F1 Hungarian Grand Prix: Hamilton vs. Verstappen Showdown

[F1] – Good afternoon dear readers of FormulaPassion.it and welcome back to the appointment with the direct text of the Hungarian Grand Prixeleventh round of the 2023 world championship.

It’s Hamilton against Verstappen again

With a magic the seven-time world champion snatched away yesterday for 3 thousandths pole position for the Dutchman returning to conquer the pole start after a year and a half (the last was in Saudi Arabia in 2021). Obviously the two-time world champion and championship dominator remains the big favorite in light of the race pace shown yesterday in FP3, but it is obvious that a Hamilton-Verstappen front row with Norris ready to take advantage of any skirmishes makes the Budapest race at least interesting on paper.

Session in progress

Giro 18/70 – Norris stops to answer Hamilton. Hard rubber for Lando, Leclerc also stops, but he has a problem on the left rear. Leclerc is back on track in eleventh position behind Sainz and Stroll.

Giro 17/70 – Stop also for Hamilton, who therefore tries an undercut on Lando Norris, a strategy ‘forced’ by the collapse of the medium tire on the Mercedes. Hard rubber for the seven-time world champion who returns to the track in eighth position ahead of Ricciardo.

Giro 16/70 – Sainz stops in the pits without being overtaken on the track by Perez. Hard rubber for the Ferrari driver. Sainz is back on track ahead of Stroll in eleventh position.

Giro 15/70 – Pit stop for Sargeant who returns to the track in last position. Perez now has DRS on Sainz.

Giro 14/70 – Verstappen now has a five-second lead over Piastri, Norris pays his boxmate 2″5.

Giro 13/70 – Perez is about to enter the DRS zone on Carlos Sainz.

Giro 12/70 – Fast lap for Bottas after the pit stop with the hard tyre.

Giro 11/70 – The Dutchman extends further, he has an advantage of almost four seconds over Piastri. Zhou also stops and switches to the hard tyre, also serving the five-second penalty.

Giro 10/70 – Fast lap for Verstappen who climbs to three seconds ahead of Piastri. Pit-stop for Tsunoda, Bottas and Stroll.

Giro 9/70 – Five seconds penalty for Guan Yu Zhou since he is responsible for the carom that knocked out the Alpines. He already pits for Albon who mounts the hard tire and tries an undercut in the rear.

Giro 8/70 – Perez passes Alonso in Turn 1 and gains seventh position.

Giro 7/70 – The Mercedes wall asked Hamilton to take space from Norris due to overheating of the brakes.

Giro 6/70 – Russell in the chaos has already climbed up to 13th position. Alonso is defending seventh position tooth and nail from the attacks of Sergio Perez.

Giro 5/70 – Verstappen is 1″7 ahead of Piastri.

Giro 4/70 – Sainz is aggressive on Leclerc with the soft.

Giro 3/70 – Double retirement for Alpine. As in 2021, a strike took place in Turn-1 in which the innocent drivers pay the price. Over the radio, Hamilton apologized for the not brilliant start, a terrible start too Zhouwhich is actually true guilty of the strike Ricciardo, Gasly, Ocon.