Kovalainen gets his first triumph

Felipe Massa led virtually all the competition due to victory and the championship lead of Formula 1 pilots, but a failure in his Ferrari engine forced him to leave, a situation that Heikki Kovalainen took advantage to win the sports betting Grand Prix of Hungary the first time.

The Finnish McLaren-Mercedes, 26, was made with the tip of the Hungarian race three laps from the end and sparked the euphoria in his workshop, which saw the pilot, who this week was confirmed by 2009, achieved its dream. As value added, its another leaflet, the Briton Lewis Hamilton did not lose control in the championship, despite a puncture in a tire and finish in fifth place.

"Welcome to the world of victories, the first of many," said the head of the team angloalemana Ron Dennis to Kovalainen, to find enboxes after the triumph. The Finnish pilot, meanwhile, said he was happy. "A dream came true. It was great to hear the Finnish anthem from the podium. I hope that this first win will continue many more, "said Kovalainen, who was distressed by the misfortune of Massa:" I get some penalty for Felipe. I know how it feels now.

This year I had some similar experiences, "added the winner. Also, German Timo Glock wrote an important page in its history to finish in the second location and climb for the first time in his career to the podium. Third was another Finn, Kimi Raikkonen, who thanks to six points higher than achieved in the world drivers Massa and now lies in second place with five points from Hamilton, 62 units that sum. The English were in full battle for victory when he suffered a puncture in his front left tire. "I do not know well what happened (to suffer the puncture).

At least four points and joined me I had to face the championship. This result is not too bad, "he said. The Spanish Fernando Alonso took his Renault to fourth, matching his best position of the year, achieved at the opening of the season in Australia. The posts were completed rated the sixth place with the Brazilian Nelson Piquet (Renault), the seventh of Italian Jarno Trulli (Toyota) and the eighth of the Polish Robert Kubica (BMW-Sauber).

The race was played under intense heat, variable to be well adapted primarily the Ferrari of Felipe Massa.

The departure of Brazilian is one of the great moments of course, the first to overcome Kovalainen in full and then played straight life in the first bend before Hamilton, who left behind jockeying from outside. The next round of the Formula 1 will be the next on August 24, when they dispute the European Grand Prix in Valencia, Spain.