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Misery for Mercedes with Hamilton 6th and Rosberg 8th
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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The crushing dominance of the Mercedes Silver Arrows came to an abrupt halt at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday, the first time since the final race of the 2013 season without either Lewis Hamilton or Nico Rosberg on the podium.Mercedes entered it looking odds-on to have both of its drivers on the podium for the 10th straight race this season.Instead, Hamilton finished sixth and Rosberg was eighth.Starting from pole position, Hamilton’s race went from bad to worse before ending with an unexpected bonus as he extended his championship leader over Rosberg in bizarre circumstances.Hamilton dropped down to 10th after going off track early on, fought back to fourth, then pitted for a new front wing after clattering into Daniel Ricciardo as he tried to overtake the Australian driver’s Red Bull and was given a drivethrough penalty.“I was all over the place,” said Hamilton, who apologized to his team. “I really don’t have any words to describe what happened. It was a really bad performance.”Rosberg’s race ended farcically as he plummeted from second place with five laps to go after sustaining a late puncture.Pushing hard to catch race leader Sebastian Vettel, the German driver’s rear left tire sustained a puncture when Ricciardo tried to overtake him.“It is the sort of day I need to make the most of it against Lewis and it didn’t work out,” Rosberg said.The end result was that, instead of heading into the summer break with Rosberg level-pegging, Hamilton moved 21 points clear ahead of the next race at the Belgian GP in three weeks’ time.“Do I deserve any points?