The 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on
August 3, 2008, at the Hungaroring (course shown) in Mogyoród, near
Budapest, Hungary. It was the 11th race of the 2008 Formula One season.
Contested over 70 laps, the race was won by Heikki Kovalainen for the
McLaren team, from a second position start. Timo Glock finished second
in a Toyota car, with Kimi Räikkönen third in a Ferrari. It was
Kovalainen's first Formula One victory, which made him the sport's 100th
driver to win a World Championship race, and it was Glock's first podium
finish. The majority of the race consisted of a duel between Lewis
Hamilton and Felipe Massa, who drove for McLaren and Ferrari,
respectively. The two championship rivals began a battle for the lead
that was resolved when Hamilton sustained a punctured tyre just over
halfway through the race, giving Massa a lead of more than 20 seconds
over Kovalainen. The Ferrari's engine, however, failed with three laps
remaining, allowing the McLaren driver to win. Räikkönen set the
race's fastest lap in the other Ferrari, but was hampered by a poor
qualifying performance and was stuck behind Fernando Alonso (Renault)
and Glock in turn for almost all of the race.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Hungarian_Grand_Prix>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1913:
A strike by agricultural workers in Wheatland, California, US,
degenerated into a riot, one of the first major farm labor
confrontations in California.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheatland_Hop_Riot>
1916:
Irish nationalist Sir Roger Casement was hanged at London's
Pentonville Prison for treason for his role in the Easter Rising, a
rebellion to win Irish independence from Britain.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Casement>
1949:
The Basketball Association of America agreed to merge with the
National Basketball League to form the National Basketball Association.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Basketball_Association>
2005:
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the former Mayor of Tehran, began his term
as the sixth President of Iran.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad>
2007:
Former Deputy Director of the Chilean secret police Raúl
Iturriaga was captured after having been on the run following a
conviction for kidnapping.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Iturriaga>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
bowdlerize:
To remove those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or
otherwise unseemly.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bowdlerize>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The machine merely acts as an intermediary between the sensitive
and the spiritual force. It is an extension of the sensitive. It
magnifies the capability of the sensitive and acts as a link of some
sort. It enables the sensitive to perform his function.
--Clifford D. Simak
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Clifford_D._Simak>