2019 Hungarian Grand Prix
Expectations are high for the Haas F1 Team. On a beautifully clear and warm summer day at the Hungaroring Romain Grosjean starts the race in P9 as hemade the third round of qualifying for the second race in a row. The junior Haas driver, Kevin Magnussen started in the 14th position.
Max Verstappen got a fantastic start in his pole sitting Redbull and held that lead through turn 1 of the race and beyond. Unlike last weeks German Grand Prix, the first few laps were relatively uneventful Aside from a broken wing on the Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas after contact with Leclerc’s Ferrari, the entire field of 20 cars were on track and in race trim through lap 8. Grosjean found himself in P9 and magnussen in P15.
Lap 20, Grosjean pitted and returned to the track in P16. By lap 27 Grosjean has held at P16, Magnussen holding station at 11th.
Lap 40, Kevin Magnussen pits, switches to soft tires, and returns right ahead of his teammate in 16th position, and also on soft tires, though 20 laps older.
Lap 52, Romain Grosjean retired from the race. But oddly, at no point did the commentators mention why….
As Indy 500 winner Simon Pagenaud waves the checkered flag for Lewis Hamilton, Kevin Magnussen finished in 13th position.