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07-08-2006, 13:23
Well well well...
Jensen Button finnaly breaks 112 race duck.
BRITON Jenson Button raced through the rain to seize an emotional first Formula One victory in a Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring thriller overnight.
"Over the last 10 laps, I just didn't want the race to end,'' said the Honda driver, a winner at last after one of the longest waits in the sport's history.
"I wanted it to go on for ever. I was loving it.
"What a day. It's been amazing. Coming through from 14th place, I couldn't have done it a better way.''
Spaniard Pedro de la Rosa was second for McLaren, his first podium finish, and BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld was third.
Australian Mark Webber, who started from fifth on the grid, retired after the first lap.
While Button, 26, celebrated success at the 113th attempt, taking full advantage of others' misfortune to get a monkey off his back on a chaotic afternoon, Renault's world champion, Fernando Alonso, crashed out while leading.
Alonso's smile returned when Ferrari's Michael Schumacher retired three laps from the end with broken steering after banging wheels with Nick Heidfeld's BMW Sauber.
That would have left the Spaniard still 11 points clear in the championship with five races remaining but the later disqualification of Poland's Robert Kubica lifted Schumacher to eighth place and a vital point.
Alonso has 100 championships points to Schumacher'sd 90.
In the constructors' standings, Renault is just seven ahead of Ferrari.
Alonso's car slewed and skidded into the tyre barriers with 18 laps to go while in the lead after a breathtaking charge from 15th place on the grid in wet conditions that caught out plenty of others. Initial reports suggested a drive shaft failure.
"What an incredible race,'' said Alonso, who showed his mettle by overtaking Schumacher around the outside of turn five in lap four despite starting with a heavy fuel load.
Button's win, from 14th on the grid after a 10-place penalty for an engine change on Saturday, was Honda's first as a constructor since 1967.
The first British winner of a grand prix since David Coulthard for McLaren in Australia in 2003, Button finished 30.8 seconds clear of de la Rosa.
By coincidence, the last race winner for Honda was also a Briton - former champion John Surtees in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.
"It's great that I've won after so long and that I don't have to do those interviews any more where they say 'you've done 113 races without a win,'' said Button.
"It's going to be, 'He's won his first race and looking forwards to the next one,' which takes a lot of weight off my shoulders.''
Brazilian Rubens Barrichello, a winner in Hungary for Ferrari in 2002, took fourth place for Honda.
Coulthard was fifth in a Red Bull and Toyota's Ralf Schumacher sixth.
Kubica finished seventh on his debut for BMW Sauber but was ruled out after his car was found to be two kilograms underweight. That lifted Brazilian Felipe Massa to seventh for Ferrari.
Schumacher, seven-times a world champion and winner of the last three races, was lapped by Alonso after 25 laps but had fought back strongly as the conditions changed.
Penalised two seconds in qualifying, like Alonso, Schumacher also had to pit for a new front wing after a collision with Renault's Giancarlo Fisichella as the Italian went past in the early stages.
- REUTERS plh
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On the Button: Honda's Jenson Button takes the checkered flag at the Hungaroring overnight to win the Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix. It was his first F1 victory. Picture: AFP
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20042570-11088,00.html
But Jensen Button is so so so much more than a crap arse driver who needed all the top drivers to crash out in spectacular fashion some in craptacular fashion even, Jensen Button is a man, a british man and sure he drives for Honda but i have to ask you is that because none of the really good teams wanted him or the fact the Japanese needed someone to please the ladies?;)
Alonso was out of reach and there aren't any Blackmen in F1 that are good at race car driving so they went with him.
Crazy Japanese...
So attractiveness wise i have to ask what do you think of Jensen Button?
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Jensen Button finnaly breaks 112 race duck.
BRITON Jenson Button raced through the rain to seize an emotional first Formula One victory in a Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring thriller overnight.
"Over the last 10 laps, I just didn't want the race to end,'' said the Honda driver, a winner at last after one of the longest waits in the sport's history.
"I wanted it to go on for ever. I was loving it.
"What a day. It's been amazing. Coming through from 14th place, I couldn't have done it a better way.''
Spaniard Pedro de la Rosa was second for McLaren, his first podium finish, and BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld was third.
Australian Mark Webber, who started from fifth on the grid, retired after the first lap.
While Button, 26, celebrated success at the 113th attempt, taking full advantage of others' misfortune to get a monkey off his back on a chaotic afternoon, Renault's world champion, Fernando Alonso, crashed out while leading.
Alonso's smile returned when Ferrari's Michael Schumacher retired three laps from the end with broken steering after banging wheels with Nick Heidfeld's BMW Sauber.
That would have left the Spaniard still 11 points clear in the championship with five races remaining but the later disqualification of Poland's Robert Kubica lifted Schumacher to eighth place and a vital point.
Alonso has 100 championships points to Schumacher'sd 90.
In the constructors' standings, Renault is just seven ahead of Ferrari.
Alonso's car slewed and skidded into the tyre barriers with 18 laps to go while in the lead after a breathtaking charge from 15th place on the grid in wet conditions that caught out plenty of others. Initial reports suggested a drive shaft failure.
"What an incredible race,'' said Alonso, who showed his mettle by overtaking Schumacher around the outside of turn five in lap four despite starting with a heavy fuel load.
Button's win, from 14th on the grid after a 10-place penalty for an engine change on Saturday, was Honda's first as a constructor since 1967.
The first British winner of a grand prix since David Coulthard for McLaren in Australia in 2003, Button finished 30.8 seconds clear of de la Rosa.
By coincidence, the last race winner for Honda was also a Briton - former champion John Surtees in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.
"It's great that I've won after so long and that I don't have to do those interviews any more where they say 'you've done 113 races without a win,'' said Button.
"It's going to be, 'He's won his first race and looking forwards to the next one,' which takes a lot of weight off my shoulders.''
Brazilian Rubens Barrichello, a winner in Hungary for Ferrari in 2002, took fourth place for Honda.
Coulthard was fifth in a Red Bull and Toyota's Ralf Schumacher sixth.
Kubica finished seventh on his debut for BMW Sauber but was ruled out after his car was found to be two kilograms underweight. That lifted Brazilian Felipe Massa to seventh for Ferrari.
Schumacher, seven-times a world champion and winner of the last three races, was lapped by Alonso after 25 laps but had fought back strongly as the conditions changed.
Penalised two seconds in qualifying, like Alonso, Schumacher also had to pit for a new front wing after a collision with Renault's Giancarlo Fisichella as the Italian went past in the early stages.
- REUTERS plh
http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,5207815,00.jpg
On the Button: Honda's Jenson Button takes the checkered flag at the Hungaroring overnight to win the Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix. It was his first F1 victory. Picture: AFP
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20042570-11088,00.html
But Jensen Button is so so so much more than a crap arse driver who needed all the top drivers to crash out in spectacular fashion some in craptacular fashion even, Jensen Button is a man, a british man and sure he drives for Honda but i have to ask you is that because none of the really good teams wanted him or the fact the Japanese needed someone to please the ladies?;)
Alonso was out of reach and there aren't any Blackmen in F1 that are good at race car driving so they went with him.
Crazy Japanese...
So attractiveness wise i have to ask what do you think of Jensen Button?
http://www.jungleboffin.com/image.php?h=300&src=http://www.jungleboffin.com/images/artoriginals/fotosouvenirs/1.jpg
http://www.padokf1.com/images/haber/28012004105532-jensen_button.jpg
http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/topstory/sports/button_jensen1021.jpg