Hamilton, refreshed after a four-week summer break, failed to finish at the Hungaroring when his McLaren developed gearbox trouble. In contrast, Red Bull driver Webber sped to an impressive victory to take the championship lead from the Briton who had been in front since securing victory in Canada in June.
“Neither Jenson Button or I had a great race at Spa last year,” said 2008 champion Hamilton. “I didn’t see much of it from the cockpit, but I think Jenson was pushed into a spin from behind at Les Combes and the resulting accident took me out too. So it was weird to watch the whole race back in the garage.
Meanwhile, Felipe Massa, his appetite undiminished by the furore surrounding Ferrari’s ‘fixed’ win in Germany in July, is keen to banish all bad memories with another long-awaited triumph for the Italian team here.
“The last time I raced here was in 2008 when I won, but it’s not just because I won that race that I love this track,” he explained. “Everyone just loves to race here. It is high-speed, requiring less down-force than at many of the other tracks and fortunately, in the last few races, we showed that we have returned to being very competitive, even better than we had expected.”
Published in The Express Tribune, August 27th, 2010.
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