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and reclaim the championship lead just one race after losing it.

The in the Ardennes mountains tests Formula 1 drivers to the limit, and never more so than in the sort of changeable conditions in which Sunday's race took place.

Two of Hamilton's title rivals, and , failed the examination. Hamilton, by contrast, was virtually flawless all weekend and this win will surely come to be ranked among his very best.

"Perfect," was the judgement of , which seemed about right.

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The is the chosen race for the latest edition of our classic Formula 1 series.

That means you have a chance to watch the full 'Grand Prix' highlights programme of the time as well as the shorter highlights edits we produce from the other selected races, which were the 1987, 1993 and 2000 Belgian Grands Prix.

There will also be short and long highlights of .

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Welcome to the latest edition of our 2010 classic grand prix series, which focuses on the .

We have selected four superb races from the event's history. Your role is to tell us by way of a response on this blog which one is your favourite and why. We will use those views to inform our decision about which one to highlight in the run-up to this year's Belgian Grand Prix on 29 August.

If that race is from the time when the ´óÏó´«Ã½ owned the rights to F1 (ie before 1997), we will show the full 'Grand Prix' highlights programme of the time as well as the shorter edit we will cut for all the races.

We will also make available short and long highlights versions of driver 's victory in Belgium last year.

So, to the choices - they are the 1979, 1987, 1993 and 2000 Belgian Grands Prix.

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"This is a slam-dunk one-two, isn't it?" Martin Brundle said to on the grid before the Hungarian Grand Prix, to which the Red Bull team principal responded with a rueful: "Thanks, Martin." And sure enough, Formula 1's pace-setting team found yet another way not to fully deliver on their dominance.

were further ahead of the field than ever before at the Hungaroring. And even after eventual winner dropped behind 's at the start, this should have been an easy one-two. But yet again it did not happen.

This time, the blame fell at 's door - the German, who had romped away from the field in the early laps, let too big a gap grow between himself and the safety car at the re-start and was penalised with the statutory drive-through penalty, rejoining third.

Despite his massive pace advantage, Vettel was unable to pass Alonso, and he had to settle for the final step on the podium.

And so what had looked like being a typically soporific Hungarian Grand Prix turned into another humdinger in a stunning season that continues to get better and better. Virtually every race since the season-opener in Bahrain has been riveting.

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