2008 Hungarian Grand Prix
The 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 3 August 2008. It was the 11th race of the 2008 Formula One season. The race was won by Heikki Kovalainen for the McLaren team, from a second position start. The majority of the race consisted of a duel between Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa.
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The 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 3 August 2008, at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród, near Budapest, Hungary. It was the 11th race of the 2008 Formula One season. The race was won by Heikki Kovalainen for the McLaren team, from a second position start. Timo Glock finished second in a Toyota car, with Kimi Räikkönen third in a Ferrari. The majority of the race consisted of a duel between Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa, who drove for McLaren and Ferrari, respectively. Hamilton extended his lead in the World Drivers’ Championship to five points over Räkkönen, with Massa a further three behind. In the World Constructors’ Championship, McLaren passed BMW Sauber for second position, 11 points behind Ferrari. Robert Kubica, who finished eighth, slipped to 13 points behind Hamilton, ahead of Nick Heidfeld and Kovalainsen. The teams were limited to 30,000 kilometres of testing during the 2008 calendar year, a reduction compared with previous seasons. Several teams tested using Bridgestone slick tyres, as preparation for the switch from grooved to slick tyres for the 2009 season, andBMW Sauber tested a Kinetic Energy Recovery System, also for the following year. Among the other teams, Force India’s test driver, Vitantonio Liuzzi, tested the team’s new. seamless-shift gearbox ahead of the system’s race début later in the year. The first free practice sessions took place on July 31, the day before the race, while the first practice session for 2009 took place the day after the race.
On July 31 the Formula One Management company responsible for its commercial management and sporting management signed a deal with the organisers of the Grand Prix to retain a deal for next year’s race. The deal was later confirmed, with McLaren retaining a share of the proceeds of the 2009 race for the next three years, and a further two years for the 2010 and 2011 races. The new representative body, the FOTA Association, was established in the week leading up to the race to encourage greater co-operation between the teams, particularly in framing new technical and technical regulations, and to act as a counterweight to the sport’s governing body, Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FOTA) The new body, led by Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo, was set up to form the new Formula One Teams, which was led by McLaren team principal Ron Dennis. It also led to the formation of a new F1 Association, which was lead by Ferrari team president Ron Dennis, and was intended to encourage the establishment of the F1 Teams, particularly in the weeks leading up to the German Grand Prix on July 20 and July 31. The Grand Prix saw the first testing sessions at the Jerez circuit, with Sebastian Vettel setting the fastest time of the first and second days, while Mark Webber topped the third day’s running.
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