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2012 Hungarian Formula 1 Grand Prix

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Hungarian Grand Prix - 2012 - Race

(07/29/2012)

13:50

NewsOnF1:

Welcome to our coverage of the 2012 Hungarian Grand Prix

13:52

NewsOnF1:

It is currently hot and dry. Isolated thunderstorms are forecast but nothing is threating at this stage

13:56

NewsOnF1:

Hungarian GP - Grid Top 10
Hamilton
Grosjean
Vettel
Button
Raikkonen
Alonso
Massa
Maldonado
Senna
Hulkenberg

13:58

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton has dominated all weekend. He will be very hard to beat this afternoon

13:59

NewsOnF1:

The two types of dry tyres this weekend are the soft and medium

13:59

NewsOnF1:

Formation lap in 5 minutes

14:00

NewsOnF1:

Air temperature is at 30 degrees while track temperature is at 45 degrees.

14:02

NewsOnF1:

We have updated the interface since last week, we hope this provides you with a better experience

14:05

NewsOnF1:

Formation lap gets underway

14:07

NewsOnF1:

Webber will start on the medium compound, he starts from 11

14:07

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton arrives at the starting grid

14:08

NewsOnF1:

Lights!

14:08

NewsOnF1:

The start is aborted

14:08

NewsOnF1:

Schumacher's car is stuck on the grid

14:09

NewsOnF1:

The cars go around for a second time. This lap counts as the first lap of the race

14:09

NewsOnF1:

Schumacher's car is being pulled into the pitlane

14:10

NewsOnF1:

Schumacher will start from the pitlane

14:10

NewsOnF1:

Cars arrive back at the starting grid

14:14

Comment From yawen:

I have to say your layout looks much nicer this week :D

14:11

NewsOnF1:

Lights

14:12

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton leads from Grosjean

14:12

NewsOnF1:

Vettel tries to get ahead of Grosjean but ends up losing to Button

14:14

NewsOnF1:

Schmacher started from the pitlane and is now under investigation for speeding in the pit lane

14:14

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton leads Grosjean by 2.1 seconds on lap 2

14:16

NewsOnF1:

Raikkonen in 6th is right behind Alonso but he is complaing on the radio to have a KERS issue

14:16

NewsOnF1:

Schumacher speeding in the pitlane so he has to make a drive through

14:29

Comment From jido:

Did Massa have a bad start? ED - An average one, Senna had a great start!

14:19

NewsOnF1:

Grosjean is matching Hamilton. Button and Vettel also close to the pace

14:20

NewsOnF1:

Schumacher takes his penalty and before that he stopped and switched to the mediums

14:33

Comment From jido:

Would be nice if the Pause button would pause the scrolling but not the updates ED - When you un-pause, it should update for you

14:21

NewsOnF1:

Grosjean is not letting Hamilton get away. Gap at 2.2 seconds on lap 6

14:22

NewsOnF1:

Raikkonen continues to chase Alonso, gap just 0.7 seconds

14:23

NewsOnF1:

The top 2 are the only drivers currently lapping in the 1:27's

14:24

NewsOnF1:

Grosjean quicker than Hamilton on the 8th lap

14:24

NewsOnF1:

Kobayashi makes his first stop

14:26

NewsOnF1:

Track temperature goes up a degree to 46 degrees

14:26

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton continues to push

14:26

NewsOnF1:

A tenth quicker than Grosjean

14:31

NewsOnF1:

Grosjean responding and sets the fastest lap so far

14:31

NewsOnF1:

We should start seeing the first round of stops shortly

14:32

NewsOnF1:

Ricciardo pits

14:33

NewsOnF1:

Button is the first to pit of the front runners

14:34

NewsOnF1:

Button puts the mediums on

14:35

NewsOnF1:

Senna and Rosberg pit

14:36

NewsOnF1:

Vettel pits

14:36

NewsOnF1:

And so does Alonso

14:37

NewsOnF1:

