News Details

Hamilton’s eyes on title with risky fastest lap to cap dominance

Lewis Hamilton says his decision to chase the fastest lap late in the Hungarian Grand Prix was made with the drivers’ championship in mind. The six-time world champion was dominating the race and had little more than a pit stop in hand with 10 laps remaining when he started discussing a late stop for soft tires. At the time, teammate Valtteri Bottas held the fastest lap, but Hamilton stopped for a third time with five laps remaining, taking on softs and setting a new lap record on the final lap to ensure he took maximum points away from the Hungaroring. “You have to weigh up the risks and I didn’t push so much that I was going to make a mistake and go off — it was a controlled...
Full Story »
4y ago from Racer.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Ricciardo to raise Stroll pass at drivers’ briefing

Daniel RicciardoDaniel Ricciardo has revealed that he plans to raise...
4y ago from SpeedCafe.com

Vettel puts Ferrari on top in rain-hit Hungarian GP FP2

Sebastian Vettel put Ferrari on top of the timesheets for the first time...
4y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Hungarian Grand Prix: Max bins it on out lap

The Hungarian Grand Prix hasn't even started, but Max Verstappen's race...
4y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Red Bull broke curfew to work late on set-up changes

Red Bull Racing broke Friday's curfew at the Hungaroring to allow its...
4y ago from F1i.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marc Márquez wins battle of brothers to delight...

t;li>Alex Márquez and Fabio Di Giannantonio also on podiumSpaniard...
3h ago from TheGuardian.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar Road America – Qualifying Results

The NTT IndyCar Series took a trip to the historic Road America circuit...
21h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

IndyCar officially delays new chassis to 2028 season

The NTT IndyCar Series has released more details about its new engine and...
20h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Rallies around the world: The ones not to miss – and...

Rallying is unlike any other motorsport. It doesn’t unfold on pristine...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Bayern Munich set sights on ‘incredible' Arsenal...

Bayern Munich have reportedly set their sights on Arsenal’s Gabriel...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Surprise Premier League club eyeing up move for...

Brighton & Hove Albion have set their sights on Liverpool's Harvey Elliot...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Bundesliga giants discussing surprise move for Arsenal...

Bayern Munich have set their sights on Arsenal forward Gabriel Martinelli,...
3h ago from SportsKeeda.com

'If Messi went there, they'd win the Premier League' -...

British pundit Andy Goldstein believes Arsenal could win the Premier...
4h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Brad Pitt handed shock McLaren F1 test

F1 movie star Brad Pitt was reportedly given a... Read More »
53m ago from GPFans.com

Legendary F1 TV presenter RETIREMENT confirmed

A former F1 presenter and sports broadcasting... Read More »
6h ago from GPFans.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.