BUDAPEST, Hungary -- Lewis Hamilton believes Sebastian Vettel would have caught and beat him to victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix without getting stuck behind teammate Valtteri Bottas.
Hamilton claimed what turned out to be a very routine win for the world champion, with a slow pit-stop meaning Vettel spent the majority of his final stint stuck behind Bottas when he had fresh tyres he could have used to attack the other Mercedes in the lead.
Vettel only got past the other Mercedes with a handful of laps left, by which point Hamilton was comfortably clear -- his final margin of victory was 17 seconds.