Hamilton remains 47 points adrift of Alonso in fourth place despite his
masterful drive to victory.
Sixth placed Jenson Button was another left frustrated by strategy as
McLaren’s decision to switch him from a two to a three-stop option saw him
drop from third back to an eventual sixth, ahead of the Williams of Bruno
Senna.
Felipe Massa and Nico Rosberg rounded out the top 10.
Hamilton, like team-mate Button running with messages of support for the
British Olympic team on their McLarens, had appeared to have the race well
under control as he kept Grosjean at arms length during the early going.
The race had proved to be rather processional until Raikkonen shook things up.
The Iceman was inspired during his 25-lap stint on a set of used soft tyres in
the middle stint of the race, his spectacular pace allowing him to get ahead
of Vettel and emerge side-by-side with team-mate Grosjean as he exited the
pits.
Raikkonen rudely elbowed his team-mate out the way as they exited turn one and
set off in pursuit of Hamilton.
For several laps the former Ferrari man was within a second of Hamilton but
with DRS having a minimal impact on the twisty Budapest track he and his
team were left frustrated as Lotus continue to wait for their first win of
the season.