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2008 Hungary Grand Prix in Formula 1 at the Hungaroring circuit. Full information

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2008 Hungary Grand Prix

2008 Hungary Grand Prix is 796th Formula 1 Grand Prix. Passed at the Hungaroring circuit. Lewis Hamilton won the pole position, Heikki Kovalainen won this race. This was his 1st victory. Timo Glock and Kimi Raikkonen also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 70 laps (307 km).

Previous Grand Prix: 2008 Germany Grand Prix
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Interesting facts and statistics about the 2008 Hungary Grand Prix

161st victory for the McLaren team
1st victory for the Heikki Kovalainen
3rd podium for the Heikki Kovalainen
1st podium for the Timo Glock
54th podium for the Kimi Raikkonen

Heikki Kovalainen - Winner of the 2008 Hungary Grand Prix

2008 Hungary Grand Prix

McLaren MP4-23 - 2008 Hungary Grand Prix winner

2008 Hungary Grand Prix results

Position	Name	Points	Result	Lap	Team
1	Heikki Kovalainen	10.00	1h 37m 27.067s ( 188.810 km/h )	70	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
2	Timo Glock	8.00	1h 37m 38.128s ( +11.061s )	70	Panasonic Toyota Racing
3	Kimi Raikkonen	6.00	1h 37m 43.923s ( +16.856s )	70	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro
4	Fernando Alonso	5.00	1h 37m 48.681s ( +21.614s )	70	ING Renault F1 Team
5	Lewis Hamilton	4.00	1h 37m 50.115s ( +23.048s )	70	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
6	Nelsinho Piquet	3.00	1h 37m 59.365s ( +32.298s )	70	ING Renault F1 Team
7	Jarno Trulli	2.00	1h 38m 03.516s ( +36.449s )	70	Panasonic Toyota Racing
8	Robert Kubica	1.00	1h 38m 15.388s ( +48.321s )	70	BMW Sauber F1 Team
9	Mark Webber	0	1h 38m 25.901s ( +58.834s )	70	Red Bull Racing
10	Nick Heidfeld	0	1h 38m 34.776s ( +1m 07.709s )	70	BMW Sauber F1 Team
11	David Coulthard	0	1h 38m 37.474s ( +1m 10.407s )	70	Red Bull Racing
12	Jenson Button	0		69	Honda Racing F1 Team
13	Kazuki Nakajima	0		69	AT&T Williams
14	Nico Rosberg	0		69	AT&T Williams
15	Giancarlo Fisichella	0		69	Force India F1 Team
16	Rubens Barrichello	0		68	Honda Racing F1 Team
17	Felipe Massa	0	Engine	67	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro
18	Sébastien Bourdais	0		67	Scuderia Toro Rosso
ab	Adrian Sutil	0	Brakes	62	Force India F1 Team
ab	Sebastian Vettel	0	Overheating	22	Scuderia Toro Rosso

Qualifying Results for the 2008 Hungary Grand Prix on the Hungaroring circuit

Position	Name	Result	Team
1	Lewis Hamilton	1'20''899	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
2	Heikki Kovalainen	1'21''140	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
3	Felipe Massa	1'21''191	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro
4	Robert Kubica	1'21''281	BMW Sauber F1 Team
5	Timo Glock	1'21''326	Panasonic Toyota Racing
6	Kimi Raikkonen	1'21''516	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro
7	Fernando Alonso	1'21''698	ING Renault F1 Team
8	Mark Webber	1'21''732	Red Bull Racing
9	Jarno Trulli	1'21''767	Panasonic Toyota Racing
10	Nelsinho Piquet	1'22''371	ING Renault F1 Team
11	Sebastian Vettel	1'20''144	Scuderia Toro Rosso
12	Jenson Button	1'20''332	Honda Racing F1 Team
13	David Coulthard	1'20''502	Red Bull Racing
14	Sébastien Bourdais	1'20''963	Scuderia Toro Rosso
15	Nico Rosberg	-	AT&T Williams
16	Nick Heidfeld	1'21''045	BMW Sauber F1 Team
17	Kazuki Nakajima	1'21''085	AT&T Williams
18	Rubens Barrichello	1'21''332	Honda Racing F1 Team
19	Giancarlo Fisichella	1'21''670	Force India F1 Team
20	Adrian Sutil	1'22''113	Force India F1 Team