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Overview Date: August 3, 2008 Round: 11 Championship race: 796 Weather: Sunny, Hot, Dry Perimeter: 4381 m Laps: 70 Distance: 306.63 km Nº Driver Car / Engine Time Win: 23 H.Kovalainen McLaren/Mercedes 1:37'27.067 all results Pole position: 22 Lewis Hamilton McLaren/Mercedes 1'20.899 all results Fastest lap: 1 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1'21.195 all results Racereport Kovalainen inherits Hungarian GP win Heikki Kovalainen took a shock first Formula One victory in the Hungarian Grand Prix after the dominant Felipe Massa suffered an engine failure with three laps to go and Lewis Hamilton fell back with a puncture. The late drama allowed Timo Glock to take his maiden podium in second place, as the Toyota driver fended off Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari in the closing stages. Although Hamilton had dominated most of the weekend, it was Massa who surged to the front as soon as the lights went out... Read the full race report here...

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