Weekend review and results round-up
What was expected to be a quiet - probably even dull - Hungarian Grand Prix weekend turned out to be extremely eventful, as Mark Webber pulled off a brilliant strategy gamble to win, Lewis Hamilton's retirement closed the title battle up even more, Sebastian Vettel's restart error and penalty left him puzzled, and Michael Schumacher caused a furore by squeezing Rubens Barrichello almost into the wall
Even before then, the scale of Red Bull's domination was a major talking point in itself, and as flexing wings drew ever more attention, AUTOSPORT revealed plans to make tests more stringent from Spa.
Felipe Massa was the other big story of the weekend, as he both made his return to the scene of his 2009 crash, and attempted to move on from the Hockenheim team orders row.
Rally Finland was the weekend's other main event, and saw a home winner as Jari-Matti Latvala held off Sebastiens Ogier and Loeb to take a brilliant win. Latvala's team-mate Mikko Hirvonen crashed heavily while leading - and was not the only man to suffer a massive accident this weekend. Jules Bianchi and Ho-Pin Tung picked up back injuries - Bianchi's more severe than Tung's - in a GP2 start crash, the Pocono NASCAR race saw a big impact for Elliott Sadler, and Chris van der Drift sustained multiple injuries in a horrific aerial accident in the Superleague Formula event at Brands Hatch.
The F1 sessions
Red Bull duo dominant in first practice
Vettel stays on top in second practice
Vettel flies to Hungarian GP pole
Webber charges to Hungarian GP win
The F1 headlines
Massa: I'm not a number two driver
Webber: Alonso deserved German win
McLaren: Qualifying form not a worry
Vettel downplays practice performance
Cypher Group withdraws F1 application
Hamilton: Summer break may hurt team
Teams seek front wing clarification
Vettel says he should have won easily
Barrichello slams 'crazy' Schumacher
Renault, Mercedes fined for pit incidents
Schumacher gets 10-place grid penalty
Brawn: Schumacher not dangerous
FIA to ramp up wing tests for Belgium
The motorsport action
WRC: Latvala claims superb home victory
GP2: Maldonado wins dramatic feature race
GP2: Ricci takes first GP2 main series win
GP2: Bianchi suffers back injuries
GP3: Muller wins from pole in Hungary
GP3: Rossi seals Hungaroring victory
F2: Stoneman on pole again at Brno
F2: Palmer reclaims series lead with win
WTCC: Huff turns pole into victory at Brno
WTCC: Priaulx chalks up another win at Brno
Superleague: Beijing's Martin dominates at Brands
Superleague: Karthikeyan wins as crash stops race
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