Sebastian Vettel wins the Hungarian Grand Prix 2017 to extend his championship lead over Lewis Hamilton to 14 points.
Lap 70/70: Sebastian Vettel wins in Hungary!
Mercedes finally swapped. Good sportsman spirit by Lewis Hamilton.
Kimi Raikkonen and Bottas complete the podium.
Hamilton finishes fourth with Verstappen fifth and Alonso a brilliant sixth.
BREAKING: Sebastian Vettel WINS the #HungarianGP on his 50th start for @ScuderiaFerrari #F1 pic.twitter.com/0xAlGFF85g
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Lap 69/70: Mercedes haven't been able to swap Hamilton and Bottas back.
Lap 68/70: Ferrari look set for their 2nd 1-2 finish this season now.
Lap 66/70: Rejoice Fernando Alonso fans!
He sets one of the fastest laps of the race in his McLaren.
Lap 65/70: Mercedes now have a decision to make. They had promised Bottas they would return him to third, after he let Hamilton through earlier.
Bottas is under a major threat from Verstappen.
Lap 64/70: Vettel has a 1.5s advantage in the lead now.
Lap 63/70: Felipe Massa's stand-in for Williams Paul di Resta is asked to retire.
Lap 61/70: The top 5
1 Vettel
2 Raikkonen
3 Hamilton
4 Bottas
5 Verstappen
Lap 60/70: Vettel still controlling the race with 10 Laps to go.
LAP 58/70: RAI holding off HAM for P2
Could he get past VET to claim his first win since 2013? #HungarianGP pic.twitter.com/ziLCF5BHSz
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Lap 59/70: Hamilton is suddenly within DRS range of Raikkonen.
Lap 58/70: Hamilton gets 5 more Laps to pass Raikkonen.
Lap 56/70: Vettel is now only 0.7s ahead of Raikkonen, who is 0.7s up on Hamilton.
Lap 54/70: Raikkonen literally pleading on team radio to let him pass Vettel.
The leading trio are now approaching a traffic of backmarkers.
Lap 52/70: Raikkonen gets a sudden burst of pace and is now 0.6s behind Vettel.
Lap 51/70: Hamilton has been told he's got 5 Laps to get the job done on Raikkonen.
LAP 50/70: @ScuderiaFerrari telling VET to remain off the curbs, HAM is catching #HungarianGP pic.twitter.com/lymGaRZo2s
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Lap 50/70: Mercedes assures Bottas that Hamilton will be asked to switch if he can't find a way past Raikkonen.
20 Laps to go.
Lap 49/70: Hamilton is now within DRS range of the Ferraris.
Lap 47/70: Vettel being asked to avoid kerbs.
Lap 45/70: Bottas lets Hamilton through.
Lap 44/70: Hamilton's radio link is back and says that he has got a lot of pace.
LAP 41/70: @MercedesAMGF1 "We believe VET has a problem, chase him down"
BOT is catching the Ferraris #HungarianGP pic.twitter.com/YbzhZGoWDU
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Lap 43/70: Verstappen finally pits and serves his 10-second penalty to come out in 5th behind Ferraris and Mercedes.
Lap 41/70: Raikkonen wants to be let through as Vettel is struggling.
Lap 40/70: Concern for Ferrari as Raikkonen is faster but Vettel is the championship leader at the moment.
Lap 39/70: Max Verstappen is the only one of the initial top six not to have stopped and he is leading this race by 10.6s.
Lap 36/70: Alonso and Sainz race in the pit lane.
Lap 34/70: Raikkonen also pits and comes out alongside Vettel.
Verstappen is leading the race at the moment and has not made a pit stop.
Lap 33/70: Vettel pits, returns ahead of Bottas on soft tyres.
Lap 32/70: "Fronts are not in a healthy shape," says Vettel. "Don't extend it." He wants to come in.
Lap 31/70: Bottas pits, switches to softs and returns in 5th.
Lap 30/70: Vettel overtakes Ericsson, the first backmarker.
Here are the the top five with 40 Laps to go:
1 Vettel
2 Raikkonen
3 Bottas
4 Verstappen
5 Hamilton
Lap 27/70: "The steering is hanging to the left when I go straight," complains Sebastian Vettel. "And I think it's getting worse."
Lap 25/70: Vettel's lead over Raikkonen has fallen under 2s now.
Lap 24/70: Grosjean's race is over. The Renault driver got a crossed wheel nut and became the second retirement of the race.
Lap 20/70: Hulkenberg has been given a free pass by his Renault team-mate Palmer.
Lap 19/70: Hamilton moves in to 5th position.
LAP 19/70
VET looking strong up front #HungarianGP #F1 https://t.co/ogLjGWhNz4 pic.twitter.com/tWkqyMBt2h
— Formula 1 (@F1) July 30, 2017
Lap 17/70: Here's what Daniel Ricciardo has to say about Max Verstappen's opening lap, "I don't think he likes when a team-mate gets in front of him. It was a very poor mistake. For sure, we'll sort it out. I don't think there's an excuse for it. He got the line taken away from, he sees me go past, and it's like 'I've got to fix this' and that's it."
Lap 16/70: Ferrari clearly dominating this race. Vettel is now 2.8s clear of Raikkonen.
INITIAL CLASSIFICATION (LAP 11/70): Clear daylight between @ScuderiaFerrari and the chasing pack #HungarianGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/DsXiUUZCWx
— Formula 1 (@F1) July 30, 2017
Lap 13/70: No further action on the clash between Hulkenberg and Grosjean.
Lap 12/70: Signs of degradation on Lewis Hamilton's rear tyres.
Lap 9/70: Fastest lap for race leader Vettel, extends his lead to 2.4s over Raikkonen.
Lap 8/70: An opening lap bump between Grosjean and Hulkenberg is also being investigated.
Lap 6/70: 10-second time penalty handed to Max Verstappen for causing a collision with Ricciardo.
Lap 4/70: The safety car is out and leading Vettel round the Hungaroring
Lap 1/70: Both Red Bulls bump into each other.
Race over for Ricciardo.
RIC walks away for the first time on the first lap of a Grand Prix #HungarianGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/ijgUb6jOqy
— Formula 1 (@F1) July 30, 2017
It's hot at the Hungaroring!
Air 30°C
Track 55°C#HungarianGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/sqlWZZPGal— Formula 1 (@F1) July 30, 2017
Formation lap underway....not long to go now
The crowd are ready
Lights out is moments away!#HungarianGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/uVw5nn4M1q
— Formula 1 (@F1) July 30, 2017
New Delhi: Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel took pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix heading a Ferrari one-two as title rival Lewis Hamilton struggled in fourth.
Hamilton, who trails Vettel by one point in the world championship, complained consistently of tyre problems in his Mercedes and had a messy session.
Vettel was 0.254 seconds quicker than the fastest Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas, with team-mate Kimi Raikkonen second.
Scot Paul di Resta qualified an excellent 19th after being drafted in as a last-minute stand-in for Williams' Felipe Massa.
Date: Sunday, 30 July 2017
Time: 17:30 – 19:30 IST
Venue: Hungaroring, Budapest
Where to watch: The live broadcast of the Formula One race will be shown across the Star Sports network, while the live streaming of the race can be caught on Hotstar.com.
Dutchman Max Verstappen was fifth for Red Bull ahead of his Australian team-mate Daniel Ricciardo, with German Nico Hulkenberg seventh for Renault and two-time champion Spaniard Fernando Alonso eighth for McLaren-Honda on his 36th birthday.
