F1 Hungarian GP results: A Day to Remember

Jul 28, 2015 - by Mate

Few people would’ve bet on Vettel winning the race (Photo: AP)

Hungarian GP results are always predictable? A dull race? Not this year!

There is some kind of a preconception about the Hungarian GP. It is regarded as a boring event, and is sometimes speculated that the race is only in the Formula 1 calendar because of the closeness of Budapest, the beautiful capital of Hungary. However, from time to time the Hungarian GP results prove that it can easily produce one of the best races of the season.

This time the Hungaroring hosted a remarkable race that had virtually everything. Many of those, who follow the sport know that although it is very exciting to drive on the track, it is almost impossible to overtake, and this makes racing on it boring. However, this time we saw nothing of it, as one overtaking was coming after another, contributing to a thrilling race that was won by a German in a Ferrari – a not very uncommon feature in Hungary regarding the past.

BBC.com: Hungarian GP was an epic race that will be remembered for years

The Hungarian GP started as a sad event. It was just days after the funeral of Jules Bianchi, and the drivers remembered the Frenchman with a minute of silence on the grid. Still, it seems that everyone was about to make this race a memory for the late Bianchi, and eventually the 2015 Hungarian GP was one of the best Grands Prix of the year.

The race started with a ceremony remembering Bianchi (Photo: bbc)

Many experts of gambling facts know that the Hungarian GP is usually an uneventful race, since it is nearly impossible to overtake on the track. Yet this time the race was full of challenges, battles, overtaking maneuvers and collisions. And it was full of surprises, right from the start when the two Ferraris performed arguably the best start of the season.

Lewis Hamilton was about to complete a perfect weekend, topping every practice and qualification phase. Looking at his lap times, some speculations emerged in gambling news before the race that he could lap the whole field. And then he just somehow didn’t get Sunday’s race right, producing his worst performance of the year.

Autosport.com: Lewis Hamilton apologises to Mercedes F1 team for “bad day”

After his worst race of the year, Lewis Hamilton took full responsibility for his performance. He also made an apology to his team Mercedes for his Hungarian GP results and “nightmare” race. Hamilton had quite a bad start, losing three positions, but making things even worse, he made a mistake at the chicane in lap 1, falling back to 11th.

Lewis Hamilton pretty much blew his chances in the first lap (Photo: Pirelli Ercole)

Stunning many of those, who follow live sports scores, he was able to come back to fourth though, also capitalizing on a safety car period on the go. However, he hit Daniel Ricciardo’s Red Bull after the restart. After that, he needed a new nose, and he was also penalized with a drive through penalty for causing the collision.

Afterwards his teammate, Nico Rosberg also collided with Ricciardo, causing the German a puncture, Hamilton was able to come home sixth, opening up the gap between him and Rosberg to 21 points. Hamilton said, “It was one of the worst races I think I’ve had, and all I can do is apologize to the team and work hard to make amends at the next race.”

JamesAllenOnF1.com: F1’s Capacity to Stir the Emotions – Reflections on Memorable Hungarian GP

Formula 1 showed at the Hungarian GP, that it’s fully capable of stirring the emotions. It started with paying tribute to the Jules Bianchi, and it climaxed in electrifying overtaking actions. It was a proper way to remember the late Frenchman: the Hungarian GP results prove it had everything a race could have. It was also won by Ferrari, the team that he was expected to drive for.

Everybody remembered Jules Bianchi in their own way (Photo: bbc)

Sebastian Vettel’s first thing was to dedicate his victory to Bianchi, after he crossed the finish line. Many followers of sports scores might be surprised, but it was the German’s first victory at the Hungaroring. His second win overall in 2015. And 41th career victory, he levelled the great Ayrton Senna. The Brazilian was the last driver to die from injuries sustained in a Formula 1 race before Bianchi. He was also somewhat of a specialist, with excellent Hungarian GP results right from 1986.

Hamilton is not far from his 41th victory either. If he wins the next three races, he will have the same tally as Senna, with exactly the same win-to-starts ratio.

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