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Lewis Hamilton wins Hungarian Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton (r) walks next to his father Anthony ahead of the Grand Prix. PHOTO/Reuters
Lewis Hamilton won the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday, prolonging McLaren’s dominance on the slow and winding Hungaroring circuit.
Hamilton completed the Formula One race in 1 hour, 41 minutes, 5.503 seconds — more than a second ahead of Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen. Romain Grosjean, also of Lotus, was third. It was McLaren’s sixth win here in eight years.
“Really fantastic,” Hamilton said over the team radio after crossing the finish line. “Let’s try to keep this up.”
Rounding out the top 10 were defending champion Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull, overall leader Fernando Alonso of Ferrari, McLaren’s Jenson Button, Bruno Senna of Williams, Mark Webber of Red Bull, Ferrari’s Felipe Massa and Nico Rosberg of Mercedes.
It was Hamilton’s third win in Hungary and second of the season. His victory from pole position again demonstrated the advantage of starting first on a track that has few opportunities for passing.
“If we can continue with this kind of performance than we can slowly catch Alonso,” Hamilton said. “But we know we need consistency and we need to improve the car still in many areas.”
Hamilton led for all but eight laps of the race, briefly falling back after two tire changes, despite strong challenges from the Lotus pair.
