2009 July archive
Hungarian Grand Prix in pictures 26th July 2009, 20:28
With a McLaren leading home a Ferrari the Hungarian Grand Prix felt like a flashback to last year. Here’s a look back at today’s race in pictures. Share this article with your friends: Tweet
Renault banned from European Grand Prix following Alonso’s wheel loss
Renault are to be suspended from the next round of the world championship – the European Grand Prix at Valencia – following Fernando Alonso’s wheel loss in today’s race. Share this article with your friends: Tweet
Lewis Hamilton takes McLaren back to winning ways (Hungarian Grand Prix)
Lewis Hamilton seized the lead of the Hungarian Grand Prix and never let it go as McLaren bounced back from their terrible start to 2009. The world champion was followed home by Kimi Raikkonen – the only Ferrari in the race following Felipe Massa’s crash – meaning KERS-powered cars filled the first two places on [...]
Rate the race: Hungarian Grand Prix
The first win for a KERS-powered car as Lewis Hamilton wins for McLaren. What did you think of the Hungarian Grand Prix? Leave a comment and rate the race below: Read more: Is F1 2009 less exciting than 2008? Share this article with your friends: Tweet
Hungarian Grand Prix result
1. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes 2. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari 3. Mark Webber, Red Bull-Renault 4. Nico Rosberg, Williams-Toyota 5. Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren-Mercedes 6. Timo Glock, Toyota 7. Jenson Button, Brawn-Mercedes 8. Jarno Trulli, Toyota 9. Kazuki Nakajima, Williams-Toyota 10. Rubens Barrichello, Brawn-Mercedes 11. Nick Heidfeld, BMW 12. Nelson Piquet Jnr, Renault 13. Robert Kubica, BMW 14. [...]
Hungarian Grand Prix live blog
Review the Hungarian Grand Prix live blog below. Share this article with your friends: Tweet
Championship standings after Hungary
Drivers’ championship Jenson Button 70 Mark Webber 51.5 Sebastian Vettel 47 Rubens Barrichello 44 Nico Rosberg 25.5 Jarno Trulli 22.5 Felipe Massa 22 Lewis Hamilton 19 Kimi Raikkonen 18 Timo Glock 16 Fernando Alonso 13 Heikki Kovalainen 9 Nick Heidfeld 6 Sebastien Buemi 3 Sebastien Bourdais 2 Robert Kubica 2 Constructors’ championship Brawn 114 Red [...]
F1 links: More McLaren tweaks
McLaren have added a revised exhaust to their raft of technical updates that had brought them back to the sharp end of the field. Plus, a song for Vettel and fresh criticism of the FIA from Jackie Stewart. Redesigned exhaust system for McLaren "McLaren is pushing ahead with its car development, and this time has [...]
Hamilton the biggest threat to Red Bull? (Hungarian Grand Prix pre-race analysis) 25th July 2009, 23:48
We have a curious grid for the Hungarian Grand Prix and an even more curious mixture of strategies. Pole sitter Fernando Alonso is ultra-light, but the two cars best placed to take advantage of that – the Red Bulls – are in turn threatened by Lewis Hamilton’s McLaren. And that’s before we add in Jenson [...]
Confusion over Felipe Massa’s condition following “life threatening” injury claim
Contradictory reports of Felipe Massa’s condition following his crash in qualifying today are causing a lot of confusion. I’ve tried to collect some of the reports below in an effort to make sense of them and give as clear a picture as possible of what’s going on: Rubens Barrichelo via Twitter, 7:10pm on Sunday: Good [...]
