Hungarian GP as it happened: Ferrari's Vettel wins race, Bianchi family in Hungary for tribute

Hungarian GP as it happened: Ferrari's Vettel wins race, Bianchi family in Hungary for tribute

Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton took pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix on Saturday with a blistering lap more than half a second faster than downcast Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg.

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Hungarian GP as it happened: Ferrari's Vettel wins race, Bianchi family in Hungary for tribute

That’s all from us this weekend see you after the long break!

Sebastian Vettel wins his first Hungarian Grand Prix! Daniil Kvyat is second, with Red Bull team-mate Daniel Ricciardo in third. Vettel pays tribute to Ferrari academy driver Jules Bianchi who “one day would have been a part of the team.”  Ricciardo, one of Jules’ closest friends on the grid also dediates his podium to “Jules and his family.”

CHEQUERED FLAG: SEBASTIAN VETTEL WINS THE HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX!

Unbelievable. Thanks to the events of the afternoon, Daniel Kvyat it seems is going to be on his very first podium. Two laps to go.

Lap 64: What is going on!! Ricciardo has crashed into another Mercedes today! He runs deep and tries to get round in time to hold position. He hits Rosberg and Rosberg has a puncture! This is bad for the German who was looking good to lead the driver’s championship. Not anymore it seems.

Lap 60: What is Pastor Maldonado doing!?!? Another investigation involving poor Maldonado – this time for overtaking behind the safety car! It could be a third penalty for the unlucky driver.

We may have a new championship leader after this race! if Rosberg finishes second or better, and Hamilton doesn’t score any points, the German will lead the driver’s championship. Who’d have thought it?

A promising race now comes to an end for Kimi Raikkonen and the ferrari team. 

There’s a major shuffle going on at the restart of the Hungarian Grand Prix! Vettel mosves away from the pack with the lead. Kimi Raikkonen who we knew would be in hot soup at the re-start meanwhile gets overtaken by Rosberg. No surprise there. Lewis Hamilton Tanks and how! Ricciardo gets off to a great start pushing hard to get round Hamilton and BOOM! Collission. Ricciardo runs wide, and Hamilton has damaged his wing! Hamilton, drops down to sixth!

Ferrari to Raikkonen: “The situation with the MGU-K is we don’t have it. The car will still run, but we have lost a lot of performance”

Uh-oh this does not sound good for the Finn.

Safety car on track

The top ten: 1. Vettel 2. Raikkonen 3. Rosberg 4. Hamilton 5. Ricciardo 6. Bottas 7. Verstappen 8. Kvyat 9. Sainz 10. Button!

Lap 44: A rough and tough weekend for Force India, with Pérez’s awful crash in practice and Hulkenberg now crashing out. Rosberg pits, followed by Vettel, taking advantage of the safety car, which has switched from virtual to actual. Lots of debris from the Force India car on the track right now.

Top ten is as follows on Lap 37: 1. Vettel 2. Raikkonen 3. Rosberg 4. Hamilton 5. Ricciardo 6. Bottas 7. Hülkenberg 8. Verstappen 9. Alonso 10. Sainz

Lap 30: Uh-oh! Lotus and Romain Grosjean has picked up a penalty for an unsafe release in the pitlane it seems.

Lap 26: Hamilton runs wide, and is currently suffering understeer problems. Is it a problem with the car? Or a problem with his driving? Or is he just stressed out? He’s within a second of Ricciardo’s Toro Rosso, who has switched to harder tyres, looks like he will be overtaken by the faster merc soon.

Maldonaldo has picked up a five-second penalty for that collision with Pérez. 

Lap 25 in Hungary. VET leads from RAI, ROS, RIC, HAM, BOT, HUL, KVY, VES, ALO.

Lap 22: Vettel pits, as does Ricciardo – and the Red Bull gets out just ahead of Hamilton, who has set a new fastest lap. Raikkonen also gets in on the action– slightly slower than his teammate though.

Lap 18: Vettel responds to Hamilton’s pace with the fastest lap of the race. Ferrari showing genuine race pace in Hungary today

Lewis Hamilton is meanwhile on a roll. Overtakes Massa and now Sergio Perez. He looks like a man on a mission! 

Uh oh Hulkenberg loses momentum. 

Lap 11: Hamilton and Massa go wheel-to-wheel and gently touch their rear wheels. The Mercedes is through and into P9. it took him long enough!

Lap 9: Replays show Lewis Hamilton’s complaint of being pushed wide clearly uncalled for. Just a minor whine from the British driver.

Lap 8: Another driver who had a great start was Nico Hülkenberg! The Force India driver jumped six spots to fifth, behind Williams’ Valtteri Bottas. Way to go!! 

Lap 2: The last time someone won the Hungarian GP from pole was Nico Rosberg. Absolutely terrible start from pole sitter Hamilton who is fighting to get back into position, runs wide – and he tells his team radio that Rosberg cut across his racing line! Hamilton down to P10.

Ferrari’s rout the Mercedes completely. New leaders of the race are Vettel and Raikkonen! This race never fails to disappoint!

It seems Felipe Massa appears to be at fault for the aborted start as he is accused of stopping short of his starting box.

It seems therewill be another formation lap. 

Rumour has it that Rihanna and Lewis Hamilton are dating!?!?

A source close to Rihanna told The Sun: “They’ve had a flirtation for years and have always fancied each other, but since May they’ve been talking a lot. Finally their schedules allowed them to spend a weekend in the same part of the world, and they made the most of it.

“They are both really busy but Rihanna has asked him to come to Rock in Rio in September, so he can see her perform and spend time together.”

Read more here

A minute’s silence has been held for Jules Bianchi, with drivers, pit crew and his family forming a circle on the grid. It’s a heartwrenching moment, with many trying hard not to let their emotions get the better of them. Now, somehow, they have to race. Lights out in ten minutes.

This is the 30th Grand Prix to be held at the Hungaroring, it’s nickname is ‘Monaco without the barriers’ and with good reason! Who do you think will win the race? If Lewis Hamilton wins today, it will be his 5th victory at the circuit here.

Here’s the grid for today’s race, with the two Mercedes continuing their front row dominance:

Lewis Hamilton (GB) Mercedes

Nico Rosberg (Ger) Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Ferrari

Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Red Bull

Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari

Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Williams

Daniil Kvyat (Rus) Red Bull

Felipe Massa (Br) Williams

Max Verstappen (Neth) Toro Rosso

10 Romain Grosjean (Fra) Lotus

11 Nico Hülkenberg (Ger) Force India

12 Carlos Sainz Jr (Sp) Toro Rosso

13 Sergio Pérez (Mex) Force India

14 Pastor Maldonado (Ven) Lotus

15 Fernando Alonso (Sp) McLaren

16 Jenson Button (GB) McLaren

17 Marcus Ericsson(Swe) Sauber

18 Felipe Nasr (Br) Sauber

19 Roberto Merhi(Sp) Manor

20 Will Stevens (GB) Manor

Hello and welcome to the Hungarian Grand Prix live blog.

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