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Honda's Impossible Dream Finally Realised; Button Wins......At Last
Topic Started: Aug 6 2006, 06:18 PM (366 Views)
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Britain's Jenson Button mastered the wet conditions to clinch his first Formula One victory in his 130th race at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday.
Button drove superbly to slash Fernando Alonso's lead, and took control when the Spaniard retired on lap 52 of 70.

Michael Schumacher had been running in second place, but with three laps to go the German was forced to pull out as well after knocking into Nick Heidfeld.

McLaren's Pedro de la Rosa finished in second, with Heidfield in third place.

A delighted Button jumped out of the car to hug the rest of the Honda crew before climbing onto the podium as he became the first British winner of a Grand Prix since David Coulthard three years ago.

"What a day - it's been amazing," said the 26-year-old.

"Coming through from 14th to win the race was brilliant. I couldn't have done it a better way.

"But I have to thank everyone in the team - the strategy was spot on."

The victory was also Honda's first win as a constructor since 1967.

The drivers had to contend with tricky weather conditions at the Hungaroring, with heavy rain followed by bright sunshine and a drying track, making the timing and selection of tyre changes crucial.

Honda got their changes right, as Button beat De la Rosa to the chequered flag by 30.8 seconds.

"We have thought hard and we have won the race not just through speed but through strategy," added Button.

Button gradually made his way through the pack with some intelligent overtaking decisions, keeping himself out of trouble in the wet weather.

Alonso looked to have the race in his control, but Kimi Raikkonen - who started on pole - crashed out with a spectacular shunt into the back of Vitantonio Liuzzi, and brought the safety car onto the track.

That allowed the chasing pack to close in, with Button in second ahead of De la Rosa.

When the racing resumed, Alonso had three backmarkers separating him from Button allowing him to pull clear again.

But with the track drying, Button began to cut into Alonso's advantage and the Briton was on hand to profit when a problem with a drive shaft on the right rear wheel of Alonso's Renault forced him out.

Alonso's retirement set the stage for Schumacher to cut the 11-point gap at the top of the drivers' standings, but his heavily worn tyres saw him lose second and then third places before he too stopped.

Britain's Coulthard finished in fifth place, while BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica grabbed two points on his F1 debut as he finished in seventh place.


The Finishing Positions

1. Jenson Button (GB) Honda one hour 52 minutes 20.941 seconds
2. Pedro de la Rosa (Spa) McLaren - Mercedes 30.837
3. Nick Heidfeld (Ger) BMW Sauber 43.822
4. Rubens Barrichello (Brz) Honda 45.205
5. David Coulthard (GB) Red Bull - Ferrari 1 lap
6. Ralf Schumacher (Ger) Toyota 1 lap
7. Robert Kubica (Pol) BMW Sauber 1 lap
8. Felipe Massa (Brz) Ferrari 1 lap
9. Michael Schumacher (Ger) Ferrari 3 laps
10. Tiago Monteiro (Por) Midland 3 laps
11. Christijan Albers (Ned) Midland 3 laps
12. Scott Speed (USA) Toro Rosso - Cosworth 4 laps
13. Jarno Trulli (Ita) Toyota 5 laps
14. Takuma Sato (Jpn) Super Aguri - Honda 5 laps
R Fernando Alonso (Spa) Renault 19 laps 51 laps completed
R Vitantonio Liuzzi (Ita) Toro Rosso - Cosworth 25 laps
R Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) McLaren 25 laps
R Nico Rosberg (Ger) Williams - Cosworth 19 laps
R Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Renault 18 laps
R Christian Klien (Aut) RedBull - Ferrari 6 laps
R Mark Webber (Aus) Williams - Cosworth 1 lap
R Sakon Yamamoto (Jpn) Super Aguri - Honda 0 laps
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Results

1. jenson BUTTON (First win for meny fo Jenson, 130 races now and 1 win. Started 14th,)
2. Anthony DE LA ROSA (good race, saw Riakonen crash in front of him.)
3. nick HEIDFELD (Quiet race, but a good podium)
4. rubends BARRICHELLO (Completes Honda domination as Honda won the constructers.)
5. David COULTHARD (Good solid race from DC.)
6. Ralf SCHUMACHER (Never looked fast but got away with it.)
DQ. Robert KUBICA (An underwieght car ruines a 2 point race on his debut)
7. Filepe MASSA (Always slow, was it the rain?)
8. Micheal SCHUMACHER (Scores a point after KUBICA was disqualified.)
9. Tiago MONTEIRO (After a very solid qualifying, pulls of 9th, the BEST result for him in F1.)
10. Cristian ALBERS
11. Scott SPEED
12. Jarno TRULLI
13. Takuma SATO
R. Fernando ALONSO (His left rear wheel nuts came off and handed the race win to Button.)
R. Kimi RAIKKONEN (Luzzi's fault, slowed down in front of him.)
R. Valintino LIUZZI (^^^)
R. Nicko ROSBERG (No idea, I think he just crashed)
R. Giancarlo FISICHELLA
R. Cristian KLIEN
R. Mark WEBBER
R. sench YAMAMOTO



GETIN WE ALL LOVE YOU JENSON, WE DO WE LOVE YOU JENSON WE DO, WE LOVE YOU JENSON WE DO.!!!!!!!!!
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The commentators went mad!

I think you need an updated sig, Lee Vilenski! :eek2: (and BTW - it was 113 races, not 130...)
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Yeah, New sig will be comming when I work out how to use "The Gimp" image package.
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