Ricciardo and Verstappen. In front, all unchanged.16:02
ROUND 23: Tsunoda returned to the pits and after the tire change he returned to the track in seventh place behind Alonso and Gasly.16:03
ROUND 24: After Latifi’s pit stop, Sainz is third behind Ocon and Vettel. Hamilton is eighth ahead of Latifi while Verstappen is third from last.16:06
ROUND 25: Ocon continues to lead the race, chased by Vettel. Sainz is pushing in an attempt to get closer to the two leaders.16:07
ROUND 27: Sainz continues to have a good pace, significantly reducing the delay from Ocon and Vettel. Behind, Hamilton overtook Latifi to reach seventh place.16:09
ROUND 28: Ocon has a two-second advantage over Vettel. The French Alpine driver remains firmly in command.16:10
ROUND 29: Hamilton is dueling with Tsunoda for sixth position. Up front, everything remains unchanged.16:12
ROUND 30: Ocon increased the lead over Vettel. Sainz is third with a good gap to the first two.16:14
ROUND 31: Tsunoda continues to keep Hamilton behind. The Mercedes driver struggled to overtake the young Japanese driver in the Alpha Tauri.16:15
ROUND 32: Great overtaking by Hamilton on Tsunoda getting the fifth position. Sainz made the pit stop returning to the track in fourth place behind Alonso.16:17
ROUND 33: In the rear, Russell overtook Schumacher for ninth. In front, all unchanged with Ocon ahead of Vettel and Alonso.16:18
ROUND 35: Verstappen and Ricciardo have passed Schumacher. Up front, Ocon always has a good advantage over Vettel.16:19
ROUND 36: Hamilton took Sainz. The Spaniard will have to defend himself from the attacks of the reigning world champion.16:21
LAP 37: Vettel returns to the pits to change tires. The German Aston Martin driver returns to the track in third place ahead of Sainz.16:22
LAP 38: Ocon returns to the pits to change tires. The French driver manages to maintain his position on Vettel by giving the lead of the race to Alonso.16:24
LAP 39: Alonso is the new leader of the race but has yet to make a stop. Ocon and Vettel are dueling for second position. Behind, Sainz manages to hold onto Hamilton.16:25
ROUND 40: Alonso now changes tires! The Spaniard returns to the track behind Sainz and Hamilton. In the rear, Verstappen is in trouble but keeps the eleventh position.16:27
ROUND 41: Verstappen, after the pit stop, is twelfth. Up front, Ocon has half a second ahead of Vettel.16:29
ROUND 42: Fast lap of Alonso. The Spanish driver from the Alpine throws himself in pursuit of Hamilton and Sainz.16:29
ROUND 43: Sainz earns six tenths of Ocon and Vettel. The Spaniard does not give up and wants to win.16:31
ROUND 44: Hamilton becomes threatening towards Sainz. The British Mercedes driver, despite the fairly worn tires, is approaching the Ferrari driver.16:32
ROUND 45: Ocon has less than a second ahead of Vettel. The Aston Martin driver is very close to the Frenchman.16:34
ROUND 46: Alonso has halved the disadvantage against Hamilton. The Spaniard from Alpine wants fourth position. In front, all unchanged.16:35
ROUND 47: Sainz is about four seconds behind the Ocon-Vettel duo. Behind, Hamilton continues to tail the Ferrari driver.16:36
LAP 48: Hamilton changes tires returning to the track in fifth place behind Sainz and Alonso.16:37
ROUND 49: Ocon and Vettel are doing the voiceovers. We’ll see if the German driver manages to overtake the French.16:39
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