That was quite a show! The Hungarian Grand Prix turned out the way you wouldn’t expect. Who won?

Infarct and highly attractive, this was the Hungarian Grand Prix. Beautiful battles on the track, a big crash right after the start, an unconventional order and an even more unconventional winner.

Already the first lap suggested a lot. Valtteri Bottas, the Mercedes driver, was absolutely unable to handle the start and shot down three drivers after the start – Lando Norris in the McLaren, Sergio Pérez and Max Verstappen.

However, Lance Stroll didn’t get off to a much better start and his actions at the first corner also caused an accident. After one lap had passed, red flags were displayed on the circuit, bringing the race to a halt.

Six drivers did not continue – Norris, Pérez, Bottas, Stroll and Charles Leclerc. Nikita Mazepin crashed in the pits in the Haas Monopost, who was just heading to his mechanics. He collided with Kimi Räikkönen, as the Finnish driver was released too early from the pit lane by his team.

The Alfa Romeo driver then received a time penalty of ten seconds, just for that dangerous launch. And he was not the only Alfa driver to be penalised during the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Antonio Giovinazzi exceeded the maximum speed limit in the pit-lane, for which he received a 10-second stop/go penalty. In practice, this means that as soon as the driver decides to stop for new tyres, he has to stand idly by his mechanics for 10 seconds. Only after serving this penalty can they start working on the car.

The race was to be restarted after the stoppage by starting from a fixed position, and it was then that we saw another uncharacteristic moment. At the start, the leader of the standings, Lewis Hamilton, was all alone!

That’s because all the other drivers had switched from wet to dry tyres. Hamilton was leading the race, but he was the only driver on wet tyres. At the end of the fourth circuit, he was forced to pit for dry tyres due to the rapidly drying track, whereupon he dropped to last place in the race.

He gradually worked his way up through the standings during the rest of the Hungarian Grand Prix. With twenty laps to go, he managed to pass Fernando Alonso for fourth. But he kept Hamilton in front of him for several laps thanks to some superb defence and a flawless driving style.

But at the first corner of lap 45, Alonso braked. Hamilton was quick to take advantage of this minor mistake to get ahead of the legendary Spaniard. Then the seven-time world champion got ahead of Carlos Sainz.

But it was a great race for the Alpine F1 Team. Apart from this mistake, both drivers drove flawlessly, with Esteban Ocon even winning the Hungarian Grand Prix! He in turn had to withstand pressure from Sebastian Vettel throughout the race.

Both Williams drivers also finished on points. The McLaren team had a terrible result today, with Norris being knocked out by Bottas and Daniel Ricciardo, or rather his McLaren, also damaged by an accident at the start of the race.

Like Ricciardo, Verstappen was also struggling with damage to the floor, diffuser and right side of his Red Bull. As a result, he struggled with severe vibration, understeer and oversteer throughout the race.

In any case, Bottas received a penalty from the sports commissioners for his actions at the first corner – a five place grid penalty for the next race.

So what is the final standings of the Hungarian Grand Prix?

1. Ocon (Alpine), 2. Vettel (Aston Martin), 3. Hamilton (Mercedes), 4. Sainz (Ferrari), 5. Alonso (Alpine), 6. Gasly (Alpha Tauri), 7. Cunoda (Alpha Tauri), 8. Latifi (Williams), 9. Russell (Williams), 10. Verstappen (Red Bull), 11. Räikkönen (Alfa Romeo), 12. Ricciardo (McLaren), 13. Schumacher (Haas) and 14. Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo).

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