Vettel rejoins behind Button

14:37

NewsOnF1:

Raikkonen pushing now

14:37

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton pits

14:37

NewsOnF1:

Grosjean takes the lead

14:38

NewsOnF1:

Massa pits

14:44

Comment From Michael:

Good work by Senna -- he's been fast all weekend. Where's Maldonado? ED - Currently 12th

14:39

NewsOnF1:

Grosejan pits from the lead

14:39

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton gets ahead of Grosjean - Sorry Raikkonen is now in the lead

14:41

NewsOnF1:

Alonso takes Perez for 7th

14:41

NewsOnF1:

Raikkonen pits

14:41

NewsOnF1:

And so does Webber

14:41

NewsOnF1:

Raikkonen gets ahead of Alonso

14:42

NewsOnF1:

Only Perez of the top has yet to stop

14:43

NewsOnF1:

Perez pits

14:44

NewsOnF1:

It is worth pointing out that both Grosjean and Raikkonen are on the softs

14:45

NewsOnF1:

Grosjean reduces the gap to Hamilton to 2,2 seconds

14:46

NewsOnF1:

Grosjean is flying! He sets a 1:26.535 and takes almost a second off Hamilton's lead

14:47

NewsOnF1:

Grosjean is now right behind Hamilton

14:47

NewsOnF1:

Gap down to 0.9 seconds

14:48

NewsOnF1:

Also worth noting is that Vettel is also on softs

14:49

NewsOnF1:

Grosjean drops back for some reason, gap back up to 1.7 seconds. Has his tryes gone off already ?

14:52

NewsOnF1:

After dropping back, Grosjean now quicker than Hamilton. Gap is 2.3 seconds

14:52

NewsOnF1:

Grosjean pushing again, This is strange!

14:53

NewsOnF1:

Button is under pressure from Vettel

14:54

NewsOnF1:

Grosjean now right behind Hamilton on lap 30!

14:56

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton leads Grosjean on lap 30 by 1.1 seconds

14:57

NewsOnF1:

Vettel unable to pass Button

14:58

NewsOnF1:

Team tells Button they have to switch to plan B

14:59

NewsOnF1:

Grosjean makes a small mistake but recovers

15:01

NewsOnF1:

Button makes his second stop

15:02

NewsOnF1:

Button puts on the softs, this means he will stop for a 3rd time

15:02

NewsOnF1:

And McLaren tell Hamilton that they may switch to plan B as well

15:03

NewsOnF1:

Vettel pushing very hard

15:03

NewsOnF1:

Now that he has cleared Button

15:04

NewsOnF1:

Button stuck behind Senna

15:04

NewsOnF1:

Raikkonen quick as well

15:05

NewsOnF1:

Button trying to pass Senna without success

15:06

NewsOnF1:

This could allow both Vettel and Raikkonen to get ahead

15:07

NewsOnF1:

In the meantime, Grosejan is just 0.7 seconds behind Hamilton

15:08

Comment From jido:

Vettel fast, Kimi behind him catching up!

15:07

NewsOnF1:

Vettel pits

15:07

NewsOnF1:

Vettel puts the mediums on

15:08

NewsOnF1:

Vettel gets ahead of Senna and Button

15:18

Comment From Michael:

Could this be Vettel's last stop for tyres? ED - Difficult

15:09

NewsOnF1:

Grosjean pits, takes on the mediums

15:09

NewsOnF1:

Webber pits as well

15:10

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton pits

15:11

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton puts on the softs

15:11

NewsOnF1:

Raikkonen leads but has yet to stop

15:13

NewsOnF1:

Raikkonen continues to push

15:13

NewsOnF1:

Senna pits

15:14

NewsOnF1:

Alonso is 3rd and is holding up Grosejan and Vettel

15:14

NewsOnF1:

Alonso pits

15:15

NewsOnF1:

Massa pits as well

15:16

NewsOnF1:

We will update the order shortly - sorry

15:17

NewsOnF1:

