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Where Sainz was looking like the stronger one of the two Ferrari drivers this weekend, now at this point of the race at least, it looks like Leclerc is in the prime seat of those two.Fernando Alonso has dropped to 12th place in his Aston Martin and is trying to catch Nico Hulkenberg's Haas for P11. The Spaniard is inching closer but the German is staying ahead.
The other Mercedes of George Russell, meanwhile, is in eighth place and has just been overtaken by Carlos Sainz for P7.Ferrari get on the blower to Charles Leclerc to come into the pits from the lead. The Monegasque driver is another hard runner and heads back into the action ahead of Yuki Tsunoda in fifth place.Charles Leclerc becomes the de facto leader of the Hungarian Grand Prix on his 22-lap old medium tyres.
Both drivers are placed on the hard tyre and Verstappen comes out in fifth place and Spaniard Sainz is in P9.Verstappen is continuing to stay out as he makes his way down towards the left hander of Turn Two, but he's not happy in that Red Bull and not feeling confident.Lewis Hamilton is known to be the tyre whisper but the Silverstone winner radios in to Mercedes to say his hard compound currently lack grip.
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