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szdaily -> Sports -> 
Hamilton claims 7th Hungarian GP victory
    2019-08-06  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

LEWIS HAMILTON put in a scintillating drive to charge from behind and overtake Max Verstappen with just three laps remaining to claim his seventh Hungarian Grand Prix victory.

For the vast majority of the race, it looked as though the Red Bull driver would convert his first career pole position into an eighth race victory but a gamble from Mercedes with 20 laps remaining gave Hamilton a sniff of a possible win.

Having tried and failed to pass Verstappen for a number of laps, the Silver Arrows decided to bring its driver into the pits for a fresh set of tires.

Hamilton reemerged onto the track a little under 20 seconds behind the Dutchman; the only question was whether or not there were enough laps for him to catch his rival.

The team’s calculations gave Hamilton a chance of overtaking Verstappen on the very last lap. In the end, he didn’t need that long and stormed past his floundering rival with three laps remaining.

“Tired,” was how Hamilton said he felt following that epic tussle. “Which is how it should be, but I feel really grateful for the day and really for the team for continuing to believe in me and continuing to push to the limits and take a risk and a chance on me.

“For a race to be able to push like that, I’m telling you I was on the limit all the way. It was very, very difficult to get by, [Verstappen’s] defense was great. Honestly, I didn’t know if I could catch that 19-second gap.

“My tires were going drop off — all these things going through your mind. But like the team said, just keep your head down so I just did and kept pushing and pushing and the gap closed and closed and closed.

“My hat off to the team and I think if Niki Lauda was here today he would take his hat off.”

Verstappen got off to a flying start, easing into a comfortable lead as the two Mercedes battled and slowed each other down behind him.

The 21-year-old must have been cheering internally watching the action unfold in his wing mirrors.

Bottas locked up his brakes on each of the first two corners, allowing teammate Hamilton to pass him around the outside.

(SD-Agencies)

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