Verstappen won the 2022 Hungarian Grand Prix after starting from 10th place – F1sport.cz

Qualification for the Hungarian Grand Prix surprisingly George Russell won. Carlos Sainz started from the front row next to him. The second row belonged to Leclerc and Norris, third to Ocon and Alonso, fourth to Hamilton and Bottas and fifth to Ricciardo and Verstappen.

Hamilton had a problem with DRS in qualifying, while Verstappen reported a loss of power. Sergio Pérez only started from 11th place.

Race

The weather was on edge throughout the race. Raindrops also appeared, but no significant precipitation came.

Russell, Norris, Ricciardo, Verstappen, Pérez, Stroll, Cunoda, Albon, Vettel and Gasly started on soft, the rest on medium tyres.

Last year there was a mass collision after the start. This year, the start was also not without contacts. Albon had contact with Vettel and had to pit. Magnussen also damaged his front wing, seeing the black flag with an orange wheel. A virtual safety car was briefly announced due to the debris.

At the top, the order did not change. Russell retained first place. Behind him were the two Ferrari drivers. Hamilton was fifth after the start, Pérez briefly got ahead of Verstappen, who quickly regained the position.

Behind Russell and the Ferrari drivers were Norris, Hamilton, Ocon, Alonso and Verstappen.

The championship leader got ahead of the erring Alonso and then also ahead of Ocon in the fifth lap. On lap 12, Hamilton got ahead of Norris, who was soon overtaken by Verstappen as well. Norris struggled on the soft tires and had to pit.

Russell maintained his lead in the early laps, but after 16 laps the Ferrari drivers caught up with him. However, there was no fight, Russell headed to the pits, where Verstappen also entered at the same time.

Sainz built a lap later. Hamilton started only after 19 laps and Leclerc after 22. The Monaco man returned to the track behind Russell but before Sainz. Subsequently, he took advantage of the good speed and fresher tires and in the 31st lap took the lead of the race in the first corner after a beautiful maneuver on the brakes.

The Alpine riders also built later and fought each other after the stops. Daniel Ricciardo took advantage of this and overtook both of them. However, the Australian later spoiled the race when he sent Lance Stroll into the clock, for which he received a five-second penalty.

Leclerc built up a lead at the front. But the second stops came. Verstappen was among the first to build from the top. He got ahead of Russell and after Leclerc’s stop, he was not far from the Monaco. The Ferrari driver put on hard tires, Verstappen on medium and after a while he got in front of him. But Verstappen was not in the lead for long. He spun and fell behind Leclerc. However, the advantage of the softer tires remained with him, so after a while he got back in front of the Ferrari driver.

Later, Russell also got ahead of Leclerc. The Monaco man headed to the pits again and put on the soft tyres. For Leclerc, it meant falling to sixth position.

Sainz also had soft tires in the last stint, but Hamilton had significantly more on the same set. The Briton got ahead of Sainz and subsequently ahead of teammate George Russell.

At the end of the race, we saw the virtual safety car for the second time. This time it was Valtteri Bottas who lost power and stopped at the track.

After starting from tenth place, Max Verstappen cruised to another victory and extended his lead at the top of the championship. Hamilton and Russell also reached the podium.

The results

P.	Rider	The team	Time / loss	Kola	Body
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:39:35.912	70	25
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	7.834	70	18+1
3	George Russell	Mercedes	12.337	70	15
4	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	14.579	70	12
5	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	15.688	70	10
6	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16.047	70	8
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:18.300	70	6
8	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1. round	69	4
9	Stephen Ocon	Alpine	1. round	69	2
10	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1. round	69	1
11	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1. round	69
12	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1. round	69
13	Kuan-yu Chou	Alfa Romeo	1. round	69
14	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1. round	69
15	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1. round	69
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1. round	69
17	Alexander Albon	Williams	1. round	69
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1. round	69
19	Yuki Cunoda	AlphaTauri	2 kola	68
20	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	5 kol	65

Progress

Target. Verstappen wins ahead of both Mercedes.

69/70: VSC ends…

68/70: VSC, Bottas retires

68/70: yellow flags…

65/70: Hamilton ahead of Russell.

63/70: Hamilton ahead of Sainz.

62/70: Leclerc is still in sixth place and it cannot be said that he would overtake Pérez quickly.

60/70: Binotto disappeared somewhere in the background of Ferrari…

59/70: Hamilton sets very fast times. He loses 3.6 s on Sainz.

58/70:

1. Ver
2. Rus
3. Sai
4. Ham
5. Per
6. Lec
7. Nor
8. Alo
9. Oco
10. Bot

55/70: And Leclerc is in the pits again. He falls to sixth place.

54/70: Russell ahead of Leclerc.

52/70: Hamilton in the pits. Also puts on soft.

51/70: Russell overtook Leclerc in the intermediate stages. He gradually loses to Verstappen.

50/70: Ricciardo receives a 5s penalty.

48/70: Ricciardo sent Stroll into the clock.

48/70: Sainz in the pits. Puts on soft tires.

45/70: Verstappen gets ahead of Leclerc again.

42/70: And Leclerc back in front of Verstappen, who makes a mistake!

41/70: And Verstappen gets ahead of Leclerc! The Monacan, of course, on the hard. But will Verstappen’s medium last until the end of the race?

40/70: And Verstappen gets ahead of Russell. He has Pérez in front of him and Leclerc is not far away.

40/70: Both Leclerc and Russell head to the pits.

39/70: Verstappen pits for the second time. Secondary again…

37/70:

1. Lec
2. Rus
3. Sai
4. Ver
5. Ham
6. Per
7. Nor
8. Ric
9. Str
10. Oco
11. Vet
12. Alo
13. Gas
14. Bot
15. Msc
16. Chow
17. Lat
18. Alb
19. Mag
20. Con

35/70: Tsunoda spun, short yellow flags.

