Hungary 2008
HUNGARY OFTEN THROWS UP SURPRISES - 6 DIFFERENT WINNERS IN THE PREVIOUS 6 RACES HERE IS TESTAMENT TO THAT. HOWEVER, EVERYONE WAS EXPECTING A MCLAREN 1-2 AFTER THEY LOCKED OUT THE FRONT ROW OF THE GRID WITH LEWIS HAMILTON ON POLE AND HEIKKI KOVALAINEN 2ND.
KIMI RAIKKONEN HAD BEEN UNABLE TO SETTLE WITH HIS CAR BUT FELIPE MASSA WAS MORE ASSURED ALTHOUGH OFTEN SLOWER THAN THE MCLARENS. SO IT WAS A HUGE SURPRISE TO EVERYONE, NOT LEAST LEWIS, WHEN FELIPE OUT-DRAGGED HIM DOWN TO TURN 1 AT THE START AND TOOK THE LEAD.
HE HELD ONTO THE LEAD UNTIL LAP 67 OF 70 WHEN THE ENGINE BLEW AND THUS FERRARI GIFTED A WIN TO HEIKKI WHO HAD DRIVEN A SENSIBLE, IF UNSPECTACULAR, RACE ON THIS CIRCUIT, WHICH IS AS BAD AS MONACO FOR THE DIFFICULTY OF OVERTAKING.
TIMO GLOCK HAD CLAIMED 5TH ON THE GRID AND RAN WITH THE LEADERS FOR THE WHOLE RACE, EVENTUALLY TAKING 2ND AFTER A FINE DRIVE. 3RD SPOT WENT TO KIMI WHO EVENTUALLY PASSED FERNANDO ALONSO AT THE SECOND PIT-STOP, AFTER SPENDING LAP AFTER LAP CIRCULATING BEHIND THE SPANIARD, AND THEN TRIED UNSUCCESSFULLY TO HUNT DOWN TIMO.
HAMILTON? FOR THE FIRST TWO STINTS HE SAT BEHIND FELIPE BUT SUFFERED A PUNCTURE AND THE ENFORCED, EARLY 2ND PIT-STOP LEFT HIM IN 11TH PLACE. AT THIS POINT, HE PROBABLY FELT THAT THE GODS WERE AGAINST HIM AS HE TRIED TO MINIMISE THE CONSEQUENT POINTS DISASTER.
THREE LAPS FROM THE END, HOWEVER, NO DOUBT HIS SPIRITS SOARED WHEN HE REALISED FELIPE WOULD NOT SCORE ANY POINTS, LEAVING LEWIS STILL LEADING THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND BY ONE EXTRA POINT THAN WHEN THE RACE STARTED!
STARTING GRID
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| 1.
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Lewis Hamilton
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| 2.
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Heikki Kovalainen
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| 3.
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Felipe Massa
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| 4.
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Robert Kubica
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| 5.
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Timo Glock
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| 6.
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Kimi Raikkonen
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| 7.
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Fernando Alonso
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| 8.
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Mark Webber
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| 9.
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Jarno Trulli
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| 10.
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Nelson Piquet
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| 11.
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Sebastian Vettel
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| 12.
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Jenson Button
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| 13.
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David Coulthard
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| 14.
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Nico Rosberg
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| 15.
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Nick Heidfeld
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| 16.
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Kazuki Nakajima
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| 17.
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Rubens Barrichello
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| 18.
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Giancarlo Fisichella
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| 19.
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Sebastien Bourdais
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| 20.
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Aidrian Sutil
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RESULT
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| 1.
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Heikki Kovalainen
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| 2.
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Timo Glock
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| 3.
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Kimi Raikkonen
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| 4.
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Fernando Alonso
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| 5.
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Lewis Hamilton
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| 6.
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Nelson Piquet
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| 7.
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Jarno Trulli
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| 8.
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Robert Kubica
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CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
Drivers :
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| Lewis Hamilton
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62
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| Kimi Raikkonen
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57
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| Felipe Massa
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54
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| Robert Kubica
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49
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| Nick Heidfeld
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41
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| Heikki Kovalainen
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38
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| Jarno Trulli
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22
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| Fernando Alonso
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18
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| =Mark Webber
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18
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Constructors :
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| Ferrari
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111
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| McLaren
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100
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| BMW
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90
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| Toyota
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35
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| Renault
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31
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| Red Bull Racing
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24
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| Williams
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16
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| Honda
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14
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| Scuderia Toro Rosso
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8
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| Force India
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0
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| Super Aguri
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0
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Race Results posted by
David Little
4th August 2008
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