2020 F1 Hungarian Grand Prix race results

There was drama before the start when Red Bull’s Max Verstappen hit the wall at Turn 12 in the damp conditions on his formation lap to the grid, requiring his team to fit a new steering arm and wishbone.

From pole position, Hamilton led the wet start from Racing Point’s Lance Stroll and was already 3s clear by the end of the opening lap. His Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas almost jumped the start, but managed to stop before he crossed the line, although he dropped to sixth.

Despite his pre-race drama, Verstappen made a great start and surged from seventh to third, ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, who pitted for slicks at the end of lap two as the track dried quickly.

Hamilton pitted from the lead on the next tour, leaving Verstappen out front for a lap. Hamilton led by 5s after Verstappen’s stop, with the Haas drivers running third and fourth as Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean had pitted for slicks at the end of the warm-up lap.

On his recovery drive, Bottas passed Leclerc for sixth on lap 10 and quickly caught the Haas duo and Stroll, who had passed Magnussen for third on Lap 16.

It took Bottas a good while to clear Stroll, and he pitted on Lap 34 to undercut him for third position. Bottas, who switched to more softs, then charged after the hard-tyred Verstappen.

Having failed to get close enough to pass him on track, Bottas pitted again with 20 laps to go, switching to fresh hard tyres. He closed to within a second by the end, but had to settle for third.

Hamilton won the race by over 8s, having stopped for fresh soft tyres near the end to set fastest lap.

Stroll held fourth place until the end, ahead of Red Bull’s Alex Albon, who drove a fine race after a wretched qualifying and grabbed fifth when Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel ran wide late on. They finished just ahead of Racing Point’s Sergio Perez, who made an awful start and dropped to the tail-end of the top 10.

However, Albon is under investigation by race stewards for his team drying his grid spot ahead of the race.

Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo finished eighth, ahead of Magnussen. Leclerc paid for a bad decision to switch to soft tyres initially, and Sainz passed him for the final point inside the final 10 laps.

AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly was the only retirement, exiting the race in a cloud of smoke on Lap 17.

F1 Hungarian Grand Prix race results

Cla Driver Chassis Engine Laps Gap Points

1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	Mercedes	70		26
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	Honda	70	8.702	18
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	Mercedes	70	9.452	15
4	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	Mercedes	70	57.579	12
5	Alex Albon	Red Bull	Honda	70	1'18.316	10
6	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	Ferrari	69		8
7	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	Mercedes	69		6
8	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	Renault	69		4
9	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	Ferrari	69		2
10	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren	Renault	69		1
11	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	Ferrari	69
12	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri	Honda	69
13	Lando Norris	McLaren	Renault	69
14	Esteban Ocon	Renault	Renault	69
15	Romain Grosjean	Haas	Ferrari	69
16	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	69
17	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	69
18	George Russell	Williams	Mercedes	69
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	Mercedes	65
	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	Honda	15
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F1 Hungarian Grand Prix fastest laps

Cla Driver Chassis Engine Laps Time Gap

1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	Mercedes	70	1'16.627
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	Mercedes	66	1'17.665	1.038
3	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	Mercedes	68	1'18.973	2.346
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	Honda	60	1'19.184	2.557
5	Alex Albon	Red Bull	Honda	68	1'19.440	2.813
6	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren	Renault	67	1'19.457	2.830
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	Renault	46	1'19.532	2.905
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	Renault	42	1'19.945	3.318
9	George Russell	Williams	Mercedes	67	1'19.984	3.357
10	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	Mercedes	39	1'20.090	3.463
11	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	44	1'20.096	3.469
12	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	61	1'20.232	3.605
13	Esteban Ocon	Renault	Renault	40	1'20.261	3.634
14	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	Ferrari	49	1'20.363	3.736
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	Ferrari	68	1'20.477	3.850
16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	Ferrari	64	1'20.821	4.194
17	Romain Grosjean	Haas	Ferrari	67	1'20.889	4.262
18	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri	Honda	51	1'20.946	4.319
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	Mercedes	64	1'21.198	4.571
20	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	Honda	10	1'23.939	7.312
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