The Commercial Appeal

Hamilton wins F1 Hungarian GP

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Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest for a record fifth time on Sunday to take the championsh­ip lead from teammate Nico Rosberg, who finished second.

“The start was everything,” said Hamilton, who before this victory was tied with Michael Schumacher for most wins at the Hungarorin­g, with four. “I got a good start. I had one of the Red Bulls on the inside so I was pressured quite a lot into turn one. What a day!”

Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo was third, followed by Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen of Red Bull.

Hamilton has five F1 victories this season for 192 points, with Rosberg at 186 and Ricciardo third with 115.

Rosberg won the first four races this year, but Hamilton has won five of the last six. Verstappen is the only non-Mercedes driver to win a race in 2016.

FOOTBALL

Former Notre Dame quarterbac­k Jimmy Clausen is scheduled to visit the Detroit Lions today, according to NFL Network. Clausen appeared in two games with the Chicago Bears and two with the Baltimore Ravens last year, throwing for 739 yards with two touchdowns and four intercepti­ons in three starts. Lions starter Matthew Stafford has not missed a game since the 2010 season.

TENNIS

Hard-hitting Johanna Konta outslugged top-seeded Venus Williams to capture her first career singles title, winning the Bank of the West Classic 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 on Sunday at Stanford, California. Konta held on in the third set after squanderin­g a 4-1 lead in the second. Konta won when Williams netted her forehand return on the third match point.

Gael Monfils won his first title in 2½ years, erasing a match point and breaking Ivo Karlovic twice in the span of four service games during a 5-7, 7-6 (6), 6-4 victory in the Citi Open final in Washington. Monfils, a Frenchman seeded No. 2, neutralize­d the big serve of the 6-foot-11 Karlovic when it mattered most. The 13th-seeded Croatian had won all 53 of his service games in the tournament until getting broken while serving for the championsh­ip at 5-4 in the second set. Belgium’s Yanina Wickmayer beat Lauren Davis 6-4, 6-2 in the women’s Citi Open final to win the fifth WTA title of her career. Davis is a 22-yearold American who was playing in her first WTA final.

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