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2008
2008-11-Budapest

2008-11-Budapest

1222 pictures

Polesitter Hamilton and McLaren team mate Kovalainen congratulate each other for a silver grid front row

The three fastest qualifiers stand still for the group photo and wave at the lenses

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Robert Kubica drifts with smoking tires

Robert Kubica rushes through pitlane

Timo Glock out of pits into pitlane

Massa's Ferrari engine distributes oil on the track and smoke in the air

Third positioned Kovalainen in front of Glock and overtaken Kubica

Fernando Alonso is being interviewed on the grid under the alert eyes (and ears) of Renault press officer Patrizia Spinelli

Kimi Raikkonen

All media was invited to a curry party in the Force India motorhome, even the grid girls in civvies grab a second serving

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen is being serviced in Q2

Zoom of Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Zoomed Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Flags wave above the grid

Robert Kubica drifts with smoking tires

Massa parks the perished Ferrari on the straight besides the pitwall

Pit stop of Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

A BMW Sauber mechanic makes adjustments at Kubica's cockpit

The sunset coloured sky and Rainer are reflected in the mirror glass of Force India's motorhome

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Jenson Button, Honda

BMW Sauber's illuminated 'fairy castle' motorhome at dusk in Budapest's paddock

Spanish opera singer Placido Domingo with McLaren test driver Pedro de la Rosa

Unlucky Massa's ambitions for victory evaporate into greasy smoke three laps before the chequered flag

Raikkonen checks his fan's mails (or bank account?;)

A frog's view at Robert Kubica who talks with Fisichella (left) and Barrichello (right hand), in the back Piquet jr., Button, Alonso and Trulli

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Jarno Trulli

Robert Kubica

An evening view on the paddock's motorhome alley, the media 'block' of Ferrari in front of BMW Sauber's illuminated 'fairy castle'

Jenson Button, Honda

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Sebastian Vettel

Pit stop of Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Heikki Kovalainen drifts with smoking tires

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Robert Kubica at his grid position, BMW Sauber mechanics buzz around the car

Timo Glock arrives at park ferme in front of a frenetically cheering Toyota team

Austrian TV presenter Walter Zipser interviews Sutil on the left hand side and the two finns Raikkonen and Kovalainen socialise on the drivers parade truck

A lucid McLaren Mercedes motorhome at night

Kazuki Nakajima in front of Fisichella and many fans on a hillside

Pit stop of Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

Robert Kubica besides the grid

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes, speeds over the curbs in front of a grandstand

Heikki Kovalainen sprays champagne

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

An evening view on the paddock's motorhome alley, the McLaren Mercedes 'villa' towers above Toyota's twin trucks

Massa goes ahead whilst Vettel and Raikkonen joke around on their way to drivers parade

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Barrichello in front of a pushing Vettel

Second placed Timo Glock shares his champagne with the Toyota mechanics

Surrounded by waiting media, the three fastest qualifiers arrive for the group photo

Nico Rosberg, Williams, in front of the colourful aquaworld water slides nearby the racetrack

Nick Heidfeld escapes a hard braking Button

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica through the BMW Sauber pits in Q2

Second placed Timo Glock on his maiden podium points to the sky

Lax morals on the drivers parade truck - Trulli, Alonso, Vettel et al

Opera singer Placido Domingo (left) and Bernie Ecclestone on McLaren's grid place with an incognito VIP

Kovalainen presents his porcelaine trophy to the jubilating spectators

Robert Kubica exits car at grid position

The rest of the start field heads to turn 2

During the Thursday afternoon public pitwalk, local hero Robert Kubica gives autographs to eagerly pushing fans

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1, is being serviced during Q2

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Jenson Button, Honda

McLaren CEO Whitmarsh and Kovalainen congratulate each other on the podium

After qualifying drivers meet in parc ferme - Glock on fifth grid position, Alonso seventh

Arrived in park ferme, McLaren's Lewis Hamilton celebrates his pole position

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Jenson Button, Honda

Robert Kubica approaches turn 2 with smoking tires

The McLaren Mercedes team trucks

During the Thursday afternoon public pitwalk, local hero Robert Kubica gives autographs to his fans

Zoom of Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Kovalainen passess the cheering McLaren mechanics with a raised fist

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Timo Glock on the grid wears a red towel and a self-autographed cap

Lewis Hamilton brakes with smoking tires

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso, zoomy

The shiny Ferrari media motorhome after sunset

During the Thursday afternoon public pitwalk, the BMW Sauber team practices pitstops

Lewis Hamilton in pits with his father Anthony

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Front bonnet of a Ferrari truck at night

Polesetter Hamilton arrives at parc ferme besides second grid place holder and McLaren team mate Heikki Kovalainen

Kovalainen blows up dust behind the fast chicane

Pit stop of Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

True love only exists between men :)

Pit stop of Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Raikkonen is being pushed by Ferrari mechanics to his grid position