35/70: Leclerc has already built a lead of 3.3 s. Sainz in DRS range behind Russell.

33/70: Verstappen reports that he is cracking more and more.

31/70: And Leclerc immediately drives off. Sainz approaches Russell.

31/70: Charles Leclerc takes the lead in the Hungarian Grand Prix. He got ahead of Russell at the end of the finish line on the brakes.

30/70: It was close again but Leclerc remains second. The duo is followed by Sainz and Verstappen.

28/70: Leclerc close to Russell. But it didn’t work out yet…

27/70: Leclerc within range of DRS.

26/70: Hamilton wandered off track… 7.5s down on Verstappen.

25/70: A nice duel between the Alpine drivers and when two fight, the third laughs and that was Ricciardo.

25/70: Leclerc overtakes Russell. It is 1.5s.

24/70: Ocon has also disappeared in the pits.

22/70: Leclerc put on the middle compound again.

22/70: Leclerc in the pits. He returns to the track behind Russell and ahead of Sainz.

20/70:

1. Lec
2. Rus
3. Sai
4. Oco
5. Ver
6. Alo
7. Ham
8. Msc
9. Per
10. Bot
11. Nor
12. Chow
13. Ric
14. Str
15. Vet
16. Alb
17. Con
18. Gas
19. Mag
20. Lat

20/70: Hamilton in the pits.

18/70: Sainz comes back behind Russell after a slightly slower stop and even behind Ocon who was not pitting.

17/70: Sainz in the pits.

17/70: Russell and Verstappen in the pits.

16/70: Sainz a second behind Russell.

15/70: Leclerc asks Sainz to move.

15/70: And Leclerc in DRS range behind Sainz. Norris in the pits. Verstappen is complaining about the clutch and Hamilton has been a bit behind him.

14/70: At the forehead, the spacing is reduced. Sainz 1.5 seconds behind Russell.

13/70: Pérez is already ahead of Norris.

12/70: Hamilton ahead of Norris, who is also immediately overtaken by Verstappen.

11/70: Hamilton just behind Norris and has Verstappen behind him.

9/70: Sainz loses 2.5 seconds to Russell.

9/70: Pérez also ahead of Ocon.

7/70: Pérez ahead of Alonso.

6/70: Magnussen runs 10th, but has a damaged front wing and will have to pit. Verstappen ahead of Ocon.

5/70: Verstappen ahead of Alonso. The Spaniard helped him by mistake.

3/70: Alonso said he had never seen a defense like Esteban’s. Well, maybe it wasn’t a compliment…

3/70: Albon was in the pits with damage.

3/70: VSC is over.

2/70: There are some debris on the track…

2/70:

1. Rus
2. Sai
3. Lec
4. Nor
5. Ham
6. Oco
7. Alo
8. Ver
9. Per
10. Mag

2/70: VSC

Start: The order at the top does not change. Hamilton is fifth, Verstappen ninth and Pérez ahead of him in eighth position. But just a moment. Verstappen gets ahead of him.

15:00: Riders go for a warm-up lap. Won’t anyone head straight for the transient pits?

14:58: Russell, Norris at the front, soft, but maybe the Ferrari drivers on medium. Red Bull drivers also have soft ones.

14:56: Tires to start: Russell, Norris, Ricciardo, Verstappen, Pérez, Stroll, Cunoda, Albon, Vette and Gasly on soft! Others in high school.

2:56 p.m.: it’s raining..

14:52:

14:49: According to Binotto, George Russell is the favourite.

14:48: Chance of rain so far 60%.

14:45: Starting grid

P.	Rider	The team	Note
1	George Russell	Mercedes
2	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
4	Lando Norris	McLaren
5	Stephen Ocon	Alpine
6	Fernando Alonso	Alpine
7	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
8	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo
9	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren
10	Max Verstappen	Red Bull
11	Sergio Perez	Red Bull
12	Kuan-yu Chou	Alfa Romeo
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin
15	Mick Schumacher	Haas
16	Yuki Cunoda	AlphaTauri
17	Alexander Albon	Williams
18	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams
box	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	PJ

14:40: Strategy will affect weather, safety car and team selection. How could it look according to Pirelli?

14:33: For the first time in his career, George Russell will start the race from pole position. Behind him will be the red cars from Maranello (Sainz, Leclerc). Hamilton had a DRS problem in qualifying and will start from seventh, Verstappen from 10th.

14:28: Five drivers took their first F1 victory at the Hungaroring. Last year it was Esteban Ocon. Previously, Damon Hill, Fernando Alonso, Jenson Button and Hekki Kovalainen.

14:26: Hamilton reports big vibrations when braking…

14:25: The driver’s title was celebrated twice in Hungary – in 1992 it was won by Nigel Mansell, in 2001 Michael Schumacher, for whom it was already the fourth title.

14:24: A quick statistical look at the Hungarian GP, ​​which has been on the calendar steadily since 1986.

14:22: It’s quite windy.

2.21pm: The official weekend attendance for the Hungarian Grand Prix is ​​290,000, a local record!

14:20: Green light. Riders make their way to the starting grid.

14:15: Verstappen had a performance problem in qualifying, so he will start from 10th place today.

14:14: The Red Bull drivers put on new power units (without penalty). Pierre Gasly did the same, qualifying 19th, so he has nothing to lose. Gasly eventually starts from the pits.

14:12: The weather at the Hungaroring is similar to Saturday. It’s cloudy, some are reporting raindrops. The air temperature is 19 °C, the track is 25 °C.

14:10: Welcome to the Hungarian Grand Prix 2022 online broadcast.

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