Hamilton wins Hungarian GP

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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 Saturday's qualifying session, came fourth behind the Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen and the BMW Sauber of Nick Heidfeld.

While Hamilton and Alonso will retain their points in the drivers' championship, McLaren - for now - claim nothing in their bid for the constructors' crown.

Up ahead Hamilton drove flawlessly, with the 22-year-old at times pressured by Raikkonen, but not enough to force him into an error.

There were occasions when Raikkonen managed to close the gap to under a second on his championship rival, drawing to within just 0.5secs with 13 laps remaining.

But with two such evenly-matched cars, getting close is one thing, overtaking another, and so it proved as Hamilton was able to hold his station.

Behind the leading duo, Heidfeld managed to hold off Alonso over the final 14 laps to claim third, with BMW Sauber team-mate Robert Kubica fifth.

Ralf Schumacher finished in his highest position for Toyota this year of sixth, followed by Nico Rosberg for Williams in seventh, and the Renault of Heikki Kovalainen eighth.