With a one-two for Ferrari and an overjoyed Sebastian Vettel, who despite technical problems but with the help of his teammate Kimi Raikkonen was able to drive home the victory, Formula 1 goes into the four-week summer break. Strategy was the key to success on the Hungaroring, which is difficult to overtake, and for the teams this meant maintaining patience and strong nerves.
from B.Fleckenstein
After his victory at Silverstone, Lewis Hamilton was able to catch up in the battle for the world championship and was exactly one point behind leader Sebastian Vettel before this race. So the tug-of-war between the rivals continued with the start of the second half of the racing season.
Qualifying revealed the strengths of the Ferraris
The dominance of the Mercedes drivers presented in the last race was already wiped out in qualifying. Ferrari had the advantage over Mercedes on this track with its slow corners and better downforce.
If surprising placings caused a stir in Q1 - such as Max Verstappen's (Red Bull) second place - Ferrari drivers Sebastian Vettel almost effortlessly secured pole and the first row of the grid ahead of his stablemate Kimi Räikkönen. The Silver Arrows - Bottas ahead of Hamilton - qualified for the second row of the grid. Then followed the Red Bull team with Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo. The Renault drivers were particularly convincing in Q1, with Nico Hülkenberg pulling out an excellent result with seventh place at the end. Too bad he had to start from 12th place, penalized due to a gearbox change. McLaren Honda delivered the best qualifying of the season, which was reflected in the starting list. Starting position 7 for Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandorne had qualified right next to him. Carlos Sainz (Toro Rosso) did well to finish 9th on the grid, while Jolyon Palmer benefited from his teammate's penalty and was able to start the race from 10th place. Paul di Resta came in as a substitute driver for Felipe Massa, who had fallen ill.
Early race retirement of Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull)
Ferrari and Mercedes got away well at the start. The Red Bull drivers behind them wanted to be in the race for the win and pressed the Mercedes from both sides. In the second turn Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) passed Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) on the inside, but his own teammate hit him in the following 180° left turn and took him off the track. Daniel Ricciardo returned to the track with a destroyed radiator, which led to a spin and an early retirement. That meant safety car on the very first lap and a 10-second penalty for the culprit, Max Verstappen (Red Bull). This meant that a possible podium finish for Red Bull was a long way off.
After that, the race flattened out somewhat and changes in positions hardly took place. The only notable change was Carlos Sainz (Toro Rosso), who gained four places after the start.
On lap 21, Romain Grosjean (Haas) came into the pits for a tire change due to low tire pressure. Unfortunately, the left rear wheel was not properly fixed and Grosjean was therefore forced to retire from the race a few meters after the pit exit.
In Runde 25 meldete Sebastian Vettel der Box, dass das linke Vorderrad nach links zieht. Lewis Hamilton kämpfte hingegen mit der Funkverbindung zwischen ihm und seiner Box. Das Mercedes Duo näherte sich währenddessen den in Führung liegenden Ferraris.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=“1/1″][vc_gallery type=“flexslider_fade“ interval=“3″ onclick=“link_image“ custom_links_target=“_self“ img_size=“1200×800″ images=“20429,20424,20427,20421,20426,20422,20423,20428,20425″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=“1/1″][vc_column_text]
After the halfway point of the race, the strategy came into play
On lap 40, Valteri Bottas came within 1.7 seconds of Kimi Raikkonen in third position. The Ferrari driver then complained to the pits about the slow driving of his teammate in front of him and suffered from not being allowed to overtake him. The technical problems with which Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) was struggling could not be solved. Nevertheless, he was to remain in the lead and his Finnish teammate was to serve as a buffer.
When Max Verstappen drove into the pit lane for a late tire change on lap 43, it was clear to everyone at that point that he would drop back to fifth place behind Lewis Hamilton after the 10-second penalty. As a result, the four leaders were driving in exactly the same order as from the start. Mercedes had to do something.
An almost accidental strategic braking error on lap 46 by Valteri Bottas meant that Lewis Hamilton could now close the gap to the Ferraris in third place and fight for victory. On lap 51, a radio message to Hamilton provided clarity: "You have five laps to overtake." That meant he would have to let Bottas overtake him again after that. Six laps later, the Englishman was again granted the same race credit, but at the same time warned that the brakes could get too hot. In the meantime, Max Verstappen was making great strides to catch up with the leading quartet.
By lap 65, Lewis Hamilton's (Mercedes) gap to Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) had widened again to 2.4 seconds. It looked as if the Mercedes driver was now going to let his teammate overtake him again and no longer fight for victory. But Max Verstappen had come dangerously close to the Finnish Mercedes driver in the meantime. So much so that there was now a fear that the Dutchman could overtake Valteri Bottas, which in turn made it impossible for the Mercedes drivers to cast about without both being overtaken by Verstappen.
