A pivotal podium in Finland
The Subaru World Rally Team entry of Chris Atkinson and Stéphane Prévot clinched a crucial third place on Rally Finland with a resolute fight-back after they slipped to ninth position on the opening day.

The result marks the first points-score for the duo in the new Impreza WRC2008, and moves them back up into third position ... [ more ]

More points for Suzuki...
Toni Gardemeister and co-driver Tomi Tuominen drove an inch-perfect final day at Rally Finland to bring their Suzuki SX4 WRC home in eighth place. Gardemeister's drive is rewarded with a drivers' championship point for him, and two for the Suzuki World Rally Team.

Teammate P-G Andersson did not restart Sunday morning following ... [ more ]

A hard-fought second-place finish
Ford World Rally Team driver Mikko Hirvonen and co-driver Jarmo Lehtinen finished second in Rally Finland after a thrilling duel with arch-rival Sébastien Loeb during the four-day event.

The Finns' seventh podium in nine rallies this year preserves their lead in the FIA World Rally Championship driver standings and keeps ... [ more ]

A foreigner wins in Finland!
The 58th Rally Finland, ninth round of the 2008 World Rally Championship, promises to be remembered as a landmark event in the history of world class rallying.

The final leg saw Sébastien Loeb and co-driver Daniel Elena clinch their first-ever win in the country, while Dani Sordo and Marc Marti claimed fourth overall in the ... [ more ]

Hungarian GP - Bridgestone - Race
Heikki Kovalainen recorded his first Formula One race after a tension-filled Hungarian Grand Prix. Kovalainen used a soft, soft and super-soft tyre strategy at the Hungaroring near Budapest to take the top step of the podium in his 28th Grand Prix. The race had looked to be going the way of Ferrari driver Felipe Massa, until ... [ more ]

Hungarian GP - Ferrari - Race
Kimi Raikkonen on the podium in third place and Felipe Massa 17th. These official results do not tell the heartbreaking story of the race victory that eluded Ferrari's Brazilian driver.

From third place on the grid, he went straight into a lead he never relinquished apart from during the two runs of pit stops, but then with ... [ more ]

Hungarian GP - McLaren Mercedes - Race
McLaren Mercedes driver Heikki Kovalainen took his first Formula One victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix today. Kovalainen finished 11 seconds clear of Toyota’s Timo Glock after leader Felipe Massa retired three laps from the chequered flag.

His win marks the third successive victory for the team and makes Kovalainen ... [ more ]

Hungarian GP - Force India Ferrari - Race
Giancarlo Fisichella took a hard-fought 15th position in today's Hungarian Grand Prix following a close battle with the Williams of Rosberg and Nakajima and the Honda of Barrichello.

The Italian moved up three positions from his starting slot and enjoyed a race-long battle with his closest rivals in the searing ... [ more ]

Hungarian GP - BMW Sauber - Race
A single point is the scant booty for the BMW Sauber team after the Hungarian Grand Prix. Although Robert Kubica had a good grid position (4th) he finished eighth and only just made it into the points. Nick Heidfeld’s chances were very limited anyway as he was 15th on the grid. A one stop strategy elevated him to tenth.

Robert ... [ more ]

Hungarian GP - Toro Rosso Ferrari - Race
It was not a good weekend for the Toro Rosso Ferrari team with more reliability issues for Sebastian Vettel on race day that forced his retirement while Sebastien Bourdais suffered a fuel fire in the pits and then was forced to make an additional stop en route to 18th position, three laps down.

Sebastien Bourdais
“There ... [ more ]

Hungarian GP - Renault - Race
Renault came away with a double points finish today as Fernando Alonso and Nelson Piquet finished in fourth and sixth places respectively in the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Both drivers made good starts with Alonso gaining a place to run in a solid sixth position during the early stages, while Piquet enjoyed a combative opening ... [ more ]

Hungarian GP - Honda - Race
The Honda team's Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello brought their cars home in 12th and 16th places respectively in today's Hungarian Grand Prix. Whilst the team were unable to add to their points tally today, the weekend has brought a small step forward in terms of performance following the introduction of new car developments.

At ... [ more ]

Hungarian GP - Williams Toyota - Race
Altogether a trying weekend for Williams at the Hungarian Grand Prix with neither driver able to collect points.

From the outset, the team struggled for pace at the Hungaroring. Coupled with a mechanical problem for Nico Rosberg in qualifying and weak starts on both cars, Rosberg and Kazuki Nakajima were on the back ... [ more ]

Defends ongoing McLaren driver equality
Ron Dennis on Sunday hit back at former driver Fernando Alonso's renewed criticism of the McLaren team.

When he spoke to reporters this week as he arrived in Hungary, the apex of his spectacular falling out with Dennis' outfit one year ago, Alonso suggested that had he stayed at McLaren in 2008, he would have been ... [ more ]

Hungarian GP - Red Bull Renault - Race
The Hungarian Grand Prix would prove to be a disappointing race for the Red Bull Renault team with both Mark Webber and David Coulthard finishing out of the points in ninth and 11th positions.

The team are targeting fourth position in the constructors' championship, but with rivals scoring well, now drop nine points ... [ more ]

Hungarian GP - Race
As a race, the 70-lap Hungarian Grand Prix is always somewhat processional and this year was no exception. However, the race was spiced up by some unexpected issues that took both Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa out of contention and handed Heikki Kovalainen the race win in the very final stages of the race.

Felipe Massa made an electric ... [ more ]

Hungaroring - GP2 - Race 2
Sebastien Buemi has dominated the field in scorching conditions this morning in race two at the Hungaroring, blasting by his fellow front row starter Andy Soucek to take a strong win ahead of the Spaniard and Bruno Senna. The win came as a result of the mounting pressure he put on his rival, with Soucek running slightly wide at turn ... [ more ]

Fourth position remains the season target
With ten Grand Prix already in the record books for 2008, the season is over halfway through; and it has been quite a season for Toyota so far.

There has been excitement from the very start and the TF108 has built on its pre-season promise to become a regular points-scorer in the hands of Jarno Trulli and Timo ... [ more ]