Race results for the 2019 Hungarian Grand Prix. Contains full classification. Click for full race report

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Lewis Hamilton denied long-time leader Max Verstappen Hungarian Grand Prix victory with a late pass to win, following a strategic dice roll by Hamilton’s Mercedes team.

The Hungaroring race was an intense and long-awaited head-to-head victory fight between Verstappen’s Red Bull and Hamilton. Poleman Verstappen looked good to win for much of the way after he retained his lead at the start, holding off the Mercedes pair with Hamilton moving into second place.

Verstappen built a lead of around two seconds but, complaining of tyre wear, pitted on lap 26 of 70 while Hamilton waited six laps longer to stop.

On fresher tyres, Hamilton quickly got onto Verstappen’s tail and attacked for the lead. On lap 39 the pair had a side-by-side battle and Hamilton briefly passed at turn 4, but went off the track in doing so and so gave the place back.

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But Hamilton and Mercedes then rolled the dice by pitting for second time with 20 laps left, and Hamilton on fresher and softer rubber ate at the 20sec gap to Verstappen and passed on the outside of the first turn with just under four laps left. It ensured Hamilton’s seventh F1 win at this track. Verstappen, declaring his tyres ‘finished’, pitted immediately and finished a distant second.

Hamilton’s team-mate Valtteri Bottas had his day spoiled on lap one. Having been passed by Hamilton at the third turn Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari then made contact with Bottas on the way by too, leaving Bottas with front wing damage which necessitated an early stop to change it. Bottas dropped to the back and recovered to finish eighth.

The Ferraris were never on the pace of the leading pair and followed Verstappen and Hamilton home in third and fourth, more than a minute off the winner. Vettel finished ahead, passing Leclerc late on after an extended first stint to ensure he had fresher tyres late on.

Read the full story in Mark Hughes’ race report

The full race results are below.

 

2019 Hungarian Grand Prix provisional results

Position	Driver	Team	Time	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1hr 35min 03.796sec	25
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+17.796sec	19*
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	+1min 01.433sec	15
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+1min 05.250sec	12
5	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren	+1 Lap	10
6	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull	+1 Lap	8
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	+1 Lap	6
8	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	+1 Lap	4
9	Lando Norris	McLaren	+1 Lap	2
10	Alexander Albon	Toro Rosso	+1 Lap	1
11	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	+1 Lap
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	+1 Lap
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+1 Lap
14	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	+1 Lap
15	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	+1 Lap
16	George Russell	Williams	+2 Laps
17	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	+2 Laps
18	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	+2 Laps
19	Robert Kubica	Williams	+3 Laps
DNF	Romain Grosjean	Haas	Water leak

 

F1 Drivers’ Championship after Race 12 (Hungary)

Position	Driver	Team	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	250
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	188
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	181
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	156
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	132
6	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull	63
7	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren	58
8	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	31
9	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	27
10	Lando Norris	McLaren	24
11	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	22
12	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	18
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	18
14	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	17
15	Alexander Albon	Toro Rosso	16
16	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	13
17	Romain Grosjean	Haas	8
18	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1
19	Robert Kubica	Williams	1
20	George Russell	Williams	0

 

F1 Constructors’ Championship after Race 12 (Hungary)

Position	Team	Points
1	Mercedes	438
2	Ferrari	288
3	Red Bull	244
4	McLaren	82
5	Toro Rosso	43
6	Renault	39
7	Alfa Romeo	32
8	Racing Point	31
9	Haas	26
10	Williams	1