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Hamilton supreme in Hungary

Author: Craig Williams
Date: 27/07/2009

Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton stormed to victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix, leading for almost the entire race.

Having started from fourth place on the grid, Hamilton cashed in on pole-sitter Fernando Alonso's misfortune at his first pit-stop to cruise to the win at the Hungaroring.

Alonso's race was over after just 15 laps after he lost a wheel after emerging from the pits, having already started to struggle with tyre wear.

That left Hamilton to control proceedings throughout, with Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen coming home in second and Red Bull's Mark Webber in third place.

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However, the weekend was totally overshadowed by the injury suffered by Ferrari's Felipe Massa during qualifying on Saturday.

The Brazilian struck by a spring casing from another car on Saturday afternoon and was rushed to Budapest's AEK military hospital, where he underwent an operation to repair damage to his skull.

A statement from the hospital said: "At the time he was admitted to hospital his condition was stable and he was breathing and blood circulation was normal.

"During the course of his examination they established that he had suffered serious, life-threatening injuries, including loss of consciousness and a fracture of the forehead on the left side and a fracture on the base of the skull.

"After the operation he is being cared for in intensive care and now he is in stable, satisfactory condition."

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has branded rivals Manchester City as 'a small club with a small mentality', despite their massive summer spending spree.

Ferguson was responding to the news that the Citizens had put up a large billboard in the city to welcome striker Carlos Tevez, who has left Old Trafford to join the City revolution.

"It's City isn't it?" said Ferguson. "They are a small club with a small mentality.

"All they can talk about is Manchester United - they can't get away from it. They think taking Carlos Tevez away from Manchester United is a triumph. It is poor stuff."

Chelsea head coach Carlo Ancelotti has again stated that England captain John Terry will definitely still be a Blues player next season.

The 28-year-old centre-half is a target for Manchester City, but so far no acceptable offer has been fielded by the Stamford Bridge club.

Ancelotti said during his side's pre-season trip to the USA: "We have to wait and for some people it's a problem to wait.

"But for sure, Terry will stay at Chelsea - we never had a problem. You have to have trust in me."

Portsmouth manager Paul Hart has confirmed that his club have accepted an offer from Tottenham Hotspur for England striker Peter Crouch.

The 28-year-old recently rejected a move to Sunderland and now looks likely to follow former Pompey boss Harry Redknapp to White Hart Lane.

England have named a 13-man squad for the third Ashes Test against Australia at Edgbaston, with Ian Bell earmarked to replace the injured Kevin Pietersen.

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