Daniel Ricciardo takes the podium in the Hungaroring

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triumphed in what is considered by many to be the best race of the year. Ricciardo had a brilliant victory as he took the lead from Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso in the closing laps.

The first big change in the results came following the spinning of Marcus Ericsson's CaterhamCaterhamUnited Kingdom, 1973 > present9 models
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. The leaders of the race at that point, Rosberg, Valterri Bottas, Sebastian Vettel and Alonso were unable to pit due to the safety car, with almost all the other pilots managing to make their pit stop, which totally switched up the order of the pilots. However when the four leaders managed to pit, Ricciardo took the oportunity to emerge as the new leader in the ranking, followed by Jenson Button in second.

The second big moment came on lap 54 when Ricciardo pitted to change tires, allowing Alonso to take the lead. Hamilton showed up in second followed by Rosberg who had adopted a different strategy and therefore still had to pit again. At that point MercedesMercedes-BenzGermany, 1924 > present197 models
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asked Hamilton to let Rosberg pass him, which the British did not accept. Rosberg eventually pitted on lap 56 but this resulted in a drawback to seventh place and a delay of 20 seconds, which he would quickly recover.

Despite several attempts, Hamilton did not manage to take the lead from Alonso and quickly found Ricciardo at his heels. The Australian made ​​a few attempts before passing the British just four laps from the finish line. One lap later he passed Alonso and won the second Grand Prix of his career.

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