Hamilton Finishes 2008 Hungarian Race In 5th Place After Puncture

Hamilton Finishes Hungarian Race In 5th Place After Puncture

August 3rd, 2008

Lewis Hamilton manages to get back up to 5th place after an unexpected puncture dropped him down to 10th.

$Lewis Hamilton\'s Puncture in Hungary$ At the start of the race with the two McLaren’s in front it was likely that they would control the race. Who would have thought Massa would overtake them by the second corner, let alone that Hamilton will get a puncture.

Lewis Hamilton’s post-race comments:

It is nowhere near as bad as it could be, we could have had Felipe and Kimi right at the front.

But unfortunately for me… congratulations to Heikki he did a fantastic job and I’m really happy, and Glock did well too.

So they are taking points away from everyone else which was good.

I think I salvaged the best of the worst I guess, what could I do when you have a puncture?

Last year I probably lost the championship on a puncture so it’s nothing new to me.

No, [Ferrari's pace] it wasn’t a surprise, for sure, it was a surprise that we weren’t as quick as we should have been.

I was quick at the beginning, but then I just struggled with the tyres and then I think at the end I had a problem with my car after the flat-spot.

I was little bit disappointed that I left him past, but he just did a better job, got a better run on me and it was better to play it safe than sorry.

Hungarian GP Race Result:

1.  KOVALAINEN    McLaren
2.  GLOCK         Toyota        +11.0s
3.  RAIKKONEN     Ferrari       +16.8s
4.  ALONSO        Renault       +21.6s
5.  HAMILTON      McLaren       +23.0s
6.  PIQUET        Renault       +32.2s
7.  TRULLI        Toyota        +36.4s
8.  KUBICA        BMW           +48.3s
9.  WEBBER        Red Bull      +58.8s
10. HEIDFELD      BMW           +67.7s
11. COULTHARD     Red Bull      +70.4s
12. BUTTON        Honda         +1 lap
13. NAKAJIMA      Williams      +1 lap
14. ROSBERG       Williams      +1 lap
15. FISICHELLA    Force India   +1 lap
16. BARRICHELLO   Honda         +2 laps
17. MASSA         Ferrari       +3 laps
18. BOURDAIS      Toro Rosso    +3 laps
R.  SUTIL         Force India   +8 laps
R.  VETTEL        Toro Rosso    +48 laps

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