Conclusions from the Hungarian GP

Faultless Hamilton returns to the title fight Phew. Lewis Hamilton had to win in Hungary and he just about did. It was the closest of close-run things with the McLaren pushed to the brink by the two Lotuses, finally crossing the line just a solitary second ahead of Kimi Raikkonen. Though not one of the most exciting or dramatic victories of Hamilton's F1 career, it was nonetheless one of the most impressive - in part because undramatic victories are not usually part of his feted repertoire but mainly because of the amount of pressure, both external and internal, which he had to withstand in order to claim the only result sufficient to revitalise his faltering title chances.

The external pressure was apparent and appreciable from the outset, with Romain Grosjean pegging Hamilton's lead to a couple of car lengths through the first half of the race before Raikkonen took up the Lotus baton to hound the McLaren to the line. "I had to be at 100 per cent to keep them behind me," remarked Hamilton in the afterglow of victory. "The team didn't flinch and neither did I." click here for more