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Hungarian GP
2009 Hungarian Grand Prix Race day at the Hungaroring
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Lap 58: Button rejoins in 10th but his rival in the race Nakajima is in on the next lap as Williams respond.
Nakajima comes out and he is a couple of seconds behind Button.
Nakajima comes out and he is a couple of seconds behind Button.
Lap 57: Mark Webber continues on the super soft tyres, in contrast to the harder option on the lead two cars. His pace isn't quick enough to close in over the remaining laps.
Lap 56: Jenson Button makes his final stop from eighth, taking the harder tyre.
Lap 55: Robert Kubica and Jaime Alguersuari pit for the final time. Kubica exits and is passed by team-mate Heidfeld and Nelson Piquet.
Meantime, Alguersuari came out in 15th and is 13.5 seconds behind Fisichella. A good performance from the youngster - it wasn't so long ago that he was six seconds behind the Force India. You would expect him to be dropping away more quickly than this.
Meantime, Alguersuari came out in 15th and is 13.5 seconds behind Fisichella. A good performance from the youngster - it wasn't so long ago that he was six seconds behind the Force India. You would expect him to be dropping away more quickly than this.
Lap 55: Timo Glock was one of the stars of the Hungaroring a year ago and is now harrying Kimi Raikkonen, taking advantage of the Toyota running low on fuel using a cleaned-up set of the softer tyres.
Lap 54: At the back end of the points positions, Jarno Trulli continues in seventh with Jenson Button unable to make any impression on the Toyota ahead of their final stops.
Lap 53: Behind Nakajima, Kubica is now tenth with Barrichello 11th, Heidfeld 12th, Piquet 13th, Alguersuari 14th, Fisichella 15th and Buemi some way off the rest in 16th place.
Lap 53: Lewis Hamilton's pace is good out front, on the harder tyre, and he is now over 16 seconds ahead of Kimi Raikkonen.
Timo Glock is up to third ahead of his final stop.
Timo Glock is up to third ahead of his final stop.
Lap 52: Kazuki Nakajima is still running in ninth place, and maintaining that one second deficit to Jenson Button. Button simply hasn't had the pace today and will be lucky to hold on to the final points paying position.
Lap 52: Kovalainen's early final stop has put him behind Rosberg.
Lap 51: Webber is clear of Rosberg and Kovalainen and is on course for third this afternoon.
He has the super-soft tyres for the last stint.
He has the super-soft tyres for the last stint.
Lap 51: Piquet rejoins in 13th place and is unlikely to score this afternoon, while Heidfeld comes out just ahead of him in 12th.
Lap 51: Mark Webber is now in for his fuel and tyres to the finish.
Lap 50: Nick Heidfeld and Nelson Piquet have pitted for the final time this afternoon.
Lap 50: Rosberg has resumed in fifth for his run to the finish.
Lap 50: Sebastian Vettel is talking the media in the paddock, and is unhappy with Kimi Raikkonen after the pair made contact on the first lap.
Raikkonen's robust tactics will be investigated after the race by the stewards.
Raikkonen's robust tactics will be investigated after the race by the stewards.
Lap 50: Nico Rosberg makes his final stop. He is in a scrap with Webber and Kovalainen over the final podium place.
Lap 49: Lewis has yet to make the podium this season but is now well on course for his first win of 2009.
Kimi Raikkonen is now over 14 seconds down on the lead after that struggle to get away from his stop.
Kimi Raikkonen is now over 14 seconds down on the lead after that struggle to get away from his stop.
Lap 48: The scrap for 13th is stalled for the moment as Fisichella - having caught Barrichello easily - now is faced with the dirty air from the Brawn and he can't get close enough to mount a challenge.
Sensibly, he comes into the pits, and rejoins.
Sensibly, he comes into the pits, and rejoins.
Lap 47: Hamilton is cleanly away from the stop and resumes in the lead, well ahead of Mark Webber.
Lap 47: Lewis Hamilton pits from the lead for the final time.
Lap 47: Kimi has resumed in fourth but that problem has further dented his challenge on Hamilton's lead.
Lap 46: Raikkonen also takes his mandatory hard tyres ... but struggles to pull away from the pitbox.
Lap 46: Fisichella does it again on the next lap and is less than one second behind Barrichello now. His pace however, may be short-lived as he is due to pit for the second and final time soon.
Lap 46: Kimi Raikkonen is the next man to stop.
Lap 46: He is forced on to the harder tyres and resumes in sixth, ahead of Jarno Trulli.
Lap 45: Heikki Kovalainen pits for an early final stop.
Lap 45: At the rear of the race it's Giancarlo Fisichella who is the man on the move ahead of his second stop. The Italian is turning great lap times way quicker than those immediately ahead of him, and he is now just 1.7 seconds behind Barrichello in 13th.
Lap 44: Heikki Kovalainen has fallen away from Webber slightly in recent laps and is now under threat from the ever-impressive Nico Rosberg.
Lap 43: Webber is almost 24 seconds behind Hamilton in third and fell back by a second on that last lap.
Lap 43: Piquet in ninth is continuing to face the attention of Kazuki Nakajima. Nick Heidfeld is 11th with BMW team-mate Kubica 12th, Barrichello 13th and not able to move up through the field today, Fisichella 14th, Alguersuari 15th and now almost 10 seconds behind the Force India, with Buemi bringing up the rear.
Lap 43: Mark Webber is being told on the radio to push on and try and get Hamilton out behind him after the leader's final stop.
Lap 42: Hamilton's lead is currently 7.4 seconds over Raikkonen after the Finn had a moment while pushing the Ferrari as hard as he can.
Lap 41: Both Hamilton and Raikkonen will be forced to use the harder tyres for the final stint.
Lap 41: Kovalainen continues to look for a way past Webber, who is struggling on the harder tyre.
The McLaren team expect the Red Bull to stop after Kovalainen, so Heikki really needs to use KERS to push himself by.
The McLaren team expect the Red Bull to stop after Kovalainen, so Heikki really needs to use KERS to push himself by.
Lap 40: Buemi rejoins after a short stop in 16th place, behind team-mate Alguersuari.
Lap 40: Outside the points, Nelson Piquet is now losing ground to Button as the Briton's pace improves.
Sebastien Buemi has spun at Turn 2 and brings the Toro Rosso into the pits.
Sebastien Buemi has spun at Turn 2 and brings the Toro Rosso into the pits.
Lap 39: At the back, Jaime Alguersuari is doing a really good job so far on his second stint. He is 16th and last of the runners left in the race, but he is just five seconds behind Fisichella.
To put things in context, Alguersuari is only 20 seconds behind Button in eighth.
To put things in context, Alguersuari is only 20 seconds behind Button in eighth.
Lap 37: The edge of the points is where the championship interest lies currently.
Jenson Button is eighth and barely able to keep pace with the Toyotas ahead of him. Meanwhile he has to pay attention to his mirrors, because Piquet and Nakajima are right there with him with Nick Heidfeld (11th) is just a further second behind.
Jenson will have to be careful, or he could be shunted out of the points altogether.
Jenson Button is eighth and barely able to keep pace with the Toyotas ahead of him. Meanwhile he has to pay attention to his mirrors, because Piquet and Nakajima are right there with him with Nick Heidfeld (11th) is just a further second behind.
Jenson will have to be careful, or he could be shunted out of the points altogether.
Lap 37: Ticking throuh half way in the Hungarian Grand Prix and the order is Hamilton, Raikkonen, Webber, Kovalainen, Rosberg, Glock, Trulli and Button.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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