GP Hungary 2022

Verstappen wins the Hungarian Grand Prix, as Mercedes takes second double podium.

The combination of a well composed drive along with Red Bull’s shrewd tire strategy were key in collecting the 28th career win for Max Verstappen.

It was a brilliant recovery for the defending world champion who, until today, had never won a race when starting P10 on the grid. “Who would have thought that when we woke up that we were going to win the race,” he exclaimed over the team radio.

Now at the halfway mark of the 2022 season, Verstappen holds a strong advantage in the drivers championship with an 80 point lead over Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.

Mercedes once again sees back to back double podiums.

For Hamilton, it was a strong start followed by a consistently well-paced race that earned his P2 result and the honour of fastest lap. His teammate, George Russell, had a solid P3 finish after achieving his first pole position in his F1 career on Saturday.

Another painful weekend for Ferrari.

From the onset, Carlos Sainz struggled to gain traction in his tires resulting in a pit stop by lap 17. Although he managed to hold on to P4, it appeared Sainz was never able to gain momentum to compete at the top of the grid.

In comparison, fellow Ferrari driver, Charles Leclerc, fought a brilliant battle through several laps with George Russell, making a late clever move on the outside of lap 31 to take the lead. However, with a debatable Ferrari strategy that ended up with Leclerc on hard tires, the Monegasque quickly found himself unable to maintain his advantage, finishing in P6 behind Red Bull’s Sergio Perez who took P5.

Mclaren’s Lando Norris was able to secure P7 ahead of both Alpine drivers. With Fernando Alonso in 8th, and his teammate and last year’s Hungarian Grand Prix winner, Esteban Ocon in 9th.

In what will now be his final year in F1, Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel narrowly secured P10 ahead of his teammate Lance Stroll who finished 11th.

AlphaTauri’s, Pierre Gasly claimed P12, while Alfa Romeo’s Zhou Guanyu took P13.

Haas’s Mick Schumacher finished in 14th ahead of Mclaren’s Daniel Ricciardo who placed in 15th after being handed a 5 second penalty for his collision with Lance Stroll.

In 16th was Haas’s Kevin Magnussen who also made brief contact with Ricciardo in the first lap from which he was unable to fully recover.

Both Williams drivers followed, with Alexander Albon finishing in front of Nicholas Latifi in P17 and P18, respectively.

After taking an early spin, Yuki Tsunoda found himself in 19th.

Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas was forced to retire after experiencing a power failure with 5 laps remaining in his race.

Now that the summer break is officially in swing, teams are provided the much needed opportunity to reflect and reset. The second half of the 2022 season begins August 28th at the legendary Spa-Francorchamps track in Belgium!