Jenson Button wins Hungarian GP

Updated on: 01 August,2011 08:01 AM IST |
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After winning rain-affected race, Mclaren ace Jenson says tricky conditions gave him the edge

After winning rain-affected race, Mclaren ace Jenson says tricky conditions gave him the edge

The 31-year-old Briton, who started third on the grid, made the most of some wretched ill-fortune for his teammate and compatriot Lewis Hamilton in changing wet-dry-wet-dry conditions to record his second win of the year and the 11th of his career.

McLaren's Jenson Button celebrates after winning yesterday's Hungarian
GP in Budapest. PIC/Getty Images

"It's a great moment, all round a major weekend. For some reason I like these conditions," said Button of the slippery track.

Back on the circuit where he claimed his first F1 win in 2006, for Honda, Button revelled in the demanding circumstances.

Given a celebratory cake before the race on Saturday, he ate it with relish.

Hamilton, having started second, led for long periods after taking early control, but was caught out by a succession of strategic errorsu00a0-- when he chose the wrong tyres in rapidly-changing weatheru00a0-- and a harsh stewards' decision to give him a drive-through penalty after he forced Paul Di Resta off the track. "The better man won today," said Hamilton.

"The team have done a fantastic job. It's a fantastic way to go into the (summer) break. We would have liked a one-two, I let the team down a little bit but we will be back."

Hamilton, who had spun in the sudden rain and then rejoined rapidly in front of oncoming traffic, ended up finishing fourth behind a triumphant Button, second-placed German Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull and two-times champion Spaniard Fernando Alonso of Ferrari.

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