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Hungarian GP
2009 Hungarian Grand Prix Race day at the Hungaroring
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Lap 35: Kovalainen continues to harry Webber as he looks to put both McLarens into podium positions.
Lap 35: Lewis Hamilton has edged out his lead to 7.2 seconds over Kimi Raikkonen. It is looking very good for Lewis as we approach half distance.
Lap 35: Toyota have done a brilliant job to get both cars in the points. Piquet was the only other driver to make good headway up the field during those first stops.
Lap 34: Timo Glock resumes seventh, well ahead of team-mate Trulli and the struggling Jenson Button. Timo has lept forward with that long strategy.
Lap 34: Timo Glock pits after a very long first stint.
Lap 33: As Vettel climbs out of his broken Red Bull, things aren't going well for his main rival either.
Jenson Button reports on the radio that he can't believe the car is so bad to drive at the moment. He is ninth right now and has Piquet and Nakajima climbing all over him.
Jenson Button reports on the radio that he can't believe the car is so bad to drive at the moment. He is ninth right now and has Piquet and Nakajima climbing all over him.
Lap 33: Heikki Kovalainen has closed on Webber and is looking for a way through. The pair were just half a second apart at the line and Kovalainen has his KERS boost available to pounce as Hamilton did earlier.
Lap 32: Mark Webber is fourth in the Red Bull and is falling away from Hamilton and Raikkonen.
Lap 32: Vettel is down in 17th place ... and back into the pits again with the problems continuing. It's a disaster for the championship challenger and he retires from the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Lap 31: Giancarlo Fisichella pits from ninth. It's a short stop with the fuel hose on for less than six seconds. The Italian drops way down the order, and needs to stop again.
Lap 31: Trulli's stop shakes up the order with Lewis Hamilton leading from Kimi Raikkonen. Timo Glock is third but is yet to stop.
Lap 30: Jaime Alguersuari pits for the first time in his Formula 1 career from 13th place. He's done well in the opening stint of the race, and will be looking to keep his pace up and bring it home.
Lap 30: Jarno Trulli slots in behind Barrichello and his long stint has jumped him past Jenson Button.
Lap 29: Vettel comes in and the team change the nose and take a detailed look at the rear suspension. They send him back out after a long stop but the German is way down the field with little chance of points today.
Lap 29: Jarno Trulli heads for the pits after his lengthy first stint.
Lap 28: Sebastian Vettel reports on the radio that something has broken on the Red Bull. Rubens Barrichello has passed the young German, who looks to be heading for retirement ...
Lap 28: Sebastien Buemi pits from 11th place in the Toro Rosso. He rejoins the race after a total pitlane time of 24.4 seconds.
Lap 28: Lewis Hamilton has picked up his pace after some gentle laps on this new set of tyres. Kimi Raikkonen has closed to seven seconds behind the leader, with the yet-to-stop Trulli in between the pair.
Lap 28: ... and just behind that pair is Jaime Alguersuari in 13th, and yet to stop.
Lap 27: Button rejoins in 12th position as he his passed by the one-stopping Fisichella at the exit of Turn 1.
Lap 27: With some of the field having pitted, and the heavier cars yet to come in, the closeness of the grid is tremendous. We have the top 16 cars separated by just 34 seconds.
Lap 26: Button pits from second for a late first stop. He is going for more of the softer tyres.
Lap 26: Mark Webber is now sixth after the drama at his first stop.
Lap 26: Piquet rejoins just in front of Kazuki Nakajima, and successfully holds off a stern challenge from the Japanese driver.
Piquet is now 14th with Nakajima 15th.
Piquet is now 14th with Nakajima 15th.
Lap 25: Nelson Piquet makes his first stop from fourth.
Lap 25: Lewis Hamilton is told on the radio to take it easy on his softer tyres as they go through a graining phase. He is eight seconds ahead of Kimi Riakkonen, who will move up when the longer runners stop.
Lap 24: Nakajima rejoins outside the top ten.
Lap 24: Trulli and Piquet are also in the top five but have yet to stop.
Lap 23: Kazuki Nakajima pits from fourth, taking super soft rubber.
Lap 23: Lewis Hamilton leads from Jenson Button, who has a few more laps to go before his first stop.
Lap 23: Raikkonen now runs in ninth with Glock tenth. The Toyota squeezed through ahead of Webber. Equally Webber got past Rosberg when the Williams stopped. Robert Kubica was running behind them in 12th but has just come into the pits for his first stop.
Lap 23: Kovalainen is out well in front of Vettel after another slightly slow stop for the Red Bull team.
Lap 22: Heikki Kovalainen and Sebasitan Vettel stop.
Lap 21: Nelson Piquet's pace has improved over recent laps. Recently we reported that Timo Glock was closing him down and a battle developing for 11th.
But over the last few laps Piquet is motoring. He has pulled away by a couple of seconds from the Toyota, and he also nails Raikkonen and Weber as the battling leaders exited the pits.
But over the last few laps Piquet is motoring. He has pulled away by a couple of seconds from the Toyota, and he also nails Raikkonen and Weber as the battling leaders exited the pits.
Lap 21: Hamilton was delayed slightly getting away by Rosberg coming down the pitlane, but both have resumed.
Lap 21: Lewis Hamilton is now in as it all goes wrong behind him.
Lap 20: There is a fumble at Red Bull and Raikkonen has jumped past the Australian.
Lap 20: Lewis Hamilton continues to lead ahead of his first stop and is now over five seconds clear of Webber's Red Bull, who heads for the pits.
Kimi Raikkonen is also in.
Kimi Raikkonen is also in.
Lap 20: Heidfeld rejoins down the order after a quick stop, and a total pitlane time of 24.2 seconds.
Lap 19: Nick Heidfeld pits from 13th place in the BMW.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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