iSport International - Bruno Senna (3rd) Karun Chandhok (4th)

Bruno Senna overcame a fourth-row start to rise to third place during today's GP2 Series feature race at the Hungaroring, Budapest. At one of the tightest tracks on the calendar, where overtaking is notoriously difficult, the Brazilian made a fantastic start to gain four places on the opening lap. Progress was mildly less spectacular thereafter, but a fast, consistent drive netted third place, his fifth podium finish of the campaign. He remains second in the championship and has closed to within nine points of series leader Giorgio Pantano.

Team-mate Karun Chandhok was one of those passed by Senna at the start, but the Indian fought back and drove a strong race to finish fourth. He moves up to sixth in the points table and has helped the team consolidate its comfortable lead in the championship for teams.

Bruno Senna: "I'm pleased with that. I got good traction off the line and was able to pick up the slipstream from at least three cars on the run down to Turn One. I opted for the outside line and swept past Mike Conway, Giorgio Pantano and Karun in one move.
"After that I struggled a little bit on the first set of tyres, but the team called me in at exactly the right time and the car felt much better balanced on the second set. In the second stint I just focused on looking after the car and keeping the tyres in good shape. It was one of those days when I simply had to get as much as I could from the race and I really don't think I could have done any more."

Karun Chandhok: "I got too much wheelspin at the start - the clutch map seemed to have reset itself and I just didn't get away as cleanly as I would have liked. I then found myself boxed on the inside at Turn One, but the important thing was to get through the corner without touching anyone so I didn't take any chances.

"I had a little bit of understeer prior to the tyre stops, but felt I was closing slightly on Bruno, then we fitted fresh rear tyres and the understeer got worse! After the stops I just stroked it home, really. The car was good enough for a top-four finish but I just needed a little bit more if I was to challenge for the podium."

Trident Racing - Mike Conway (6th) Ho Pin Tung (DNF)

Today's Race 1 at the Hungaroring was kind of double-faced for Trident Racing. Mike Conway took a very valuable 6th spot, at the end of an extremely hard race due to the on-track battle and to the hot weather. The British driver scored three points in the series' standings, and will be starting Race 2 from the third spot. Ho Pin Tung had a very disappointing day: the Chinese driver saw his chances to shine disappear after being hit from behind by Alvaro Parente. Trident Racing will be aiming for a strong finish on the 28-lap Race 2, scheduled for tomorrow at 10:30.

Alessio Alunni Bravi, Managing Director: "Trident Racing experienced a mix of feelings today during Race 1. Mike had a great race, reacting to an unfortunate start that cost him a couple of positions. We scheduled an early pit-stop, so we called him in sooner than possible, allowing him to push on a clean racetrack. The laptimes were great, and Mike managed to recover two spots on his main rivals. We knew that in the end, with older tires, he might have some troubles, but the Brit managed to keep Sebastien Buemi behind and take 6th place. We're very sorry for what happened to Ho Pin Tung. He made a great start as usual, taking 12th place, but was hit from behind by Alvaro Partente in the opening lap, despite the yellow flags waving for a contact between Pantano and Grosjean. We're sure the Chinese driver would have been able to fight for a really deserved points finish without that incident".

Ho Pin Tung: "I had another great start today, managing to move from 17th to 12th. During the first lap I came to turn 5 and saw the yellow flags due to the incident happened between Pantano and Grosjean. At that point, I felt an impact from behind and found myself turned around, with my car stalled. I was hit by Parente a few seconds after the start, and I don't know what to say: I think such manouver was really unprofessional. At that point I was in front of Sebastien Buemi, and I'm sure to have lost a concrete chance to score some extremely important championship points".

Mike Conway: "It was a tough race, really. My start was not perfect, but thanks to the good pace I kept after the early pit-stop, I was able to take a couple of spots back. In the closing stages, I have to resist on some very deteriorated tires. I knew that any little mistake would have allowed Buemi to move on, but I stayed focused and kept 6th place. I'm now fully concentrated on Race 2: I'll start from third, eyeing a podium finish".

Super Nova International: Andy Soucek (8th) Alvaro Parente (16th)

Andy Soucek put in a solid effort for Super Nova this afternoon, to take home eighth place, a championship point and pole position for tomorrows reverse grid sprint race!

Typical hot Hungarian conditions set the scene, as another thrilling GP2 feature race got underway at 4pm. All cars got away off the grid incident free, Andy making an impressive recovery to sit 10th. After pitting for two rear tyres, he confidently rejoined swiftly claiming eighth place. The Austro-Spaniard fiercely defended his position for 17 laps despite intense pressure from Jerome D'Ambrosio in the DAMS car behind.