Hungary 2006
WHAT A WEEKEND! FERNANDO ALONSO AND MICHAEL SCHUMACHER BOTH PENALISED FOR OVERTAKING UNDER YELLOW AND RED FLAGS RESPECTIVELY DURING FREE PRACTICE AND HAD 2 SECONDS ADDED TO THEIR BEST QUALIFYING LAP TIMES. THIS DROPPED THEM TO 15TH AND 11TH PLACES ON THE GRID WHILST JENSON BUTTON SUFFERED AN ENGINE BLOW-UP AND THE USUAL 10-PLACE DROP TO START 14TH. THE RACE HAS ALWAYS BEEN WON FROM THE FRONT 2 ROWS ON THE GRID EXCEPT BY NIGEL MANSELL IN 1989 (12TH). THE WEATHER WAS ALWAYS NEARER 20ºC THAN THE USUAL 40ºC SO THE DRY-WEATHER TYRES, CHOSEN SOME WEEKS PREVIOUSLY, WERE LESS THAN OPTIMUM AND THEN IT WAS RAINING ON RACE-DAY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 21 YEARS! ALL THE INGREDIENTS FOR A RACE OF SURPRISES AND IT DIDN'T DISAPPOINT. FERNANDO AND MICHAEL SOON MADE IT UP TO THE TOP FEW PLACES BUT KIMI RAIKKONEN WAS THE CLASS OF THE FIELD IN THE EARLY LAPS BUT THEN STARTED TO STRUGGLE AND WAS BEING CAUGHT BY PEDRO DE LA ROSA WHEN HE COLLIDED WITH A BACK MARKER AND THIS BROUGHT OUT THE SAFETY CAR. JENSON BUTTON WORKED HIS WAY THROUGH THE FIELD DURING THOSE EARLY LAPS AND FOR THE REST OF THE RACE HE HARRIED WHOEVER LED THE RACE, SCHUMACHER STARTED TO STRUGGLE, ALONSO SUFFERED A BROKEN DRIVE-SHAFT WHEN IN THE LEAD AND EVENTUALLY JENSON TOOK HIS MAIDEN GRAND PRIX WIN WITH A MATCHLESS DRIVE AND A SUPERB DISPLAY OF TACTICS FROM HIS TEAM. HE WAS FOLLOWED HOME BY PEDRO DE LA ROSA AND NICK HEIDFELD. PHEW!!
STARTING GRID
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| 1.
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Kimi Raikkonen
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| 2.
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Felipe Massa
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| 3.
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Rubens Barrichello
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| 4.
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Pedro de la Rosa
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| 5.
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Mark Webber
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| 6.
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Ralph Schumacher
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| 7.
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Giancarlo Fisichella
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| 8.
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Jarno Trulli
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| 9.
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Robert Kubica
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| 10.
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Nick Heidfeld
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| 11.
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Michael Schumacher
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| 12.
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David Coulthard
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| 13.
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Christian Klien
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| 14.
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Jenson Button
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| 15.
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Fernando Alonso
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| 16.
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Tiago Monteiro
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| 17.
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Vitantonio Liuzzi
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| 18.
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Nico Rosberg
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| 19.
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Takuma Sato
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| 20.
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Scott Speed
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| 21.
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Sakon Yamamoto
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| 22.
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Christijan Albers
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RESULT
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| 1.
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Jenson Button
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| 2.
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Pedro de la Rosa
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| 3.
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Nick Heidfeld
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| 4.
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Rubens Barrichello
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| 5.
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David Coulthard
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| 6.
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Ralph Schumacher
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| 7.
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Felipe Massa
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| 8.
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Michael Schumacher
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CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
Drivers :
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| Fernando Alonso
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100
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| Michael Schumacher
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90
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| Felipe Massa
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52
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| Giancarlo Fisichella
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49
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| =Kimi Raikkonen
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49
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| Jenson Button
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31
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| Juan Pablo Montoya
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26
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| Rubens Barrichello
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21
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Constructors :
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| Renault
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149
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| Ferrari
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142
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| McLaren
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85
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| Honda
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52
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| BMW
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26
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| =Toyota
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26
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| Red Bull Racing
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16
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| Williams
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10
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| Scuderia Toro Rosso
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1
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| Midland
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0
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| Super Aguri
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0
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Race Results posted by
David Little
7th August 2006
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