Webber has gotten ahead of Alonso via the pits

15:17

NewsOnF1:

Raikkonen pits from the lead and so is Button

15:18

NewsOnF1:

This is Button's 3rd stop

15:19

NewsOnF1:

A slow stop for Button, Raikkonen gets ahead of Grosjean and Vettel. Brilliant performance

15:32

Comment From jido:

Does the forecast show a dry race ending? ED - No rain forecast

15:21

NewsOnF1:

Button is behind Alonso and is trying to pass

15:22

NewsOnF1:

21 laps to go, can the tyres last for the 2 stoppers ? This will be an interesting end to the race

15:23

NewsOnF1:

Raikkonen just 3 seconds behind Hamilton

15:24

NewsOnF1:

Raikkonen takes another 0.4 seconds from Hamilton's lead

15:26

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton is slower than Raikkonen and the gap drops to 1.3 seconds

15:27

NewsOnF1:

Maldonado gets a drive through for hiting di Resta

15:27

NewsOnF1:

Grosjean in 3rd is also catching Hamilton

15:28

NewsOnF1:

Raikkonen now right behind Hamilton

15:32

Comment From Michael:

This is a super exciting race! Thanks for the coverage. Your new interface is friendly and good.

15:31

NewsOnF1:

It will be interesting to see if any of the drivers will go for a quick stop in the final 15 laps

15:32

NewsOnF1:

Webber pits

15:33

NewsOnF1:

Webber is hoping to make up a few places

15:33

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton leads Raikkonen by 1 second on lap 56

15:35

NewsOnF1:

Webber rejoins in 8th

15:36

NewsOnF1:

Vettel also pits

15:36

NewsOnF1:

He puts on the softs

15:37

NewsOnF1:

Vettel stays ahead of Alonso

15:38

NewsOnF1:

Alonso tries to pass Vettel without success

15:38

NewsOnF1:

Schumacher retires

15:40

NewsOnF1:

Now Vettel is pushing

15:40

NewsOnF1:

8 laps to go

15:41

NewsOnF1:

Vettel will be hoping for a significant tyre degradation for Grosjean

15:45

Comment From jido:

Fastest lap by Vettel

15:43

NewsOnF1:

Vettel taking 2 seconds from Grosjean. Only 6 laps remain though

15:43

NewsOnF1:

Webber in 8th right behind Senna

15:44

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton's gap over Raikkonen remains at 0.9 seconds with 5 laps remaining

15:45

NewsOnF1:

Narian Karthikeyan into the barriers. He retires

15:47

NewsOnF1:

Vettel continues to catch Grosejan, He could be right behind him on the final lap

15:49

NewsOnF1:

3 laps remain, can Raikkonen do anything about Hamilton

15:50

NewsOnF1:

Grosejan's front right visibily worn! He is 5.6 seconds ahead of Vettel

15:50

NewsOnF1:

Grosejan's front right visibily worn! He is 5.6 seconds ahead of Vettel

15:51

NewsOnF1:

Final lap

15:51

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton leads by 1 second

15:52

NewsOnF1:

Vettel will be right behind Grosjean

15:52

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton wins the Hungarian Grand Prix

15:52

NewsOnF1:

Raikkonen in second, Gorosjean takes third

15:55

Comment From Mitchel:

many Thanks man

15:55

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15:56

NewsOnF1:

So the final order is: Hamilton, Raikkonen, Grosejan, Vettel, Alonso, Button, Senna, Webber, Massa and Rosberg

15:58

NewsOnF1:

Hulkenberg, di Resta, Maldonado, Perez, Ricciardo, Vergne, Kovalianen, Kobayashi, Petrov, Pic, Glock and de la Rosa make the rest of the field

16:00

NewsOnF1:

Retirements: Schumacher and Karthikeyan

16:00

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Fastest lap by Vettel - 1:24.136

16:08

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16:19

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The next race is the Belgian Grand Prix on the 2nd of September.
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