Hamilton victorious at Hungarian GP

BUDAPEST – McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton won his third Formula One race of the year at the Hungarian Grand Prix yesterday, beating Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari and BMW-Sauber’s Nick Heidfeld.

Defending F1 champion Fernando Alonso was fourth. Hamilton led from the start in a turbulent race, his team was penalised after it was deemed to have hindered his qualifying efforts.With six races to go, Hamilton extended his lead over Alonso in the standings to seven points, 80-73.Alonso was penalised five places from the pole position late Saturday after FIA stewards ruled that McLaren had delayed Hamilton on the final pit stop in qualifying.Alonso was timed at being stationary more than 30 seconds after the tires were changed before heading out while Hamilton waited behind him in the pits.”It’s been an eventful weekend and quite emotional for all the team,” Hamilton said.”With all the drama all weekend it would have been easy to lose focus.”We came here with a great package and still wasn’t sure we could stay ahead of the Ferraris.”McLaren leads the constructors’ standings with 138 points.Ferrari has 119 points.McLaren’s total stayed at 138 because FIA also said that any points McLaren won would not count toward the constructors’ championship.Nampa-AFPHamilton led from the start in a turbulent race, his team was penalised after it was deemed to have hindered his qualifying efforts.With six races to go, Hamilton extended his lead over Alonso in the standings to seven points, 80-73.Alonso was penalised five places from the pole position late Saturday after FIA stewards ruled that McLaren had delayed Hamilton on the final pit stop in qualifying.Alonso was timed at being stationary more than 30 seconds after the tires were changed before heading out while Hamilton waited behind him in the pits.”It’s been an eventful weekend and quite emotional for all the team,” Hamilton said.”With all the drama all weekend it would have been easy to lose focus.”We came here with a great package and still wasn’t sure we could stay ahead of the Ferraris.”McLaren leads the constructors’ standings with 138 points.Ferrari has 119 points.McLaren’s total stayed at 138 because FIA also said that any points McLaren won would not count toward the constructors’ championship.Nampa-AFP