Raikkonen crashes out of Hungarian Grand Prix

BUDAPEST, Aug 6 (Reuters) McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen crashed out of the Hungarian Grand Prix today after running into the back of Vitantonio Liuzzi's Toro Rosso while lapping the Italian.

Raikkonen, last year's winner at the Hungaroring and starting from pole position with his best chance yet of securing McLaren's first win of the Formula One season, had been in second place.

In wet conditions, the Finn clipped Liuzzi's rear tyre and bounced over the car in a shower of debris on lap 27. Both drivers retired from the race.

''I slowed down a bit to let him by, I was trying to be as helpful as possible,'' Liuzzi told ITV Sport.

''It was a misunderstanding, it was a shame that it turned out this way.'' The incident led to the safety car being deployed, with Renault's world champion Fernando Alonso leading from Briton Jenson Button in a Honda with more than half the race remaining.

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