A Painful Memory
For Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher, retiring from the Hungarian Grand Prix could be a painful memory once the championship is decided, as both missed a chance to take an important step towards their goals when everything seemed to be going their way. Richards Barnes analyses the title contenders' Hungarian weekend
It would have taken a brave man to bet on it: the three top drivers of this generation all having a fighting chance of a podium finish (if not victory) in Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix - and all three failing.
It was the first time since Monaco 2004 that a GP podium hadn't featured Michael Schumacher, Fernando Alonso or Kimi Raikkonen. Of the 129 podium positions on offer during that streak of 43 GP, the big three took 73 in total, 17 more than the rest of the field combined. They also took 35 of the 43 GP wins.
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