Hungarian GP

McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen may have benefitted from others’ misfortune in Hungary on Sunday, but some would say it was merely payback for the poor luck he has previously suffered this season. It was a race that saw McLaren move into second place in the constructors’ standings, taking a sizeable chunk out of Ferrari’s lead in the process. The only consolation for the Italian team after that late engine failure was their revived race pace, which saw Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa score the two fastest laps of the race.

More upbeat were Toyota and Renault, who both got two cars home in the points after displaying genuine progress in Budapest. Seemingly going in the other direction were former 2008 race winners BMW Sauber, who left with only a single point after a highly disappointing weekend.