Gary's view – Hungarian Grand Prix

"The battle between Ferrari and McLaren is really close at the moment. McLaren seem to be better at getting their tyres working quickly, which is an advantage in qualifying. But in race conditions, it looks to me like Ferrari have found the best solution right now. They got the fastest lap in Hungary, and the second fastest. But McLaren are not far away.

Felipe Massa was fast enough to win today - his fantastic, committed overtaking move on both McLarens at the first corner should have been the Make It Happen moment of the race. But his engine blew up on him when he was leading, just three laps from the end, which just goes to show that it's never over till the paperwork's done. Same goes for Lewis Hamilton's tyre failure when he was in second. Anything can happen; you've just got to keep your head down and drive on, as Hamilton did. And it actually ended up not too badly for him: because Massa blew up and Heikki Kovalainen won, Hamilton is now five points ahead in the Driver's Championship, instead of four.

There's a three-week gap till the next race now, in which the teams don't test the cars on track. It can still be a productive time, though. You don't have to worry about getting set-ups and components ready for the next test, so you have a chance to go back to the factory, scratch your head a bit, and analyse things in depth. That's what the people at the RBS-sponsored AT&T Williams team need to do. There's more pace in their car than we've seen so far.

Williams started work on the 2009 car very early - a risky decision. You've got to keep an eye on what's going on around you. Part of the prize money which the teams receive is based on their finishing position in the previous year's Constructors' Championship. So the difference between finishing sixth and seventh this year could be up to $5 million: a significant chunk of next year's budget."