Hungarian Grand Prix

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Date & Time
Sun 26th July 2009 12:00am Local
Sun 26th July 2009 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
2009

Round
Round 10

Status
FT

Location

Hungaroring

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Description

The 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix (held on 26 July 2009 at the Hungaroring) was won by defending world champion Lewis Hamilton driving for McLaren-Mercedes. This milestone race marked the first-ever Formula 1 victory for a car equipped with a Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS). Hamilton was joined on the podium by Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) in second place and Mark Webber (Red Bull-Renault) in third.
However, the entire race weekend was heavily overshadowed by a horrific, near-fatal accident involving Ferrari driver Felipe Massa during Saturday's qualifying session. During the second round of qualifying (Q2), an 800-gram steel suspension coil spring detached from the rear of Rubens Barrichello's Brawn GP car ahead of Massa.
The Impact: Traveling at roughly 162 mph (261 km/h), the bouncing spring struck Massa directly on his helmet visor, just above his left eye.
The Crash: The impact fractured his skull and knocked him unconscious immediately. His car veered straight across the run-off area and slammed head-on into a quadruple-layer tyre barrier at Turn 4.
Aftermath: Massa underwent emergency, life-saving surgery at the AEK military hospital in Budapest. He suffered a severe brain injury, concussion, and bone fractures. He survived and made a full recovery to return for the 2010 season, but he was forced to sit out the entire remainder of 2009.

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Result List

01	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren Formula 1 Team	1:38:23.876
02	Kimi Raikkonen	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+0:11.529
03	Mark Webber	Oracle Red Bull Racing	+0:16.886
04	Nico Rosberg	Williams Racing	+0:26.967
05	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+0:34.392
06	Timo Glock	Toyota	+0:35.237
07	Jenson Button	Brawn	+0:55.088
08	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	+1:08.172
09	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams Racing	+1:08.774
10	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn	+1:09.256
11	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	+1:10.612
12	Nelson Piquet	Renault F1 Team	+1:11.512
13	Robert Kubica	Sauber	+1:14.046
14	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	+1 Lap
15	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	+1 Lap
16	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	+1 Lap
17	Sebastian Vettel	Oracle Red Bull Racing	DNF
18	Fernando Alonso	Renault F1 Team	DNF
19	Adrian Sutil	Force India	DNF
20	Felipe Massa	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF