Brakes must go on after Honda decision

Formula One has grown used to living in its own private dreamland in recent years. Protected by the four walls of its paddock, it has grown into a monster of extravagance that, even in times of record economic growth, was completely out of touch with the real world.

Button looks to the future as Hamilton dominates practice

Lewis Hamilton stole the headlines again here yesterday, setting the fastest times in both practice sessions in his McLaren Mercedes. But Jenson Button, once the darling of the British media, remained his usual upbeat self and continued to lift his sights to a 2009 horizon rather than crying over all the performance milk Honda have spilled this season.

Stunning lap secures pole for Lewis Hamilton at Spa

Lewis Hamilton secured the 11th pole position of his Formula One career ahead of tomorrow's Belgian Grand Prix. The world championship leader produced a stunning display around the Spa-Francorchamps circuit to leave Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen, his title rivals, in his wake. Hamilton clinched top spot on the grid with a lap of 1min 47.338sec for his fifth pole of the year, with Massa on the front row, but more than 0.3secs down.

Heat to blame for fuel fires

Aug.4 (GMM) The ambient temperature at the Hungaroring is most likely to blame for the small fires during pitstops on Sunday. Small fires blighted the pitstops of Honda's Rubens Barrichello and Williams' Kazuki Nakajima, while Sebastien Bourdais had fiery moments during two of his stops on Sunday and even had to stop again so Toro Rosso mechanics could clean fire extinguisher foam from his visor.

Hungarian Grand Prix Results

Results Sunday from Formula One's Hungarian Grand Prix at the 4.381-kilometer (2.722-mile) Hungaroring circuit (with driver, country, car, laps completed, time and winner's average speed):

Hamilton hunts down rivals after chaos of Glock's shunt

Lewis Hamilton drove to a sensational victory at the German Grand Prix here yesterday - but we can all thank Timo Glock for injecting desperately needed excitement into what at one stage threatened to be a McLaren-Mercedes walkover.