Lewis Hamilton led the Hungarian Grand Prix from start to finish to claim the third win of his rookie season and admitted that the third win of his rookie season in Hungary was "quite emotional".
Hamilton, who had controversially started from pole following a five-place grid penalty for Fernando Alonso, now holds a seven-point lead over his McLaren team-mate in the drivers' title race.
Alonso, who was forced to start from sixth after being accused by stewards of illegally impeding Hamilton in yesterday's qualifying session, came fourth behind the Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen and the BMW Sauber of Nick Heidfeld.
"It's been an eventful weekend and quite emotional for all the team," the 22-year-old Englishman said. "We made a really good step forward with a great package but we still weren't sure whether we'd be ahead of the Ferraris. You could see in the race they had great pace."
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