Thursday 23 July at 16:00 : Jul.23 (GMM) The cost of the Hungaroring's hosting rights for its formula one race increased since the 2008 event, the financial daily Napi Gazdasag reports

The newspaper said that while the fee for the 2008 Hungarian grand prix was 12 million euros, it increased by more than 3.5m before the circus converged on the Budapest venue for this weekend's race

The government reportedly only agreed to the price increase two weeks ago, even though spectator numbers this weekend are expected to be lower than last season's event

-nn1997 Sauber driver Norberto Fontana finds himself back in the racing press this week, following a fist fight

Now 34, Argentinean Fontana now races in the local Top Race V6 series, when at Interlagos last weekend he brawled with a rival after being punted out of the race by a rival competitor