Lewis Hamilton romped to a smashing victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix to take the Formula One championship lead for the first time this season.Lewis Hamilton, 31, who recorded a thrilling triple victory at the British Grand Prix a fortnight ago, took charge of the race from the moment he overtook Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg at the start and is now six points ahead of the German.
With this victory, his third win in a row and fifth this season, thereigning world championhas overturned a 75 point deficit on Rosberg and is now poised for an incredible three peat of world titles.
Red Bull’s Australian driver Daniel Ricciardo got a good launch off of the grid and challenged the Silver Arrows into the first turn, but his fight faded ashe had to hold off Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel for third.
Ricciardo’s teammate, Max Verstappen, was fifth with Vettel’s Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen finishing close behind, according to unofficial reports by the BBC.
McLaren’s Fernando Alonso took seventh but it was a difficult afternoon for the Spaniard’s team-mate Jenson Button, who dropped to last with hydraulic problems early on, giving him what he described as “the race from hell”.
He was the only retirement of the race.
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