2015 Hungarian Grand Prix - 24-26 July

[zeph]

It's weird not to see HAM and/or ROS on the podium

[f1316]

Vettel's victory is reminiscent of Schumacher's '98 win here beating the two fast - but fragile - Mc-Mercs.

Yeah, fantastic drive. You wonder where the pace came from, particularly relative to Rosberg.

But Vettel drove flawlessly; bit of a shame for Kimi.

[SchuMassa]

What a race! And some predicted that it would be a boredom...

[Sevach]

Why would he want to go prime??

Lost everything because of this horrible choice, the race would've fallen into his lap with the SC and Ferrari's poor pace on primes.

Well deserved for Seb, great performance.
I don't think Ricciardo deserves a penalty, just bad luck there.

I'm unsure wether Hamilton vs Ricciardo was just a mistake or bully tactics... either way he got punished for it.

[ell66]

Rosberg was so poor and so slow today. Would of been a travesty if he had won. Although he was unlucky with the incident at the end I'd day his pace deserved that place. Lewis's only real mess was at the chicane on the first lap, he seems to struggle to stay calm when over taken, the crash with Ricardo was different and he under steered into him. Great to see mclraren get some points!

[crbassassin]

He was in that position because he sent it up the inside from too far back with both front tyres locked up and barely made the corner. He wasn't under control where Rosberg was. Ergo it's his fault. Hamilton was partially locked up whilst defending, understeering and had nowhere to go as Ric went around him leaving no room. If it's Hamilton's fault then it's also Ric's.

Anyway, it's all done now and well done to Kvyat for his podium. Great drive by Ric too, albeit lukcy not to get a penalty. Vettel drove a great race having been given the lead by Mercedes. Sad for Kimi. Rosberg didn't deliver in the fastest car on the grid. Hamilton drove brilliantly quickly in between moments of being an idiot.

A cracking race then.

The contact happened well after turn 1, both cars were well in control by then.

[zeph]

Add Williams and Force India to the biggest losers here today.

[f1316]

Why would he want to go prime??

Lost everything because of this horrible choice, the race would've fallen into his lap with the SC and Ferrari's poor pace on primes.

Well deserved for Seb, great performance.
I don't think Ricciardo deserves a penalty, just bad luck there.

I'm unsure wether Hamilton vs Ricciardo was just a mistake or bully tactics... either way he got punished for it.

Hamilton made a couple of big mistakes today, so for that reason and, ya know, wanting to see a close race, it's a shame he actually ended up increasing his lead.

For a minute it seemed like they might go into the break completely level, which would have been great.

[Italiano]

Only Kimi in 2. could have made this day better, what a damn good race. Grande Seb, Grande Ferrari. This one is for you, #17.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7pmy-u1awI[/youtube]

[Tauri_J]

I'm confused...didnt Verstappen get a drive through?

[Silent Storm]

If not for the MGU-K failure it would have been 1-2 for Ferrari.. When was the last time we had Ferrari 1-2??

[F1NAC]

If not for the MGU-K failure it would have been 1-2 for Ferrari.. When was the last time we had Ferrari 1-2??

Germany 2010?

This was Seb's 41st victory. Same as Ayrton

[Phil]

I don't think Ricciardo deserves a penalty, just bad luck there.

I'm unsure wether Hamilton vs Ricciardo was just a mistake or bully tactics... either way he got punished for it.

This. I cant see any blame for Ric in the incident with Rosberg. It might have looked out of control due to the tire smoke, but he did make the corner and was on the power. It was Rosberg, who, in full control of his car, cut across Ric in that moment, causing damage to his own car and the one on Rics. I called it as a race incident, because of this. If i were to put blame on to someone, i might lean on Rosberg. The fact that both got damaged, it equals out somewhat.

On hamilton with Ric... Well unfortunate. I would have guessed it would be called a race incident because it happened at the restart, which IMO is a crucial point. Cars were still cold and at that point entirely unpredictable to a point. Hamilton locked up due to this, which put him on a trajectory that would have seen him make the corner, but not with Ric being there. Ric is blameless, although he was on the outside, which is always a risky move, especially in somewhat unpredictable circumstances. He put himself there, and could continue without issues. Hamilton had to pit, so on this basis, i would have called it a race incident. He had to go through the pits twice (nose, then penalty) and make it back to 6th. If someone was too blame, i'd lean on Hamilton, although to be fair, by the time he was on the inside, he was a passenger to the state of the tires and the trajectory.

As for the race... Well what could have been. I thonk Hamilton was easily the quickest car outthere, though his race was seriously compromised by his eagerness to attack Rosberg, had to avoid and left the track and lose massively. Amazing how he could get back from that!

Rosberg... Well, seemed to me he was sleeping the entire race. Didnt have a chance at all vs both Ferraris until the very end on medium tires after the safety car.

Ricciardo = wow. I was rooting for him for the win, potty it didnt work out. Also kimi too, what a shame. He has a good race, then sees it evaporate due to a car fault...

[iotar__]

Heroes of today:
- Kvyat - is so slow (as always in races) that he gets team orders against him within two laps
- Ricciardo drives into Rosberg destroying his race after an awkward overtake attempt - no penalty, loses the start (as always) and gets team orders in his favour two laps into the race, I think I need to find "we don't use team orders" quote by a liar Mateschitz
- Verstappen - loses the start, gets de facto team orders in the form of undercut against his team-mate, drives into Bottas destroying his race - no penalty of course, I guess it was another brake-testing fantasy incident, gets another penalty
- Alonso - waits for 25 penalties and mistakes at a snail pace
- Mercedes - "no, we won't give you softs Nico" (looks like drivers don't make calls at Mercedes afterall)
- Hamilton - gets everything wrong in the best car and at the track he was 0,5 s quicker in Q- start, goes off, loses 10 places, gets lucky with a safety car, causes a collision, gets a penalty and still wins against his team mate .
- FIA - business as usual. I think it's the worst season of bad decision after bad decision that I can remember

[Sevach]

Why would he want to go prime??

Lost everything because of this horrible choice, the race would've fallen into his lap with the SC and Ferrari's poor pace on primes.

Well deserved for Seb, great performance.
I don't think Ricciardo deserves a penalty, just bad luck there.

I'm unsure wether Hamilton vs Ricciardo was just a mistake or bully tactics... either way he got punished for it.

Hamilton made a couple of big mistakes today, so for that reason and, ya know, wanting to see a close race, it's a shame he actually ended up increasing his lead.

For a minute it seemed like they might go into the break completely level, which would have been great.

That was about Rosberg wanting to on primes for the final stint, why would he want that? If Mercedes stuck to the tactics they wanted big chance he wins this one.

I'm glad he didn't, the right man won.


Ps: I held back on the joke after Silverstone, but the work Mercedes done on their starts at the Austrian test session... wasn't it meant for both drivers to get crappy starts instead of just one?

Anyway their starts are adding some spice to the last couple of races, hopefully it gets even worst from Spa on