F1 rivals renew hostilities

By Alan Baldwin

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - McLaren and Ferrari renew hostilities when Formula One's increasingly bitter rivals face off in the heat of the Hungaroring on Sunday.

After a week dominated by talk of spying and subterfuge, a saga that shows no signs of abating, the immediate focus switches back to the track and a title fight that remains too close to call.

McLaren's double world champion Fernando Alonso senses the momentum is with him after winning the previous race in Germany to move just two points behind 22-year-old rookie team mate Lewis Hamilton with seven rounds left.

The Spaniard, who turned 26 on Sunday, can now seize the outright lead for the first time since April at the circuit where he took his first grand prix victory as a 22-year-old with Renault in 2003.

"It was great to take the win in Germany and I hope to achieve the same result in Hungary," he said in a team preview that made no mention of the off-track controversy that still hangs over his team's title prospects.

"The track will always be special to me. I usually enjoy the race."

With overtaking difficult at the best of times at one of the slowest of circuits, Alonso will have to make sure that he outqualifies both Hamilton and the Ferraris.

Ferrari's Felipe Massa, swept aside by Alonso in a wheel-banging finale at the Nuerburgring, will be out for revenge.  Continued...

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