Of course the big news is that Hamilton burnt up a car in qualifying and by burnt up I mean chassis (carbon fiber), engine, and gearbox.
The chassis would be ok, but the engine and gearbox have him starting from pit lane along with Maldonado and Magnussen.
Now they’re blaming it on a fuel leak which is no doubt correct, but the inherent problem with this year’s cars is the extensive electronics in the energy recovery system and the breaking force added by the kinetic drive that powers it have the engineering teams scrambling to produce a power plant that is fast and reliable. Mercedes has done the best job so far which is why they’re in the lead.
As for Hamilton it remains to be seen is he can produce a comeback like he did last week when he drove himself into a third place. The Hungaroring has limited passing opportunities, though starting from pit lane Hamilton will have his choice of Mediums and Softs and will likely use that to produce a different pit stop strategy.
At least they didn’t have to worry about dust as it’s been raining, but that also means the track isn’t rubbered in. The slick track brought out red flags in Q3 as Magnussen bought a wall.
The way things stand now at the August break Hamilton is 14 behind Rosberg, Ricciardo 24 ahead of Vettel and Alonso and Ferrari have survived Nikki Lauda calling the Ferrari a piece of crap which, of course, it is. Other than that Mercedes is the only team close to producing a good engine and the top half of the field shows that.
Starting Grid
| Grid | Driver | Team | Q-Time | Q-Laps |
| 1 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:22.715 | 20 |
| 2 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:23.201 | 16 |
| 3 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Mercedes | 1:23.354 | 19 |
| 4 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:23.391 | 18 |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:23.909 | 17 |
| 6 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 1:24.223 | 19 |
| 7 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:24.294 | 21 |
| 8 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Renault | 1:24.720 | 19 |
| 9 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:24.775 | 22 |
| 10 | Daniil Kvyat | STR-Renault | 1:24.706 | 14 |
| 11 | Adrian Sutil | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:25.136 | 12 |
| 12 | Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | 1:25.211 | 11 |
| 13 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:25.260 | 10 |
| 14 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:25.337 | 16 |
| 15 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Ferrari | 1:27.419 | 14 |
| 16 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:26.792 | 5 |
| 17 | Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham-Renault | 1:27.139 | 10 |
| 18 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Ferrari | 1:27.819 | 7 |
| 19 | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham-Renault | 1:28.643 | 10 |
| 20 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus-Renault | No time | 1 |
| 21 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:24.585 | 13 |
| 22 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | No time | 2 |
Driver Standings
| Rank | Driver | Team | Points |
| 1 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 190 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 176 |
| 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 106 |
| 4 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 97 |
| 5 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Mercedes | 91 |
| 6 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 82 |
| 7 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 69 |
| 8 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 59 |
| 9 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren-Mercedes | 37 |
| 10 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 30 |
| 11 | Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | 29 |
| 12 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 19 |
| 13 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Renault | 9 |
| 14 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 8 |
| 15 | Daniil Kvyat | STR-Renault | 6 |
| 16 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Ferrari | 2 |
Constructor Standings
| Rank | Team | Points |
| 1 | Mercedes | 366 |
| 2 | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 188 |
| 3 | Williams-Mercedes | 121 |
| 4 | Ferrari | 116 |
| 5 | Force India-Mercedes | 98 |
| 6 | McLaren-Mercedes | 96 |
| 7 | STR-Renault | 15 |
| 8 | Lotus-Renault | 8 |
| 9 | Marussia-Ferrari | 2 |
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