"It's like he has never been away" An incredible dominant win from the front as world champion Lewis Hamilton became the fourth grand prix winner this season in Hungary claiming his tenth career victory.
Hamilton who qualified and started from fourth position on the grid successfully used his KERS system to fend off the oncoming pursuits of the only Ferrari on the track, Kimi Raikkonen and to outpace the speed of the Red Bulls to move into second place by the first corner. Winner of the previous grand prix Mark Webber did well and used his skill and speed to outbreak the Briton to take back second place into the second corner pushing the McLaren back down to third, while pole sitter Fernando Alonso began to speed away into the distance on his light fuel load.
All weekend, throughout all three practice sessions through to qualifying the McLaren car, that had struggled for pace and aerodynamics all season, seemed to have a new lease of life. Hamilton began to hunt down the Australian of Webber's rear wing. With the help of the KERS system that only the McLaren's and Ferrari's still carry, Hamilton quickly gained and and got Mark Webber and second place by lap five and then began to put the hammer down on race leader Alonso.
However despite being fueled light for a speedy get away race leader Fernando Alonso began to be caught by Lewis Hamilton as he continually set the fastest laps. As the Spaniard continued to push the Renault rear tyres began to degrade faster than expected forcing Alonso to pit one lap earlier than expected on lap 11, allowing Hamilton to take the lead.
It would be this pit stop that would be fatal to Alonso's chances of a win as the right front wheel failed to be secured. As the Renault left the pit into the first corner it was evident something was wrong as Alonso began to drop down the grid like a stone, his race and hopes of victory ended when he lost the tyre half way round the track sustaining suspension damage as the Spaniard crawled the car on three wheels back to the pits.
Hamilton from that point was untouchable and never lost the lead as he went on to claim his first win in 2009 and after all the troubles the young world champion and McLaren team had been through in this difficult season who could begrudge him victory that will no doubt go down as one of the sweetest in his career.
Hamilton who qualified and started from fourth position on the grid successfully used his KERS system to fend off the oncoming pursuits of the only Ferrari on the track, Kimi Raikkonen and to outpace the speed of the Red Bulls to move into second place by the first corner. Winner of the previous grand prix Mark Webber did well and used his skill and speed to outbreak the Briton to take back second place into the second corner pushing the McLaren back down to third, while pole sitter Fernando Alonso began to speed away into the distance on his light fuel load.
All weekend, throughout all three practice sessions through to qualifying the McLaren car, that had struggled for pace and aerodynamics all season, seemed to have a new lease of life. Hamilton began to hunt down the Australian of Webber's rear wing. With the help of the KERS system that only the McLaren's and Ferrari's still carry, Hamilton quickly gained and and got Mark Webber and second place by lap five and then began to put the hammer down on race leader Alonso.
However despite being fueled light for a speedy get away race leader Fernando Alonso began to be caught by Lewis Hamilton as he continually set the fastest laps. As the Spaniard continued to push the Renault rear tyres began to degrade faster than expected forcing Alonso to pit one lap earlier than expected on lap 11, allowing Hamilton to take the lead.
It would be this pit stop that would be fatal to Alonso's chances of a win as the right front wheel failed to be secured. As the Renault left the pit into the first corner it was evident something was wrong as Alonso began to drop down the grid like a stone, his race and hopes of victory ended when he lost the tyre half way round the track sustaining suspension damage as the Spaniard crawled the car on three wheels back to the pits.
Hamilton from that point was untouchable and never lost the lead as he went on to claim his first win in 2009 and after all the troubles the young world champion and McLaren team had been through in this difficult season who could begrudge him victory that will no doubt go down as one of the sweetest in his career.
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Results Hungarian Grand Prix - Top 8
1. L. Hamilton - (McLaren) - 10pts
2. K. Raikkonen - (Ferrari) - 8pts
3. M. Webber - (Red Bull) - 6pts
4. N. Rosberg - (Williams) - 5pts
5. H. Kovalainen - (McLaren) - 4pts
6. T. Glock - (Toyota) - 3pts
7. J. Button - (Brawn GP) - 2pts
8. J. Trulli - (Toyota) - 1pt
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