Lewis Hamilton takes the lead in the drivers’ championship for the first time this season after beating team mate Nico Rosberg to win the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Drivers’ championship
Position | Driver | Points |
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1 | Lewis Hamilton | 192 |
2 | Nico Rosberg | 186 |
3 | Daniel Ricciardo | 115 |
4 | Kimi Raikkonen | 114 |
5 | Sebastian Vettel | 110 |
6 | Max Verstappen | 100 |
7 | Valtteri Bottas | 56 |
8 | Sergio Perez | 47 |
9 | Felipe Massa | 38 |
10 | Carlos Sainz | 30 |
11 | Romain Grosjean | 28 |
12 | Nico Hulkenberg | 27 |
13 | Fernando Alonso | 24 |
14 | Daniil Kvyat | 23 |
15 | Jenson Button | 13 |
16 | Kevin Magnussen | 6 |
17 | Pascal Wehrlein | 1 |
18 | S.Vandoorne | 1 |
19 | Esteban Gutierrez | 0 |
20 | Jolyon Palmer | 0 |
21 | Marcus Ericsson | 0 |
22 | Felipe Nasr | 0 |
23 | Rio Haryanto | 0 |
Constructors’ championship
Position | Driver | Points |
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1 | Mercedes | 378 |
2 | Ferrari | 224 |
3 | Red Bull | 223 |
4 | Williams | 94 |
5 | Force India | 74 |
6 | Toro Rosso | 45 |
7 | McLaren | 38 |
8 | Haas | 28 |
9 | Renault | 6 |
10 | Manor | 1 |
11 | Sauber | 0 |
2016 Hungarian Grand Prix
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Philip (@philipgb)
24th July 2016, 14:58
Someone just took a sip from that half full glass of Rosbergs.
Uzair Syed (@ultimateuzair)
24th July 2016, 15:01
Nico Bottleberg just bottled the championship lead! Please Nico, can you up your game so that the fight for the lead will be interesting! Please!
Atticus (@atticus-2)
24th July 2016, 15:08
Don’t get your hopes up…
Feuerdrache (@xenomorph91)
24th July 2016, 15:26
The question should be rather: How many races before the last race will the championship be decided?
MGU-H DRS
24th July 2016, 16:00
knowing rosberg, 3 races before the end
Fer no.65 (@fer-no65)
24th July 2016, 15:03
Take the Mercs away and you have a superb battle for the lead. 1 point between Red Bull and Ferrari, and all close together too between RIC, VET, VES and RAI
PorscheF1 (@xtwl)
24th July 2016, 15:06
If you’d really do that and move them up the grid in all the past races the differences would be much bigger,…
Atticus (@atticus-2)
24th July 2016, 15:09
@fer-no65 @xtwl I used to do that to the field around 2000-2001 when I was a kid.
Mashiat (@mashiat)
24th July 2016, 15:06
It would probably be different if you eliminate the Mercedes due to the gap between 1st and 2nd being greater than 3rd and 4th in points handed out
OmarRoncal - Go Seb!!! (@)
24th July 2016, 15:05
Rosberg can regain the lead only if that supposedly coming Hamilton penalty is soon. But better for him if he doesn’t take that for granted, as he might also have reliability problems any time soon. So better for him to remember how to win.
PorscheF1 (@xtwl)
24th July 2016, 15:06
Sainz vs. Kvyat though,…
Neel Jani (@neelv27)
24th July 2016, 15:19
Nico suddenly has a mountain to climb which seems steeper than Lewis trying to close down a 43 point lead.
That is called the psychological mountain!
Sviatoslav (@)
24th July 2016, 15:27
The championship is over. I think that even if Rosberg had 100 points more than Hamilton, he would lose it to the Brit.
Todfod (@todfod)
25th July 2016, 4:47
Yep. I’m not surprised at all though. After Race 4 or 5, I had predicted that Lewis would take the championship lead by Race 11. I’m also predicting that he will wrap up the season with 2 races still to go.
Jerejj
24th July 2016, 15:50
It’s interesting that despite having a head start in a top-3 team, Kvyat is behind Sainz in points.
OOliver
24th July 2016, 15:54
Hamilton has so many potential penalties. The championship is still wide open.
Feuerdrache (@xenomorph91)
24th July 2016, 16:03
Only one race where he will start from the back – likely Spa where you can overtake nicely and Mercedes’ advantage has always been huge.
Ben
24th July 2016, 16:15
It’s so funny reading all these “well that’s the championship over” comments. I bet Most are from the same people who said Rosberg had it in the bag when he had a 40+ point lead. There’s still plenty of races left and Rosberg will have a chance to win every one of them. It’s not over until it’s over.
MGU-H DRS
24th July 2016, 18:12
hamilton is so much faster and rosberg gave away his 43 point lead easily, it’s over.
as long as there are v6 engines, it will be a hamilton borefest
x303 (@x303)
24th July 2016, 22:58
How could a switch to V24 or whatever engine could make Rosberg any faster?
MGU-H DRS
25th July 2016, 13:25
nope, as long as there are v6 engines, no other team will catch up
= easy wins for hamilton
Todfod (@todfod)
25th July 2016, 4:52
Nope. I think the people who are saying the championship is over, are people (like myself), who thought that Hamilton will re take the championship lead by the mid point of the season. Now that he’s taken the lead there’s no looking back. Rosberg raced the best he has for the first half of the season, and has been extremely lucky with Lewis’ problems. But, as many of us predicted, it was just a matter of time before Lewis gets dialled in, and then it’s game over for Nico.
I’ll eat my socks if this championship even goes down to the last race
Nick (@npf1)
25th July 2016, 11:31
Haven’t seen the race, but as per usual I’ll spend some of my time off on comparing points between 2015 and 2016.
Some choice cuts:
Drivers
1. Hamilton 192 (-10) same position
2. Rosberg 186 (+5) same position
3. Ricciardo 115 (+64) up 5 positions
4. Raikkonen 114 (+38) up 1 position
5. Vettel 110 (-50) down 3 positions
6. Verstappen 100 (+78) up 5 positions
8. Perez 47 (+32) up 5 positions
10. Sainz 30 (+21) up 6 positions
11. Grosjean 28 (+5) down 1 position
12. Hulkenberg 27 (+3) down 3 positions
13. Alonso 24 (+13) up 2 positions
14. Kvyat 23 (-22) down 6 positions
Teams
1. Mercedes 378 (-5) same position
2. Ferrari 224 (-12) same position
3. Red Bull 223 (+127) up 1 position
4. Williams 94 (-57) down 1 position
5. Force India 74 (+35) same position (has to be sour, scoring double the points for same position)
6. Toro Rosso 45 (+14) up 1 position
7. McLaren 38 (+21) up 2 positions
8. Haas 28 (did not compete in 2015)
9. Renault 6 (-29) down 3 positions
10. Manor 1 (+1) same position
11. Sauber 0 (-22) down 3 positions
I’m not sure if the championship is over per se, but at the least we have the Ferrari vs Red Bull battle to look ahead to, even if it’s mostly being fought in the standings this season. Secretly I also hope Force India can catch up with Williams, considering their rate of improvement vs. that of Williams.. The gap to 2015 in terms of points at the top is becoming less and less every race, we might yet see Mercedes score more points than in 2015 after all.