Hungary Grand Prix results in win for Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton has won the Hungary Grand Prix for the first time since winning the championship last year, after Fernando Alonso gifted him the lead with a three-wheel pit lane disaster.

Alonso hit the first corner well head of Webber, with Hamilton and Raikkonen fourth and Vettel dropping to seventh after starting on the front row. Hamilton then passed Webber on the third lap and began gaining on Alonso. Alonso then developed some technical problems and went first to the pits on the 12th lap of 70.

Alonso then set off again but the pit crew had not secured one of his wheels, leaving the Renault driver on only three wheels with the fourth bouncing down the track. Alonso retired soon after citing water temperature problems… neglecting to mention the fact that he was driving a tricycle down pit lane.

Raikonnen and Webber both pitted on lap 19, nearlycrashing into each other, and the crews were flustered enough to almost direct them into a crash after pitting as well, after Webber’s Red Bull crew had problem with a fuel hose.

After a flawless pit stop by Hamilton, it was then Webber’s team mate who fell victim to hose problems on his stop, followed by suspension problems which quickly put an end to his race.

The rest of the race was a relatively sedate procession, giving Hamilton his first podium finish of 2009.