So after the disapointment that the BBC will relax their coverage over the next few years as they couldn't comprehend spending £50m on F1. We will have to appreciate and saviour every race that they do over the rest of the season.
From 2013 we will only see 10 full races on the BBC. When the coverage started on Sunday the presenters were very sub-dued compared to normal. The big shock was no Martin Brundle on the grid walk, were they trying to adjust to the relaxed coverage and expecting Martin Brundle to go to Sky? With the DRS over the last corner and home straight everyone was wondering whether there would be a last gasp overtake on the last corner of the last lap, how dramatic would that have been. Maybe the Hungarians were thinking how they can make their track top the rest this season. We had to wait for the last lap for this to be fulfilled.
Vettel resumed normal service this weekend by being on pole position like normal & Hamilton continuing his good form by completing the front row. The big shock was Massa out qualifying Alonso for the first time this season. Also Daniel Riccardo not starting from last on the grid. That was taken up by D'ambrosio, and Buemi who had a 5 place penalty from last races incident with Heidfeld. The race looked wet from the start with most teams starting on the intermediate compound.
The race started intensely with both MClaren drivers next to each other and when Button tried to pass Hamilton, they actually made contact, but not enough contact to send one careering off the track. Hamilton managing to hold his team mate off.
Vettel this season has always struggled when pressured, we knew he had to show what a champion he is, by being able to soak up the pressure from Hamilton. Hamilton was trying to overtake the World Champion on several occasions over the first few laps. By lap four he had attempted 3 overtakes but ran out of track or Vettel managed to get his defensive strategy right to hold of the quick fire Brit. Hamilton's pressure paid off on lap 5 Vettel slipped out wide letting Hamilton to glide past him.
The weather was playing havoc early on with both Alonso, Vettel & Massa slipping off the track. Due to the wet track the teams decided to pit on the 13th lap, it all started to happen on lap 14 with Button overtaking Vettel & then Webber overtaking Alonso. Vettel shortly went off the track again in lap 15, for a guy who won his first grand prix in the rain & is deemed a wet race specialist he looked like he was struggling with the conditions.
Nick Hiedlfeld pit stop was horrific, came out of the pits on fire. He made an impressive star jump escape from his vehicle.
We really saw tyre wear to the extreme, drivers not being able to get grip and the tyres wearing out very quickly. You knew that this was going to be a race that Sauber would excel in with their two drivers who look after their tyres with the best of them but their progress failed to materialise. All the top drivers pitted for the second time around the 40 lap mark. There was suggestion that if you can make your tyres last the remaining 30 laps it will reap huge dividends.
Jenson Button is another one who can look after his tyres very well. He was in 2nd place behind Hamilton after 40 laps. As the rain started pouring down on lap 47 Button managed to pass Hamilton as Hamilton got stuck behind a Force India. Hamilton effectively lost his chance of winning when he spun his car around on lap 48 nearly hitting Di Resta in the process.
Hamilton proved everyone wrong when Button went off the track wide and his team mate happily snatching the lead from him. It was too much to concentrate on the two Mclaren's fighting over 1st position, just immediately after Button lost his position he came back at Hamilton and succesfully regained first place. It was like watching a boxing match with too many counter punches for the judges to count.
Hamilton got given a drive through penalty for the spin out on lap 48 ending Lewis's chances of a podium. Jenson Button was able to cruise around the last 15 laps to close out his second win of the season.
2011 Hungarian GP: Formula One Race Results
1 Jenson Button
2 Sebastian Vettel
3 Fernando Alonso
4 Lewis Hamilton
5 Mark Webber
6 Felipe Massa
7 Paul Di Resta
8 Sebastien Buemi
9 Nico Rosberg
10 Jaime Alguersuari
11 Kamui Kobayashi
12 Vitaly Petrov
13 Rubens Barrichello
14 Adrian Sutil
15 Sergio Perez
16 Pastor Maldonado
17 Timo Glock
18 Daniel Ricciardo
19 Jerome DAmbrosio
20 Vitantonio Liuzzi
Ret Heikki Kovalainen
Ret Michael Schumacher
Ret Nick Heidfeld
Ret Jarno Trulli
Driver of the day - Sebastian buemi (Jenson Button a close second)
Bad day at the office - Jérôme d'Ambosio (The spin out in the pit lane confirmed it)
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