Jenson Button Wins His First Grand Prix
Well for over 100 races now (113 to be exact), we have been anticipating the day that Jenson Button would win his first grand prix. Right through his career with Williams, then BAR and now Honda all the UK have labelled Jenson as the new Nigel Mansell or Damon Hill, but race after race something would go wrong with reliability issues of just a lack of pace would put Jensen on the podium at best but not on first place. But on a rainy day in Hungary in August 2006 his fortunes would change. Who would have guessed that after a 10-place penalty for changing an engine he would start from 14th place on the grid to storming win? It was a historic race all round with Alonso suffering a 2 second penalty for each of the first 2 rounds on qualifying to put him 15th on the grid, after he waved his fists at another test driver on the Friday free practice. Then Michael Schumacher on the very next day overtook Alonso with red flags flying and he also received a 2 second per qualifying session penalty so he finished up 11th on the grid. Villeneuve had pulled out of the race complaining of headaches from a shunt the week before, so in comes the first Polish driver ever, BMW
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