F1 Badger GP 2014

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Over the last races the fastest lap has been for someone changing tires the last couple of laps. So this would not be a top runner.
 

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Oli: Shame Hamilton didn't have his fire in Q3. The rain would've put the fire out!

Adam Mills: Anyone for a Button/Hulkenburg front row in the rain?

Döm: @alo_oficial said at the start of the season that the Mercs would be separated only by reliability, turns out he was right.
 

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Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen talking to Jennie Gow: "I checked with them three times saying: 'Are you 100% percent sure?'"

Raikkonen was knocked out in Q1 after the team chose to gamble on just doing a run on the medium tyres.

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Justin-Michael: If not for the reliability issues on the #44 Mercedes there would be no title chase Lewis would be free and clear.

Jacob Wells: Can't believe @LewisHamilton's luck. If Rosberg wins the title like this it'll be such a hollow victory

Sean Harrison: ‏BBC weather predicting showers in Budapest tomorrow afternoon. Some chance for Hamilton?

  1. 14:09:
    POLE POSITION
    Nico Rosberg takes pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix.

  2. In Summary
    • Rosberg on pole, Vettel 2nd, Bottas 3rd
    • Hamilton out following big engine fire
    • Ricciardo 4th, Alonso 5th, Massa 6th
    • Magnussen crashes out after rain shower
    • Rosberg top in Q1 & Q2, Vettel 2nd
    • Kvyat, Grosjean, Perez out in Q2
    • Raikkonen out in Q1 after Bianchi makes Q2
    • Maldonado, Caterhams, Chilton out

 

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I had Hamilton in the last race and earned more bonus points than actual points, if he had started well up on the grid and placed

Fingers crossed, he does the same again :)
 

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Only Nigel Mansell (12th) and Jenson Button (14th) have won in Hungary despite starting outside the top ten.



Good luck tomorrow Lewis!
 

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If Lewis didn't have bad luck he would have no luck at all. I can't see him repeating the feat from last week on this circuit, very difficult to overtake. Unless he can do a Mansell, three abreast and overtake 2 cars each time. Good Luck Lewis.
 

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Lewis Hamilton

I can't really believe it today, there was just nothing I could do. There was an issue with the car as I was coming out of the second to last corner and then the engine just cut out. I thought we could get it back to the garage but then I looked in my mirrors and saw the whole rear end was on fire and that was it. Now we need to see what damage has been done to the car tonight and see whether the gearbox or engine needs to be changed. It's getting to the point where it's beyond bad luck now - as a team, we need to do better. Tonight, I need to somehow find the way to turn this into a positive for tomorrow, then build on that going into the race. It will be a very difficult afternoon as it's one of the hardest circuits to overtake on. But these things are sent to try us and how I come out of it is going to be the most important thing.
 

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Race commentary from 12:55 BST

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In Summary

  • Lights out at 13:00 BST
  • Track wet after heavy shower
  • Hamilton starts from the pit lane
  • Rosberg on pole, Vettel 2nd
  • Bottas 3rd, Ricciardo 4th, Alonso 5th
  • Massa 6th, Button 7th, Vergne 8th
 

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LAP ONE
Lewis Hamilton is off at Turn Two! Unbelievable. He asks his team to check the car as he thinks he might have hit the wall.

Meanwhile, Sebastian Vettel repasses Fernando Alonso for third. And good news for Felipe Massa fans. He has survived the first lap.

TEAM RADIO
Lewis Hamilton when asked if he had any damage: "My front left hit the wall, the brakes just gave up."

Engineer's response: "Brakes' are cold, brakes are cold."

David Coulthard, BBC F1 co-commentator
"Those black lines seem to show contact there on Hamilton's car so we will have to wait and see what happened."


  1. David Coulthard, BBC F1 co-commentator
    "As Hamilton went under the bridge he braked and just locked up, his front end plate hit the wall but didn't come off so he is very lucky there."

    Hamilton is still reporting vibrations on team radio
 

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LAP EIGHT
It's a straight forward pass for Lewis Hamilton, who glides past Kimi Raikkonen on the straight for 13th. He'd already dispatched Romain Grosjean earlier in the lap.

LAP NINE
Caterham's Marcus Ericsson has hit the wall in a big way at Turn Three.
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LAP 11
Romain Grosjean has crashed under safety car conditions! The safety car was due to come in, but it will now stay out. The crash was down at Turn Three.
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LAP 15
This is absolute chaos! Nico Rosberg is going backwards, with Jean-Eric Vergne putting a move on the Mercedes at Turn Two for fifth. Remarkable. Lewis Hamilton, meanwhile is flying and up to ninth!

  1. David Coulthard, BBC F1 co-commentator
    "There is a real British Bulldog attitude there Hamilton is right back in this race."
    1. FLASHBACK

      Here's Hamilton going off at Turn Two on the first lap having started from the pitlane. Hard to believe he's now seventh - it's a great drive so far.
 

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LAP 23
Sergio Perez hits the wall after losing control on the exit of the final corner.

Sergio Perez is out of the car and looks unhurt. It's a bad day for Force India who have lost both of their cars (including Hulkenberg, above), with team boss Vijay Mallya making an appearance this weekend. It's the first time both cars have not finished this year.
 

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LAP 39
Lewis Hamilton tells his team that he can probably get another couple of laps out of his current set of tyres. "OK Lewis, go for it!".

That's what I like to hear. Drivers told to push and go racing.

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    Caroline Fletcher, via text: Amazing grand prix so far and still half the race to go! Absolutely no idea who's going to win!

  2. LAP 47
    Lewis Hamilton is told that Nico Rosberg is one second behind and has one more stop to make and is on the option tyre so "don't hold him up".


    1. David Coulthard, BBC F1 co-commentator
      "We could get more rain and if Hamilton can go from starting in the pit lane, hitting the wall to finishing ahead of the pole driver then it shows what rain can do."
 
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