Grand Prix of Hungary '06
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Just when you're about to give up on a Formula 1 Season cos you're becoming bored Hungary throws up one of the best and most emotional races seen for years!
Not only because Jenson Button and his Honda finally came good and got the result - although that's where the emotion comes in! But also because of all of the action, it was non-stop. Thankfully we didn't start behind the Safety Car, and I certainly think that helped the race become interesting fast, especially with Michael Schumacher's monster start launching him from 11th on the grid to 5th by the first corner. Raikkonen showed why I think he's not ready to be Champion yet by slamming into the back of Luizzi whilst trying to lap him, no-one's fault, just a misunderstanding of each others intentions - all very diplomatic between the two afterwards!
Schumacher undid all of his good driving at the start by driving unfairly towards De La Rosa and Heidfeld at the Chicane, but it ended badly for himself when he had to retire, following contact with Heidfeld. Alonso retired with Driveshaft failure, seemed strange that the car was fine going into the pits, and was broken coming out, but they say it was driveshaft failure, and that's that!
Robert Kubica drove a great race, after spinning on the warm up lap, and losing his front wing by hitting the wall early on, but still managed to get a couple of points on his debut race.
edit @ 2130Robert Kubica has been disqualified from the GP after post race scrutineering found his BMW F1.06 to be 2Kgs underweight, this was apparently due to "excessive tyre wear". This promotes Felipe Massa to 7th and Michael Schumacher to 8th which gives him 1 point.
So on to the brilliant drive from Button, people have commented that he needed other Drivers to fall off the track, but if you look at the race, he drove solidly and brilliantly. His, and the Team's, strategy was spot on, he was catching Alonso when the Renault broke, and was easily the smoothest and most consistent Driver on the Track today. A well deserved and overdue victory for the Englishman.
CPT F1's Star Drive Jenson Button [Honda]
Button Breaks His Duck
Just when you're about to give up on a Formula 1 Season cos you're becoming bored Hungary throws up one of the best and most emotional races seen for years! Not only because Jenson Button and his Honda finally came good and got the result - although that's where the emotion comes in! But also because of all of the action, it was non-stop. Thankfully we didn't start behind the Safety Car, and I certainly think that helped the race become interesting fast, especially with Michael Schumacher's monster start launching him from 11th on the grid to 5th by the first corner. Raikkonen showed why I think he's not ready to be Champion yet by slamming into the back of Luizzi whilst trying to lap him, no-one's fault, just a misunderstanding of each others intentions - all very diplomatic between the two afterwards!
Schumacher undid all of his good driving at the start by driving unfairly towards De La Rosa and Heidfeld at the Chicane, but it ended badly for himself when he had to retire, following contact with Heidfeld. Alonso retired with Driveshaft failure, seemed strange that the car was fine going into the pits, and was broken coming out, but they say it was driveshaft failure, and that's that!
Robert Kubica drove a great race, after spinning on the warm up lap, and losing his front wing by hitting the wall early on, but still managed to get a couple of points on his debut race.
edit @ 2130Robert Kubica has been disqualified from the GP after post race scrutineering found his BMW F1.06 to be 2Kgs underweight, this was apparently due to "excessive tyre wear". This promotes Felipe Massa to 7th and Michael Schumacher to 8th which gives him 1 point.
So on to the brilliant drive from Button, people have commented that he needed other Drivers to fall off the track, but if you look at the race, he drove solidly and brilliantly. His, and the Team's, strategy was spot on, he was catching Alonso when the Renault broke, and was easily the smoothest and most consistent Driver on the Track today. A well deserved and overdue victory for the Englishman.
CPT F1's Star Drive Jenson Button [Honda]
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