Hungarian GP: Hamilton cruises to eighth Hungaroring win

Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton crushed the opposition in the Hungarian Grand Prix to take his eighth victory at the Hungaroring.

The Mercedes driver dominated the race from pole position and was never under threat, finishing well clear of second-placed Max Verstappen, who secured the runner-up spot despite crashing on his way to the grid before the race.

Hamilton was leading Verstappen by over 25 seconds but decided to make a late pitstop to secure the fastest lap point.

With his win, Hamilton becomes the second driver to triumph in the same grand prix eight times alongside Michael Schumacher, who also took eight victories in the French GP.

Valtteri Bottas completed the podium in third after a terrible start saw him drop down the order from second on the grid, but the Finn lost the championship lead to Hamilton.

Racing Point's Lance Stroll finished fourth ahead of Red Bull's Alex Albon and Sebastian Vettel in the best of the Ferraris, as teammate Charles Leclerc failed to score.

Cla	Driver	Chassis	Gap
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	8.702
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	9.452
4	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	57.579
5	Alex Albon	Red Bull	1'18.316
6	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
7	Sergio Perez	Racing Point
8	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault
9	Kevin Magnussen	Haas
10	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren
11	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
12	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri
13	Lando Norris	McLaren
14	Esteban Ocon	Renault
15	Romain Grosjean	Haas
16	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo
17	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo
18	George Russell	Williams
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams
	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri
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