Hungarian Grand Prix 2010

And it happened again to Vettel. Aced the qualifying when everyone else was far behind, perfect start to the race and messed up in somewhere in between to give up the win to lesser drivers (at least in this race). Webber and Alonso started 2nd and 3rd behind Vettel this Sunday. Alonso quickly capitalized on Webber's slow start and was behind Vettel at the very first corner and was challenging him as well, but the German pulled away. He infact pulled away so good that the gap was almost 7-8 seconds at one stage, unitl lap 20, when a pit lane accident changed all that.

Kubica was released in Sutil's path in the pit lane and both drivers collided. Nico lost a wheel in the pitlane and was grounded as well. Safety car was out and Vettel came into pits after missing the entry lane from over the sidewalk. He came out of the pits in 2nd place behind the safety car, Webber was first and Alonso third. After the safety car went in, Vettel slowed down the entire field in order to give Webber a clean run to pit and come out ahead of Alonso, where he made the fatal mistake of slowing down too much and attracted a penalty by the stewards. Webber took the lead and went in and out of the pits ahead of Alonso, but Vettel could not retain the position after a drive-thru penalty, and was only third at the end. A sorry face on the podium said it all.

Schumacher performed some old trick of his own, this time on his long time partner Rubens almost banging him into the wall when the latter tried to overtake him. Rubens described the incident as terrible, the stewards agreed and handed a ten-place grid penalty for the 7 time former champion. The media and us bloggers get something to write about.

Hamilton stopped in between owing to a mechanical failure which might hurt his championship chances as other caught up with him. Here are the final standings after the race.

1. Mark Webber. 161

2. Lewis Hamilton 157

3. Sebastian Vettel 151

4. Jenson Button 147

5. Fernando Alonso 141

6. Felipe Massa 97

7. Nico Rosberg 94

8. Robert Kubica 89