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2008 Hungarian Grand Prix

The 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 ING Magyar Nagydij 2008) was a Formula One motor race held on 3 August 2008, at the Hungaroring in Mogyorod, near Budapest. It was the 11th race of the 2008 Formula One season. Contested over 70 laps, the race was won by Heikki Kovalainen for the McLaren team, from a second position start. Timo Glock finished second in a Toyota car, with Kimi Raikkonen third in a Ferrari. It was Kovalainen’s first Formula One victory, which made him the sport’s 100th driver to win a World Championship race, and it was Glock’s first podium finish. It also turned out to be the only F1 race Kovalainen ever won.

The majority of the race consisted of a duel between Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa, who drove for McLaren and Ferrari, respectively. Hamilton started from pole position but was beaten at the first corner by Massa, who passed him around the outside. The two championship rivals began a battle for the lead that was resolved when Hamilton sustained a punctured tyre just over halfway through the race, giving Massa a lead of more than 20 seconds over Kovalainen. The Ferrari’s engine, however, failed with three laps remaining, allowing the McLaren driver to win. Raikkonen set the race’s fastest lap in the other Ferrari, but was hampered by a poor qualifying performance and was stuck behind Fernando Alonso (Renault) and Glock in turn for almost all of the race.

As a consequence of the race, Hamilton extended his lead in the World Drivers’ Championship to fiveВ points over Raikkonen, with Massa a further three behind. Robert Kubica, who finished eighth after finding his BMW Sauber car uncompetitive at the Hungaroring, slipped to 13 points behind Hamilton, ahead of teammate Nick Heidfeld and Kovalainen. In the World Constructors’ Championship, McLaren passed BMW Sauber for secondВ position, 11 points behind Ferrari.

Race 11 of 18 in the 2008 Formula One World Championship

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A track map of the Hungaroring circuit. The track has 16 corners, which range in sharpness from hairpins to gentle, sweeping turns. There are three long straights that link the corners together. The pit lane splits off from the track on the inside of Turn 16, and rejoins the track after the start-finish straight.

Hungaroring (GP track)

Race details

Date

3 August 2008

Official name

Formula 1 ING Magyar Nagydíj 2008

Location

Hungaroring, Mogyoród, near Budapest, Hungary

Course

Permanent racing facility

Course length

4.381 km (2.722 mi)

Distance

70 laps, 306.630 km (190.531 mi)

Weather

Sunny; Air 30–31 °C (86–88 °F), Track 40–43 °C (104–109 °F)

Attendance

84,000

Pole position

Driver

Lewis Hamilton

McLaren-Mercedes

Time

1:20.899

Fastest lap

Driver

Kimi Räikkönen

Ferrari

Time

1:21.195 on lap 61

Podium

First

Heikki Kovalainen

McLaren-Mercedes

Second

Timo Glock

Toyota

Third

Kimi Räikkönen

Ferrari

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Lap leaders

Qualifying

Qualifying classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	Grid
1	22	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:19.376	1:19.473	1:20.899	1
2	23	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:19.945	1:19.480	1:21.140	2
3	2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:19.578	1:19.068	1:21.191	3
4	4	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:20.053	1:19.776	1:21.281	4
5	12	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:19.980	1:19.246	1:21.326	5
6	1	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:20.006	1:19.546	1:21.516	6
7	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:20.229	1:19.816	1:21.698	7
8	10	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:20.073	1:20.046	1:21.732	8
9	11	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:19.942	1:19.486	1:21.767	9
10	6	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	1:20.583	1:20.131	1:22.371	10
11	15	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:20.157	1:20.144		11
12	16	Jenson Button	Honda	1:20.888	1:20.332		12
13	9	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	1:20.505	1:20.502		13
14	14	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:20.640	1:20.963		19¹
15	7	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:20.748	no time		14
16	3	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:21.045			15
17	8	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:21.085			16
18	17	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:21.332			17
19	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	1:21.670			18
20	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	1:22.113			20
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Race

Race classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	23	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	70	1:37:27.067	2	10
2	12	Timo Glock	Toyota	70	+11.061	5	8
3	1	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	70	+16.856	6	6
4	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	70	+21.614	7	5
5	22	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	70	+23.048	1	4
6	6	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	70	+32.298	10	3
7	11	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	70	+36.449	9	2
8	4	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	70	+48.321	4	1
9	10	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	70	+58.834	8
10	3	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	70	+1:07.709	15
11	9	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	70	+1:10.407	13
12	16	Jenson Button	Honda	69	+1 Lap	12
13	8	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	69	+1 Lap	16
14	7	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	69	+1 Lap	14
15	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	69	+1 Lap	18
16	17	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	68	+2 Laps	17
17	2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	67	Engine	3
18	14	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	67	+3 Laps	19
Ret	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	62	Brakes	20
Ret	15	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	22	Overheating	11
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