ewis Hamilton believes he could have fought for the Hungarian GP victory without his qualifying issues but still praised Mercedes after his on-merit second place and insists they're closing the gap to their rivals. Hamilton started only seventh on Sunday after a DRS issue ruined his final lap of qualifying, with team-mate George Russell going on to take pole. But the seven-time champion still came back to finish second behind Max Verstappen - who also enjoyed a brilliant comeback from 10th - and he believes he had the pace to win for the first time this season. "If we had got our lap yesterday we would have been on the front row, and it perhaps would have been a different result,"...
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