Torrente Grabs Fourth Consecutive Win for Precision

Qualifying:

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	29	Pastor Maldonado		1:14.345
2	63	Diego Álvarez Torrente		1:14.374
3	62	Jules Bianchi		1:14.485
4	30	Dean Stoneman		1:14.678
5	1	Sebastian Vettel		1:14.702
6	2	Lewis Hamilton		1:14.890
7	33	Einar Ármannsson		1:15.083
8	34	Valtteri Bottas		1:15.087
9	27	Dave Cassidy		1:15.297
10	28	Daniel Melrose		1:15.399
11	24	Kevin Magnussen		1:16.407
12	32	Alexander Albon		1:16.407
13	22	Jordan Davies		1:16.560
14	23	Pierre Gasly		1:16.722
15	21	J. R. Hildebrand		1:16.834
16	31	Romain Grosjean		1:16.550*
17	66	Pascal Wehrlein		1:16.901
18	90	Daniel Ricciardo		1:17.031
19	118	Carlos Sainz Jr		1:17.248
20	119	Felix Rosenqvist		1:17.342
21	55	Artem Markelov		1:17.396
22	91	Max Verstappen		1:17.552
23	67	Mike Rockenfeller		1:17.573
24	5	Marvin Kirchhöfer		1:17.576
25	6	Santiago Urrutia		1:17.684
26	56	Sergey Sirotkin		1:17.853

* demoted three places for causing an avoidable accident

Report:

 

Not only has Precision won four consecutive races, they also have won four consecutive Hungarian Grands Prix now. Diego Torrente was ready to take the lead at the final round of stops, doing so and securing yet another win.

This is not good news for Pastor Maldonado, who needed this win to strike back in his championship clash with Dean Stoneman and the other competitors, but could only finish second. Still, his distance to Stoneman, who could only finish fifth, has shrunk.

Sunday was not a good day if you aren’t Precision, Sauber, Caterham, Theodore or Ferrari and were looking into scoring points. The five best teams in Formula One shared the points-finishes amongst themselves, leaving none for others.

Kevin Magnussen was the closest, only finishing ten seconds off tenth place. Holden also were reasonably good with 12th and 13th. Certainly better than Haas, who had a mediocre day, and Max Verstappen and Pascal Wehrlein, who had a racing accident fighting over PNowhere.

Race:

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Time/Retired	Points
1	63	Diego Álvarez Torrente		49:26.039	15
2	29	Pastor Maldonado		+4.618	12
3	62	Jules Bianchi		+7.340	10
4	1	Sebastian Vettel		+23.517	8
5	30	Dean Stoneman		+28.166	6
6	2	Lewis Hamilton		+33.104	5
7	34	Valtteri Bottas		+39.433	4
8	28	Daniel Melrose		+57.603	3
9	27	Dave Cassidy		+63.262	2
10	33	Einar Ármannsson		+66.402	1
11	24	Kevin Magnussen		1 Lap	0
12	31	Romain Grosjean		1 Lap	0
13	32	Alexander Albon		1 Lap	0
14	22	Jordan Davies		1 Lap	0
15	23	Pierre Gasly		1 Lap	0
16	119	Felix Rosenqvist		1 Lap	0
17	90	Daniel Ricciardo		1 Lap	0
18	5	Marvin Kirchhöfer		1 Lap	0
19	118	Carlos Sainz Jr		1 Lap	0
20	67	Mike Rockenfeller		1 Lap	0
21	55	Artem Markelov		1 Lap	0
22	56	Sergey Sirotkin		1 Lap	0
DNF	6	Santiago Urrutia		Electrical	0
DNF	66	Pascal Wehrlein		Collision	0
DNF	91	Max Verstappen		Collision	0
DNF	21	J. R. Hildebrand		Accident	0

Fastest Lap:

Pastor Maldonado – 1:16.303

Infinite Improbability Drive Of The Race:

Sebastian Vettel – overcame a Sauber and was able to annoy the podium drivers for a long time.

Reject Of The Race:

J.R. Hildebrand – stupid error on lap 1, he can drive better than this.