Timo Glock kisses his deserved trophy for second place

Adrian Sutil, Force India

A very happy Toyota team in overwhelming party mood over the successful race

A pat on the helmet for the polesetter

Nelson Piquet jr talks to a model in front the Renault motorhome

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

During the Thursday afternoon public pitwalk, the Ferrari team practices pitstops

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Alonso leads Raikkonen over a long period of the race

Massa brakes in front of Kovalainen's McLaren with smoking tires into first corner, ready to overtake leading Hamilton

Zoom of Fernando Alonso, Renault

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, hurries out of pits in front of Massa's red projectile

Robert Kubica had the most of the fans on the grandstands

Heikki Kovalainen sprints to victory

Massa leads the field into turn 2

Red Bull's energy station invites to culinary treats, the five Austrian chiefs cook and prepare up to 12000 plates and dishes with delicious fingerfood and larger tasty titbits - per weekend!

Pit stop of Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

During the Thursday afternoon public pitwalk, the Renault team practices pitstops

Local hero Robert Kubica gains fourth grid position

Fashion victim Kubica tries the latest warm weather hat trend

Alonso keeps Raikkonen behind him for many laps

Heikki Kovalainen

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Force India team boss Vijay Mallya walks on the grid (thanks for the tasty curry invitation!)

Kovalainen takes the chequered flag to win the Hungarian Grand Prix

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing, zooms through pitlane in front of a red car

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Zoom of Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Fisichella seems to be in a hurry to find a water slide

Massa manages to squeeze his Ferrari in between the two McLarens of Hamilton and Kovalainen

Ferrari mechanics check the fuel hoses and nozzles

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

David Coulthard walks through rows of cars in parc ferme after a hot race

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Pit stop of Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

A bird's view on the paddock

Pit stop of Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

The drivers greet their fans from the truck

Second placed Timo Glock sprays champagne

Bernie Ecclestone is being picked up in the paddock by his reliable chauffeur

Mark Webber

Robert Kubica in the shade

Winner Kovalainen and third placed Raikkonen spray champagne

The grid girls await the drivers to the drivers parade

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Pit stop of Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari, pits in qualification part 2

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

The start, Hamilton leads

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Lewis Hamilton on the grid

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Massa in front of Hamilton and a full grandstand

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1, is being serviced during Q2

Robert Kubica in the BMW Sauber pits

Bernie Ecclestone talks with Anthony Hamilton at the silver grid front row

Pit stop of Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1, after being serviced in Q2

Nico Rosberg

Honda nose cones with attached front wings

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

FIA race doctor Jacques Tropenat and FIA race observer Herbie Blash

Pit stop of Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Pit stop of Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica takes his helmet off

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Timo Glock in front of Robert Kubica

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

In 2008, nosecone winglets were first seen at BMW Sauber, ...

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

A Toyota mechanic quenches his thirst from cheering with Glock's champagne

The Red Bull Formula Unas are being welcomed on Thursday afternoon

The two finns cannot raise their champagne bottles fast enough ;)

Raikkonen and Vettel enter the sunglasses contest

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

A very happy Toyota team in overwhelming party mood over the successful race

Pit stop of Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Robert Kubica arrives at the fourth grid position with the help of the BMW Sauber mechanics

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

... then at Honda, ...

Force India's little crystal Tadj Mahal at sunset

Massa in front of Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Red Bull's and Toro Rosso's so-called 'energy station' ensures thirst-quenching pit stops

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Heikki Kovalainen celebrates his victory in parc ferme in front of a cheering McLaren team

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Second placed Timo Glock shows both thumbs up in parc ferme

Ferrari mechanics check the fuel hoses and nozzles

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Two plain-clothed grid girls in front of the Force India motorhome

Zoom of Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Timo Glock so far surely has the best race in his life

Jenson Button, Honda

Opera singer Placido Domingo (middle) with Bernie Ecclestone and an incognito VIP

Jenson Button, Honda

Massa performs a fabulous speedy sprint start and overtakes Kovalainen's McLaren with smoking tires at first corner just before overtaking leading Hamilton

Kimi Raikkonen

Lewis Hamilton on the grid

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Polesetter Hamilton arrives at parc ferme

Even a few Schumacher fans could been spotted between the numberous polish flags

Robert Kubica in a hurry during Q2

During the Thursday afternoon public pitwalk, local hero Robert Kubica gives autographs to eager fans

A very happy and overwhelmed Toyota team cheers for second placed Timo Glock at parc ferme fence

Adrin Sutil and his father take a walk through the paddock and watch Hamilton in front of the McLaren Mercedes motorhome

A thoughtful Nick Heidfeld leaves the parc ferme of the further arrivers

Red Bull's and Toro Rosso's so-called 'energy station' ensures thirst-quenching pit stops

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

... and now at McLaren Mercedes

Timo Glock's manager Hans-Bernd Kamps

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

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