Lewis Hamilton won the Hungarian Grand Prix as he withstood race-long pressure from first Romain Grosjean and then Kimi Raikkonen.
Though Hamilton never seem to have led by more than three seconds first from Grosjean (in the first stint) and then (in the final stint) he had Raikkonen within two seconds for the final 15 laps. Hamilton was eventually able to hold off both the Lotus' on the tight circuit to eventually win by just a single second.
The race was one of strategy, with the DRS proving ineffective and overtaking opportunities at a premium around the Hungaroring. Following an aborted start where Michael Schumacher stalled on the grid, the grid got away second time.
Although Hamilton had threatened to streak away in the opening two laps, Grosjean soon pegged the gap and started to edge back towards the McLaren. With the field having settled down elsewhere it became clear that the race would hinge on pit stops and tyre management on a track where temperatures reached 46C.
It was a miserable day for Schumacher, who received a drive through for speeding in the pit lane trying to take up his new position after the aborted start, and then pit three more times before retiring with 11 laps still to go; the sixth time he has failed to win a race this season.
 Lewis Hamilton |  Winner |
 Kimi Räikkönen |  Second  Fan's Choice |
| Romain Grosjean |  Third |
 Sebastian Vettel | P4  |
 Fernando Alonso | P5 |
| Jenson Button | P6 |
 Bruno Senna | P7 |
| Mark Webber | P8 |
| Felipe Massa | P9 |
 Nico Rosberg | P10 |
 Nico Hülkenberg | P11 |
| Paul di Resta | P12 |
| Pastor Maldonado | P13 |
 Sergio Pérez | P14 |
 Daniel Ricciardo | P15 |
| Jean-Éric Vergne | P16 |
 Heikki Kovalainen | P17 |
| Kamui Kobayashi | P18 |
| Vitaly Petrov | P19 |
 Charles Pic | P20 |
| Timo Glock | P21 |
 Pedro de la Rosa | P22 |
| Narain Karthikeyan |  Retired (steering) |
| Michael Schumacher | Withdrew |
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