Kovalainen wins in Hungary
Lewis Hamilton has driven and spoken lately like a man who senses that missing the world title last year was merely destiny deferred by 12 months. It is hard to say whether this race enhanced or harmed that notion as an afternoon of extremes for the Briton produced a middling result.
With just a couple of minutes remaining, Hamilton's four-point lead at the top of the drivers' championship was about to be erased; come the end, he had extended his advantage by a point. Hamilton experienced both of luck's flavours, but setting chance aside, Ferrari were quick and quick-witted, enough perhaps to check the swelling self-belief in the McLaren Mercedes camp.
In last year's Hungarian Grand Prix the relationship between Hamilton and Fernando Alonso went up in smoke; yesterday, the defining image was the sight of clouds billowing from the back of Felipe Massa's Ferrari. The home straight, three laps from victory, is never a good place to park. The Brazilian's sudden engine failure allowed Heikki Kovalainen to pinch his maiden Formula One win, with Hamilton recovering well from a puncture suffered midway through to finish fifth...
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