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Hungary   29-31 Jul 2011
Magyar Nagydij
Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary
Race Distance: 70 laps, 306.630 km

Built in 1986, the Hungaroring located near Budapest, Hungary was the home of many great battles during the turbo era of Formula 1. Today the track is known for its dry and dusty surface that has been raced in the wet only one time (in 2006 the wet Hungaroring gave Jensen Button his maiden victory). The slippy surface here makes one extra qualifying lap all that more important as the track get faster during each session's "rubbering-in".

Webber put in a fantastic drive in 2010, making his option tires last most the race and giving him the win. Vettel is bested by Alonso when he earned a drive-thru penalty dropping him to 3rd.
Despite losing race-pace over the last few rounds, Red Bull keeps up their qualifying magic with another pole for Vettel. McLaren and Ferrari are right there however with Hamilton, Button, Massa and Alonso rounding out the top 5 qualifiers due to Webber having KERS issues in 6th.

Massa's 4th place start is the first time he's out qualified his teammate Alonso. All cars make the 107% rule grid after a valiant effort by HRT and Virgin to qualify to race.

The top 10 in Hungary:
VET HAM BUT MAS ALO WEB ROS SUT MSC PER
On Button's 200th race start, he returns to the track where he scored his first win and, in similar damp conditions, wins the race with smooth driving and excellent strategy.

The race originally seemed to be in the hands of Button's teammate Hamilton, after Hamilton quickly passed Vettel at the start. But terrible tire strategy in the drying conditions, as well as a spin and penalty, relegated Hamilton to 4th. Vettel plays it safe thinking about protecting the championship and finishes 2nd. Alonso has a brilliant drive to 3rd.
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th
BUT
(+25)
VET
(+18)
ALO
(+15)
HAM
(+12)
WEB
(+10)
MAS
(+8)
DIR
(+6)
BUE
(+4)
ROS
(+2)
ALG
(+1)
KOB
 
PET
 
BAR
 
SUT
 
PER
 
MAL
 
GLO
 
RIC
 
DAM
 
LIU
 
KOV
 
MSC
 
HEI
 
TRU
 
Pos Participant Driver Picks Round
Points
Season
Points
Champ.
Standings
1 Motoring ALO BUT HAM VET WEB 80 557 8th  
2 Matt ALO BUT HAM MAS WEB 70 611 6th ↑ 1
= Nick ALO BUT HAM MAS WEB 70 631 4th ↑ 1
= owace ALO BUT HAM MAS WEB 70 796 1st  
5 Carpenterbob BUT MAS ROS VET WEB 63 496 10th ↑ 1
6 Chris ALO HAM MAS VET WEB 63 620 5th ↑ 1
7 sperry ALO BUT HAM KOB WEB 62 536 9th  
8 Rod R ALO HAM MAS ROS WEB 47 754 2nd  
9 curley ALO HAM MAS SUT WEB 45 485 11th ↓ 1
10 Double Phister HAM HEI MAS ROS VET 40 725 3rd  
11 lisaab HAM HEI MSC ROS VET 32 459 12th  
12 Tahoe RX7 DIR MAS MSC PET ROS 16 577 7th ↓ 3
13 S.Monkey -- -- -- -- -- 0 183 13th  
= van -- -- -- -- -- 0 143 14th  
Magyar Nagydij
Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary