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Australian Daniel Riccardo won his second race of this season, this week-end during an eventful race at the Hungaroring.
The Red Bull driver was helped by some rain showers before the start and two safety car interventions, which shuffled the order.
One of the highlights of the race was when he overtook both Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso in the final four laps.
After several attempts to pass the hyper-defensive Hamilton, Ricciardo eventually made a great move stick around the outside and then on lap 68 muscled past Alonso to claim the lead and his second grand prix win of the season.
"Winning this today, it honestly feels as good as the first. It sank in a lot quicker this one, so crossing the line today I knew what was going on a bit more and it's like I could enjoy it immediately rather than it being delayed, it was awesome," Daniel said afterwards.
"To have to pass guys again to win the race, as I did in Canada, makes it a lot more satisfying, knowing that we did have a bit of a fight on our hands.
"In this environment now I feel I am a different driver and in a way a different person, a different sportsman than I was last year. I've got a lot more belief in myself and it's cool, I definitely feel like I belong here now and I've got confidence!"
Race results - Hungarian Grand Prix (round 11 of 19)
1 - Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull RB10-Renault) - 70 laps in 1.53'05"058
2 - Fernando Alonso (Ferrari F14-T) - 5"225
3 - Lewis Hamilton (McLaren MP4/29-Mercedes) - 5"857
4 - Nico Rosberg (Mercedes W05) - 6"361
5 - Felipe Massa (Williams FW36-Mercedes) - 29"841
6 - Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari F14-T) - 31"491
7 - Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull RB10-Renault) - 40"964
8 - Valtteri Bottas (Williams FW36-Mercedes) - 41"344
9 - Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso STR9-Renault) - 58"527
10 - Jenson Button (McLaren MP4/29-Mercedes) - 1'07"280
11 - Adrian Sutil (Sauber C33-Ferrari) - 1'08"169
12 - Kevin Magnussen (McLaren MP4/29-Mercedes) - 1'18"465
13 - Pastor Maldonado (Lotus E22-Renault) - 1'24"024
14 - Daniil Kvyat Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso STR9-Renault) - 1 lap
15 - Jules Bianchi (Marussia MR03-Ferrari) - 1 lap
16 - Max Chilton (Marussia MR03-Ferrari) - 1 lap
Retirements
Esteban Gutierrez
Kamui Kobayashi
Sergio Perez
Nico Hulkenberg
Romain Grosjean
Marcus Ericsson
Fastest lap of the race: 1'25"724 by Nico Rosberg
Drivers' championship
1.Rosberg 202; 2.Hamilton 191; 3.Ricciardo 131; 4.Alonso 115; 5.Bottas 95; 6.Vettel 88; 7.Hulkenberg 69; 8.Button 60; 9.Massa 40; 10.Magnussen 37; 11.Perez 29; 12.Raikkonen 27; 13.Vergne 11; 14.Grosjean 8; 15.Kvyat 6; 16.Bianchi 2.
Constructors' championship
1.Mercedes 393; 2.Red Bull-Renault 219; 3.Ferrari 142; 4.Williams-Mercedes 135; 5.Force India-Mercedes 98; 6.McLaren-Mercedes 97; 7.Toro Rosso-Renault 17; 8.Lotus-Renault 8; 9.Marussia-Ferrari 2.
*Unofficial results
The Red Bull driver was helped by some rain showers before the start and two safety car interventions, which shuffled the order.
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| Photo: WRi2 |
One of the highlights of the race was when he overtook both Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso in the final four laps.
After several attempts to pass the hyper-defensive Hamilton, Ricciardo eventually made a great move stick around the outside and then on lap 68 muscled past Alonso to claim the lead and his second grand prix win of the season.
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| Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton (Photo: WRi2) |
"Winning this today, it honestly feels as good as the first. It sank in a lot quicker this one, so crossing the line today I knew what was going on a bit more and it's like I could enjoy it immediately rather than it being delayed, it was awesome," Daniel said afterwards.
"To have to pass guys again to win the race, as I did in Canada, makes it a lot more satisfying, knowing that we did have a bit of a fight on our hands.
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| Daniel Ricciardo (Photo: WRi2) |
"In this environment now I feel I am a different driver and in a way a different person, a different sportsman than I was last year. I've got a lot more belief in myself and it's cool, I definitely feel like I belong here now and I've got confidence!"
Race results - Hungarian Grand Prix (round 11 of 19)
1 - Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull RB10-Renault) - 70 laps in 1.53'05"058
2 - Fernando Alonso (Ferrari F14-T) - 5"225
3 - Lewis Hamilton (McLaren MP4/29-Mercedes) - 5"857
4 - Nico Rosberg (Mercedes W05) - 6"361
5 - Felipe Massa (Williams FW36-Mercedes) - 29"841
6 - Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari F14-T) - 31"491
7 - Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull RB10-Renault) - 40"964
8 - Valtteri Bottas (Williams FW36-Mercedes) - 41"344
9 - Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso STR9-Renault) - 58"527
10 - Jenson Button (McLaren MP4/29-Mercedes) - 1'07"280
11 - Adrian Sutil (Sauber C33-Ferrari) - 1'08"169
12 - Kevin Magnussen (McLaren MP4/29-Mercedes) - 1'18"465
13 - Pastor Maldonado (Lotus E22-Renault) - 1'24"024
14 - Daniil Kvyat Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso STR9-Renault) - 1 lap
15 - Jules Bianchi (Marussia MR03-Ferrari) - 1 lap
16 - Max Chilton (Marussia MR03-Ferrari) - 1 lap
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| Safety car (Photo: WRi2) |
Retirements
Esteban Gutierrez
Kamui Kobayashi
Sergio Perez
Nico Hulkenberg
Romain Grosjean
Marcus Ericsson
Fastest lap of the race: 1'25"724 by Nico Rosberg
Drivers' championship
1.Rosberg 202; 2.Hamilton 191; 3.Ricciardo 131; 4.Alonso 115; 5.Bottas 95; 6.Vettel 88; 7.Hulkenberg 69; 8.Button 60; 9.Massa 40; 10.Magnussen 37; 11.Perez 29; 12.Raikkonen 27; 13.Vergne 11; 14.Grosjean 8; 15.Kvyat 6; 16.Bianchi 2.
Constructors' championship
1.Mercedes 393; 2.Red Bull-Renault 219; 3.Ferrari 142; 4.Williams-Mercedes 135; 5.Force India-Mercedes 98; 6.McLaren-Mercedes 97; 7.Toro Rosso-Renault 17; 8.Lotus-Renault 8; 9.Marussia-Ferrari 2.
*Unofficial results
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| Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull RB10 (Photo: WRi2) |