Hamilton suffers breakdown again; Rosberg on pole, Bottas P2, Vettel P3
Hungaroring, 26 July 2014: The 11th of the 19 races this Formula One season will be held at Hungaroring, on the outskirts of Budapest, the capital city of Hungary before the F1 bandwagon goes into a four-week holiday for the summer break.
The greatest mishap for the Briton, Lewis Hamilton, who is giving his teammate and championship leader, Nico Roseberg, a run for his money, came calling as a repeat spoil-sport for the second week running when his Mercedes encountered mechanical problems and he had to come into the pits with the rear of his Mercedes on fire.
A disappointed Hamilton parks well short of the garage as Marshalls extinguish what were `quite dramatic looking flames’.
It is expected that there would be a lot of work to be done to get the car back for racing on Sunday and for the second week running the former World champion will be starting from the back of the grid. Last week, Hamilton started on P20 and managed to finish 3rd on the podium and was in line for a second place but a stubborn Bottas stuck his William for a second consecutive 2nd.
Sebastian Vettel, seemed much more comfortable in his Red Bull RB10 and managed to set the fastest time a few seconds before the chequered flag but soon Roseberg claimed his `appointed’ place and pushed Vettel back to second on the grid.
Valtteri Bottas put his Williams third on the grid followed by Daniel Ricciardo in the second Red Bull. Fernando Alonso will start on 5th in his Ferrari while Felipe Massa, Jenson Button, J Vergne will follow in that order.
Sahara Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg managed to take P9 with K Magnussen completing the top ten in his McLaren.
eom/Our Correspondent
