Button finally breaks through
After 113 races, Jensen Button finally broke through for his first race victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Button enjoys the bubbly following his victory
In this rain-affected race, Button was assisted by the retirements of the big three drivers - Alonso (wheelnut failure), Schumacher (handling problems), and Raikkonen (accident). Schumacher started from 11th on the grid and Alonso started from 15th, but this seemed to have little effect on them as they were both in the top 6 after the first lap.
Michael Schumacher is considered to be a master at driving in wet conditions, but it was easy to see that his Bridgestone tyres were not in the same league as the Michelins. Alonso was on a tear and made overtaking Schumacher look easy, showing the superiority of the Michelin tyres by overtaking Schumacher on the outside line.
Alonso closes in on Schumacher
It seemed as though Alonso was headed for an unlikely victory, but after his second pit stop, he failed to complete a lap - the first retirement for Alonso this season. This left a great opportunity for Schumacher to reduce Alonso’s lead in the championship, but three laps from the finish, Schumacher was forced to retire after his intermediate (between wet weather and dry weather) tyres got so bare that they caused the car to develop handling problems. Why Schumacher didn’t change to slick tyres once a dry line formed on the circuit I don’t know, but he will be regretting his decision, as he potentially could have closed the gap to 5 or 6 points. As it stands now, though, Alonso’s lead is down to 10 points with 5 races remaining in the season. It’s going to be a great finish to the championship.
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