The Formula One season hots up in more ways than one this weekend when McLaren’s jubilant Lewis Hamilton looks to add further spice to the championship at the Hungarian Grand Prix, where temperatures could also soar.
The Briton produced a stunning drive to win the German Grand Prix on Sunday as world champion and championship leader Sebastian Vettel suffered a rare blip to come home fourth at a cold and damp Nuerburgring.
The runaway German is still 77 points in front of nearest rival and Red Bull team mate Mark Webber, who won in Hungary last year, but their dominance during the first half of the season is quickly ebbing away.
Hamilton has triumphed twice at the twisty Hungaroring although the likely improvement in the weather from the Nuerburgring does not totally enthuse the 2008 world champion, who loves changeable conditions. Times of India
Button will mark his 200th Grand Prix at the site of his first GP victory five years ago, while Hamilton will be looking to keep the momentum going from his German Grand Prix victory on Sunday.
“It’s always fun coming back to Hungary as this is the track at which I won my first Grand Prix, in 2006, and I’ll be celebrating another milestone on Sunday because this is my 200th Grand Prix,” said Button.
“I can’t believe I’ve already knocked up a double-ton of F1 starts because I don’t feel a day older than when I made my debut back in 2000.”
Button, 31, has climbed on the podium 35 times, winning ten races, most during the 2009 season when he was crowned world champion with the Brawn GP team.
The British driver won the Canadian GP this year and is fifth in the overall standings, although 107 points behind Germany’s Sebastian Vettel after being forced to retire with mechanical problems in Germany. AFP
Pos Driver Team Points 1 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 216 2 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 139 3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 134 4 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 130 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 109 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 62 7 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 46 8 Nick Heidfeld Renault 34 9 Vitaly Petrov Renault 32 10 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 32 11 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 27 12 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 18 13 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 9 14 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 8 15 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 8 16 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 4 17 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 2 18 Pedro de la Rosa Sauber-Ferrari 0 19 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 0 20 Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 0 21 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 0 22 Jerome d'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 0 23 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 0 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 0 25 Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 0 26 Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 0
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