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Hungarian Grand Prix

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Sun 3rd August 2008 12:00am Local
Sun 3rd August 2008 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
2008

Round
Round 11

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Hungaroring

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The 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix was won by McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen, marking his first and only victory in Formula 1 history. The race was held on 3 August 2008 at the Hungaroring and served as the 11th round of the 2008 season.
The Grand Prix is remembered for a heartbreaking engine failure suffered by Ferrari’s Felipe Massa. Massa had made a brilliant, aggressive start from third on the grid, overtaking both Kovalainen and pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton into the first corner to dominate the majority of the race. With just three laps remaining and a comfortable lead, Massa's Ferrari engine blew up on the main straight, forcing his retirement. This handed the victory to Kovalainen, who became the 100th different driver to win a Formula 1 World Championship race.

Hamilton's own race was compromised by a front-left tyre puncture on lap 41, dropping him down the order, though he managed to recover to finish fifth and retain his championship lead. Meanwhile, Timo Glock drove a heroic race for Toyota to claim his first-ever F1 podium.


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01			Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren Formula 1 Team	1:37:27.067
02			Timo Glock	Toyota	+0:11.061
03			Kimi Raikkonen	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+0:16.856
04			Fernando Alonso	Renault F1 Team	+0:21.614
05			Lewis Hamilton	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+0:23.048
06			Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault F1 Team	+0:32.298
07			Jarno Trulli	Toyota	+0:36.449
08			Robert Kubica	Sauber	+0:48.321
09			Mark Webber	Oracle Red Bull Racing	+0:58.834
10			Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	+1:07.709
11			David Coulthard	Oracle Red Bull Racing	+1:10.407
12			Jenson Button	Honda F1	+1 Lap
13			Kazuki Nakajima	Williams Racing	+1 Lap
14			Nico Rosberg	Williams Racing	+1 Lap
15			Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	+1 Lap
16			Rubens Barrichello	Honda F1	+2 Laps
17			Felipe Massa	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
18			Sebastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	+3 Laps
19			Adrian Sutil	Force India	DNF
20			Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso	DNF

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