Updates after the Hungarian Grand Prix
I’m sure by now everyone knows about Felipe Massa’s accident in qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix a few days ago. (If you don’t, check out the video and photos in the comments for my post re: qualifying.)
It appears that Massa was approaching Turn 4 at about 170mph (274 km/hr) when he was hit by a spring that fell off Rubens Barichello’s Brawn GP car; the race stewards held onto the 800 gramme (1.8 lb) damper spring as part of their investigations; I haven’t seen any report of Brawn being penalised but I believe the investigation is ongoing.
Latest (and sometimes contradictory) news on Massa’s condition: Read more
Hungarian Grand Prix – points update
Following the Hungarian Grand Prix, here’s the points update:
Drivers’ Championship:
- J Button (Brawn) 70 points
- M Webber (Red Bull) 51.5
- S Vettel (Red Bull) 47
- R Barrichello (Brawn) 44
- N Rosberg (Williams) 25.5
- J Trulli (Toyota) 22.5
- F Massa (Ferrari) 22
- L Hamilton (McLaren) 19
Constructors’ Championship:
- Brawn GP 114 points
- Red Bull – Renault 98.5
- Ferrari 40
- Toyota 38.5
- McLaren 28
- Williams – Toyota 25.5
- Renault 13
- BMW Sauber 8
- Toro Rosso – Ferrari 5
- Force India 0
Hungarian Grand Prix – Race
If you didn’t see Qualifying yesterday, you should at least catch the highlights before today’s race – the good news is that Massa seems to be OK. (I’ve been adding comments to my notes from Qualifying as I find news updates.) Obviously he won’t be racing today but hopefully he’ll be back for the next GP.
As I mentioned in my Qualifying notes, Toro Rosso have replaced Sebastien Bordais with Jaime Alguersuari – the youngest-ever F1 driver.
The provisional grid: FA, SV, MW, LH, NR, HK, KR, JB, KN, [FM], SB, JT, RB, TG, NP, NH, GF, AS, RK, JA.
Air temperature 25°C, track 43°C, wind 8.6m/s, humidity 41%, pressure 993.3mBar.
As always, my race notes are behind this cut … Read more
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