Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel capitalised on mistakes from rival Lewis Hamilton to grab the win in the Hungarian Grand Prix earlier yesterday.
The dramatic race concluded with Vettel finishing ahead of Red Bull duo Daniil Kvyat and Daniel Ricciardo, thus claiming his 41st win of his F1 career.
The highlight of the race was certainly the homage paid to Frenchman Jules Bianchi, who passed away earlier this month from injuries sustained from the Japanese Grand Prix nine months ago.
Prior to the race, all 20 drivers along with the Bianchi family formed a circle, standing arm in arm around their helmets, with Bianchi’s placed in the centre, as there was a minute of silence.
In an interview with BBC sports, Vettel made it clear that his win was for Bianchi.
“Incredible day, but this victory is for Jules. We all did the race today for him, trying to race our hearts out from beginning to end. We know sooner or later he would be a part of this (Ferrari) team. It has been an incredibly tough week, so this one is for him.”
Hamilton, on the other hand, took full responsibility and apologized to Mercedes for his incidents that led him to finish sixth.
The championship leader got off to a slow start, but later collided with another driver, causing his car in need of a new front wing. He was later awarded a drive-through penalty as well.
“Today was weird. Do I deserve any points? I didn’t give up and drove as hard as I could,” said Hamilton, as quoted by Eurosport. “To come away from one of the worst performances I’ve put in a long, long time… it shows we are human.
“I don’t have any words to explain what happened today. I pushed and never gave up but when I had two different choices I chose the wrong one every time. It was a really bad performance from myself.”
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