After what seemed an unlucky qualifying for Jenson, it all came good. On his 113th F1 start, he finally broke his winning duck.
A great drive by the Brit saw him take the first step on the podium at the Hungaroring, the first Brit to win since Coulthard in Australia three years and 63 races ago. It also brings to the end the longest barren spell for a British driver in the sport.
The race began on a controversial note after Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher each had two second qualifying penalties, Button was also penalised after changing his engine after a blow up in practice 3.
Schumacher, Alonso and Button all made good starts from the middle of the field, with Schumacher running in the top 8 after the first lap. Alonso also made the top 10, with Button just behind him.
The race started just after a downpour at the track, so it was the first ever wet Hungarian GP start. Most of the drivers started on the intermediate tyres, however Barrichello and Michael Schumacher decided to use the full wet tyres, which at first seemed the right choice. However after the first few laps it seemed that they where the wrong choice after all, and Barrichello pitted on lap 6 for intermediate tyres.
Kimi Raikonen started on pole position seeming to have the initial pace and pulled away from the pursuing drivers. Behind him, Alonso on the Michelin tyres showed a massive pace advantage over the ailing Michael Schumacher, whose Bridgestone tyres just did not seem to be able to handle the conditions. This showed with the other Japanese tyre runners, with both of the Toyota and Williams cars struggling for pace and grip.
Alonso caught Schumacher up, and made the overtake look easy, driving around the outside of him at turn six, showing Michael that he really needed to pit to try using the Intermediate Bridgestone's as Alonso disappeared off into the distance catching up to the McLaren cars of Kimi and Pedro de la Rosa.
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