Formula One News — August 2008

Former Honda and Super Aguri F1 test driver James Rossiter has been announced as a driver with the Andretti Green Racing (AGR) in at least the next two races in the American Le Mans Series. He will join another former F1 man Franck Montagny.

The end of July - a classic option date - came and went with little action in F1 this year. McLaren confirmed Heikki Kovalainen for 2009 and Nico Rosberg let it be known that he will be staying with Williams.

You had to feel a little sorry for Felipe Massa on Sunday at the Hungaroring. The chirpy little Brazilian did everything that was needed to win the Hungarian GP in impressive fashion. He made a superb start and went around the outside of Lewis Hamilton in the first corner.

Hungarian GP - Race Notes

Hungarian GP - Sunday Photos

Hungarian GP - Sunday Press Conference

Hungarian GP - Sunday Team Quotes

Hungarian GP - Race Incidents

Hungarian GP - Race Results

Lewis Hamilton took pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix and, with Heikki Kovalainen behind him on the grid and Kimi Raikkonen back in sixth place, was well-placed to improve his World Championship chances after qualifying in Budapest. With two wins behind him and the McLaren obviously getting better all the time, Lewis seemed very confident.

Hungarian GP - Saturday Photos

Hungarian GP - Saturday Press Conference

Hungarian GP - Saturday Team Quotes

Sebastien Bourdais has been given a five-place grid penalty for impeding Nick Heidfeld during the Q1 qualifying session in Budapest. This meant that Heidfeld was unable to get through the session and so ended up 16th on the grid. Bourdais went on to qualify 14th, but the penalty will drop him to 19th.

CVC Capital Partners has issued a press statement saying that "press speculation" about them is not true.

Hungarian GP - Qualifying Results

Before the British Grand Prix relations between Bernie Ecclestone and Max Mosley were best described as frayed. Things were then patched up. This was rumoured to have come about because CVC Capital Partners, which owns the majority of the Formula One group, was becoming increasingly uncomfortable about the situation between F1's two powerbrokers.

Lewis Hamilton stayed ahead of the field in the third practice session for the Hungarian GP, beating rival Felipe Massa by three-tenths of a second.

Hungarian GP - Practice 3 Results

Last weekend was an embarrassing one for the NASCAR world. The Allstate 400 at the Brickyard was disrupted by tyre problems, which were not dissimilar to what happened to Formula 1 in 2005.

William Millar, a research and development engineer, was found on Wednesday morning lying by a footpath at Renault's Whiteways Technical Centre in Enstone, Oxfordshire.

Lewis Hamilton took the fastest lap of the second session on Friday in Budapest with a best time that was two-tenths faster than his nearest challenger, on this occasion Nelson Piquet.

Hungarian GP - Friday Photos

Hungarian GP - Friday Press Conference

Hungarian GP - Friday Team Quotes