Lewis Hamilton of McLaren was hoping to stretch his lead at the World F1 Drivers Championship standings with a victory at the 2008 Hungarian F1 Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton seemed on course after bagging the pole position during the qualifying stages, but he suffered a tire puncture which kept him out of a podium finish.

Instead, it was Lewis Hamilton’s teammate at McLaren Heikki Kovalainen, who walked away with the first place victory at the 2008 F1 Hungarian Grand Prix. Heikki Kovalainen got lucky towards the end of the race when Felipe Massa of Ferrari had engine trouble, and failed to finish the race and earn points to close the gap on the World Drivers Championship standings.

Timo Glock of Toyota bagged the second spot on the podium of the 2008 F1 Hungarian Grand Prix while Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari managed to squeak into the 3rd spot at the podium. Fernando Alonso of Renault came in at 4th place, and Lewis Hamilton was able to recover to come in at 5th and still earn a few points to maintain his lead in the World Drivers Championships.

As it stands, Lewis Hamitlon is at the top of the Drivers Championship standings with 62 points, trailed closely by Kimi Raikkonen with 57 points and Felipe Massa with 54 points. Robert Kubica of BMW is at 4th with 49 points.

In the Constructors Championship standings, Ferrari lead with 111 points with McLaren moving up to the second spot with 100 points overtaking BMW Sauber who drop to third with 90 points.

The next F1 race will be at Valencia, Spain, for the 2008 F1 European Grand Prix. It will be the first time that the European F1 Grand Prix will be held at Valencia. Prior to that, the European F1 Grand Prix had been held at the Nurburgring in Germany. Last season’s European Grand Prix winner was Fernando Alonso, driving for McLaren-Mercedes.

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