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Hungarian GP
2009 Hungarian Grand Prix Race day at the Hungaroring
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Lap 19: The closest battle on the circuit is for seventh place, promoted up a spot with Alonso's retirement.
Jenson Button is still holding up Kazuki Nakajima. Jarno Trulli is ninth and just over one second behind this fight.
Jenson Button is still holding up Kazuki Nakajima. Jarno Trulli is ninth and just over one second behind this fight.
Lap 18: Alonso is back into the pits in the Renault and there is clearly more damage to the car than just the loose wheel and missing fairing. He drives into the garage and is retired.
Lap 17: Hamilton continues to set a race-winning pace as he pulls out another half a second on the latest lap.
Lap 17: Fernando has rejoined last in 18th place, one lap down on the leaders. He is 64 seconds behind Jaime Alguersuari.
Lap 17: Lewis Hamilton sets the fastest lap at 1m22.795s and this is looking good for the world champion. Mark Webber is now over 3.6 seconds behind, followed by Kimi Raikkonen.
Lap 15: The front right wheel has come off completely and Alonso tours back to the pits on three wheels. He makes it back and gets a new right front.
Lap 15: Lewis Hamilton leads in Hungary as the wheels come off Alonso's challenge.
Lap 14: Fernando rejoins in tenth place ... but there was a problem with the stop and for the second time in three years the Spaniard suffers a loose wheel at a pitstop at the Hungaroring.
Lap 14: But it is disaster for Alonso as the right front wheel fairing is wobbling.
Lap 13: The Spaniard takes more of the super-soft rubber and a three-stop fuel load.
He resumes 10th, ahead of team-mate Piquet.
He resumes 10th, ahead of team-mate Piquet.
Lap 13: Fernando Alonso pits from the lead.
Lap 12: Kimi Raikkonen, in fourth, is also closing in on the lead as Alonso slows the pack.
Kimi will be investigated after the race for moves he made off the start.
Kimi will be investigated after the race for moves he made off the start.
Lap 12: Jenson reports on the team radio that his rear tyres are graining heavily. This would explain why Nakajima is holding onto him. The gap between them is 0.6s.
Lap 11: Alonso's first stop is expected in the next few laps.
Lap 11: Button's pace is quite poor at the moment, and Nakajima is still tight up behind him in ninth. Jarno Trulli was up with the pair of them but is now beginning to lose ground.
Behind them, Nelson Piquet (11th) is holding up Timo Glock and Robert Kubica.
Behind them, Nelson Piquet (11th) is holding up Timo Glock and Robert Kubica.
Lap 11: Fernando Alonso is told on the radio to change a setting on his car due to a fuel pump problem.
Hamilton is now as close as he can get to the Renault in dirty air, with Mark Webber moving back in on the lead pair.
Hamilton is now as close as he can get to the Renault in dirty air, with Mark Webber moving back in on the lead pair.
Lap 10: Vettel is looking at the rear of Kovalainen's McLaren and will want to get by at the first stop. The pair have a similar fuel load.
Lap 10: Jenson Button remains down in eighth, three seconds behind Vettel's Red Bull.
Lap 9: Adrian Sutil didn't make it back out of the pits and has retired, completing just one lap.
Lap 9: There is heavy graining on the rear tyres of Alonso's Renault as Lewis Hamilton closes to 1.4 seconds off the leader.
Lap 9: Barrichello in 16th is now facing the attentions of Fisichella and Alguersuari. The three of them are covered by just 1.3 seconds as they fight at the rear of the field.
Lap 8: Lewis Hamilton asks on the radio if he should save some fuel but is told to press on with his challenge to Alonso.
Lap 8: The cars are spreading out quite quickly here but there are a couple of battles beginning to develop.
Nakajima is being held up by Button in eighth, and is starting to look for a way round the Brawn.
Nick Heidfeld in 15th is close behind Sebastien Buemi.
Nakajima is being held up by Button in eighth, and is starting to look for a way round the Brawn.
Nick Heidfeld in 15th is close behind Sebastien Buemi.
Lap 8: Mark Webber is third, with Kimi Raikkonen a second down on the Red Bull. Nico Rosberg, Heikki Kovalainen and Sebastian Vettel are all close together in these early stages.
Lap 7: Lewis Hamilton sets the fastest lap as he closes to 2.5 seconds behind Alonso.
Lap 6: Outside the points, Kazuki Nakajima is running ninth and hanging onto Button, with Trulli tenth, Piquet 11th. Glock is up with Trulli in 12th spot. Then comes Kubica 13th, Buemi 14th, Heidfeld 15th and then the struggling Barrichello in 16th.
Fisichella is tailing Barrichello closely and Alguersuari brings up the rear.
Fisichella is tailing Barrichello closely and Alguersuari brings up the rear.
Lap 6: This is great news for Lewis, who is now homing in on Alonso and has more fuel onboard.
Lap 6: Replays show it was the KERS-assisted drive out of the first corner that surged Hamilton's McLaren up to second.
Lap 5: Hamilton strikes with his KERS and he is up to second after a successful scrap with Webber's Red Bull in the first corner.
Lap 5: Hamilton continues to tail Webber as Alonso pulls away on his light fuel load. The Spaniard will need a sizable gap to make this strategy work.
Lap 4: Jaime Alguersuari has kept his powder dry in his first race start and runs 18th and last at the moment. He is hanging on to the rest of the field quite well.
Lap 4: Replays show that Hamilton's charge was slowed in his bid for the front by a sandwich between Vettel and Raikkonen.
Lap 3: Down the field, Nelson Piquet has had a good start and is up in 11th place. The big loser in a chaotic start was Barrichello who has lost a lot of places and runs 16th.
Lap 3: Alonso continues to lead from Webber, who muscled back past the fast-starting Hamilton to take second after the first corner.
Lap 3: Adrian Sutil is into the pits at the end of the first lap with problems. The Force India crew go to work and start repairs.
Lap 2: Sebastian Vettel has had a poor start with possibly some contact at the first corner. He reports front wing damage on the radio. He is seventh at the moment.
Lap 2: Fernando Alonso leads into lap two from Mark Webber as Jenson Button dives past Kazuki Nakajima to recover eighth.
Lap 1: Nico Rosberg has held fifth with Kovalainen sixth and Vettel the big loser, falling to seventh.
Lap 1: Around the back of the circuit it is Alonso from Webber, Hamilton and Raikkonen.
Lap 1: Alonso gets a meteoric start and leads easily into Turn 1. Webber is second and Hamilton is now challenging him with Raikkonen fourth.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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