Australian driver Mark Webber reclaims the Formula One championship lead after winning the Hungarian Grand Prix yesterday. He finished the race some 17 seconds ahead of second place Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso. Webber is now 4-points ahead of Lewis Hamilton in the Driver’s standing.

I sometimes wonder what it takes for Sebastian Vettel to win a race, after doing all the right stuff leading to the final day. Despite have a first spot on the grid, the young German could only settle for third spot in Budapest. It seems an early drive-through penalty ruined his lead.

The fourth position was occupied by F1 veteran Ferrari’s Felipe Massa. It seems the Italian constructor has found a way to keep up with Red Bull. This is going to be interesting from now on.

Hungarian Grand Prix News Report

The next leg will be in Belgium, from 27th to 30th August. So there’s a somewhat long break before F1 resumes.

Hungary GP Sun. Race (1 Aug 2010)

1. Mark Webber (RBR-Renault) 70 laps [1:41:05.571]25pts
2. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) 70 laps [+17.8 secs] 18pts
3. Sebastian Vettel (RBR-Renault) 70 laps [+19.2 secs] 15pts
4. Felipe Massa (Ferrari) 70 laps [+27.4 secs] 12pts
5. Vitaly Petrov (Renault) 70 laps [+73.1 secs] 10pts
6. Nico Hulkenberg (Williams-Cosworth) 70 laps [+76.7 secs] 8pts
7. Pedro de la Rosa (BMW Sauber-Ferrari) 69 laps [+1 Lap] 6pts
8. Jenson Button (McLaren-Mercedes) 69 laps [+1 Lap] 4pts
9. Kamui Kobayashi (BMW Sauber-Ferrari) 69 laps [+1 Lap] 2pts
10. Rubens Barrichello (Williams-Cosworth) 69 laps [+1 Lap] 1pts
11. Michael Schumacher (Mercedes GP) 69 laps [+1 Lap]
12. Sebastien Buemi (STR-Ferrari) 69 laps [+1 Lap]
13. Vitantonio Liuzzi (Force India-Mercedes) 69 laps [+1 Lap]
14. Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus-Cosworth) 67 laps [+3 laps]
15. Jarno Trulli (Lotus-Cosworth) 67 laps [+3 laps]
16. Timo Glock (Virgin-Cosworth) 67 laps [+3 laps]
17. Bruno Senna (HRT-Cosworth) 67 laps [+3 laps]
18. Lucas di Grassi (Virgin-Cosworth) 66 laps [+4 laps]
19. Sakon Yamamoto (HRT-Cosworth) 66 laps [+4 laps]
20. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) 23 laps [Retired +47 laps]
21. Robert Kubica (Renault) 23 laps [Retired +47 laps]
22. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes GP) 15 laps [Retired +55 laps]
23. Adrian Sutil (Force India-Mercedes) 15 laps [Retired Accident]
24. Jaime Alguersuari (STR-Ferrari) 1 laps [Retired +69 laps]

Note – Kobayashi qualified 18th, but was handed a five-place grid penalty for failing to stop for weighing at the end of Q1.

Driver Standings

1. Mark Webber (Australian) RBR-Renault / 161pts
2. Lewis Hamilton (British) McLaren-Mercedes / 157pts
3. Sebastian Vettel (German) RBR-Renault / 151pts
4. Jenson Button (British) McLaren-Mercedes / 147pts
5. Fernando Alonso (Spanish) Ferrari / 141pts
6. Felipe Massa (Brazilian) Ferrari / 97pts
7. Nico Rosberg (German) Mercedes Benz GP Ltd / 94pts
8. Robert Kubica (Polish) Renault / 89pts
9. Michael Schumacher (German) Mercedes Benz GP Ltd / 38pts
10. Adrian Sutil (German) Force India-Mercedes / 35pts
11. Rubens Barrichello (Brazilian) Williams-Cosworth / 30pts
12. Vitaly Petrov (Russian) Renault / 17pts
13. Kamui Kobayashi (Japanese) BMW Sauber-Ferrari / 17pts
14. Vitantonio Liuzzi (Italian) Force India-Mercedes / 12pts
15. Nico Hulkenberg (German) Williams-Cosworth / 10pts
16. Sebastien Buemi (Swiss) STR-Ferrari / 7pts
17. Pedro de la Rosa (Spanish) BMW Sauber-Ferrari / 6pts
18. Jaime Alguersuari (Spanish) STR-Ferrari / 3pts
19. Heikki Kovalainen (Finnish) Lotus-Cosworth / 0pts
20. Jarno Trulli (Italian) Lotus-Cosworth / 0pts
21. Bruno Senna (Brazilian) HRT-Cosworth / 0pts
22. Timo Glock (German) Virgin-Cosworth / 0pts
23. Lucas di Grassi (Brazilian) Virgin-Cosworth / 0pts
24. Karun Chandhok (Indian) HRT-Cosworth / 0pts

Constructors Championship

1. RBR-Renault 312pts
2. McLaren-Mercedes 304pts
3. Ferrari 238pts
4. Mercedes Benz GP Ltd 132pts
5. Renault 106pts
6. Force India-Mercedes 47pts
7. Williams-Cosworth 40pts
8. BMW Sauber-Ferrari 23pts
9. STR-Ferrari 10pts
10. Lotus-Cosworth 0pts
11. HRT-Cosworth 0pts
12. Virgin-Cosworth 0pts