Hamilton's Hungarian Hat-Trick

A hat-trick of wins in Budapest leaves Lewis Hamilton fourth in the overall standings going into the Summer break. Before this race, only one from the last seven Pole sitters went onto take the chequered flag. So it was perhaps a surprise to see a race without many overtakes and Hamilton winning the race without any real problems.

The start of the race was delayed by a lap as Michael Schumacher's day began by not being able to start. The rest of the field had to do a second formation lap while Schumacher got pushed into the pit lane, where he would be able to start the race.

The start was a clean one and Jenson Button was able to overtake Sebastian Vettel into third. Mark Webber made a better start, moving up seventh while Fernando Alonso moved up to fifth with Felipe Massa dropping to ninth. Schumacher's race became hindered even more when he received a drive through penalty on lap four for speeding in the pit lane from the start of the race.

The overtakes mainly came from the pit lane and it even then it didn't come until the second pit phase. Lap-39 saw Vettel get ahead of Button who had stopped quite a few laps before and was stuck behind Bruno Senna in eighth.

Webber also looked have got the better of Alonso on lap-44 again after the second pit stop phase. But the Australian required to have a third pit-stop which ended up leaving him in eighth. Two laps later, Kimi Raikkonen, who pitted much later than the rest to lead after Hamilton had pitted, managed to jump the pack and came out just ahead of team-mate Romain Grosjean. The pair had a little battle before the Finn managed to get away and try to hunt the leading McLaren.

Pastor Maldonado once again received a drive through penalty for his eclectic driving style. He tried overtaking Paul Di Resta on lap-52 and ended up forcing the Force India off the track. The Venezuelan received his penalty for causing a collision. Schumacher's nightmare finally came to an end on lap-60 when he had to retire, that means he has now retired from seven of the 13 races. Narain Karthikeyan would also retire after crashing into a barrier five laps later. Race result:

1.Hamilton (McLaren), 2.Raikkonen (Lotus), 3.Grosjean (Lotus), 4.Vettel (Red Bull), 5.Alonso (Ferrari), 6.Button (McLaren), 7.Senna (Williams), 8.Webber (Red Bull), 9.Massa (Ferrari), 10.Rosberg (Mercedes), 11.Hulkenberg (Force India), 12.Di Resta (Force India), 13.Maldonado (Williams), 14.Perez (Sauber), 15.Ricciardo (Toro Rosso), 16.Vergne (Toro Rosso), 17.Kovalainen (Caterham), 18.Kobayashi (Sauber), 19.Petrov (Caterham), 20.Pic (Marussia), 21.Glock (Marussia), 22.De La Rosa (HRT) DNF: Schumacher (Mercedes), Karthikeyan (HRT)