Hamilton Ties Schumacher Record with Impressive Eighth Hungary
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David De Gea’s blunders gift Chelsea place in FA Cup final PAGE 14 MONDAY, JULY 20, 2020 Fabio wins Spanish It was one of my favourite races. I was on my MotoGP; Marquez own but we had great pace and a perfect strategy. The last two races have been breaks bone in crash fantastic for me and we need to keep it up. AFP without spectators. The riders Mercedes British driver Lewis Hamilton JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA (SpaIN) observed a minute’s silence be- fore the start in memory of vic- FABIO Quartararo became tims of the virus. the first French rider to win a Marquez has already ear- Moto Grand Prix since 1999 as marked Quartararo as his most he took the flag in the season- serious challenger this sea- opening race in Spain on Sun- son and this first victory for a day after Marc Marquez had a Frenchman in MotoGP since heavy crash and broke a bone in Regis Laconi in Valencia in 1999 his arm. will only confirm that view. Quartararo, 21, who rides Quartararo used the corner- for the Yamaha satellite outfit, ing ability of the Yamaha to pull had started on pole position and away from his rivals and had his main threat was removed stretched his lead to as much as when reigning world champion six seconds at one point. Marquez crashed out on lap 20. His victory was the first for “It’s the most beautiful day a Yamaha satellite team in Mo- of my life,” an ecstatic Quarta- toGP. raro said as his team celebrated. Along with Marquez, it was “We need to enjoy this, it’s also a bad start to the season for Mercedes’ British driver Lewis Hamilton celebrates with the trophy on the podium of the Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix near Budapest, Hungary, on Sunday. (AFP) not every day you have your first Italian great Valentino Rossi as MotoGP victory!” he added. he came off on lap 19 when in Six-time world champion tenth place, crushing his hopes Marquez had already come off of scoring points. the track on the fourth lap of a The next MotoGP will take race held in sweltering condi- place on the same Jerez circuit Hamilton ties Schumacher tions but just managed to hold next Sunday. record with impressive eighth Hungary win DPA HUNGARIAN FORMULA ONE GRAND PRIX RESULTS BERLIN Petronas Yamaha SRT’s French rider Fabio Quartararo celebrates winning 1. Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes) 1hr 36min 12.473sec the MotoGP race of the Spanish Grand Prix at the Jerez racetrack in Jerez LEWIS Hamilton was flawless 2. Max Verstappen (NED/Red Bull-Honda) at 8.702sec de la Frontera on Sunday. (AFP) on Sunday as he won the Hun- 3. Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Mercedes) 9.452 garian Grand Prix from pole 4. Lance Stroll (CAN/Racing Point-Mercedes) 57.579 on and get back in contention. SPANISH GRAND PRIX RESULTS for Mercedes to claim a record 5. Alexander Albon (THA/Red Bull-Honda) 1:18.316 But worse was to come on 1. Fabio Quartararo (FRA/Yamaha-SRT) equalling eighth top spot at one 6. Sebastian Vettel (GER/Ferrari) 1 lap the 20th lap when the Spaniard, 2. Maverick Vinales (ESP/Yamaha) at 4.603sec race and go top in the Formula 7. Sergio Perez (MEX/Racing Point-Mercedes) 1 lap who was lying third, lost con- 3. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA/Ducati) at 5.946 One championship. 8. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/Renault) 1 lap trol and came off his bike which 4. Jack Miller (AUS/Ducati-Pramac) at 6.668 Hamilton was imperious 9. Kevin Magnussen (DEN/Haas-Ferrari) 1 lap then hit him on the arm as man 5. Franco Morbidelli (ITA/Yamaha-SRT) at 6.844 in his 86th career victory and 10. Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP/McLaren-Renault) 1 lap and machine bounced across 6. Pol Espargaro (ESP/KTM) at 6.938 7. Francesco Bagnaia (ITA/Ducati-Avintia) at second of the season on a dry- 11. Charles Leclerc (MON/Ferrari) 1 lap the infield gravel. ing track under dark Budapest Marquez was taken away 13.027 12. Daniil Kvyat (RUS/AlphaTauri-Honda) 1 lap clouds as more rain threatened from the track in an ambulance 8. Miguel Oliveira (POR/KTM) at 13.441 but didn’t fall. 13. Lando Norris (GBR/McLaren-Renault) 1 lap and his Repsol Honda team lat- 9. Danilo Petrucci (ITA/Ducati) at 19.651 The Briton - who lapped Mercedes’ British driver Lewis Hamilton exhales after getting out of his car 14. Esteban Ocon (FRA/Renault) 1 lap er said he had broken his right 10. Takaaki Nakagami (JPN/Honda-LCR) at both Ferraris during the race - at the Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix race held at the Hungaroring 15. Romain Grosjean (FRA/Haas-Ferrari) 1 lap humerus and would require an 21.553 triumphed ahead of Red Bull’s circuit in Mogyorod near Budapest, Hungary, on Sunday. (AFP) 16. