F1: Hamilton wins in Hungary

Lewis Hamilton brings it home for a flag-to-podium victory ahead of Kimi Raikkonen, taking the acclaim of the crowd with unbridled joy. Raikkonen clocked the fastest lap of the race on lap 70 but to no avail. Fernando Alonso's bid for a podium finish falls just short, with Nick Heidfeld's three-stop strategy baring fruit with third place.

1 Lewis Hamilton (McLaren)

2 Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari)

3 Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber)

4 Fernando Alonso (McLaren)

5 Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber)

6 Ralf Schumacher (Toyota)

7 Nico Rosberg (Williams)

Alonso loses five places, McLaren any points

So much for pole. He doesn't look so happy in this picture.

Fernando Alonso has been penalised by the FIA for holding up team-mate Lewis Hamilton in the pits during qualifying and will have to start from sixth in tomorrow's race. Moreover the sport's governing body felt that the team played a substantial part too in sabotaging its own driver's last run and will not be allowed to take any points away from the Hungarian Grand Prix.

The FIA ruled that the Spaniard and McLaren's constructors' points potential deserved to be punished for the pit-stop fracas after listening to the radio transmissions and video evidence from McLaren during the incident.

The FIA spent a good few hours evaluating all the evidence and now Lewis Hamilton will be promoted to pole position, for which the 22-year-old was unable to challenge when the hold up prevented him from doing a last final lap. Alonso will now have to start on the third row of the grid alongside Robert Kubica, who starts from seventh. Ralf Schumacher moves up to fifth, Nico Rosberg to fourth, Kimi Raikkonen to third and Nick Heidfeld to second.

F1: Alonso gets pole before Hamilton

Fernando Alonso stole a contraversial pole position from Lewis Hamilton at the Hungaroring this afternoon after he appeared to block his team mate from completing a final flying lap. This allowed the Spaniard to take pole ahead of his team mate and Nick Heidfeld in third.

Under sunny skies and hot conditions the first qualifying session got underway. Lewis Hamilton set the early pace with a 1m19.570s to finish clear of the rest of the field while Button, Barrichello, Sato, Vettel, Sutil and Yamamoto all dropped out.

In the second session Massa suffered a technical problem as he tried to leave the pits and his Ferrari just ground to a halt. Mechanics sprinted down to the stricken car and quickly hauled it back to the garage. The team got the Brazilian back out on track with just three minutes remaining, but something still wasn't right and he couldn't manage better than fourteenth, dropping out with Coulthard, Lovalainen, Wurz, Davidson and Liuzzi.

Lewis Hamilton set the early pace in the final pole shoot-out on a 1m19.781s lap but there was quite some drama to come. In the final tyre changes Alonso came in ahead of Hamilton, the British driver waiting behind him. The mechanics lifted Alonso's lollipop, but the reigning champion did not respond. He stood his ground in the pits, holding Hamilton up for several seconds while the McLaren pit wall waved furiously at him.

The net effect was Hamilton could not get out in time to complete another flying lap while Alonso went through to take pole by just over 0.1s. McLaren boss Ron Dennis was furious at the end of the session, collaring Alonso's personal trainer and marching him back to the team's motorhome.

With the fallout to await, Alonso took pole ahead of Hamilton and Heidfeld in third. Kimi Raikkonen couldn't manage better than fourth for Ferrari while Nico Rosberg was a strong fifth for Williams. Ralf Schumacher took sixth ahead of Kubica, Fisichella, Trulli and Webber.