In 1997, Damon Hill looked set for an entirely unheralded victory for Arrows in the Hungarian Grand Prix, having endured up until that point a desultory season as reigning F1 World Champion.
The post-qualifying car weights in Budapest ahead of this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix as published by the FIA have corroborated pole-sitter Fernando Alonso's admission that his Renault will be light on fuel when the starting lights go out at the Hungaroring on Sunday - but provided Sebastian V
Nico Rosberg has revealed that he would be interested in moving to either McLaren-Mercedes or BMW-Sauber in F1 in 2010 - but insisted that on present form, his current employer Williams similarly retains a very strong chances of retaining his services into a fifth successive season.
Mark Webber is to undergo further surgery on his broken right leg following next weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest, as F1's newest winner admitted that he had been 'a long way from healed' and 'kidding himself a bit' when the 2009 season got underway back in March.
Pedro de la Rosa has refused to comment on mounting speculation that he is being considered for a return to Formula 1 with Force India in 2009 - even if he has admitted that 'what [he] really wants to do is to race'.
BMW-Sauber has admitted that it is at a loss to explain its poor performance in last weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix - a race in which the squad produced by some margin its worst showing of the 2008 season to-date.
Kimi Raikkonen has come in for a scathing attack from the Italian media following another lacklustre performance in the Hungarian Grand Prix last weekend - being described variously as 'a pale imitation of the driver of the past' and 'not the driver Ferrari needs'.
Felipe Massa has insisted that both he and Ferrari are still very much in the battle for 2008 Formula 1 World Championship glory - despite seeing a consummate victory in the Hungarian Grand Prix at the weekend cruelly slip through his fingers just three laps from home.
Finnish drivers have always enjoyed success in the Hungarian Grand Prix - referring to it as their 'home' race - and Heikki Kovalainen made sure that tradition was maintained in the 2008 edition, as like subsequent world champions Damon Hill and Fernando Alonso before him, he secured the maiden v
S?bastien Bourdais has been demoted five grid positions for being deemed to have impeded BMW-Sauber rival Nick Heidfeld during the opening phase of qualifying in Budapest for this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix.
The Hungarian Grand Prix this weekend marks the eleventh of 18 rounds on the 2008 Formula 1 World Championship calendar - and a pivotal stage during the season as the title battle teeters on a knife-edge.
The Hungarian Grand Prix this weekend marks the eleventh of 18 rounds on the 2008 Formula 1 World Championship calendar - and a pivotal stage during the season as the title battle teeters on a knife-edge.