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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Salty25" data-source="post: 241229" data-attributes="member: 185281"><a href="http://www.formula1.com/race/result/763/8.html" target="_blank">http://www.formula1.com/race/result/763/8.html</a>Jenson Button was the hero of Great Britain as he claimed his first ever GP victory in what must be the best race so far this season. Having suffered a 10 place penalty drop down to 14th, his chances looked slim, but a mix of world class driving, intelligent team tactics, and a fistful of luck contributed to the Honda pilot’s first-time win. In the rain of Hungary, the initial focus was on lowly placed Alonso and Michael Schumacher, who both got off to great starts, and quickly made themselves up the field. However, the choice of wet tyres by the Ferraris began to prove inferior, as Massa struggled to find grip – going wide and sideways on several occasions, and Michael Schumacher’s progress came to a grinding holt, losing pace up against the Michelin intermediate runners as the race went on. This successful tyre selection would propel Alonso into the lead, and when the leader of the early stages, Kimi Raikkonen, retired in a spectacularly mistimed lapping manoeuvre on Viantonio Liuzzi resulting in the Finn being launched off the Toro Rosso, the Renault driver looked destined to take the full 10 points, and open up the gap with Schumi in the Championship. However, in the out-lap after a tyre change, the Spaniard went off in what appeared to be a suspension failure. These two big name DNF’s, as well as the earlier retirement of Giancarlo Fisichella, helped to produce highly unpredicted podium finishes for McLaren driver da la Rosa, in 2nd, and Sauber-BMW pilot Nick Heidfeld, in 3rd. The experienced Barrichello, Coulthard, and Ralf Schumacher came in in 4th,5th , and 6th respectively, while debutant Robert Kubica capped of an impressive introduction to Formula 1 with 7th. Felipe Massa took the final point paying position of 8th, and Schumi was just out of the points in 9th – 3 laps behind the leaders.Drivers' Championship - <a href="http://www.formula1.com/archive/driver/2006.html" target="_blank">http://www.formula1.com/archive/driver/2006.html</a>The events in Hungary had no effect on the title fight as Alonso and Michael both failed to capture any points.Constructors' Championship - <a href="http://www.formula1.com/archive/team/2006.html" target="_blank">http://www.formula1.com/archive/team/2006.html</a>Massa’s solitary point reduced Ferrari’s deficit on Renault to 9 points.Full Story - <a href="http://www.formula1.com/race/news/4777/763.html" target="_blank">http://www.formula1.com/race/news/4777/763.html</a>FIA Post-Race Press Conference - <a href="http://www.formula1.com/race/news/4781/763.html" target="_blank">http://www.formula1.com/race/news/4781/763.html</a>ITV F1 interview with Hungarian GP winner, Jenson Button - <a href="http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=36961" target="_blank">http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=36961</a>PICTURE IN ATTACHMENT COURTESY OF HondaRacingF1.comIn SupaLiga, ‘Speedy Devil’s’ lead was cut only marginally by 5 points, 343pts to ‘pipjack’s’ 311pts. ‘Tom34’ (262pts) remain in 3rd, but ‘IG Racing’ (254pts) reclaim 4th from ‘Wolfs bangers’ (249pts), who now reside in 5th. The pressure on 4th and 5th is back on, with ‘F1 Aberdeen’ (245pts) rising to 6th from 7th and only 4pts from ‘Wolfs bangers’. ‘Burnin’ Rubber’ (241pts – from 5th to 7th) hold an equivalent gap on ‘F1 Aberdeen’, while they face even greater pressure from the 8th placed teams ‘Team Oily’, who maintain their position, and ‘Honda/Williams’, who rise a meteoric 6 places from 14th, both on 238pts. ‘bronking buckos’ (229pts) stay 10th, ‘Team Carros’ (223pts) fall from 8th to 11th, ‘Jose`s Marinos’ (221pts) drop 1 to 12th, ‘GameboyUK’ (220pts) drop 1 further to 13th, and ‘Draconigen’ (217pts) drop 1 more further to 14th – who continue their recent woes having been as high as 6th as recently as after the US Grand Prix. ‘Super25’ (206pts) in 15th – that’s 4 race in that position, ‘hypotheticals’ (188pts) hang on to 16th, and the bottom also remain fixed - ‘Smeg ups’ with 183pts, ‘Bussola’s dream team’ resting on 163pts.  NEXT GRAND PRIX... TURKISH GRAND PRIX at ISTANBUL PARK... AUGUST 27TH...</blockquote>

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