The bare facts that Kiwi Mitch Evans finished fifth and Artem Markelov seventh in the feature race at Spa, do not remotely tell the story of a sometimes shambolic afternoon that resulted in the first points for the 19-year-old Russian rookie.

Mitch Evans did all he could in a typically processional Hungaroring reverse grid GP2 race, managing a last lap pass of Marco Sorensen to finish in the top 10 having started 12^th on the grid.

Mitch Evans and RT Russian Time endured a fruitless GP2 feature race when the first of two safety car deployments played against the decision of most front-runners to start on the prime tyre and restricted the Kiwi to 14^th position.

Mitch Evans faces an uphill task in his bid to win a hat-trick of GP2 feature races in Budapest tomorrow. The 20-year-old Kiwi has won at Silverstone and Hockenheim this month but starts 11th on the grid at Hungaroring.

Circuit conditions and the timing of Safety Car deployments conspired against RT Russian Time in Sunday’s reverse grid GP2 race at Hockenheim, resulting in 11th position for Saturday’s feature race winner Mitch Evans, but a promising 12th for rookie Russian team mate Artem Markelov, who started from the pit lane.

Mitch Evans has done it again! Hot on the heels of becoming the first Kiwi to win a top level single-seater motor race for almost 30 years at Silverstone a fortnight ago, the 20-year-old followed up with another brilliant win at Hockenheim from 15th on the grid. A combination of excellent team strategy and committed driving gave Evans victory in the 200th GP2 race, surely one of the most compelling that the F1 feeder series has yet seen.