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Red Bull pushed ahead of McLaren today with Mark Webber winning the Hungarian GP & Lewis Hamilton retiring before reaching the finish line.  Webber was way ahead of the pack by mid-race and kept his distance until the checkered flag dropped.  Formula1.com described Webber’s performance:

…when he swept into the pits on the 43rd lap he had 23.7s in hand and was easily able to retain his lead. More than that, on fresh medium-compound Bridgestones he then rebuilt that 23s-lead as Alonso kept an increasingly frustrated – and extremely angry and disappointed – Vettel at bay.

Alonso was almost 18 seconds behind Webber at the end of the race, but it was fast enough for second place. By the 69th lap, Vettel was 2.8 seconds behind Alonso and appeared to be settling for 3rd place. Massa pulled into 4th place with seemingly no trouble nor extra effort. Petrov was 5th, Hulkenberg 6th, de la Rosa 7th, Jensen Button 8th while his teammate Hamilton failed to finish, Kobayashi 9th and finally Barrichello was 10th. Schumacher narrowly missed a points position when Barrichello beautifully overtook him, pushing the former champion into the 11th position.

Webber now leads the championship with 161 points.

Read more @ Hungary win gives Webber title lead on Formula1.com

And RaceCast Lap by Lap on SpeedTV.com

Watch the race highlights:

Current Championship Standings

Red Bull – Webber 161 points
McLaren – Hamilton 157 pts
Red Bull – Vettel 151 pts
McLaren – Button 147 pts
Ferrari – Alonso 141 pts
Ferrari – Massa 97 pts
Mercedes GP – Rosberg 94 pts
Renault – Kubica 89 pts
Mercedes GP – Schumacher 38 pts
Force India – Sutil 35 pts
Williams – Barrichello 30 pts
Renault – Petrov 17 pts
BMW Sauber – Kobayashi 17 pts
Force India – Liuzzi 12 pts
Williams – Hulkenberg 10 pts
Toro Rosso – Buemi 7 pts
BMW Sauber – de la Rosa 6 pts
Toro Rosso – Alguersuari 3 pts