Lewis Hamilton leads F1 standings after Hungary GP win

  • 25/07/2016
Lewis Hamilton (AAP)
Lewis Hamilton (AAP)

Triple Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton won the Hungarian Grand Prix for Mercedes to take the lead in the championship from team mate Nico Rosberg for the first time this season.

Rosberg, who started on pole position but is now six points behind the Briton after 11 of the 21 races, finished second with Australian Daniel Ricciardo third for Red Bull.

The win was Hamilton's fifth in Hungary, the most by any driver.

"The start was everything," said Hamilton. "This is a great result for the team. What a day."

The win was the 48th of his career and fifth of the season.

Until today he had shared the record for Hungary GP wins with seven times champion Michael Schumacher.

"I grew up watching Michael so to have a similar number, and now one more than he had here, is incredible," said Hamilton.

Ferrari's four times world champion Sebastian Vettel, also a previous winner in Hungary, finished fourth after sounding off over the team radio about slower cars holding him up as he lapped them.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen held off Ferrari's feisty Kimi Raikkonen for fifth.

The battle between the pair provided a moment of excitement in an otherwise uneventful race, with Raikkonen clipping the back of Verstappen's car and damaging his front wing in an attempt to pass the 18-year-old.

Reuters