Past Winners 2012
Germany: Fernando Alonso, Ferrari
Britain: Mark Webber, Red Bull
Europe: Fernando Alonso, Ferrari
Canada: Lewis Hamilton, McLaren
Monaco: Mark Webber, Red Bull
Past Winners Hungary
2011: Jenson Button, McLaren
2010: Mark Webber, Red Bull
2009: Lewis Hamilton, McLaren
2008: Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren
2007: Lewis Hamilton, McLaren
The Hungarian Grand Prix is a decisive point in the season, the final round before a four week summer break. During that break, there's a two week period in which there can be no work-related interactions between team members at all. Seizing a development advantage now is therefore vital to all the teams heading into the second half of the season.
With this in mind, the decision to
ban Red Bull's controversial engine mapping system before the race will be crucial, although
Sebastian Vettel says he does not expect it to prove decisive. Elsewhere, Lotus are
still hopeful of winning races, with
Romain Grosjean keen to overturn his least competitive weekend of the year in Germany. And championship leader
Fernando Alonso is not resting on his laurels despite his third win of the season.
In driver market news, Alonso's team-mate
Felipe Massa has hinted he will leave F1 if he does not remain at Ferrari. And Force India's
Nico Hulkenberg is not convinced he has done enough to stay with the team.
Odds - Bet365
Sebastian Vettel 3/1
Fernando Alonso 11/4
Lewis Hamilton 5/1
Jenson Button 9/1
Mark Webber 9/1
Kimi Raikkonen 11/1
Romain Grosjean 16/1
Michael Schumacher 25/1
Nico Rosberg 25/1
Sergio Perez 40/1
Pastor Maldonado 50/1
Felipe Massa 50/1
Kamui Kobayashi 80/1
Nico Hulkenberg 200/1
Paul di Resta 200/1
Bruno Senna 250/1
Daniel Ricciardo 500/1
Jean-Eric Vergne 500/1
Heikki Kovalainen 1500/1
Vitaly Petrov 1500/1
Timo Glock 5000/1
Charles Pic 5000/1
Pedro de la Rosa 5000/1
Narain Karthikeyan 5000/1