Hungarian F1 Grand Prix 2015 Results: Winner, Standings, Highlights and Reaction

Sebastian Vettel emerged with his best race of the 2015 season so far to win Sunday's dramatic Hungarian Grand Prix and give Ferrari hope in their bid to revive their Formula One campaign.

The four-time world champion made a fantastic start in Mogyorod and never looked like he would surrender his lead, with Red Bull's Daniil Kvyat and Daniel Ricciardo taking second and third, respectively. The official Formula One Twitter account confirmed Vettel's second victory of the season:

Here are the drivers' standings following Sunday's result:

Position	Driver	Team	Points
1.	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG Petronas	202
2.	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas	181
3.	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Ferrari	160
4.	Valtteri Bottas	Williams Martini Racing	77
5.	Kimi Raikkonen	Scuderia Ferrari	76
6.	Felipe Massa	Williams Martini Racing	74
7.	Daniel Ricciardo	Infiniti Red Bull Racing	51
8.	Daniil Kvyat	Infiniti Red Bull Racing	45
9.	Nico Hulkenberg	Sahara Force India F1	24
10.	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	23
11.	Max Verstappen	Sauber F1 Team	22
12.	Felipe Nasr	Sahara Force India F1	16
13.	Sergio Perez	Lotus F1 Team	15
14.	Pastor Maldonado	Scuderia Toro Rosso	12
15.	Fernando Alonso	Scuderia Toro Rosso	11
16.	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Sauber F1 Team	9
17.	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	6
18.	Marcus Ericsson	McLaren Honda	6
19.	Roberto Merhi	Manor Marussia F1 Team	0
20.	Will Stevens	Manor Marussia F1 Team	0

Prior to Sunday's race, tributes flew in for Formula One driver Jules Bianchi following his funeral last week, with Lewis Hamilton taking the time to dedicate his performance to the fallen motorsports star:

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Ready to go guys! This one's for Jules! #FlyHighJules #TeamLH @MohitDinodia pic.twitter.com/MdLntg2M9g

— Lewis Hamilton (@LewisHamilton) July 26, 2015"

There was a delay to the start of Sunday's drama, and after a minute of silence for Bianchi, the drivers needed a second formation lap before finally getting the Hungarian Grand Prix underway.

Ferrari duo Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen claimed the advantage straight away with a pair of terrific starts, per F1 Paddock Pass, while the Mercedes team were left in their wake:

It swiftly went from bad to worse for Hamilton, too, as he dropped to fourth at the first turn only to lock up at the chicane and plummet to 10th following his run across the gravel.

The Briton could be heard blaming Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg for cutting into his line, per F1 Racing on NBC, showing all is still not well between the pair: 

Having started in the pit lane before going on to claim third last year, however, this wasn't the first time Hungary has handed Hamilton a difficult start.

After 10 laps, his rise back through the ranks was slowly but surely underway, moving past Felipe Massa to take ninth:

The bulk of the attention rested with the Mercedes and Ferrari partnerships, but there was drama all over the track, as Sergio Perez was next to fall behind Hamilton, who capitalised on some early pit stops to go fifth.

A clash with Pastor Maldonado saw Nico Hulkenberg's race come to a premature end when his entire front wing saw him crash at Turn 1 in a smoky heap, fortunately coming away without a scratch:

It was good news for Hamilton, as the safety car made its way onto the track and promised to bunch up Sunday's combatants.

Red Bull team chief Christian Horner saw it as a positive outcome for his drivers, too, quoted by BBC Sport as giving his outfit words of encouragement with just over 20 laps remaining: "The safety car is good news for us. We ran the hard tyres mid-race for this kind of eventuality and it's worked out for us. We rolled the dice and hopefully we might have a chance of sneaking a podium."

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Vettel and Raikkonen continued to hold their own as a Ferrari one-two came within view, and their race was helped all the more as Hamilton's hopes of a comeback were seemingly ended following contact with Ricciardo.

It looked as though his front end took on board some damage, causing Hamilton to drop back instantly, while Rosberg improved Mercedes' hopes with him climbing past Raikkonen into second spot.

McLaren pair Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso were enjoying some impressive form, meanwhile, in what was their best performance of the season, both looking to clinch points with 15 laps remaining:

To make Hamilton's day worse, he was shown a drive-through penalty for the role he played in the budge against Ricciardo and could be heard apologising to his team over the radio. It was especially disappointing when considering Hamilton recorded a superb lap in one minute and 25.871 seconds but was forced to accept the win was beyond him.

Having afflicted one Mercedes, Ricciardo moved onto Hamilton's team-mate, Rosberg, next as Sky Sports confirmed the German suffered a race-ending puncture following contact with the Australian:

It was a horrific blow for Rosberg and Mercedes to suffer so late, and with Raikkonen's pit seeing him drop toward the back of the race, Red Bull took their places on the podium.

Kvyat and Ricciardo persevered through no small share of controversy to take second and third behind Vettel, who was resolute to clinch his first Hungarian Grand Prix.

And just as was the case before the Hungarian Grand Prix, Bianchi proved to be in the mind of the victor after Vettel took just his second victory of 2015:

After finishing in sixth, Hamilton spoke to BBC Sport's Jennie Gow regarding his race and just what a strange affair it turned out to be:

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I was all over the place. I don't have any words to explain what happened today. It was a really bad performance from myself. I pushed and never gave up but when I had two different choices I chose the wrong one very time.

Today was weird. Do I deserve any points? I didn't give up and drove as hard as I could. To come away from one of the worst performances I've put in in a long, long time... it shows we are human. The team worked incredibly hard but I'll come back stronger.

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Vettel can now enjoy a month-long break before the Formula 1 campaign resumes in Belgium on August 23, a race that Hamilton hasn't won since 2010.

Mercedes will look upon Sunday's effort as something they couldn't have avoided, hoping their place in the standings can be recovered with an improvement in fortune from here on.