Jenson Button took victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix, marking both the fifth anniversary of his first Formula One win at the Hungaroring in 2006 and the occasion of his 200th grand prix.
A difficult race in changeable conditions in which the lead changed numerous times was also marked by another drive-through penalty for his team-mate Lewis Hamilton. The world champion Sebastian Vettel maintained his championship lead with second and Fernando Alonso took third.
Button was delighted with his team’s tactics in circumstances he relished. “I like these conditions,” he said. “I don’t know why, but it was a great call by the team to switch to the prime tyres [at his third stop] rather than the inters [when the rain was again falling]. But everyone has worked so hard, and although we go into the break on a high, we’ll be thinking of Spa [the next race in Belgium at the end of August] and we’ll be ready to go again.”
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Rain had returned at parts of the circuit when Hamilton spun taking a slippery kerb at the chicane. He gunned his car and pirouetted it to right the direction but in so doing forced Paul Di Resta’s Force India wide onto the grass. It was investigated and the stewards gave him a drive through penalty 10 laps later. The chance of winning gone but he did manage to fight back to take an impressive fourth nonetheless. The Guardian
Ferrari’s Felipe Massa battled back from a difficult race to finish sixth behind Webber. The Brazilian was followed by Di Resta, who collected his first points for Force India since Malaysia.
Nico Rosberg, who found himself fourth on the opening lap, settled for ninth. His Mercedes team-mate Michael Schumacher retired after spinning off the track.
Toro Rosso celebrated their 100th grand prix with both drivers in the points. Sebastien Buemi finished eighth with Jaime Alguersuari 10th.
There was a dramatic moment when Nick Heidfeld’s Renault caught fire coming out of the pit-lane, although the scary incident was not deemed dangerous enough to bring out the safety car.
The German explained: “The pit stop took longer than it should have and something overheated.
“I had a fire in Barcelona as well but this one got quite close and I felt some heat so I had to get out quickly. There was a small explosion on the left [of the car]. I never saw anything like that before.” BBC Sport
Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired 1 4 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes Winner 2 1 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault +3.5 secs 3 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari +19.8 secs 4 3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes +48.3 secs 5 2 Mark Webber RBR-Renault +49.7 secs 6 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari +83.1 secs 7 15 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes +1 Lap 8 18 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari +1 Lap 9 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes +1 Lap 10 19 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari +1 Lap 11 16 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari +1 Lap 12 10 Vitaly Petrov Renault +1 Lap 13 11 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth +2 Laps 14 14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes +2 Laps 15 17 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari +2 Laps 16 12 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth +2 Laps 17 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth +4 Laps 18 22 Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth +4 Laps 19 25 Jerome d'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth +5 Laps 20 23 Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth +5 Laps Ret 20 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault +15 Laps Ret 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes +44 Laps Ret 9 Nick Heidfeld Renault +47 Laps Ret 21 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault +53 Laps
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