Timo Glock's return to form - or maybe fortune - at the Nurburgring has opened out the gap at the head of the GP2 Series title race, but that does not mean that there is nothing to play for in Hungary this weekend.
The Hungarian round marks the start of the second half of what is turning out to be an incredibly closely-contested championship which only saw its first repeat winners after nine different drivers topped the podium in the opening nine races. Glock and Javier Villa both managed a second win of 2007 at the Nurburgring, allowing the German to re-open a seven-point advantage over Lucas di Grassi at the head of the standings, but little sits still in GP2 for long and this weekend's Hungarian double-header could see a lot still change.
Remarkably, di Grassi was not among the nine winners that graced the top step of the podium in the first half of the year, and will be looking to put that right in Budapest. Should he win the feature event and Glock fail to score, all would be different at the head of the table going into Sunday's sprint race. The lead pair have opened out a comfortable gap over third-placed Luca Filippi, who endured a nightmare at the Nurburgring but, as both the Italian and di Grassi showed, it is not impossible to close a sizeable deficit should those ahead run into problems.
The Hungaroring is renowned as a 'tricky' circuit, not one necessarily known for its overtaking opportunities but one that still tests drivers' abilities to the limit. The level of competitiveness within GP2 is such that another new winner could be just around the corner and the championship has always managed to throw up exciting races at the circuit.