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari) 1 lap operation. 11. Johann Zarco (FRA/Ducati-Avintia) at 25.100 Max Verstappen who finished 17. Antonio Giovinazzi (ITA/Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari) 1 lap “A fall at Turn 3 while fight- 12. Alex Marquez (ESP/Honda) at 27.350 second despite a crash on his Verstappen said: “I was remained top ahead of Verstap- 18. George Russell (GBR/Williams-Mercedes) 1 lap ing for the podium has resulted 13. Brad Binder (AFS/KTM) at 29.640 way to the grid and starting very happy with second, as I pen while Ferrari’s Sebastian 19. Nicholas Latifi (CAN/Williams-Mercedes) 5 laps in a broken right humerus for @ 14. Tito Rabat (ESP/Ducati-Avintia) at 32.898 from seventh. Valtteri Bottas in thought I was not going to race. Vettel lost precious seconds marcmarquez93, who will trav- 15. Bradley Smith (GBR/Aprilia) at 39.682 the second Mercedes was third. So to be second is like a vic- when he couldn’t be released and Vettel were lapped by Ham- fifth in the second Red Bull in el to Barcelona for surgery,” the World championship standings after one race: Hamilton’s eight wins at tory today. The mechanics did from the pits because of traffic. ilton who cruised more than 20 an impressive rise from 13th on team tweeted. 1. Fabio Quartararo (FRA/Yamaha-SRT): 25 points the Hungaroring since a first an amazing job to fix the car. Also still in the mix were seconds ahead of Verstappen the grid. Yamaha rider Maverick 2. Maverick Vinales (ESP/Yamaha) 20 points one in 2007 draw him level To pay them back with second Haas drivers Kevin Magnus- who himself soon had Bottas Vettel came sixth while Vinales took second place and 3. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA/Ducati) 16 with former great Michael place, I was pleased with that.” sen and Romain Grosjean who breathing down his neck. Leclerc missed the points in 11th Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso was 4. Jack Miller (AUS/Ducati-Pramac) 13 Schumacher who won the Hamilton won the start ftrom switched from full wets to slicks The Finn then pitted a as ferrari face more work ahead third. 5. Franco Morbidelli (ITA/Yamaha-SRT) 11 French GP eight times. pole as Bottas made a mess of it right at the start. third time for fresh rubbers of the next races - a Silverstone The first race of a season 6. Pol Espargaro (ESP/KTM) 10 Hamilton is now just five after almost jump-starting and Leclerc was the only one which gave Verstappen some double header in Hamilton’s delayed and truncated by the 7. Francesco Bagnaia (ITA/Ducati-Avintia) 9 grands prix wins away from slipped from second to sixth. with soft tyres which degraded respite before he also held off native Britain on August . coronavirus pandemic was run 8. Miguel Oliveira (POR/KTM) 8 Schumacher’s leading 91 and he Verstappen meanwhile shot quicker and he eventually was a late charge from Bottas who “I had hoped for a little can also emulate the German if from seventh to third after his passed by severaöl drivers, in- spoke of “a pretty bad race from more,” Vettel said. “But at the he wins a seventh world title. mechanics somehow managed cluding Vettel, with no incident me.” Hamilton was also told moment this seems what is He tops the standings with to fix the car in some 15 minutes between the two Ferrari drivers to pit late on and managed to possible for us.” 63 points from three races after he skidded into the barri- this time around after Leclerc convince his team to get soft thanks to his second win in a ers in then still wet conditions shunted into Vettel a week ago. rather than hard tyres for the CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS row, five points ahead of Bottas. while on his way to the grid. It was gamble by Ferrari final three laps - then setting “It was one of my favour- But on a rapidly drying as more rain was forecast the fastest lap for one extra DRIVERS ite races. I was on my own track the drivers swiftly came but that eventually never championship point and beat- 1. Lewis Hamilton (GBR) 63 pts but we had great pace and a into the pits to change their materialised and a second ing Vertappen by almost nine 2. Valtteri Bottas (FIN) 58 perfect strategy. The last two indermediate tyres for dry- round of pit stops followed seconds despite one stop more 3. Max Verstappen (NED) 33 races have been fantastic for weather slicks.