Lewis Hamilton then set about closing the gap on the leading duo again and came within less than a second of Kimi Raikkonen, but was no longer able to thwart the one-two.
As a fair sportsman, Lewis Hamilton allowed Valteri Bottas to overtake him shortly before the finish line and gave him the place he had previously been given. Max Verstappen was not as fast as previously thought and finished the race in fifth place. Fernando Alonso realized an absolute top result with sixth place and gave himself a belated birthday present, because he turned 36 the day before.
Ethics and racing ethics will continue to occupy Formula 1
Kimi Räikkönen hätte das Rennen gern gewonnen, wenn es ihm erlaubt worden wäre. So war seine Aussage beim Interview auf dem Siegerpodest zu verstehen. Die Problematik mit der Teamorder wird wohl so schnell nicht gelöst werden. Solange es wichtiger ist, das Resultat der Teampolitik anzupassen, werden die Rennen von den Fahrern gewonnen, die dafür bestimmt werden und nicht von denen, die dazu fähig sind. Gemäss Toto Wolff wird Ethos bei Mercedes gross geschrieben, weshalb Hamilton sich von Bottas überholen liess, um ihn seinen Platz zurückzugeben. Unter diesem Aspekt muss man bei Ferrari ein Fragezeichen setzen, was dieses Thema betrifft.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
Ranking GP of Hungary 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_table vc_table_theme=“simple_pink“]Position,[align-left]Fahrer,[align-left]Team,[align-left]Runden,[align-left]Zeit|[align-right]1,[align-left]Sebastian%20Vettel,[align-left]Scuderia%20Ferrari,[align-left]70,[align-left]1%3A39%3A46.713|[align-right]2,[align-left]Kimi%20R%C3%A4ikk%C3%B6nen,[align-left]Scuderia%20Ferrari,[align-left]70,[align-left]%2B%200%3A00.908|[align-right]3,[align-left]Valteri%20Bottas,[align-left]Mercedes,[align-left]70,[align-left]%2B%200%3A12.462|[align-right]4,[align-left]Lewis%20Hamilton,[align-left]Mercedes,[align-left]70,[align-left]%2B%200%3A12.885|[align-right]5,[align-left]Max%20Verstappen,[align-left]Red%20Bull,[align-left]70,[align-left]%2B%200%3A13.276|[align-right]6,[align-left]Fernando%20Alonso,[align-left]McLaren%20Honda,[align-left]70,[align-left]%2B%201%3A11.223|[align-right]7,[align-left]Carlos%20Sainz%20Jr.,[align-left]Scuderia%20Toro%20Rosso,[align-left]69,[align-left]|[align-right]8,[align-left]Sergio%20Perez,[align-left]Sahara%20Force%20India%20Team,[align-left]69,[align-left]|[align-right]9,[align-left]Esteban%20Ocon,[align-left]Sahara%20Force%20India%20Team,[align-left]69,[align-left]|[align-right]10,[align-left]Stoffel%20Vandoorne,[align-left]McLaren%20Honda,[align-left]69,[align-left]|[align-right]11,[align-left]Daniil%20Kvyat,[align-left]Scuderia%20Toro%20Rosso,[align-left]69,[align-left]|[align-right]12,[align-left]Joylon%20Palmer,[align-left]Renault%20Sport%20F1%20Team,[align-left]69,[align-left]|,,,,|[b;align-right],,,,|[align-right]13,[align-left]Kevin%20Magnussen,[align-left]Haas%20F1%20Team,[align-left]69,[align-left]|[align-right]14,[align-left]Lance%20Stroll,[align-left]Williams,[align-left]69,[align-left]|[align-right]15,[align-left]Pascal%20Wehrlein,[align-left]Sauber,[align-left]68,[align-left]|[align-right]16,[align-left]Marcus%20Ericsson,[align-left]Sauber,[align-left]68,[align-left]|[align-right]17,[align-left]Nico%20Hulkenberg,[align-left]Renault%20Sport%20F1%20Team,[align-left]67,[align-left]|[align-right]18,[align-left]Paul%20di%20Resta,[align-left]Williams,[align-left]60,[align-left]|[align-right]19,[align-left]Romain%20Grosjean,[align-left]Haas%20F1%20Team,[align-left]21,[align-left]|[align-right]20,[align-left]Daniel%20Ricciardo,[align-left]Red%20Bull,[align-left]1,[align-left]%0A%0A
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