The race was purple flagged after an opening-corner pileup, when Valtteri Bottas locked up and pushed McLaren’s Lando Norris into erstwhile world championship chief Max Verstappen. Bottas’s three-wheeled automotive then collected the second Pink Bull of Sergio Perez too.
Hamilton made a significant error on the restart when he didn’t pit for slicks on the finish of the formation lap, not like your complete area, dropping him to final when he did then pit. That handed the result in Ocon over Vettel, the latter simply failing to undercut him attributable to a sluggish pitstop, and Ocon held him off till the end.
Hamilton recovered to complete third, with Verstappen tenth.
2021 Hungarian Grand Prix race outcomes
| Pos | Nº | Driver | Automobile/Engine | Laps | Time | Hole/Retirement |
| 1 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine/Renault | 70 | 2:04’43.199 | |
| 2 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin/Mercedes | 70 | 2:04’45.058 | 1.859 |
| 3 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 70 | 2:04’45.935 | 2.736 |
| 4 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jr | Ferrari | 70 | 2:04’58.217 | 15.018 |
| 5 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine/Renault | 70 | 2:04’58.850 | 15.651 |
| 6 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri/Honda | 70 | 2:05’46.813 | 1’03.614 |
| 7 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri/Honda | 70 | 2:05’59.002 | 1’15.803 |
| 8 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams/Mercedes | 70 | 2:06’01.109 | 1’17.910 |
| 9 | 63 | George Russell | Williams/Mercedes | 70 | 2:06’02.293 | 1’19.094 |
| 10 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Pink Bull/Honda | 70 | 2:06’03.443 | 1’20.244 |
| 11 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo/Ferrari | 69 | 1 lap | |
| 12 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren/Mercedes | 69 | 1 lap | |
| 13 | 47 | Mick Schumacher | Haas/Ferrari | 69 | 1 lap | |
| 14 | 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo/Ferrari | 69 | 1 lap | |
| 9 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas/Ferrari | 3 | Collision | ||
| 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren/Mercedes | 2 | Collision | ||
| 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 0 | Collision | ||
| 11 | Sergio Pérez | Pink Bull/Honda | 0 | Collision | ||
| 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 0 | Collision | ||
| 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin/Mercedes | 0 | Collision | ||
How the Hungarian Grand Prix unfolded
Pre-race rain meant your complete area began on intermediate tyres, though Antonio Giovinazzi pitted his Alfa Romeo on the finish of the set up lap for slicks. From pole place, Hamilton led Verstappen on the run to Flip 1 as Bottas made a horrible begin and dropped to fifth.
On the first nook, on the damp floor, Bottas locked up and took out Norris, who slid into Verstappen, after which collected Perez – placing himself out of the race. In a second crash, Lance Stroll’s Aston Martin slammed into Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, who cannoned into Daniel Ricciardo’s McLaren. Leclerc then went off at Flip 2, whereas Perez was pressured to cease additional across the lap.
On the finish of the primary lap, Hamilton led Ocon, Vettel, Sainz, Tsunoda and Latifi as the protection automotive after which purple flag was required to clear the particles. Verstappen was 13th, as he stopped to have some injury repaired, as did Norris – whose streak of factors finishes ended as McLaren couldn’t repair his automotive. Bottas was given a five-place grid penalty for the subsequent race.
The purple flag allowed groups to make repairs, so 15 vehicles took the standing restart on a now-dry monitor. Hamilton was the one automotive that didn’t go into the pitlane and began on his personal, as the true race developed out of the pits as Russell led Ocon, Vettel, Latifi, Tsunoda, with Verstappen in 12th. Nikita Mazepin (Haas) went out with broken suspension after Kimi Raikkonen’s Alfa Romeo was launched into his path within the pitlane.
Hamilton pitted on the finish of the opening lap, dropping to him to 14th and final. Russell would have taken the lead however his Williams slowed as he’d been advised to surrender locations by the FIA, permitting Ocon to steer Vettel, Latifi, Tsunoda. Verstappen was 11th with Hamilton 14th.
Ocon pulled away from Vettel, with Latifi and Tsunoda battling for third. Hamilton handed Giovinazzi for 13th, as Verstappen hounded Schumacher to get again into the factors. Verstappen made a transfer stick across the outdoors of Flip 2 on Lap 14, however not with out some contact.
Hamilton pitted on Lap 20 to change to hards, and managed to undercut Verstappen and Ricciardo to run 10th, which grew to become ninth when Russell pitted a lap later. Hamilton then handed Schumacher and Latifi.
On the entrance, Vettel caught up with Ocon at one-third race distance however wasn’t capable of finding a well beyond, with Sainz holding a distant third, forward of Alonso. Hamilton handed Tsunoda across the outdoors at Flip 4 to take fifth on Lap 33, however was hampered when Sainz stopped for contemporary tyres and was pressured to run in his wake for some time.
Verstappen remained caught behind Ricciardo, so opted for a second cease for medium tyres.
Vettel pitted on Lap 37, shedding a few second attributable to a sticky left-rear wheel. Ocon responded a lap later, handing the result in teammate Alonso, however crucially simply in entrance of Vettel. Alonso pitted on Lap 40, dropping to fifth behind Sainz and Hamilton.
Hamilton pitted once more for brand new mediums on Lap 48, rejoining in fifth behind Alonso however releasing him as much as cost to the end. Vettel challenged Ocon for the lead on Lap 49 in site visitors at Flip 1, virtually getting alongside as Ocon lapped Giovinazzi, however the Frenchman held on to his lead and scored his maiden F1 win.
Hamilton caught Alonso with 15 laps to go, repeatedly attacking at Flip 2 and Flip 4 however was firmly repelled repeatedly. Hamilton lastly acquired forward with 5 laps to go, benefitting as Alonso locked up and ran large at Flip 1. Hamilton shortly caught Sainz and handed him for third on the run to Flip 1 with a handful of laps remaining.
Behind Alonso in fifth, Gasly (who pitted and took quickest lap on the ultimate tour) and Tsunoda completed sixth and seventh respectively, forward of Williams duo Latifi and Russell.
Verstappen handed Ricciardo for some extent across the outdoors at Flip 2 with 10 laps to go however might make no additional progress in his broken automotive.