Ricciardo Juarai GP Hungaria, Tekuk Alonso dan Hamilton
Red Bull`s Ricciardo Wins Hungarian Grand Prix, Hamilton Third
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Budapest (B2B) - Pebalap Australia Daniel Ricciardo memenangi Grand Prix Formula Satu Hungaria untuk Red Bull pada Minggu, ketika pebalap Mercedes Lewis Hamilton berusaha meraih podium dalam penampilan lain yang mengagumkan, namun harus puas di urutan ketiga.
Sementara itu pebalap Ferarri Fernando Alonso berada di posisi kedua dan pimpinan kejuaraan Nico Rosberg yang memulai balapan di posisi pole bagi Mercedes berada di tempat keempat dan terpaut jauh 14 poin dari Hamilton, seperti dilansir Yahoo Sports.
Ricciardo memastikan kemenangan setelah dia unggul 5,2 detik dari pembalap asal Spanyol itu, dan itu merupakan kemenangan keduanya dari musim dan karirnya.
"Kemenangan ini cukup menyenangkan," kata pebalap Australia itu.
"Keamanan mobil pada laju pertama bagus tapi pada kedua lainnya tidak cukup membantu, dan kami harus berusaha mengambil alih pada lap terakhir yang cukup menyenangkan," katanya.
Balapan itu sempat dihentikan dengan terjadinya dua tabrakan keras, dan selanjutnya diteruskan dengan adanya ancaman hujan yang menjadikan persaingan ketat dengan perbedaan waktu yang tipis.
Ricciardo memimpin balapan dengan kondisi ban yang segar, melewati Hamilton tiga lap dan mengambil alih kembali posisi depannya dari Alonso pada dua lap selanjutnya.
"Kami bersabung untuk mendapatkan kemenangan dan kami bersaing sangat ketat," kata Alonso.
"Kami butuh balapan gila untuk meraih podium dan kami mendapat peluang kami hari ini," tambahnya.
Budapest - Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo captured the chequered flag for the second time this season at the end of an astonishing Hungarian Grand Prix.
Rain, crashes and safety cars made for a stunning race, aiding the previously forlorn Lewis Hamilton following his fire in qualifying on Saturday into another podium finish for the second successive Sunday from a seemingly hopeless position.
Ferrari´s Fernando Alonso secured second for his best result for 10 months, with Hamilton hanging on to third by the skin of his teeth ahead of his charging Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg.
Fearing a 30-point deficit to Rosberg going into the summer break in the wake of the fire that resulted in him starting from the pit lane to the German´s pole, Hamilton is now only 11 points adrift with eight races to run.
Come the start of the race, and with 20 cars between himself and Rosberg, Hamilton could not have envisaged his situation going from bad to worse within seconds, but that is exactly what unfolded.
At the back of the pack, and with cold brakes on cold tyres, Hamilton spun into turn two, damaging the right corner of his front wing.
A penny for Hamilton´s thoughts at that stage as he crossed the line at the end of lap one 21 seconds behind Rosberg, who had made a clean getaway.
Just 40 minutes later, however, the gap was down to one second and with only one car between them, with Hamilton fifth and Rosberg third.
What unfolded in between was a remarkable series of events, sparked by a damp track as a downpour 50 minutes before the start had thrown all strategies out of the window.
